On January 6, the Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee met for the first one-on-one interviews to be held with organizations and groups who have filed for grant consideration. The members in attendance on this night were Michelle Hughes (elected), Margaret DeMello (representing the housing authority), Jim Pierson (elected), Karen Field (Planning Board representative), Bill […] Read more »
Rochester’s Board of Selectmen on Monday approved for the January 27 Special Town Meeting warrant the last two articles that had yet to be reviewed but learned two others involving police station upgrades might be put on hold. Town Administrator Cameron Durant said the Capital Planning Committee will recommend shelving temporarily articles one […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on December 23 was well known bike path advocate and prime-mover Bonne DaSousa. DaSousa expressed her concerns that memorial benches purchased by donors in support of the town’s bike paths were being undermined at Goodspeed Island by increased pedestrian traffic and environmental impacts from weather events along the coastal […] Read more »
Rochester’s Capital Planning Committee on December 27 recommended all but two of the seven proposed capital improvement fund requests on the January 27 Special Town Meeting warrant. Committee chair David Arancio began the meeting by noting these recommendations are needed in time for the Board of Selectmen’s meeting on December 30. Committee members […] Read more »
The first public meeting of the Marion Village Historic District Study Committee was held on Wednesday, January 15. The meeting was primarily to present the Preliminary Study Report to the public as well as leave time or questions. Chair of the committee, Will Tifft, began the presentation by saying, “The Marion Village is the […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday voted to recommend all seven money-spending articles on the January 27 Special Town Meeting warrant and most of its non-monetary proposals. With the help of recommendations from the Finance Committee, the board endorsed two articles that will come out of the Capital Improvement Planning budget and five others that will […] Read more »
Personnel and capital improvement issues were discussed extensively at the December 19 Library Board of Trustees meeting. The board has recently maintained library services with only part-time staff and now is trying to get through the fiscal year in the wake of longtime custodian Raymond Rose retiring, according to Susan Pizzolatto, an interim library […] Read more »
The Water and Sewer Board at its December 18 meeting discussed its future, including capital improvements to water and sewer lines over the next five years. Water and Sewer Superintendent Henry Renaud mentioned around $1 million in debt coming off the books, which will leave room for some extensions of the water and sewer […] Read more »
In a hearing room crowded with residents, Rochester’s Park Commission opened and closed quickly a rare Monday morning meeting on December 23. The lone agenda item of note read “Review Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Charles Morgan on 11/12/24”. Commission chair David Hughes announced the purpose of this meeting was a request to […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met Thursday, December 19 to go over their three cases. The first, Case 1552, was the request for a Special Permit for the construction of a 14×20 deck on 32 Barstow Street. Both residents have hip problems and would like a deck that is level so they can […] Read more »