The Marion Planning Board on August 4 could not decide on whether a potential municipal separate stormwater systems bylaw, also known as MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems), should be a general or zoning bylaw. The board, however, went through a draft written by a subcommittee, and will decide on August 18 which […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health on August 7 met at the Marion Police Station and had a long discussion on whether new or updated homes should be mandated to use the more expensive denitrification septic systems. Board Chairman Albin Johnson III was adamant that residential septic systems do not contribute much, if anything, […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School’s athletic fields will finally be getting some much-needed repairs and improvements beginning with bids opening on August 20. Representatives Megan Kearns and Josh Millonig from the engineering firm Weston & Sampson stated during the August 11 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission that the project is in […] Read more »
The lot at 28 Marion Road, Rochester, that has been vacant since a fire destroyed the bakery and cafe there in 2011 may finally see a house built upon it. First, however, the plan must get approval from the town Historic District Commission. Acushnet engineer Nelson Bernardo, who had already received a building […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on Monday to discuss a subdivision on Front Street and to approve Field Engineering Co., Inc.’s amendment to their Engineering Service Agreement for 78 Wareham Road. Following the approval of minutes with some minor grammatical and structural changes, the board then moved on to an Approval Not Required endorsement […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board on Tuesday agreed to have officials create approximately 75 temporary lined parking spots on Island Wharf to alleviate the parking shortage in the village area. Also, at Tuesday’s meeting in the Police Station meeting room, the board agreed to 28 items, or around $3,000,000, of road improvements on Point […] Read more »
In their monthly meeting on Thursday, July 31, the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board primarily discussed ongoing talks with Childs Engineering on development of Long Wharf. At the beginning of the hybrid meeting, the chair of the board, Carlos G. DeSousa, asked for Harbormaster Isaac Perry to sit at the main table with the […] Read more »
Some neighbors had concerns about a construction company once used by applicant David Pina to build a single-family home on Point Road. However, at a July 24 public hearing, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals granted Pina a Variance and said some of those issues are not within the board’s jurisdiction. The hearing took […] Read more »
On July 28, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission heard a Request for Determination of Applicability filing by Chapman Dickerson. He was requesting permission to remove two clumps of trees adjacent to the edge of the Mattapoisett River as it flows past River Road. However, an abutter, Kenneth Rocha of Kyla Way, called the project a “desecration […] Read more »
The Rochester Cultural Council met at Town Hall on Monday to gear up for the 2026 state grant-funding award season. Council Chair Kate Duggan began the meeting by announcing that the list of Rochester grant recipients for 2025 has been posted on the state council website (massculturalcouncil.org/local-council/rochester), and a press release on the announcements […] Read more »