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Plymouth Uses Excess Levy, Freezes Hiring as Health Insurance Spike Triggers $1.1M Deficit

Week of January 5, 2026

Plymouth Drains Reserves, Freezes Hiring as Health Insurance Spike Triggers $1.1M Deficit

The new year brought South Shore communities face-to-face with a fiscal reality that’s becoming impossible to ignore: even recent override approvals aren’t solving the structural budget problems. Plymouth triggered an immediate hiring freeze a…