Pandolfi’s Mattapoisett Diner.
Matt’s Blackboard in Rochester has placed ads for four months, manager Mattos said, but had “no bites.’’
Kate Ross of Kate’s Simple eats in Marion said she hasn’t been able to raise wages to incentivize applicants, noting the price of food and sanitary equipment have “skyrocketed.”
Covid restrictions have eased, but some Tri-Town businesses are facing a new challenge: Finding enough staff to keep them fully operational through the busy summer season.
A diminished workforce in the area is forcing some local restaurants to close on days they would prefer to be open, and others to fill orders less quickly than they would like.
May 14, 2021
Alanna Nelson (left) and Jon Henry (right) were elected to the Marion Planning Board in Marion’s May 14 Town Election.
MARION Marion has decided.
Former Selectman Jon Henry and newcomer Alanna Nelson edged out incumbent Andrew Daniel in a five-way race for two positions on the Planning Board in Marion’s May 14 Town Election.
Of 4,335 registered voters in town, 565 or about 13% participated in Friday’s election.
Nelson received 245 votes and Henry earned 241. Falling short in the election were lifelong resident Tucker Burr with 213 votes, Daniel with 207 votes and Energy Management Committee member Tom Friedman with 107.
Nelson, an Energy management Committee member and resident since 2019, said she’s “grateful very grateful” to have won the election.
May 14, 2021
Marion Planning Board candidates Jon Henry (top left), Tom Friedman (top center), Alanna Nelson (top right), Andrew Daniel (bottom left), Tucker Burr (bottom right)
MARION It’s Election Day in Marion!
Residents can vote in today’s Town Election from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center.
The five-way race for two spots on the Planning Board is the only contested election on the ballot.
Running for the two positions are incumbent Andrew Daniel, Alanna Nelson and Tom Friedman of the Energy Management Committee, former Selectman Jon Henry and lifelong resident Tucker Burr.
While Daniel is running for reelection to his position on the board, the second open position was left by the resignation of Kristen St. Don-Campbell.
May 12, 2021
MARION There are five candidates vying for two spots on the Planning Board in the May 14 Town Election.
On the Ballot are incumbent Andrew Daniel, Alanna Nelson and Tom Friedman of the Energy Management Committee, former Selectman Jon Henry and lifelong resident Tucker Burr.
While Daniel is running for reelection to his position on the board, the second open position was left by the resignation of Kristen St. Don-Campbell.
The vacancy left by St. Don-Campbell has caused procedural issues for the board, including limiting the acting board during the approval process of a new Tabor Academy student center and library.
Tucker Burr.
MARION Tucker Burr has lived in town nearly his whole life, and says he isn’t going anywhere else anytime soon.
He says that’s an advantage he has running for the Planning Board, which has a vacancy left by Kristen St. Don-Campbell’s resignation.
Burr said it’s “important that the people on the Planning Board follow through and stay on the Planning Board for the three-year term.”
Additionally, having been a student at Tabor Academy and Sippican School, Burr said he’s “very familiar with the culture of the town.”
“It’s a huge part of me,” he said.