Question 1 sought $9.27 million for the new station to be built on land adjacent to the County Road police station and Question 2 asked $2 million as the town’s share of the athletic fields and auditorium upgrades.  

Results from Town Clerk Catherine L. Heuberger showed Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusions were approved for the fire station, 1,227 to 161, and for the ORR package, 865 to 521. Officials have noted that all three towns in the school region — Marion, Rochester and Mattapoisett — must approve the ORR plan for it to pass.

A total of 1,398 of Mattapoisett’s 5,009 registered voters went to the polls, meaning a turnout of 28%, Heuberger said.

This station's been in the works for a little over a year and a half. There were some issues around the time of the partial government shutdown that delayed construction on the site. Mashburn Construction is building the fire station and anticipates a grand opening sometime in March of 2020.

"There really aren't these services out in the area, and this is an area that's growing both huge and economically in the number of homes that are coming into this area," Vice President of the Coastal Division for Mashburn Construction Richard Kinard said. "So this fire station will be serving all those areas for Cane Bay and the surrounding areas between there and Whitesville."

The renderings of what the future fire station will look like include two separate buildings. One side is office and residential while the other side is the garage for the fire trucks.