Select Board opens Special Town Meeting warrant for school roof projects. The board unanimously voted to include articles for roof replacements at Plymouth River Elementary and South Elementary Schools with combined project budgets of 24.2 million dollars and approved schematic design submission to
Hingham Council on Aging elects Nevins to facilities chair post, advances center upgrades. Joe Nevins was elected Chair of the Facilities Subcommittee with assent from Sara Smithson and Josh Ross, with Jennifer Young attending as ex officio member. The subcommittee is advancing grab bar
Planning Board approved three residential site plans with construction conditions.
School Building Committee approves three construction managers and geothermal test well. The committee unanimously pre-qualified Bond Brothers, Consigli Construction, and WT Rich from an initial pool of seven firms, eliminating GVW, TRAC Builders, and Colantonio for insufficient Chapter 149A and
Advisory Committee approves $46,800 reserve fund transfer for election equipment. Chair Kevin Freytag and the committee unanimously authorized the purchase of ballot tabulators and related equipment ahead of the November 3rd election, accelerating the capital timeline from fiscal 2028. The meeting
Board of Assessors streamlines spending approval for routine invoices. Assessor Randall Winters moved to authorize Director of Assessing Erin Delaney to independently approve office expenditures under $1,000, a change prompted by meeting frequency delays in invoice processing. Research by staff
Cleaner Greener Hingham committee charts its 2026-27 environmental education and sustainability agenda. The committee reviewed five priorities including increasing Black Earth compost signups from 178 to 250 by November per Sara Gordon, the Black Earth residential pickup coordinator. Co-Chair
Foster Elementary School Building Committee approves $156K change order and $96K early site package credit. The committee unanimously backed Change Order #25 covering irrigation well hydrofracking, landscape edging, bedrock well drilling, and heat pump electrical modifications totaling $155,793.
Hingham Climate Action Commission unanimously adopts revised Charter and elects Elliott Place as Chair. The August 12, 2026 meeting marked the Commission's first gathering since April's Town Meeting restructured it to dissolve the Energy Action Committee and expand membership to 15 seats including
The Hingham Select Board accepted two $500,000 gifts from Barbara Hood's estate for the Conservation and Historic Commissions.
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