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South Shore News...letter: Structural Deficits

Pink Slips, RANs, and $90-a-Ton Trash

Justin Evans
Jun 13, 2026
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Week of June 1–12, 2026

The South Shore’s fiscal spring has arrived at its harshest moment: communities that spent years papering over structural deficits with free cash and optimistic revenue projections are now staring at the consequences. Marshfield’s “doomsday” scenario — 80 positions eliminated, 60 employees permanently separated, classroom sizes ba…

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