Select Board opens 2026 warrant amid budget pressures
Wenham Select Board unanimously opens 2026 warrant amid twin budget pressures. The board set a February 17 closing date for the April 11 annual meeting as the town faces a $122,000 operating deficit and the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District confronts $500,000 in potential cuts. Finance
Select Board · Meeting of January 20, 2026
Wenham Select Board unanimously opens 2026 warrant amid twin budget pressures. The board set a February 17 closing date for the April 11 annual meeting as the town faces a $122,000 operating deficit and the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District confronts $500,000 in potential cuts. Finance Director Jeff Soulard, credited with department improvements, announced his resignation effective January 23 to join the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The board unanimously approved National Grid's utility pole installation on Maple Street and appointed Althea Cranton to the Council on Aging Board.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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