From meeting the new school service dog, strong MCAS scores, and celebrating the district’s first Feinstein Foundation Golden ticket award, the Marion School Committee on December 5 was filled with good news. Sippican Elementary School third-grader Rose O’Brien, a Feinstein school for her good deeds, won a random drawing that helped garner $5,000 for […] Read more »
A Request for Determination of Applicability filing was turned down on December 9 when the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission reviewed the filing brought by Colin Labrie, 7 Hollywood Road. The filing was for the removal of trees within the 100-foot wetlands boundary an area subject to coastal storm flowage. Representing the applicant was Chris Vandenberg […] Read more »
Allegations of sexism came up at the Planning Board meeting on Monday when board member Eileen Marum mentioned that since August, some of her meeting minutes have been edited by the board chair to remove emotional language. Marum said in the past, she has been ignored by male members of the board. As […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday re-opened its month-long review of four separate Notices of Intent to build single-family dwellings on two-acre lots at 0 High Street but ultimately continued all four hearings until its next meeting. Since early November, the project has drawn the attention of abutters who have raised concerns about its possible […] Read more »
Plymouth County Commission Treasurer Tom O’Brien and State Senator Michael J. Rodrigues came to Rochester Monday to present its Board of Selectmen a $413,605 check for new Police Department digital radios and new Fire Department turnout gear. The oversize cardboard check the pair came to town hall with represented two actual checks Rochester […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board met in a lighting fast meeting on Tuesday, December 3. The meeting began with the approval of minutes from three meetings, October 7, October 16, and November 6. Minutes were approved by unanimous vote. The next agenda item was approving liquor licenses. The board unanimously approved all outstanding requests, though […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee met November 21 at Old Hammondtown School. The meeting began by recognizing long-time paraprofessional Cyndy Atwood and her work with the education of many students but also the focus on students’ social and emotional needs. The committee thanked her and wished her a happy retirement as she is to retire soon. […] Read more »
Marion’s Conservation Commission decided that two projects before it on November 20 were not subject to wetlands protection bylaws. The commission issued negative determinations of wetlands regulation applicability for plans to repair a wood frame deck, stairs, and egress at 195B Converse Road and to remove eight trees close to the home at 12 […] Read more »
Developer Matthew Zuker is looking for a reprieve from some of the restrictions on his proposed 48-unit affordable housing project so the development can begin constructing roads and possibly some model homes. The Planning Board held a lengthy hearing on this topic at the Novediteember 18 meeting and asked Zuker to review an engineering […] Read more »
On November 21, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting. But the meeting was far from regular as the board took up the matter of the library director’s sudden resignation. After eight months on the job as the library director, Colleen Tierney resigned. Tierney had relocated from Texas […] Read more »