South Shore News...letter: The Blizzard Was Just the Exclamation Point

South Shore Towns Were Already in Crisis Before the Storm Hit

Week of March 8–13, 2026

The dominant story across the South Shore this week isn’t any single town’s budget crisis — it’s that virtually every community from Duxbury to Rockland is staring at the same math problem and arriving at the same uncomfortable answer. Health insurance premiums are spiking at double-digit rates, state aid continues to fall short …