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Hingham Select Board Backs $1.9 Million Reserve Fund Transfer at Annual Town Meeting

Hingham Select Board unanimously recommended a $1.9 million reserve fund transfer for FY26, the first to include school special education costs under the town's post-override MOU.

Hingham Center for Active Living Bids Come In at $25.8 Million, Below Warrant Estimate

HINGHAM — April 13, 2026 — Hingham bids for proposed Center for Active Living come in at $25.8 million, $4 million below the warrant estimate. The Select Board held a final public information session Monday, with Town Administrator Tom Mayo announcing that contractor bids received the prior week came in well

Hingham School Committee votes to stay out of state school choice program for 2027

HINGHAM — April 13, 2026 — Hingham School Committee honored nine-year member Michelle Ayer and acted on a slate of student travel and grant items at its April 13 meeting. The committee voted unanimously to withdraw from the state's inter-district school choice program for the 2027 school year,

Hingham Select Board unanimously signs 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant

HINGHAM — March 31, 2026 — Hingham Select Board signs the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant in an eight-minute session. The three-member board — Chair William Ramsey, Liz Klein, and Julie Strehle — voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt and sign the warrant, which Town Administrator Tom Mayo called "the culmination of

Hingham Select Board Pulls Real Estate Transfer Fee From 2026 Town Meeting Warrant

HINGHAM — March 24, 2026 — Hingham Select Board votes 2-1 to remove real estate transfer fee from Town Meeting warrant. Chair William Ramsey and member Julie Strehle supported withdrawal of Article X, citing Advisory Committee concerns about unresolved state legislative questions, ambiguity over who would pay the fee, and uncertainty

Hingham Water Board Approves New 30-Year Tower Lease Projecting $1 Million

HINGHAM — March 24, 2026 — Hingham's Board of Water Commissioners unanimously authorized a new lease with SBA Monarch Towers 1, LLC, for a wireless communication tower at 900 Main Street, projecting more than $1 million in revenue over 10 years. Chair William Ramsey and Commissioners Liz Klein and Julie

Hingham School Committee Approves Counselor Summer Work Agreement, Updates Food Service Policies

HINGHAM — March 23, 2026 — Hingham School Committee approves summer counselor agreement and four food service policies, hears business department review. The committee voted unanimously Monday to approve a memorandum of agreement with the Hingham Education Association Unit A covering additional summer workdays for secondary school counselors who handle course placement

Hingham School Committee Unanimously Approves $72.8 Million FY27 Operating Budget

HINGHAM — March 18, 2026 — Hingham School Committee unanimously approved a $72,847,183 fiscal year 2027 operating budget and split 4-2 on a contested plan to drain a long-dormant special education reserve fund. Superintendent Katie Roberts and Assistant Superintendent Aisha Opong, presenting the same figures the committee reviewed

Hingham Finance Committee Approves $3.4 Million for School Safety and Air Systems

HINGHAM — March 18, 2026 — Hingham Finance Committee votes $3.4 million for failing school fire alarms and ventilation systems. The committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend $2,605,437 from unassigned fund balance to replace the 26-year-old fire alarm system at Hingham High School, where Facilities Director Matt

Hingham Select Board Unanimously Approves $173 Million FY27 Budget Package

HINGHAM — March 17, 2026 — Hingham Select Board approves $173 million FY27 budget and advances Route 3A project in marathon session. The board voted unanimously March 17 to recommend the $173,059,838 fiscal year 2027 spending plan — covering all town departments from the $73,880,041 school budget to $13,

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