South Shore News...letter: Two South Shores

Cheap Bonds in Duxbury and Scituate, "Bloodletting" in Halifax and Marshfield

March 30 – April 7, 2026

If there was any doubt the South Shore had entered a full-blown municipal fiscal reckoning, last week erased it. From Halifax to Marshfield to Carver to Cohasset, town administrators walked residents through “Plan B” budgets, “bad idea lists,” and emergency transfers — with health insurance spikes, snow deficits, and stagnant sta…