COHASSET - May 2026 - In a landmark session lasting over three hours, Cohasset residents voted overwhelmingly to fund a new $32.1 million public safety building, contingent on a debt exclusion at the ballot, ending a twenty-year stalemate over the town’s deteriorating police and fire facilities. While the “big-ticket” infrastructure item passed with the required two-thirds majority, the meeting was punctuated by sharp division over environmental and property rights, as a proposed seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers failed by just four votes, and voters demanded a relocation of a controversial cell tower planned for Wheelright Park.
The Full Story
The 2026 Annual Town Meeting, moderated for the final time by Dan Evans [00:22], focused heavily on the future of Cohasset’s infrastructure and fiscal health. The defining moment of the evening was the presentation for Article 21, the construction of a new Public Safety Building at 135 King Street. Glenn Pratt, Chair of the Public Safety Facilities Committee, opened the discussion by noting that the need for a new station has been on the town’s capital plan since 2005 [53:26].
