Government

Government · Select Board

Select Board sends election date change to warrant

The Nahant Select Board voted to send warrant articles moving the town election to June and cutting speaking time at town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 4

Government · Finance Committee

Nahant Finance Committee Receives $1 Million Override Proposal to Fund Four New Firefighters

Nahant Finance Committee receives dual-budget FY27 plan with $1 million operating override option.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 12

Government · Select Board

Select Board Advances Two FY27 Budget Plans

The Nahant Select Board voted to send two competing fiscal 2027 budgets to the town's finance committee ahead of May town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 11

Government · Community Preservation Committee

Nahant panel reviews two ecology grants

The Nahant Community Preservation Committee reviewed two ecological restoration grant requests and a $40,000 ask for the stalled Town Hall ramp project.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 9

Government · Select Board

Nahant Confirmed Compliant With Housing Law

Nahant's Select Board confirmed the town is now compliant with the state's MBTA Communities housing law, dodging a lawsuit filed against nine other towns.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 4

Government · Community Preservation Committee

Preservation panel weighs $476,301 in requests

The Nahant Community Preservation Committee reviewed $476,301 in new grant requests and ruled two unrelated applications ineligible.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 2

Government · Select Board

Select Board Backs Local Veteran Officer Hire

The Nahant Select Board leaned toward keeping a local veteran service officer rather than regionalizing the role with Lynn and Swampscott.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 21

Government · Select Board

Nahant appoints COA director, new firefighter

Nahant Select Board approved two appointments and weighed regionalizing veterans services. Members voted 2-0 to appoint Kelly King as Council on Aging Director, replacing Mary Minor, and 2-0 to hire Douglas Cronin as a full-time firefighter pending a physical exam.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 7