The South Coast Bikeway and walking path will go through Marion, and the town’s Pathway Committee met on Tuesday to begin finalizing plans. The committee met with Jeff Oakes, the town’s representative to the South Coast Bikeway Alliance, to iron out some of the small issues pertaining to a 4-mile bike and walking […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board has set a Special Town Meeting for January 22, 2024, for what Town Administrator Glenn Cannon called “a few cleanup items, including town financials.” During Monday night’s public meeting held at the Senior Center, Cannon elaborated after the Select Board’s approval of the Special Town Meeting date that 11 articles […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board met with Administrator of Assessing Mia Robinson to determine whether or not the town should continue with a single tax rate for all forms of real and personal property. The decision was unanimous to stay the course with a single rate. In her presentation to the board and the […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday struggled to approve a rather problematic Notice of Intent to construct a single-family home with an on-site well, septic and associated grading within the 25-foot wetland buffer zone at 0 Bishop Road. Even the applicant’s representative, Darren Michaelis of Wareham-based Foresight Engineering admitted the plan proposed by the landowner […] Read more »
The second discussion held by the Marion Planning Board on short-term rentals ushered in the perspective of people doing the renting, and Monday night’s public meeting at the Police Station was well attended as the board entertained more points of view. “Eighty percent of our business are guests here for something to do […] Read more »
While the Marion School Committee’s November 30 meeting dealt with the intense academic business of MCAS testing results and the School Improvement Plan, it was also an occasion to celebrate the achievement of many supporters’ goal of getting Sippican Elementary School a Student Resource Officer. Calling it a “landmark introduction,” Old Rochester Regional […] Read more »
The good news out of Tuesday’s Rochester Select Board meeting is that the Police Department has received a $49,700 grant that will be put toward digital radios. “It put us in a really good shape,” said Police Chief Robert Small, who reports that the new equipment will give the department “everything we need.” […] Read more »
After a continued public hearing (from November 21) on the Board of Assessors Tax Classification for the Town of Marion, the Marion Select Board voted on Tuesday afternoon to approve a factor of 1, meaning a single tax rate for the town. Board of Assessors Chairperson Pat DeCosta said that 93.7% of the town’s […] Read more »
Subdivision rules and regulations have a deeper history in our state than one might believe. As far back as 1891, the City of Boston drafted its first comprehensive subdivision control statute. During the early 1900s, additional regulations and rules were added, language modified, including but not limited to subdivision powers which were conferred to […] Read more »
There was division among the members of the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals after receiving a November 7 letter from Mark Bobrowski, developer Ken Steen’s attorney, seeking relief for his client from a previously agreed upon timeline stipulating that certain fees are due within 10 days of the issuance of the first building permit for […] Read more »