South Shore News...letter: When New Growth Runs Out
South Shore Confronts Revenue Reality
Week of January 20-29, 2026
The past week revealed a deepening paradox across the South Shore: communities that recently passed tax overrides to stabilize their budgets are already confronting new deficits, while those that rejected overrides face even more dire fiscal straits. From Norwell’s $334,000 school budget gap to Cohasset’s projected $2.4 millio…


