MCAS testing and what to do with the information was on the table when the Rochester School Committee met on November 2. “We’re back at a place where MCAS data is starting to become more meaningful,” said Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson, qualifying the remark by noting that MCAS provides […] Read more »
A Special Permit application for an in-house, dog-training business at 16 Bishop Road drew a standing-room-only crowd of concerned neighbors to Rochester Town Hall on November 9, forcing the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals’ public hearing to be postponed. After noting that the meeting was no longer accessible to all who wanted to […] Read more »
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, it was announced that the commission’s agent, Brandon Faneuf, will be handling clerical duties in the absence of a clerk in the commission’s office. Faneuf asked for the community’s patience as he handles additional duties for the town and the commission and asked that […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee heard from David Wong of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection during the former’s monthly public meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and the message about the invasive species discovered at Snipatuit Pond in Rochester and the Mattapoisett River Watershed is that they have spread, but on […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday delayed deciding the fate of two big proposed projects until its next meeting on December 12. BWC Snows Pond LLC’s plan is to build a solar array on 12.55 acres of a 31-acre parcel at 0 Cushman Road to include a 2.39 MW, DC, single-access tracking photovoltaic array and […] Read more »
In 2015-16, the Mattapoisett Select Board began what would be known as the “village streets” project, a grand plan to improve all the village roadways and sidewalks to improve safety and convenience for pedestrians and cyclists. On Tuesday night, a plan was finally agreed upon with consulting engineers VHB. As noted in their […] Read more »
The long-awaited Point Road walking and bike path has made strides recently and might save $30,000 in donated gravel. In the works for nearly four years, the Point Road Path project is coming along, according to Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell. At the commission’s November 2 public meeting, Rockwell […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday continued its review of two large projects until November 21 to give the town’s Planning Board time to review both plans first. JPF Development is seeking approval of a Notice of Intent to build a 15-acre, self-storage facility at Kings Highway and Route 28 that will feature the construction of […] Read more »
What constitutes a bedroom was up for debate at the last two public meetings of the Marion Board of Health, and on November 2, Building Commissioner Bob Grillo asked for direction from the board on the matter. For instance, a home might be classified as a three-bedroom home but could be used as a […] Read more »
I have always been fascinated with people who find solutions where there are no problems and I feel obliged to keep you, loyal reader, up to date on important issues, especially in areas of personal hygiene. You may have read that Charmin, a major manufacturer of toilet tissue, claims to have come up […] Read more »