To the Editor: If you live anywhere in Mattapoisett in a residential zone, don’t think you are safe from business or industrial development next door. Ask those folks on Jane Lane who will now abut an industrial cellular tower. Shouldn’t that be a good enough reason for home owners in every area of Mattapoisett to […] Read more »

To the Editor: The last letter discussed the ramifications of the stretch building code requirement for the Green Communities designation for Marion. A stretch building code can be voluntarily adopted by a majority vote of the Town Meeting. The purpose of a stretch code is to promote energy efficiency in Town construction projects by imposing […] Read more »

To the Editor: Marion needs a solar bylaw that serves and protects both its businesses and its residents, while allowing access to the benefits of energy from the sun. At present, the town’s zoning bylaws do not specifically address solar installations, leaving the Building Inspector and potential applicants without definitive guidance. Massachusetts General Law 40A, […] Read more »

To the Editor: A significant Green Communities designation requirement is for the Marion Town Meeting by a majority vote to adopt a state approved “stretch building code.” Marion now uses a standard state building code, “the base code,” for construction and remodeling administered by the Town’s building inspector. This more restrictive and stringent building codes […] Read more »

To the Editor: In the April 4 issue of The Wanderer, a letter from Ted North provided a confusing and misleading view of the proposed solar bylaw, which has been developed over the past year by the Energy Management Committee (EMC) with input from the Planning Board. Marion’s bylaws currently do not address solar arrays; […] Read more »

To the Editor: We would like to express our most sincere thanks to the Mattapoisett police officers, firefighters and EMTs. We were involved in a serious accident on Route 6 on Saturday afternoon, March 30. Our car was severely damaged; we were both transported to St. Luke’s by ambulance. What is amazing to us is […] Read more »

To the Editor: Recent media reporting on the objectives and agendas of Marion’s Energy Management Committee, EMC, requires a pause for scrutiny and comment regarding the impact of this Committee’s activities on Marion. A major EMC agenda item is changing Marion’s zoning bylaws to allow “as a matter of right zoning” with “expedited permitting” at […] Read more »

To the Editor: I would like to express my deepest thanks to the emergency services in the town of Mattapoisett for their rapid response to the scene of the car accident on Brandt Island Road last week. I was the driver that was trapped in the wreck in wet and snowy conditions as the car […] Read more »

To the Editor: Reporting by several media publications of the Marion February 19 Selectmen’s meeting needs clarification. The CDM Smith PowerPoint presentation of the Marion Village Project for sewer, drainage and paving failed to consider misleading cost projections that I pointed out at the Selectmen’s meeting. The $18.4 million cost projection over the Project’s estimated […] Read more »

To the Editor: If you have been reading my previous letters on current educational practices, you may be asking: why does she care so much? Yes, I have retired from a successful and rewarding teaching career. My own children have been out of school for many years. The answer to why I care so much […] Read more »