Marion’s Open Space Acquisition Commission met on April 3 to go over a few action items, including a Point Road Bike Path update, proposed parkour course, and a survey. Chair John Rockwell said an inspection of the bike path area is forthcoming with the commission saying the selection for the Point Road Bike Path […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on Monday and immediately jumped into a Pre-Submission Conference. The conference/presentation was for Sippican Holdings, LLC on 13 Barnabas Road. Work is now proposed for the Richard Arthur Building or “Building 3.” Justin Downey appeared as representative and explained that, instead of the originally proposed 49,000 square-foot area of […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board’s last meeting was held on April 1, when the members went down a long list of appointments, permit requests, monetary commitments, further Town Meeting discussions with the public, and other action items. For appointments, the board approved Peter O’Brien for assistant harbormaster. O’Brien had been a part-time employee at […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday allowed a proposal for a floating solar array at 53 Dexter Lane to proceed from informal discussion to the formal application stage, but not before lodging a complaint against the plan’s expansion. In an informal discussion of the project in a prior board meeting, Matt Swanberg of New Leaf […] Read more »
On April 8, the Mattapoisett Finance Committee and Select Board sat down with Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Michael Nelson and Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howard Barber. For more than an hour, Barber laid out all the moving parts of the schools’ budgets with PowerPoint presentations and deep dives into what […] Read more »
The cultural and societal value of history cannot be overstated. Whether it is our family histories, national or even global histories, and yes, local history, it tells us who we are, where we’ve been, and aids us as we plan our futures. The Massachusetts Historical Commission, under whose guidance all local historical commissions […] Read more »
A clerical error on a public hearing notice has forced the delay in the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on a house renovation plan at 142 Sarah Sherman Road and handed a difficult decision to applicant Erin Denham. The Zoning Board on March 27 opened the hearing on the request by Denham and […] Read more »
The March 31 meeting of the Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee was held to finalize their 2025 grant reviews and to discuss possible allocation of funds to a housing category. Chairman Chuck McCullough said that the category for housing had been rather stagnant for a number of years, and even though area-wide discussions […] Read more »
The presentation of the final recommendation by the Marion Historic District Study Committee for the proposed historic district took place Wednesday, March 26. Chair Will Tifft began the presentation by stating the proposed bylaw would likely make it to Town Meeting and that this meeting would be to answer any questions. Tifft stated, however, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved a new neighbor for Lloyd’s Market, with a plan to build a shed and remove a tree at 10 Hartley Road next to the store. The commission rendered a Negative Determination of Applicability to wetlands protection bylaws for applicant Daniel Sullivan’s proposal to clear approximately 400 square feet […] Read more »