Town Meeting

Special Town Meeting - October 2026

Thursday, October 29
7:00 PM
Hingham High School, 17 Union Street

Preview: Current Warrant Articles

2026 Special Town Meeting Planning Calendar

Download and Print Planning Calendar (PDF)

JUNE 2026    

  • Tue 6/30    School Building Committee Update to the Select Board
  • Tue 6/30    Discussion of STM Meeting Dates with Select Board

JULY 2026

  • Mon 7/4    Independence Day
  • Fri 7/17    Draft warrant articles sent to Select Board Office for review
  • Tue 7/21    "Select Board meeting:
    •  - Select Board discusses STM plans for the end of October;
    •  - Select Board discusses draft articles for STM; 
    •  - Post notice of warrant closing date in Town Hall (Tuesday, July 28th)"
  • Tues 7/28     "Select Board meeting:
    • - Select Board votes to set date of STM for Th 10/29;
    • - Select Board votes to open the warrant, insert articles and close warrant on 7/28;
    • - Select Board votes proposed Warrant for 9/1 Primary"
    •     STM warrant closes
  • Wed 7/29    Warrant articles posted on Town website and sent to AdCom

AUGUST 2026 

  • Tues 8/11    "AdCom meeting:
    •  - Discussion of MSBA projects;
    •  - Discussion of HMLP project"
  • Thu 8/20    Post notice of warrant closing date in Town Hall (Tuesday, August 25th )
  • Tues 8/25    "Select Board meeting:
    • - Select Board votes to open the warrant, insert articles and close warrant on 8/25
    • "    STM warrant closes
  • Wed 8/26    Warrant articles posted on Town website and sent to AdCom
  • Thu 8/27    Schematic design package due to MSBA (by 5:00 pm)

SEPTEMBER 2026 

  • Mon 9/7    Labor Day
  • TBD    "AdCom meeting:
    •  - Discussion of MSBA projects;
    •  - Discussion of HMLP project"
  • Sat 9/12    Rosh Hashanah
  • Tue 9/15    "Select Board meeting:
    •  - SB votes to put ballot question(s) on local ballot for 11/3 state election;
    •  - Update on MSBA projects; 
    •  - Update on HMLP project"
  • Tue 9/22    
    • Select Board meeting:  Discussion of financing plan/debt scenarios and tax impact of PRS and South projects
    •  "AdCom meeting:
      • - Discussion of financing plan/debt scenarios and tax impact of PRS and South projects"
  • Mon 9/26    Yom Kippur
  • Tue 9/29    
    • "Select Board meeting: 
      • - Vote on warrant article recommendations
      • - Vote to approve and sign warrant"
    •     "AdCom meeting:
      • - Vote on warrant article recommendations"

OCTOBER 2026 **    

** Need to set schedule of public information sessions on STM School debt exclusion projects and HMLP borrowing authorization    

  • Fri 10/2    
    • Final warrant review by Michael Puzo & John Coughlin
    • Send warrant to printer
  • Tue 10/6    Post warrant on Town website and serve copy of warrant by constable to Town Clerk
  • Mon 10/12    Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day
  • Wed 10/14    STM logistics prep meeting with staff
  • Wed 10/14    Warrant delivered to households
  • Wed 10/14    Submit STM notice to Hingham Journal for publication on Thur 10/22 (7 days before STM)
  • Wed 10/21    "- Deadline to post attested copy of the warrant in the Clerk's office; 
    • - Deadline to post notice of STM and election and summary of articles/questions in Hingham Journal or other newspaper"
  • Sat 10/17    Early voting starts
  • Sun 10/25    Moderator's Meeting @12pm
  • Wed 10/28    MSBA Board of Directors meeting - approval of awards
  • Thur 10/29    Special Town Meeting at Hingham High School at 7pm
  • Thu 10/29    Early voting ends 

NOVEMBER 2026 

  • Tue 11/3    State Election (with two ballots - one state and one local)
  • Wed 11/11    Veterans' Day
  • Thu 11/24    Thanksgiving
  • Fri 11/25    Day after Thanksgiving

January 2027

Thu 1/28    MSBA deadline to secure PRS / South financing

Town Meeting is open to all registered voters in town. Hingham’s Open Town Meeting form of government relies on participation from its registered voters to function.  

Persons who are not registered voters of the Town may be admitted to the meeting as guests by the Moderator.  The Moderator has asked that any person seeking the Moderator’s permission to be admitted as a guest of the meeting make that request via the Town Clerk (townclerk@hingham-ma.gov) before the day of the meeting and, in all events, not later than one hour before the scheduled start of the meeting or any continuation thereof, thereby enabling an accurate guest list to be prepared.   A guest may not vote on matters that come before the meeting, but may be granted permission to address the meeting by a majority vote of the meeting.

Logistics

Check-In

Check-in for Town Meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. ahead of the 7 p.m. meeting start time. The Town Clerk will operate two registration tables, one at the High School main entrance and another at the back right entrance.

Please arrive no later than 6:30 PM, so that the meeting can begin promptly at 7:00 PM.

Parking

Parking is available at two High School lots – the front lot and the far lot down Union Street beyond the ball fields. Overflow parking will be available at South Shore Baptist Church at 578 Main Street after the Union Street far lot is full. 

Message signs will provide additional information on the day of Town Meeting. Shuttle buses will be running to and from the Baptist Church overflow site from 6:00 p.m. until 30 minutes after Town Meeting ends.

Accessibility

Accessibility is a priority. Handicapped parking is available in the High School front and back parking lots. The Hingham Center for Active Living is providing transportation to mobility impaired residents. Interested residents should call (781) 741-1458 by close of business on Thursday, April 24, to schedule a ride. A limited number of large print warrant books will be available on request at registration desks. The Town will provide live closed captioning in the gymnasium and auditorium at this meeting. Accessible seating will be spread out across the gymnasium and auditorium. Finally, accessible restrooms are available in the High School.  

Please share your accessibility questions with the Commission on Disability, by email, at COD@hingham-ma.gov.