The Marion Finance Committee met on Thursday, June 18 in the Town House Annex and on Zoom to discuss FinCom personnel updates, a Harbor Fees Discussion, and looking back to FY26 and ahead through FY27. The meeting began with a discussion on the changing personnel of the committee, as Member Frederic C. Mock’s […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, June 18 in Town Hall and had two cases on the agenda. Of the petitions, one was for a Special Permit and the other for a variance. Chair Susan Akin began the meeting with the first case, that being the petition for Special Permit […] Read more »
A variety of board appointments and one important follow-up to the vote to fund a new Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School facility dominated the Rochester Select Board meeting on Monday. In a ballot question election on June 20, Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, the five members of the Old Colony vocational […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board meeting on Tuesday found the board handling a number of disparate topics from possible dangerous dogs to the issuance of different types of permits. Regarding the dangerous dog hearing, the board heard from a number of witnesses and heard letters of support for a dog accused of being dangerous […] Read more »
The Rochester Election recount was held on Wednesday, June 17. The results of the recount are as follows: for two seats on the Rochester Memorial School Committee, incumbent member Katherine Duggan, whose original total on election day, May 27, was 624, gaining an additional vote to win by 625 votes after the recount. For […] Read more »
It looks like Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, the five members of the Old Colony Vocational Education District, will not support the district’s $289 million building project. In a ballot question election on June 20, Rochester went thumbs down on the construction plan with 831 votes “no” and 579 “yes” votes. Plus, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by approving a Certificate of Compliance for the completed construction of a single-family home at 15 Cross Road that required work within the buffer zone to a cranberry bog. This vote came quickly after Conservation Agent Merilee Kelly confirmed the project was complete. Following this approval, the […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met on June 11 in the Marion Police Station for a single Public Hearing. The hearing was for a Special Permit submitted by Joshua and Nicole D’Ambrosio of 8 Crapo Street. The couple sought approval for the proposed setback of a proposed new home. The demolition of the […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals opened its June 11 meeting with a petition regarding a new detached garage at 100 Ryder Road that required a telephone call to Town Counsel. The applicant’s representative Joseph Mardo explained homeowner Ashley Ohrenberger is seeking variances for a new garage measuring over 1,000 square feet and set 20 feet […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met in the Marion Police Station on June 10 for two approvals of Certificates of Compliance, as well as a continued Public Hearing for pier alterations. The commission began with their continued Public Hearing for a Notice of Intent submitted by Elizabeth H. O’Leary of 81 Cove Circle for the […] Read more »