Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board during their December 18 public meeting was Tree Committee Chairman Sandy Hering. Fresh from the well-attended Tree Committee meeting, Hering brought the Planning Board up to date on what had transpired and possible involvement, or lack thereof, for the Planning Board. Hering explained that the Tree Committee […] Read more »
Now that the heat is apparently off south-coast homeowners to budget for a state-legislated upgrade to their Title 5 septic systems to costly denitrification technology, Marion Board of Health founding member Albin Johnson wants to take it a step further and find out if the board can repeal the recently approved town bylaw requiring […] Read more »
Ken Steen and the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals decided that a written agreement requiring the developer to build a sewer line as a prerequisite to pulling building permits for Heron Cove Estates was the result of a scrivener’s error when occupancy permits were what was intended. On November 30, the ZBA held […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board heard from Conservation Commission member David Nicolosi and ConCom Chairman Mike King during the Select Board’s Tuesday night meeting on details of a wetlands violation on public lands. As Nicolosi described, an abutter to 1 Goodspeed Island Road notified the office of possible unpermitted activity. An extension to the […] Read more »
Monday’s torrent of wind and hard rain eventually made the Silvershell Beach parking lot look like … Silvershell Beach itself at very high tide. In reporting to the Marion Select Board during Tuesday night’s public meeting, Town Administrator Geoff Gorman was thrilled to discuss the team approach led by Fire Chief Brian Jackvony […] Read more »
While Mattapoisett’s August 8 encounter with an EF-1 tornado was widely chronicled, including property damage at the Water Treatment Plant, Vinnie Furtado said during Tuesday’s meeting of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee that the Town of Fairhaven was also hit. “When the tornado went through Mattapoisett, it also affected […] Read more »
The members of the Marion Capital Improvements Planning Committee are like Santa’s elves, listening intently and seeking clarification to a long list of requests being made by the town’s department heads as they map out capital needs for the next fiscal year. There are critical hurdles to getting this bulging sack of information […] Read more »
Engineer Richard Rheaume of Prime Engineering came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on December 12, requesting the acceptance of what he deemed a “minor field change.” The project is located at 20 Howard Beach and owned by 21 Century Mill LLC. After describing the changes to the original plan, which included second-story alterations, Chairman […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday set December 30 and January 9 as its next two important action dates. The board scheduled a site visit of BWC Snows Pond LLC’s plan to build a 12.55-acre solar array along Cushman Road for December 30 and continued the project’s hearing until January 9, 2024. Engineering consultant […] Read more »
Dan Crete appeared before the Marion Conservation Commission on November 15 to address concerns about his unauthorized float system at his Saltworks Marine boat repair and storage business at 288 Wareham Street (Route 6.) Conservation Agent Doug Guey-Lee summarized his visit to the site and noted that the floats had been removed from […] Read more »