Schools · School Committee
Cohasset School Committee adopts combined Title IX policy, 5-0
Cohasset School Committee opens the year with five unanimous votes, headlined by a merged Title IX and harassment policy. Assistant Superintendent Dr.
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Government · Capital Budget Committee
Capital Budget Committee Approves $163,824 Jacobs Meadow Tide Gate Replacement
Cohasset Capital Budget Committee unanimously approves $163,824 tide gate replacement at Jacobs Meadow. Chair Susan Franklin led the 4-0-0 vote to authorize the emergency project, which will replace the deteriorating structure with 316L stainless steel. Kevin Cronin of the Department of Public
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of Monday, August 24, 2026 through Sunday, August 30, 2026
This week's Cohasset obituary notices column lists one death: Waters, Calvin Drake, 81, who died August 21, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home. No additional biographical details, service information, or memorial designations were included in the avai…
Government · Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee Reviews Police, Fire Capital Requests, Defers Petitions
The Cohasset Advisory Committee deferred action on citizens petitions and discussed police and fire capital requests. Chair Mark Cameron presided over the seven-member quorum.
Government · School Committee
School Committee preliminarily approves Before and After School Handbook
Cohasset School Committee votes to preliminarily approve Before and After School Handbook. Chair Corey D. Evans, Vice Chair Craig MacLellan, and Member Lance Dial voted unanimously to green-light the handbook, clearing the district to operate the program for the 2026–2027 school year after state
Schools · School Committee
Cohasset School Committee OKs After-School Handbook, Appoints Interim Finance Director
Cohasset schools scrap daily after-school drop-in care, add reservation system.
Government · Cohasset Select Board
Select Board votes to terminate Flock camera contract to cure legal defect
Cohasset Select Board moves to terminate Flock camera contract due to legal defect. The board voted unanimously to instruct the Town Manager to terminate the automatic-renewal agreement and renegotiate a Chapter 30B-compliant contract while preserving the option to explore alternative vendors.
Government · Capital Budget Committee
Capital committee backs police handgun upgrade and fire alert replacement
Cohasset Capital Budget Committee approves police and fire upgrades. The committee unanimously approved replacement of the Police Department's 38 SIG Sauer P320 handguns with Glocks for up to $45,000, accelerating the purchase over national safety concerns; the Police Union Safety Committee had
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 17, 2026 through August 23, 2026
Two Cohasset-resident obituaries were published this week, both posted by McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Services. Broderick, William Edward, 98, a World War II Naval veteran and retired Metropolitan District Commission/Massachusetts State Police officer, settled in Cohasset with his wife an…
Government · Conservation Commission
Cohasset board splits 3-1 on Jerusalem Road addition
Cohasset conservation board presses water officials on a lagoon system sized for 78 percent demand growth.