Dear Patrons, 

     June is a transition into the summer season with sunshine, flowers and sand between your toes on Marshfield’s beautiful beaches. We continue to chug along with several special programs while a few programs take a hiatus until the fall. We celebrate the holiday “Juneteenth” with various programs scattered throughout the month, along with a tribute to Father’s Day.

     As many of you are aware, there is another Town Meeting on June 15th. This Meeting in June is a continuation of the Town Meeting held back in April. It will cover all financial related warrant articles, not covered in April. This is important because it will affect the operating budget for Fiscal 2027 for the Council on Aging and other town departments. 

     There is currently a town wide budget deficit for Fiscal 2027 which will negatively impact the COA both in salaries and expense line items. These salary cuts will affect staff positions and hours. These cuts may affect the number of people we are able to serve, the programs we are able to provide, response times and hours of operation in some areas. We have also had to cut our expense lines for programs and will discontinue the mailing of the newsletter, in July or August depending. 

     However, the Link will still be available at the Senior Center for physical pick up, viewing or downloading on the Town or Senior Center website, or by electronically subscribing through LPI and lastly everyone with an email will get a “electronic link” on the blast, which we send out at the end of the month, for the next month’s issue. 

     Lastly, one new way you can still get the “Link” newsletter mailed to your home is to pay for a subscription. The subscription for one year will be $25. You can sign up for this by calling the Senior Center at 781-834-5581 or stop by the front desk. This fee would cover all the associated costs of the mailing.

     There is a caveat to these cuts and possibly a silver lining! The current Town Warrant does contain an article that gives voters an option to vote for an Override. If an Override vote passes at town meeting it can then go to a ballot, if a special election is held. As of now, there is no election date scheduled. If the override vote passes at town meeting and a subsequent election, we would be able to restore the majority of the cuts. 

     We are so very sorry to share this news and will do our very best to serve you.  

Sincerely, 

Carol Hamilton