After revealing that the towns of Rochester and Mattapoisett might already be working on a resolution, Rochester’s Select Board acted on Monday to table discussion of the Rochester Planning Board’s recent letter requesting the town take further action against the 241-acre regional Conservation Restriction plan that gives Rochester no rights to the water at […] Read more »
Toby Burr and Norm Hills both stepped away from the head table at different moments to recuse themselves from the actions of the Marion Select Board on Tuesday night at the Police Station. Burr, the chairman, abstained from the board’s discussion and vote to grant requests for town plowing of three private roads: […] Read more »
John and Pamela Lees will finally build their house at 49 Water Street after the Marion Conservation Commission voted to grant an Amended Order of Conditions (SE 041-1372) for proposed project modifications resulting in a reduction in the scope of work. Appearing before the commission on November 1, project representative Dave Davignon of […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board heard from Matt Sperry of Rochester-based sail supplier Sperry Fabric Architecture regarding the company’s plans for a parcel it bought in Marion. The continued Presubmission Conference held on Monday night at the Police Station for site-plan review for construction of a 30×90-foot metal storage building at 19 Marconi Lane […] Read more »
The October 26 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee heard a presentation on MCAS testing data that was generally encouraging, but the committee did not shy away from efforts to pinpoint areas where it can help facilitate improvement in weaker areas. The summary of scores were as follows: 530-560 Exceeding Expectations, 500-529 Meeting […] Read more »
As far as town meetings go, the Mattapoisett Special Fall Town Meeting held on Monday night saw little resistance to the 11 articles brought to the voters for consideration. That is, except for Article 7. Article 7 asked the voters to grant authority to the town for the taking of some easements and […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health didn’t disagree during its October 19 public meeting about the definition of a bedroom as much as whether the town should be increasing its involvement beyond the application of state regulations that already exist. For Board of Health purposes, a bedroom is defined to help establish what is […] Read more »
A request for a Certificate of Compliance filed by Laurence E. Reinhart (East Avenue Trust) for work done at 17 East Avenue brought concern to the Marion Conservation Commission after four of its members visited the site on October 21 and found four discrepancies, one of which was considered a deal breaker. During […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board has approved the site plan for the town’s new Department of Public Works operations center to be built off Benson Brook Road and off Mill Street. Ken Motta, a senior project manager with Field Engineering, was on hand for the continued public hearing and opened by telling the board […] Read more »
Old Rochester is participating in a pilot program at the junior high level that will allow students to keep cell phones on their persons, so long as they remain in a locked pouch that will be distributed by the school. On October 12, the ORR School Committee voted to accept the program after […] Read more »