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Hingham Finance Committee unanimously recommends $70 million HMLP borrowing authorization

HINGHAM — March 12, 2026 — Hingham's Finance Committee voted 14-0 to recommend a $70 million borrowing for the Municipal Light Plant while spending most of a marathon March 12 session debating whether to build, shrink, or delay a proposed Center for Active Living. The unanimous HMLP vote would

Hingham Select Board awards $7.9 million contract for South Shore Country Club pool

Hingham Select Board unanimously awards $7.9 million pool contract and places senior center debt exclusion on ballot.

Hingham Finance Committee Approves $346,129 Personnel Appropriation, Advances Electronic Voting Funding

HINGHAM — March 10, 2026 — Hingham Finance Committee unanimously approves personnel funding and electronic voting pre-authorization ahead of Annual Town Meeting. The committee voted unanimously to appropriate $346,129 for fiscal year 2027 non-union employee compensation and benefits and to pre-authorize up to $100,000 from unassigned fund

Hingham School Committee Approves France Trip, Interventionist Union Agreement

HINGHAM — March 9, 2026 — Hingham School Committee approves France exchange trip and ratifies interventionist labor agreement. The committee, meeting Monday with Vice Chair Michelle Ay presiding in place of absent Chair Jen Benham, unanimously approved a student exchange trip to Paris and the Toulouse region for April 2027, organized by

Hingham Finance Committee Approves Two Property Sales and $1.86M Community Preservation Package

Hingham's Finance Committee approved two town property sales, a $1.86 million Community Preservation package, and a companion zoning change at its March 5 meeting, while deferring a contentious $1.35 million employee health care subsidy to a later session.

Hingham Select Board Delays Vote on $770,000 School Boiler and Repair Article

HINGHAM — March 3, 2026 — Hingham Select Board delays vote on a $770,000 school repairs article while facing a $97.4 million capital plan for FY27. Capital Outlay Committee Chair Mike Donovan told a joint session of the Select Board, School Committee, and Advisory Committee that the gross five-year

Hingham Select Board unanimously backs $30 million Center for Active Living

HINGHAM — February 26, 2026 — Hingham Select Board unanimously advances $29.9 million Center for Active Living and two civil service departures to Annual Town Meeting. The three-member board — Chair Bill Ramsey, Julie Strehle, and a third member — voted 3-0 Thursday on nine warrant articles, including Article P authorizing

Hingham School Committee delays FY27 budget vote, weighs larger repair fund

HINGHAM — February 26, 2026 — Hingham School Committee held a public hearing on its proposed FY27 operating budget and signaled it will seek a larger extraordinary repair appropriation than the $500,000 currently in a warrant article. Superintendent Katie Roberts and Executive Director of Business Aisha Opong presented a budget that

Hingham Finance Committee Approves $2.3 Million Debt-Relief Transfer, Holds Property Sale

HINGHAM — February 26, 2026 — Hingham's Finance Committee approved a $2.3 million stabilization fund transfer and warned the town is nearing its own debt limits. The committee voted unanimously at its February 26 meeting to recommend the $2.3 million drawdown from the Capital Project Cost and Debt

Hingham Select Board Backs Health Stipend, Splits on Real Estate Transfer Fee

HINGHAM — February 24, 2026 — Hingham Select Board unanimously backs one-year employee health care stipend and splits 2-1 to advance a real estate transfer fee home rule petition. Meeting remotely on February 24, Chair William Ramsey and members Liz Klene and Julie Strehle approved Article FF, a one-time

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