The Marion Scholarship and Education Committee will need another meeting to kick off its campaign for the 2023-24 academic year after discussions addressing fundraising ideas and rubrics changes were put on hold during a brief, June 28 Zoom meeting. According to Chairperson Sandy Smith, the three recipients of the committee’s scholarship award are […] Read more »
Emily Field, Mattapoisett’s public health nurse, reported to the Board of Health the status of a plan to regionalize some public health services and associated staff known as the South Coast Public Health Collaborative. During the June 28 meeting of the board, Field expressed the need for greater focus on mental-health services and […] Read more »
One of the main concerns of the Marion Planning Board has been the town’s increasing senior population and inside of that segment, many who are challenged to economically sustain residency in their hometown. So it was without hesitation that the board voted during its public meeting on Monday night at the Police Station […] Read more »
Dale and Laura Briggs hope their boat docked at their 23 Dexter Road property will stop getting pushed around. During the June 28 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission, the Briggs’ Notice of Intent application was heard, the proposed solution being installation of boat-mooring piles. Their representative, David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & […] Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lingering decay on the urgency among a segment of students to be at school on time, according to Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Mike Devoll. As a result, ORR implemented a new attendance policy mid-year, stressing the importance of arriving on time, then tightened and refined […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board emerged from a 56-minute executive session on June 29 with a brief action to vote Adam Murphy as interim harbormaster. The opening was created by the recent departure of Isaac Perry, who after two decades left to become Mattapoisett’s harbormaster, a job that opened in the spring with Jamie […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board voted 2-1 against establishing a policy for public participation in Select Board meetings during its June 21 public meeting. Board member Norm Hills said he has no problem with how the policy was proposed regarding time limits, while member Randy Parker said he does not think time limits are […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on June 26 was David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc., representing the Lisa Muller Trust Declaration regarding a proposed residential pier at 89 Mattapoisett Neck Road. The structure as described by Davignon will feature a board walkway over marsh, advancing towards the pier where a […] Read more »
Jon Delli Priscoli was voted an Order of Conditions for a proposed elevated staircase to the beach at 162 Point Road, per the Marion Conservation Commission during its June 14 public meeting. Project representative David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc., said he had an aerial photo from 1985 indicating a beach-access […] Read more »
During the June 27 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco reported that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has paused implementation of stricter septic regulations for the foreseeable future along the south coast. Lorenco did not go into details but added that there are plans to roll out stiffer […] Read more »