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Select Board Authorizes Town Hall Relocation Search Ahead of Major Renovation

COHASSET — May 19, 2026 — Cohasset Select Board unanimously authorizes Town Hall relocation search as renovation clock runs out. The board voted May 19 to allow Town Manager Michelle Grasso to engage realtors and negotiate leasable office space for approximately 27 Town Hall employees ahead of an HVAC and demolition phase

Cohasset Select Board reorganizes, elects Farrag chair after public safety facility vote fails

COHASSET — May 12, 2026 — Cohasset Select Board reorganizes under new Chair David Farrag and grapples with public safety facility fallout. The board unanimously elected Farrag as chair, Ellen Maher as vice chair, and William Ashton as clerk at its May 12 meeting — all by 5-0 votes — after Maher thanked

Cohasset Conservation Commission Issues Fines, Lifts Dock and Fill Enforcement Orders

COHASSET — May 7, 2026 — Cohasset Conservation Commission approves five permits and votes to fine a Howard Gleason Road property owner at a five-hour May 7 Zoom session. Chair Chris McIntyre and commissioners Tom Bell, Steve Magnell, and Kathy Berrigan — with two members absent — granted negative determinations to Justin Harlow

Cohasset Select Board Member Pushes Town Meeting to Approve King Street Safety Building

COHASSET — May 7, 2026 — Cohasset Select Board member David Farag made a floor appeal at Town Meeting urging a yes vote on purchasing the King Street property for a new public safety building. Farag, of 39 Beachwood Street, told Town Meeting members the Elm Street police station — built in 1962

Cohasset School Committee unanimously awards superintendent $10,000 performance bonus

Cohasset School Committee awards Superintendent Dr. Sarah Shannon a $10,000 performance bonus and votes 5-0 against School Choice for FY2027.

Cohasset School Committee votes 5-0 to award superintendent $10,000 performance bonus

COHASSET — May 6, 2026 — Cohasset School Committee awards Superintendent Dr. Sarah Shannon a $10,000 discretionary bonus and votes 5-0 to opt out of Massachusetts School Choice for FY2027. The committee unanimously awarded Shannon the maximum bonus allowed under Section 8 of her contract after she received Exemplary ratings

Cohasset Planning Board Approves South Main Street Driveway and Scenic Road Permits

COHASSET — May 6, 2026 — Cohasset Planning Board unanimously approved scenic road and common driveway permits for a three-lot South Main Street development after nearly 90 minutes of deliberation over tree removal, headlight glare, and an antique stone wall. The board voted 5-0 on both approvals at its May

Cohasset Select Board Votes 4-0 to Offer Town Manager Job to Michelle Leary

COHASSET — April 28, 2026 — Cohasset Select Board unanimously selects Interim Town Manager Michelle Leary for the permanent top job. The board voted 4-0 Tuesday night to authorize search firm Municipal Resources Inc. to extend a conditional offer of employment to Leary, who has led the town for the past

Cohasset Conservation Commission Continues Disputed Wheelwright Park Cell Tower Hearing to May 21

COHASSET — April 16, 2026 — Cohasset Conservation Commission sends Wheelwright Park cell tower back for more information, ratifies tree-clearing enforcement order. The commission voted unanimously at its April 16 Zoom meeting to continue the contested NOI 26-03 and Stormwater Permit 26-04 application from Wireless Edge Towers — which proposes

Cohasset School Committee Unanimously Appoints New Assistant Superintendent From Duxbury

COHASSET — April 15, 2026 — Cohasset School Committee unanimously appointed a new assistant superintendent and authorized a solar energy procurement process at its April 15 meeting. The five-member board voted 5-0 to appoint Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Wilcox, currently assistant superintendent at Duxbury Public Schools, following a search that drew

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