Hingham Select Board Backs Health Stipend, Splits on Real Estate Transfer Fee
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.
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Hingham Select Board clears all HCAL permits, votes $515,000 in contracts
Hingham Select Board approves $515,000 in contracts and clears all permits for new senior center.
Hingham Finance Committee Questions Senior Center Size in First of Three Hearings
Hingham Finance Committee opens scrutiny of proposed 26,000-square-foot Center for Active Living, unanimously approves harbor fund transfer.
Hingham Finance Committee Approves $5 Million Water Main Borrowing Along Route 3A
Hingham Finance Committee unanimously approves $5 million water main borrowing and defers reserve fund vote as out-of-district special education costs could exceed $1.3 million.
Hingham Finance Committee Recommends Nine FY27 Budgets Totaling Over $40 Million
HINGHAM — February 5, 2026 — Hingham Finance Committee advances nine FY27 department budgets while flagging public safety staffing strains and a new hospital cost. The committee recommended budgets totaling more than $40 million across dispatch, police, fire, animal control, the South Shore Country Club, assessing, harbormaster, and water and sewer operations
Hingham Select Board recommends $70M HMLP borrowing, electronic voting funds
Hingham Select Board endorses $70 million electrical reliability borrowing and electronic town meeting voting.
Hingham Finance Committee Recommends Six FY27 Budgets, Advances Two Warrant Articles
HINGHAM — February 3, 2026 — Hingham's Finance Committee recommended roughly $9.6 million in combined departmental appropriations at its February 3 meeting, covering six departments and two employee benefits accounts. The committee approved budgets for the Center for Active Living at $451,800, Veteran Services at $277,789, the
Hingham Water Board Advances 3% Rate Hike and New $65 Capital Charge
Hingham water officials propose 3% rate increase and new $65 annual capital charge for single-family customers.
Hingham Select Board Approves $75,000 Pavement Contract, Clears Town Meeting Warrant Articles
Hingham Select Board unanimously clears ten town meeting articles and approves a $75,000 pavement marking contract at its January 27 meeting.
Hingham Select Board submits 11 warrant articles, including healthcare subsidy and civil service withdrawal
Hingham Select Board unanimously advances 11 warrant articles for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting.