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5th Plymouth
Hanson voters approve limited recreational marijuana delivery and shelve a $250,000 water request. At the Oct. 5 Special Town Meeting, voters approved Article 32, allowing limited recreational marijuana delivery, on a counted vote of 53-33.
4th Plymouth
Scituate's schools have frozen spending and are bracing for a much smaller FY28 increase. The School Committee heard that the schools are on track for roughly $400,000 more in fiscal 2028, under 1%. Recent years brought increases near $2 million, South Shore News reported.
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%.
5th Plymouth
Hanson's Special Town Meeting on Oct. 5 approved limited recreational marijuana delivery and shelved a $250,000 water exploration request. South Shore News reports that Article 32 passed on a counted vote of 53-33.
4th Plymouth
Scituate's schools have frozen this year's budget and are holding back 20% of expense lines. The forecast for fiscal 2028 is an increase of about $400,000, less than 1%.
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.
5th Plymouth
Norwell's schools ended fiscal 2026 with the special education reserve about $750,000 short of state guidance. The School Committee heard the year-end report on September 21, which put spending at $33,433,131.
4th Plymouth
Scituate's Select Board recommended two Community Preservation articles that rely on borrowing. Special Town Meeting takes them up October 19. The board backed a $5 million commitment to the Gates Apartments elderly housing project and $3,835,165 for construction of Pier 44 Park.
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.
5th Plymouth
Hanover's Fire Chief Jason Cavallaro told the Select Board he wants the town to shelve a long-pursued North Hanover fire substation and instead put roughly $5 million toward expanding and renovating the nearly 40-year-old Fire Department headquarters.
4th Plymouth
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 absorbed the fallout from a failed override vote and closed out fiscal 2026 with no circuit breaker money carried forward.
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.
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
4th Plymouth
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
4th Plymouth
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
4th Plymouth
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
4th Plymouth
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset