Mick Colageo

The Negative Boxes 2 and 3 Determination of Applicability issued the Town of Marion by its own Conservation Commission on August 28 for a seawall fix was rather brief compared to a more involved discussion the commissioners would hold with a waterfront homeowner whose hired hands were found to be mowing in a jurisdictional area.

In the latest of what The Wanderer could have packaged as a series of annual adventures on the high seas, the Perkins brothers of Mattapoisett did the kind of thing two teenagers typically talk about on a quiet, summer day but would probably never try.

In reporting to the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on September 5, ORR Junior High School Principal Silas Coellner said the climate in the junior high is the most positive he has seen in a long time.

Town properties in Marion could soon be home to several, revenue-generating charging stations for electric vehicles.

The Marion Capital Improvements Planning Committee got a nose full on Monday at the town’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Faced with terrain that will result in a concentrated area of drainage from the Point Road Bike Path, Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell pointed to two options during MOSAC’s September 5 Zoom meeting: Use forced infiltration to lose some of the stormwater between the path and the road, and another strategy to divert the water away from the familiar landing spots.

In the wake of reported unpermitted activity at 290 Delano Road, the Marion Conservation Commission was pleased to hear from property owner David R. Hooke during its September 11 public meeting and assured him that the town has no problem with his replacement of a deteriorated wall.

The meeting of the Marion Marine Resources Commission originally envisioned with the Select Board will probably take place in November, so its September 17 public meeting became the commission’s forum to prepare to address the Select Board.

“You can still paint your front door purple,” said consultant Eric Dray, who has been helping the Marion Historic District Study Committee prepare a Historic District Draft Bylaw that the committee hopes to put before voters at the Annual Town Meeting in May 2025.

Most municipal activities around the tri-town region in the year 2024 have shared a common theme: emerging concerns of long-time residents.