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8th Congressional
Weymouth's Town Council opened a public hearing on steeper penalties for breaking mandatory water restrictions. The measure is 26106, an amendment to ordinance section 8-301 on water supply.
3rd Plymouth
Hingham voters will be asked to fund three school building projects, and it takes two votes. The projects are roof work at Plymouth River and South School, and roof and HVAC work at Hingham High School. According to South Shore News's report on the Sept.
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Scituate's schools have frozen spending and are projecting a much smaller budget increase for fiscal 2028. The School Committee heard on Monday, Sept. 28, that the schools are on track for about $400,000 more in FY28, less than 1%.
8th Congressional
Whitman's Select Board takes up a hiring freeze ahead of a January tax vote on the South Shore Tech building. According to South Shore News, the board voted on a freeze through Jan. 31. Under it, any vacancy would need board action before being filled.
3rd Plymouth
Hingham's school roof projects need two votes, and storm leaks arrived first. Superintendent Katie Roberts told the School Committee that weekend storm leaks at South School and Hingham High School needed facilities-crew cleanup.
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Scituate's schools are bracing for a much tighter fiscal 2028. The School Committee heard that the forecast increase is about $400,000, under 1%, compared with increases of about 4% in recent years.
8th Congressional
Hingham's school roofs head to Special Town Meeting with a town-share estimate of about $16.17 million for the two elementary projects.
3rd Plymouth
Hingham's Select Board recommended three school-building articles for the October 29 Special Town Meeting, led by a $16.37 million Plymouth River Elementary roof. According to South Shore News, the board voted unanimously on September 22 to recommend favorable action.
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Marshfield's School Committee chair says the district has lost 75 staff positions in a year. Chair Sean Costello made the statement September 15 while addressing the town's failed override vote.
8th Congressional
Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues is scheduled to face charges Friday after a clerk magistrate found probable cause in August to charge him with assault and battery, a misdemeanor, following a complaint from a Brockton High School student who alleges he touched her…
3rd Plymouth
The Weir River Water System, which supplies Hingham, Hull and part of Cohasset, remains under a Level 2 "significant drought" ban on non-essential outdoor water use, and the board of water commissioners (Hingham's select board, serving in that role) this week heard a proposal…
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Marshfield Public Schools have lost 75 staff positions since last year, School Committee Chair Sean Costello said at a September 15 meeting, as the district works through the fallout of a failed override vote.
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
3rd Plymouth
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
3rd Plymouth
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
3rd Plymouth
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
3rd Plymouth
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset