Volunteer, former teacher appointed to school board; three housing trust seats filled

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By Carol Britton Meyer

A school committee vacancy and three openings on the Hull Community Housing Trust were filled during the select board’s meeting Wednesday night.

In a joint select board and school committee meeting, Aleeza Hagerty – an active community and school volunteer – was appointed to fill the seat formerly held by Regan Yakubian, who resigned in August to apply for a nursing job within the school district.

Aleeza hagerty

Hagerty, one of six applicants, will serve in this position until the regular 2026 town election.

The other applicants were Sheila DeRensis – who was not present for the interviews – Susan Engelkemeyer, Jennifer Gonzalez, Robert Insoft, and Ernest Minelli IV, a former school committee member.

Click here for the letters of interest and backgrounds of each applicant

School Committee Chair Kyle Conley prefaced the interviews with remarks made in the “context of where we are at the start of the school year. I’m incredibly proud of our students, staff, teachers, and administrators,” she said.

Conley also noted that Hull Public Schools students continue to excel academically, “outperforming the state averages [on test scores] … within a safe and welcoming environment. Our students are also continually recognized by outside organizations as incredibly respectful and kind.”

Conley also noted that committee members had an opportunity to speak to each of the applicants prior to the public interviews “to vet their capacity to take on this commitment, their qualifications” and the reason they were seeking the position.

She went on to say that a big part of the school committee’s work is supporting the efforts of Superintendent of Schools Michael Jette, now in his second year, including the rolling out of his five-year draft strategic plan and his priorities to the school committee this week.

“A lot of the committee’s work got paused when we lost a school committee member,” Conley said. “We’re really excited to have someone in place to get the ball rolling and to move quickly for the sake of the students.”

Hagerty, a Hull resident for 12 years, has a long volunteer history – from veterans’ organizations to youth sports to the Hull Public Schools – and has a teaching background.

She also has a real estate business in town.

“I’m hearing a lot of questions about low student enrollment and how we can attract families to Hull with housing being so expensive,” Hagerty said. “The new structures being built here are not intended for families. We could hopefully address this issue to attract more families to Hull.”

In volunteering for the school district, Haggerty has already shared her ideas about ways to improve the HPS curriculum with school administrators and thinks relationship building is important.

“I could hit the ground running,” she said in her interview.

Hagerty said she is an advocate for finding creative ways to provide extracurricular programs that are not as competitive for students who don’t wish to play on an organized sports team, for instance.

After Hagerty was appointed, Conley thanked all of the applicants for “putting their hats into the ring. That takes a lot of courage.”

Both boards acknowledged that all six candidates had good qualifications. “With six candidates for one seat, I hope the other applicants will consider serving on other town boards,” select board Chair Irwin Nesoff said.

The vote for Hagerty was seven of the eight votes – four from the school committee, and four from the select board (Greg Grey was not in attendance).

Before the vote, Conley expressed support for Insoft, a pediatrician who she said would “bring complementary skills to the table, with a focus on students’ health and wellness.”

Housing Trust seats filled

Michelle Cox, Joe Gibbons, and Robert Pezzini – who sits on the affordable housing committee – were appointed to fill the three at-large seats on the Hull Community Housing Trust. Marlene Earl, who also expressed interest in being appointed, was not present at the meeting.

The housing trust is dedicated to receiving and managing funds and resources to increase and preserve affordable housing. The trustees will play a crucial role in creating and preserving affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households through providing financial support for development projects, rehabilitating existing housing, and offering programs to assist homebuyers and renters. 

Cox, who is a real estate agent, believes that the affordable housing issue is important and remarked at the high cost of housing in town.

Gibbons, who sits of the Friends of the Carousel board and works on residential construction projects, desired a seat on the trust “to help ensure the fund is managed responsibly to benefit everyone in Hull.”

Pezzini, who said he has spent his entire career in the affordable housing field, said he would like to help the trust “come up with a plan that meets the town’s needs and is financeable and attractive.”

Fellow select board members also appointed Nesoff to represent them on the trust.

Affordable Housing Committee member Cyndi Koebert said trust members “will set the agenda and will learn from each other. If you have the passion and interest, I think this [effort] will be very successful.”

AHC Chair Kate Barclay called those appointed that night “a good mix of people for the best interests of Hull.”

Nesoff commended the AHC for its “incredible” work to get a vote on creating the trust on this year’s town meeting agenda and the vote of support that resulted.

“It’s great to see it coming to fruition,” he said.

A replay of the interviews will be available on demand on Hull Community Television’s website, www.hulltv.net.

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Hull High’s school year begins with ‘momentum and a sense of optimism,’ principal reports

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By Carol Britton Meyer

Hull High School was in the spotlight at this week’s school committee meeting, with Principal Robert Shaw painting a picture of a successful beginning to the new school year, with students arriving energized and engaged.

“We’ve had a strong and successful opening,” he reported. “The energy in the building has been positive and purposeful, and our students and staff are off to a strong start.”

The high school welcomed three new members to the professional staff, “each of whom brings fresh ideas and expertise to our school,” Shaw said.

These include two new guidance counselors, Kaitlyn McGee and Thomas Egan, who have quickly become indispensable members of the team, Shaw said.

Their orientation sessions were followed by professional learning days for all staff in late August, “which helped set a collaborative tone and align us around our goals for the year,” the principal told the committee.

Shaw highlighted a couple of points of focus from among many, including strengthening student engagement across classrooms and building deeper professional learning communities among teachers.

“Student engagement already was a focus; this year we are having highly focused conversations about designing lessons that require students to do the cognitive lift, give them more opportunities to choose topics, formats, or approaches within assignments, and to connect content to real-world issues and applications,” he said.

A Professional Learning Communities program has also been revived as a vehicle through which administrators and staff can think about and discuss these, and address other ongoing, initiatives.

“Overall, the school year has started with momentum and a sense of optimism,” Shaw said. “I am grateful to our faculty, staff, families, and of course our students for making the beginning of this year so promising.”

Several students shared their thoughts on a variety of classes and activities, including a new introduction to business class and the upcoming December 12-14 theater arts program’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress” – the retelling of “The Princess and the Pea” fairy tale – with students in rehearsal the night of the school committee meeting.

One of the students called the business class “creative,” noting that by the end of the term, participants will have created their own “hypothetical business,” patterned after how an entrepreneur would set up his or her own.

This grades 9-12 business program is supported by a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Innovation Career Pathways grant. There is also a second part to the program to come.

This and other courses are being offered in order to diversify HHS’s elective offerings and to develop “an integrated pathway of business courses that will culminate in [at some time in the future] a capstone experience in grade 12,” Shaw explained.

“I am thrilled about this,” School Committee Chair Kyle Conley said. “This is what makes the Hull Public Schools so special.”

Superintendent of Schools Michael Jette explained that this is one of the topic areas “identified as missing last year. This is very exciting,” he said.

Shaw noted that the business program “seemed to make sense from what we were hearing from students and parents.”

“Soccer, football, and cheerleading are also off to a good start,” he said.

Other programs at HHS this year include robotics and a new creative writing course, among others, with more information to be shared at future school committee meetings.

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Nearly 50 volunteers descend on town-owned section of beach for new group’s first cleanup effort

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The Beach Community Action Group’s first cleanup took place on Saturday, September 20, , and nearly 50 people came to clean the two-mile stretch of North Nantasket beach. Volunteers collected dozens of bags of trash, along with large debris, including boat doors, buoys, lumber, and hazardous items, such as nail-filled boards and syringes.

Volunteer Emily Cookson of Hull estimates she picked up nearly 400 items of manmade waste during the two-hour cleanup.

“While there were certainly larger items, there were plenty of small plastic things like bottle caps and plastic fragments,” she said. “When you consider the number of volunteers who showed up today, we removed a lot of trash and put it in its proper place.”

Nantasket Paint and Hardware and Dunkin’ Donuts provided donations to support the cleanup, which operates within the confines of the Wetlands Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, town bylaws, and other rules and regulations. The Beach Community Action Group worked in conjunction with Hull DPW to coordinate the debris pickup, and with the conservation department to ensure volunteers were picking up trash according to best practices in conservation and beach management.

The Beach Community Action Group was created just eight weeks ago by a group of concerned Hull citizens, including Kelly Crummey, Mitch Fishman, Susan Mann, and Valerio Romano. It is a volunteer organization dedicated to keeping North Nantasket Beach enjoyable, clean from trash and debris, and safe for Hull residents and guests.

Since forming on July 31, the group quickly organized and set up a website, social media, and invested in backend technology infrastructure to help automate various functions of organizing a volunteer event, such as volunteer sign-up, completion of liability waivers, creation of check-in lists, and sending reminders and other essential communications. As a result of this investment, the logistics and volunteer hours required to run a cleanup or event are drastically reduced, and the group can now quickly execute any new project using this platform.

“From this first cleanup, the community of people serving as stewards of Hull’s most precious resource will only grow,” Crummey said. “We believe our group will become a powerful force in preserving the beauty of our beach, ensuring the safety of our beach, and educating the community at large about the importance of protecting our beaches for future generations.”

Crummey noted that now that the first cleanup is behind them, the Beach Community Action Group members already are looking ahead and planning educational programs for this winter, as well as another beach cleanup in the spring.

If you would like to learn more about upcoming activities or how to get involved, visit www.hullbeachcommunity.org or join the Beach Community Action Group on Facebook.

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Hull Police arrest 41-year-old Braintree man on multiple drug, weapons charges

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A 41-year-old Braintree man was arrested on Thursday on drug and weapons charges following a drug-trafficking investigation.

After stopping a car driven by Timothy M. Lesslie on Hull Shore Drive to conduct a search authorized by a warrant, detectives found 18 grams of heroin, 12 grams of cocaine, 6 grams of mushrooms, 3 grams of methamphetamine, and 1 gram of Adderall, as well a pair of brass knuckles and a green stun gun.

Police Chief John Dunn reported that Lesslie was charged with trafficking in 18 grams or more of heroin, possession with Intent to distribute a Class B drug, possession of a Class B drug (two counts), possession of a Class C drug, and carrying a dangerous weapon (two counts).

Lesslie was booked at the Hull police station and held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility on $40,000 bail. He was arraigned on the charges on Friday in Hingham District Court, which issued the initial search warrant that led to the arrest.

“Solid police work by our detectives during this investigation ultimately resulted in the removal of a drug dealer and his narcotic inventory from the streets of Hull,” Dunn said. “The Hull Police Department’s detective unit demonstrated top-notch professionalism during this investigation, ultimately arresting the suspect peacefully and without incident.”

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Retired teacher with roots in Hull chosen from field of seven to fill vacant HRA seat

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By Carol Britton Meyer

After interviewing seven candidates who applied for a seat on the Hull Redevelopment Authority, the members of the HRA and select board chose a retired teacher with strong roots in Hull to fill the position.

Charles J. Richardson, Jr. was appointed this week in a joint meeting to fill the vacancy created by Dennis Zaia’s resignation in July. Richardson will serve at least until the 2026 annual town election, when he will have to face voters in order to keep the seat.

Richardson, who said he has a “vast interest in Hull” and no particular agenda except to abide by the HRA’s mission, said his school experience in Hull taught him the importance of “celebrating similarities and honoring differences.”

Richardson graduated from Hull High and taught history and coached football and baseball at his alma mater from 1985-1991. His career in education took him outside of town, but he returned to Hull in retirement.

Newly appointed HRA member Charles Richardson…

Noting that there seems to be “a bit of an impasse” among HRA members, he said that the words he so often heard in education are a “gentle reminder that we can get there again, and I would be super-excited to be part of it. I see so much potential here.”

Richardson also noted that growing up in Hull, he knew some of the families who were displaced when the property was taken by eminent domain many years ago.

“This is a mission-driven process, and I would love to have that mission realized,” he said

As he sees it, the HRA “is closer [to agreement] than it thinks. Everyone wants to do what’s best for the town.”

Other candidates who interviewed for the position were Raymond Delmonico, C. Anne Murray, Valerio Romano, Sara Venteuolo (remotely), and Judeth Van Hamm. Chris Niland withdrew prior to the interviews, and Chair Irwin Nesoff read James Pitrolo’s letter of interest since he was unable to attend the meeting.

Click here for the candidates’ letters of interest and resumes

After the interviews, select board member Jason McCann nominated Murray; Jerry Taverna, Richardson; and Nesoff, Romano, with Romano winning three of the combined boards’ votes, followed by Richardson winning five of the combined votes, which constituted a majority. A vote was not taken on Murray’s candidacy since Richardson had already won enough votes to be appointed.

In other business

John Struzziery, director of the Hull wastewater treatment facility, reported that a $98,771 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grant awarded to the town was instrumental in improving the pumping capacity and efficiency of Hull’s sewer treatment plant – with an estimated energy savings of $113,610 over 30 years. There will also be a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Quarterly progress updates to the state, a public meeting, website updates, and a final report were part of the process, which included installing a pump that works when under water, for greater resiliency. The state is currently reviewing the report, which once approved, will be posted on the town’s website.

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Public invited to wreath-laying ceremony honoring Gold Star families and those lost at sea

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The public is invited to a wreath-laying ceremony honoring those lost at sea and local Gold Star families on Sunday morning, September 28.

LAST YEAR’s WREATH CEREMONY INCLUDED PARTICIPANTS ON LAND AND SEA.

The wreaths will be laid on the water from the Sgt. Joseph Bazinet Bridge between Spinnaker Island and the mainland, and from boats on west side of the bridge.

Boat passengers should arrive at the town pier at Mariners Park by 10 a.m.  There is free parking and passengers should check in with Sheila Fleck. Boats should monitor VHF channel 69.

By 10:30 a.m., participants will travel to the bridge by boat or by car. There is parking at Hull Village Cemetery by the Gold Star memorial at Duck Lane and Spring Street, at the foot of the bridge.

The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. with the national anthem, followed by a prayer, and a conch shell salute by Susan Bryant.

The names of those lost at sea and Gold Star families will be read next, followed by the placing of wreaths in the water from boats and the bridge. An honor guard will fire a salute and “Taps” will be played and all horns will sound six blasts as the flags wave.

A lunch will follow at noon at the Nantasket Beach Salt Water Club, 3 Fitzpatrick Way. RSVP to Craig Wolfe, 781-771-6416 or 89edge@comcast.net.

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Following contentious debate, board agrees to pursue light plant management changes

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By Carol Britton Meyer

In a long-awaited joint meeting with the light board, the select board voted 4-1 Wednesday night, following a lengthy and often-contentious discussion, to direct Town Counsel Brian Winner to file a home-rule petition with the state Legislature that would change the governance of the light plant in accordance with the passage of Article 37 at the spring annual town meeting.

The motion was made by select board member Jason McCann, who said that while he supports taking this step, he is disappointed in how long the process is taking and is concerned about whether a change in the governance would prove beneficial. Winner said he has a certified copy of the town meeting vote to include with the home-rule petition filing. Greg Grey was the only “nay” vote on the motion.

If the petition wins approval in the Legislature, the town manager would no longer serve as light plant manager.

The process is a long one, and the Legislature will make the final decision.

In the meantime, nothing will change with the light plant management, Select Board Chair Irwin Nesoff said.

Attorney Nicholas Scobbo, who represents the light plant, participated remotely, in part speaking about procedural issues.

The purpose of the meeting was to continue earlier discussions about the town meeting vote.

In May, voters approved by a 116-83 vote Article 37, which proposed returning to the independent management setup that was eliminated in 1993 when town meeting requested that a home-rule petition be filed on Beacon Hill. Although this year’s proposal was approved, Town Manager Jennifer Constable told the light board and select board earlier that legal counsel had deemed Article 37 as “not actionable” because it did not include provisions about filing special legislation.

‘We’re here for as long as it takes’

At the beginning of this week’s discussion, Nesoff told the board and the citizens in the audience, “We’re here for as long as it takes. There’s no time limit.” True to his word, the discussion lasted for one-and-a-half hours.

Nesoff also said that he was “looking forward to a civil and respectful discussion,” although the comments made by a few light board and select board members became heated at times.

As part of the discussion, Light Board Chair Thomas Burns – after reading the wording of Article 37 – said the light board “would like the select board to support it,” referring to the select board’s ability to file a home-rule petition.

Light Board member Patrick Cannon questioned the amount of time that has been spent on this issue, which he said is “sidelining” the board “when we have far bigger fish to fry to be sure the lights stay on.”

Light board member Dan Ciccariello – noting that town meeting voters supported changing the light plant governance – said “it’s really difficult to accept the fact that the select board would throw up road blocks to accomplish that goal. We are here tonight to urge the select board to vote to adopt this article and proceed to the State House.”

Grey voted against taking that route because of a number of as-yet-unanswered questions, including how residents would benefit from such a change.

“We still have no idea about how such a change would affect our citizens,” he said. “We have to make decisions in the best interests of the entire town.”

In response, light board member Jacob Vaillancourt, who filed the Article 37 citizens’ petition, said the board “is legally obligated to look out for the ratepayers and to keep the lights on.”

Member Brian McCarthy said he initially voted against Article 37 because he was not fully informed at the time, so took his cue from the advisory board’s unanimous vote to not support it.

However, following the town meeting vote and doing further research, he came to the conclusion that “the people voted, and the majority rules. I’ll end it there.”

While Nesoff voted in support of filing the home-rule petition, he said there are still issues that need to be addressed.

“I am disappointed that there was no attempt before town meeting to educate the people, but at this point, I think we should move forward [with the petition], and whatever happens in the Legislature happens, and the town will abide by that,” he said.

Select board member Jerry Taverna applauded the majority of the board for its decision.

“This is a big deal, following an open and honest debate tonight,” he said, especially since the advisory board did not support Article 37.

At the end of the discussion, Vaillancourt noted that “this is only a step in a long process that no one can predict. In the meantime, the light board has critical work to do, and we don’t want to lose the focus on that.”

A replay of this week’s meeting will be available on demand on Hull Community Television’s website, www.hulltv.net.

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Light board hears proposal for battery-based ‘microgrid’ to supplement aging feeder lines

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By Carol Britton Meyer 

Near the end of Monday’s three-and-a-half-hour light board meeting, member Jake Vaillancourt presented a report as a member of the newly created electric capacity planning task force with recommendations for near-term reliability and capacity mitigation as the town faces increased risk of outages and brownouts by or before 2027.

Member Patrick Cannon is the other task force member.

LIGHTS OUT: Hull Light Operations Manager Panos Tokadjian, who has worked for the plant since 2014, will retire at the end of the month.

“Our supply lines are about 90 years old, and current operations are beyond best practices,” he said. “Hotter summers and load growth increase these risks without mitigation.”

To help address this issue, the task force is recommending exploring the possibility of installing a battery-backed “microgrid” at the former landfill to “shave peaks and hold to under 17.5 MW until feeder upgrades are made, and to provide enhanced storm resilience with safe, staged load pickup and clean re-sync.” Hull is served by two National Grid feeder lines (10 megawatts and 7.5 megawatts).

Past failures of the feeder lines, which pass through remote areas of Hingham, led the light plant to rent the townwide generators to supply electricity during an outage caused by failure of the National Grid lines.

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Vaillancourt’s presentation will be forwarded to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company to prime them to assist the board in accomplishing this goal and to explore the availability of funding. The board expects to meet with MMWEC in early October.

MMWEC assists Massachusetts municipal light departments such as Hull’s with their needs to contract for energy.

In other business…

Light Plant Operations Manager Panos Tokadjian is retiring at the end of September. He began working at Hull Light in 2014 as assistant manager.

Resident David Irwin, who attended Monday’s meeting, asked the board if they had considered hiring him as a consultant.

“He knows our system, what’s good and bad,” he said.

 “We’ve already talked with him, and he’s taking it under consideration,” Light Board Chair Tom Burns responded. 

While noting that the light plant manager would make that decision, “several on the board think it’s a good idea,” he said.

The next light board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 16.

A replay of this week’s meeting will be available on demand on Hull Community Television’s website, www.hulltv.net.

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Light plant to study changes to ‘net billing’ policy after feedback from solar advocates

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By Carol Britton Meyer 

The Hull Municipal Light Board created a task force this week after a ratepayer expressed frustration with the utility’s recent switch from net metering to net billing for customers with solar panels on their homes.

On Monday, Denise Fisher told the board why she and other residents with solar arrays are frustrated about the recent switch from net metering to net billing and the negative impacts of this change for “residents and the local economy.”

The idea behind net metering is for customers with solar to earn “credits” on their Hull Light bill for the energy their solar panels produce, to reduce the amount they are charged monthly. A recently instituted fee structure based on a solar system’s capacity changes that premise.

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Fisher provided an overview of Hull Municipal Light Plant’s net metering and net billing policies and the background to this policy change, which went into effect May 1.

The change increased the array charge from $2.00 per kW installed per month to $4.05 per installed kW per month and no longer allows customers to use banked credits.

Concerns include that this change penalizes solar users, making it impossible to recover the cost of installing their solar arrays, while at the same time discouraging others from investing in solar power.

Customer concerns

Fisher’s presentation outlined customer concerns and community feedback she has heard in response to the change related to fairness and transparency of ongoing policies, and that increased costs negatively impact solar owners financially, as well as potentially causing a setback to Hull’s clean energy goals.

“Instead of penalizing solar customers with extra fees, solar advocates propose policies like a ‘value of solar’ tariff, which would compensate solar owners for the total benefits they provide to the grid. This approach aims to provide a more accurate valuation that considers all the positive impacts, not just the financial effects on the utility’s bottom line,” Fisher said.

Supported by “concerned solar owners and citizens,” Fisher asked the board to roll back the May 1 policy change and to research what neighboring communities are doing.

Task force will report back

The task force, consisting of light board chair Tom Burns, who has a solar array, and light board member Dan Ciccariello, who doesn’t, will examine the solar rate structure and address the concerns aired by Fisher and other solar users on Monday, along with written comments and concerns shared with either Burns or light plant manager/town manager Jennifer Constable.

The task force will report its findings during a public meeting – after notifying the town’s solar users – within the next two to three months.

“We’re trying to deal with everyone’s concerns – including mine – and come up with a more transparent policy that better reflects our commitment [to solar energy],” Burns said. “We want to encourage the use of solar energy, and I [recognize] that this revised policy makes it very difficult for people who want solar to get onto the solar bandwagon, which is not my intention… You’ve got a good advocate right here [referring to himself].”

The task force will also research how other communities are dealing with this issue.

During the meeting, Fisher noted that there is no mention in the April light board minutes about approving the solar billing change.

In response, Constable explained that the motion adopted by the board that night concerned an Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company presentation that included the policy change.

‘Minutes can be extremely short’

Burns said that minutes can be “extremely short and just mention a motion and a vote. They’re not intended to reflect the entire meeting.” The task force will also reach out to MMWEC to put some numbers together.

