Government · Select Board
Cohasset Select Board sends scaled-back police station to special town meeting
Cohasset advances a $20.9 million police station and sets a December 5 vote.
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Government · Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee approves four capital equipment purchases
Cohasset Advisory Committee advanced four capital equipment purchases and rejected two citizen petitions.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board OKs zoning changes, delays ledge permit
Cohasset Planning Board recommends zoning amendments, pauses a contested ledge-removal case for site visits.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board recommends three zoning bylaw amendments to Town Meeting
Cohasset Planning Board votes unanimously to advance three zoning bylaw amendments to October Town Meeting. The board voted 5-0 to recommend Articles PB1, PB2, and PB3, which clarify definitions of accessory structures to address setback enforcement for fences and pools, remove outdated solar
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
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
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
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.
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