Climate reckoning: Mass. communities stare down the prospect — and complications — of a retreat from rising waters
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon ELECTRIC BUSES: A quiet debate about how and whether the T can or even should meet an ambitious electric bus mandate is now spilling into the open , Chris Lisinski reports. Climate reckoning: Mass. communities stare down the prospect — and complications — of a retreat from rising waters March 27, 2026 By jordan wolman Around 50 people in the seaside enclave of Hull ventured out on a freezing January night to hear from town officials and a consulting firm about a plan that’s in the works to deal with a problem that’s become increasingly impossible to ignore: flooding. The community meeting centered on a proposal under development that could mitigate flooding in the Hampton Circle neighborhood, a section of the slim peninsula town that’s ground zero for flooding. Over sliders and other finger foods on the second floor of a restaurant across the street from the ocean, officials presented ideas for new...