Following more discussion about this issue, board member Patrick Cannon – noting, “We’ve made some good headway with [the establishment of a] task force” – said, “We’ve discussed this issue before, so let’s run with it.”

The next light board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 16.

A replay of this week’s meeting will be available on demand on Hull Community Television’s website, www.hulltv.net.

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In the Sport-light: Roundup of news from Hull's wide world of sports

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JUST DUCKY: About 100 boats hit the course during last Saturday’s beautiful weather for the Hull Yacht Club’s Great Chase Race. Bill Bradford, Race Committee, left, and Captain Peter Mahoney of the Windemere supervise the placement of the large inflatable duck in the bay as part of the race course. [Photos courtesy of Marianne Buckley Curran]

Compiled by Matt Haraden

• Boys 5/6 Soccer won their first away game of the season in Plymouth with a final score of 7-1. Jordan Dunn scored four goals, three of which with assists from Zachary Shea, Gibran Succar, and Harrison Jones. Andy Michaelides, Cody Calabria, and Zachary Shea also scored one goal each. Braedyn O’Hare and Silas Van Slyke were great at defensive positions, and Ryder Lankas came out strong in his first game as goalie. Now 1-1 on the season, the team’s next game is this Saturday, September 20 in Scituate at 1:10 p.m.

• Girls 5/6 Soccer had an impressive 3-1 win at home against Plymouth on Saturday, September 13, thanks to a timely goal by Magnolia Harbin with an assist from Scarlett Reilly. Defender Leah Dibley, and newcomer to the net Ada McMullen, provided shut-down defense to secure the win.

•  Hull Youth Soccer’s in-town fall programs are under way. Games are on Saturdays at the Dust Bowl field in Hull Village and teams have the same schedule each week for convenient planning – Guppies (coed): 9-10 a.m.; Kindergarten (coed) and Girls Grades 1 & 2: 10-11 a.m.; Boys Grades 1 & 2: 11 a.m. to noon.

To round out a great day of soccer, some of Hull’s travel teams will play at the high school in the afternoon: Boys 3/4 (Duran) vs. Kingston at 12:30 p.m.; Girls 3/4 vs. Sacred Heart at 2 p.m.; and Boys 7/8 vs. Cohasset at 3:30 p.m.

• The Hull High Pirates Varsity Football team was defeated by South Shore Technical High School last Friday on the road, 30-0. This Friday, the Pirates return home to play Monomoy on Friday, September 19 at 7 p.m. under the lights. This game is extra-special, as it will incorporate Alumni Night and recognition of National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

As part of Recognition Day, Hull veterans are invited to participate in honoring all POW/MIAs, especially Joseph Dunn and James Sullivan, both members of Hull High’s Class of 1960. Veterans interested in participated are asked to muster at Finlayson Field at 6:45 p.m.

Former students, athletes, and members of the Hull Marching Pirates are invited to Alumni Night as the football team takes on Monomoy. Following the game, alumni can head over to the Nantasket Beach Salt Water Club at Mariners Park to continue the celebration.

• Hull High’s girls varsity soccer squad’s next three games are on the road – at Pembroke on Friday, September 19 at 4 p.m., Middleborough on Monday at 4 p.m., and Norwell on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

• Boys varsity soccer lost at home to Abington, 4-1 on Wednesday, to bring the Pirates’ record to 1-3. Up next are three home games, vs. Holbrook on Friday at 4 p.m., Middleborough on Monday at 5:30 p.m., and Norwell on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

• Coaches, league organizers, and superfans – We need your help to report the scores and results of the latest events in Hull’s sports world! Please send local sports news and photos to sports@hulltimes.com. Deadline is Wednesday at noon. When providing details of the games or races, please be sure to include the sport/team, the players’ full names, and the final scores. When sending photos, names of those pictured are greatly appreciated, as well as who should get credit for taking the photo.

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