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Hull Town Meeting Borrows $4 Million to Move Town Hall to Middle School

HULL — May 7, 2026 — Hull Town Meeting closes four-night session with contentious 147-56 vote to borrow $4 million for town hall relocation. Approving the borrowing on May 7 brings the total budget for relocating town offices from 253 Atlantic Avenue to the Memorial Middle School to just over

Hull Town Meeting Approves Transparency Bylaws, Repeals 2018 HRA Land Transfer Authority

HULL — May 6, 2026 — Hull Town Meeting passed a pair of transparency bylaws and repealed a seven-year-old authorization allowing the Select Board to transfer land in the Nantasket Avenue corridor without voter approval. Voters backed citizens' petitions by Susan Vermilio and Michael Marlow — 145 to 70 and

Hull Town Meeting debates shifting light plant control away from town manager

HULL — May 6, 2026 — Hull Town Meeting sparks another round of debate over municipal light plant governance. Town Meeting took up Article 40, a citizen's petition to restructure oversight of the Hull Municipal Light Plant and direct the Select Board to transmit enabling legislation to the state legislature

Hull Town Meeting Votes to Seek State Charter Change, Strip Manager of Light Plant Role

HULL — May 5, 2026 — Hull Town Meeting voted 236-82 to authorize the Select Board to petition the state legislature to strip the town manager of her role as municipal light plant manager and restore statutory authority to the elected Municipal Light Board, rejecting by 245-69 a substitute motion

Whitman Town Meeting Restores School Busing Funds, Passes $51M FY2027 Budget

WHITMAN — May 4, 2026 — Whitman voters restored $202,347 in non-mandated school busing at the May 4 Annual Town Meeting, overriding a Finance Committee recommendation that had zeroed out the line. The meeting of 278 voters approved a $51,018,720 general fund operating budget for fiscal year 2027,

Hull Town Meeting Passes $54.6 Million Budget, Defeats Capital Planning Petition

HULL — May 4, 2026 — Hull town meeting passed a $54,556,809 fiscal year 2027 budget Monday after a contentious session that included 17 line-item holds, two failed attempts to amend the town clerk's stipend, and the defeat of a citizen petition to restructure capital project planning.

Marshfield Town Meeting Defeats MBTA Zoning Repeal, Approves Finance Director Post

MARSHFIELD — April 28, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting rejected a bid to repeal the town's MBTA zoning overlay district and approved a framework for a new finance director on the second night of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Articles 37 and 38, brought forward on a two-to-one

Marshfield Town Meeting Defeats MBTA Zoning Repeal, Approves Finance Director Post

MARSHFIELD — April 28, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting rejected a bid to repeal the town's MBTA zoning overlay district and approved a framework for a new finance director on the second night of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Articles 37 and 38, brought forward on a two-to-one

Marshfield Town Meeting Votes 483-30 to Pursue Five-Member Select Board

MARSHFIELD — April 27, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting defers budget and override vote to June 15, passes Select Board expansion 483-30. In a combined special and annual Town Meeting drawing roughly 500 voters on April 27, Moderator Jim Fitzgerald announced all financial articles — including a potential Proposition 2 1/2

Marshfield Town Meeting Votes 483-30 to Pursue Five-Member Select Board

MARSHFIELD — April 27, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting defers budget and override vote to June 15, passes Select Board expansion 483-30. In a combined special and annual Town Meeting drawing roughly 500 voters on April 27, Moderator Jim Fitzgerald announced all financial articles — including a potential Proposition 2 1/2

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