Hanson brief: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Hanson Select Board weighs tax relief, backs library lot repaving, and debates police license plate cameras

Hanson Select Board weighs tax relief, backs library lot repaving, and debates police license plate cameras.

Select Board hires Dan Walsh as building chief. Hanson's Select Board, doubling as the Wage and Personnel Committee, grilled incoming building commissioner Dan Walsh on job stability before his September 21 start, then set a 32-article warrant for the October 5 town meeting covering fire, police and technology requests.Hanson News
Planning Board forwards ADU, clean energy bylaws. Hanson's Planning Board voted to forward a revised accessory dwelling unit bylaw restricting size and barring short-term rentals, along with a clean energy permitting bylaw, to town meeting, while also weighing a subdivision law update and a spring 2027 Maquan playground relocation.Hanson News
Select Board debates tax relief and camera plan. Hanson's Select Board weighed waiving interest on delinquent tax bills, took up a repaving fix for a cracked library and senior center lot where people have fallen, and spent nearly an hour debating Police Chief Mike Casey's license plate camera proposal without taking a vote.Hanson News