Plymouth Septic Loan Fund Spent $546,914 Since Last Fall as Precinct Chairs Review New $400,000 Request

PLYMOUTH — Oct.

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Marshfield Advisory Board Declines to Recommend Brant Rock Overlay Repeal, Backs Seawall Repairs

MARSHFIELD — Oct.

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South Shore News...letter: The $750,000 Question

County Pension Costs Are Eating the South Shore's Budgets

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Weymouth School Committee Adopts Seclusion Policy Over Objection, Finds No Violation in Two Open Meeting Complaints

WEYMOUTH — Oct.

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Hull Select Board Told Dropping MAPC Midway Through Master Plan Would Waste $90,000

Four CPA Applications Heard

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The November Nine: Question 6

Nature For All Fund

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Kingston Projects $1.2 Million to $1.5 Million Fiscal 2028 Gap as County Retirement Assessment Climbs $750,000 a Year

KINGSTON — September 30, 2026 — Kingston’s Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and School Committee opened fiscal 2028 budget talks Wednesday facing a gap Town Administrator Scott Lambiase put at $1.2 million to $1.5 million just to keep services at current levels, driven largely by health insurance and a Plymouth County retirement assessment rising about $750,000 a year.

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East Bridgewater Town Meeting Approves 24-Month Data Center Moratorium, $250,000 Public Safety Study

EAST BRIDGEWATER — Oct.

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Plymouth County Hires Pembroke Law Firm to Investigate Former Employee’s Hostile Work Environment Complaint

PLYMOUTH — September 30, 2026 — Plymouth County commissioners on Wednesday voted to hire Pembroke law firm Clifford & Kenny to investigate a hostile work environment complaint from a former county employee, after an initial motion to hire the firm died without a second.

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Norwell Police Shut Off Flock License Plate Cameras Six Months After Installation, Citing Community Trust

NORWELL — September 30, 2026 — Norwell police have deactivated and covered the town’s two Flock license plate reader cameras six months after they were installed, the deputy police chief told the Select Board on Wednesday, saying the department’s relationship with residents mattered more than the tool.

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Abington School Committee Takes Up Teen Dating Violence Policy After Being Told District Had None

ABINGTON — September 29, 2026 — The Abington School Committee was told September 29 that the district has had no policy addressing the state’s teen dating violence law, and model language to close that gap went to a voice vote.

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Hanson Voters Approve Marijuana Delivery, 53-33, Shelve $250,000 Water Exploration Request

HANSON — Oct.

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Hingham Takes Up Transfer Station Fees That Would Raise Mattress Disposal From $20 to $75

HINGHAM — September 29, 2026 — Hingham’s transfer station would charge $75 to dispose of a mattress, up from $20, and $500 a ton for construction debris, up from $120, under a new fee schedule the Select Board put to a roll-call vote Tuesday.

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Plymouth Select Board Backs 392-Unit Friendly 40B on Carver Road, Declines to Recommend Two Citizen Petitions

PLYMOUTH — September 29, 2026 — The Plymouth Select Board voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a memorandum of agreement and a letter of support for a 392-unit friendly 40B at 120 Carver Road, a project town staff said would lift Plymouth’s subsidized housing inventory to 10.5% and past the threshold for permanent safe harbor under the 2020 census count.

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Cohasset Critics Call Harbor Shellfish Plan Outdated, Dispute Town Counsel’s No-Liability Statement

COHASSET — September 29, 2026 — Sewer Commission officers and a longtime harbor researcher told the Cohasset Select Board on Tuesday that the shellfish management plan the town signed with Scituate leaves Cohasset exposed, rejecting a town counsel statement, read aloud at the board’s harbor forum, that neither the plan nor the intermunicipal agreement behind it puts the town at risk of liability.

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Plympton Accountant Flags Unbudgeted $9,200 Software Bill and Deficits Headed for Write-Off

PLYMPTON — September 29, 2026 — Plympton’s free cash has been certified, but Town Accountant Lisa Hart told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday that the first $9,200 invoice for the town’s new VADAR accounting system was not budgeted, and that an overspent water infrastructure grant account and an old police detail account will have to be written off, with no funding source yet identified.

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Whitman Select Board Votes on Hiring Freeze Through Jan. 31 Ahead of South Shore Tech Debt Exclusion

WHITMAN — September 29, 2026 — The Whitman Select Board on Tuesday voted on a full hiring freeze through Jan.

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Powder Point Bridge Not Eligible for National Register, Federal Letter Says

Duxbury Hazard Plan Open for Comment

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Scituate Schools Freeze Budget, Hold Back 20% of Expenses as FY28 Forecast Shows Increase Below 1%

SCITUATE — September 28, 2026 — Scituate’s schools are on track for an increase of just about $400,000 in fiscal 2028, less than 1%, after recent years of close to $2 million, the School Committee heard Monday.

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Storm Leaks Hit Two Hingham Schools as Roof Projects Head to Oct. 29 Town Meeting and Ballot

HINGHAM — September 28, 2026 — Weekend storm leaks at South School and Hingham High School required cleanup by facilities crews, the superintendent told the School Committee Monday, weeks before voters take up roof projects at both buildings and Plymouth River.

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Hanson Finance Committee Declines to Recommend Several Town Meeting Articles, Including $25,500 Subdivision Update

HANSON — September 29, 2026 — The Hanson Finance Committee declined to recommend several articles on the Oct.

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East Bridgewater Counsel Flags Legal Limits on Surveillance Bylaw, Urges Data Center Action at Oct. 7 Town Meeting

EAST BRIDGEWATER — September 28, 2026 — Town counsel told the Select Board on Monday that the attorney general is likely to hold, as it has before, that town meeting cannot use a bylaw to direct town officials, a problem for the petitioned surveillance technology bylaw that leads the Oct.

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Plymouth Schools Say Cost-Cutting Has Hit Its Limit Before FY28

Bus Drivers’ Union Opposes Driver-Facing AI Camera

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Marshfield Forecast Projects $2.765 Million Fiscal 2028 Gap

Revenue Split Would Cut Town Budgets 3.7%

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Abington Water Board Halts Development Approvals Amid Emergency

Long-Term Brockton Line Estimated at $8 Million

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South Shore News...letter: Local Aid Dries Up

Week of September 21, 2026

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Plymouth-Barnstable Senate Forum: Fernandes, MacRae Agree on Pilgrim, Local Aid; Split on Spending, Immigration

MARSHFIELD — September 28, 2026 — State Sen.

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Duxbury Adopts 2026-2029 School Strategic Plan, 5-0

Superintendent Signals Nursing Staff Request in FY28 Budget

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The November Nine: Question 5

Adjusting the trigger for a rebate

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Pembroke Board Delays Flock Camera Stance as Chief Details Tighter Limits; Counsel Hired on Duxbury 40B

PEMBROKE — September 23, 2026 — The Pembroke Select Board heard from police, a Flock Safety representative and residents September 23 on the license plate reader cameras police lease, then put off taking a position until a later meeting.

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