In saying goodbye to the 2023-24 academic year, the Marion School Committee used its May 23 meeting to say goodbye to Sippican Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Elizabeth Milde. Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson called Milde the “utmost professional” in announcing her retirement. Citing her teamwork, dedication and encouragement of […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday set a Fall Special Town Meeting for October 21 and approved August 9 as the last day to submit articles for the warrant. Asked by The Wanderer what articles they might have in mind for the October date, Select Board Chairman Brad Morse said there are a couple of […] Read more »
The Marion Energy Management Committee met on Monday to discuss a list of items such as solar panels for the new Department of Public Works facility and township vehicles. EMC member Bill Saltonstall read a statement from his conversation with Town Administrator Geoff Gorman. “I would like to suggest some of these savings […] Read more »
At the end of the June 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, the members took up the matter of residents’ concerns over the barren appearance of The Bogs. The massive restoration project undertaken by the Buzzards Bay Coalition has prompted neighbors and others to question possible transport of hazardous chemicals off site during […] Read more »
During the June 11 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board, Andrew Nilson of Child Engineering gave a status update for the Long Wharf reconstruction project. Nilson said the project will be at 35% design in mid-July and that at-100% cost estimation for construction would be available. No date was given for that milestone. […] Read more »
At its very busy June 5 meeting, Rochester’s Planning Board continued until June 25 a request for a one-year extension of the Special Permit for the Braley Hill North solar facility over concerns that the project has already gotten more than one extension already. The applicant’s representative, Attorney Gregory Sampson, explained the request […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday became the last of three town panels to approve Marion resident Mark Briggs’ plan to construct two buildings to store and repair collectible automobiles, trucks and other motor vehicles on New Bedford Road. The move came after the board endorsed a permit condition change for “Briggs Hobby Barn,” tied to […] Read more »
After another continuance of Matt Zuker’s 78 Wareham Road, LLC, public hearing (to July 15) sent some Marion residents home frustrated, the Marion Planning Board had little to conduct in the way of business at Monday night’s public meeting. But following routine approval of an invoice submitted by the SITEC engineering firm for its […] Read more »
An old shed of an incalculable age helped seal the deal, as Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved a Notice of Intent application to permit installation of a gravel driveway, stone patio and walkway and landscaping and to include work within the 100-foot buffer zone of wetlands at 96 Wolf Island Road. Previously, the […] Read more »
On June 3, the Mattapoisett Planning Board heard from Maria Jones, Engagement and Communications planner for the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD). The agency has been working on a study of priority natural resources as well as economic development potential of the Southeastern Massachusetts and South Coast Rail Corridor. Jones […] Read more »