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Toy drive puts cuffs on Grinch

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Public safety personnel frequently pitch in to help community programs that benefit youth. This year, the efforts of the Whitman Police and Fire departments to assist the Whitman Area Toy Drive reached new levels of success — filling seven cruisers and two ambulances with toys, clothing, sporting goods and other items frequently found on kids’ wish lists for Santa Claus.

The Jolly Old Elf was also on hand, and provided assistance to the police officers, who managed to arrest and book the Grinch on charges he tried to steal Christmas. 

Both characters appeared through the generosity of the Amleida Family, said Whitman’s Deputy Chief of Police Joseph Bombardier.

The collection’s success brought kudos from Town Administrator Lincoln Heineman during the Tuesday, Dec. 21 meeting of the Board of Selectmen.

“I just want to trumpet a little bit the great work of our public safety officials — Police Department, police staff — as part of the Whitman Area Toy Drive,” he said. “It was the most successful year yet, according to the organizers.”

For adults’ holiday celebrations, the Board of Selectmen also voted to approve extending the hours under clubs and Common Victualers’ licenses to permit bars and restaurants included to stay open until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve.

In Hanson, that police department also filled seven cruisers on Dec. 4, in a toy drive benefitting the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program, according to officer Derek Harrington.

“We truly want to extend our thanks to the entire community for their generosity at this years toy drive,” Harrington said. Our community conference room was filled entirely by the toys donated.”

Home COVID test kits to be available in Whitman

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WHITMAN – Fire Chief Timothy Clancy has announced that a limited number of at-home
COVID-19 test kits will be made available to Whitman residents from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 31 at Whitman Middle School, 100 Corthell Ave.

The town has purchased a limited number of the test kits and will be distributing them at the school, where residents are asked to enter the school grounds off Temple Street (Route 27). Town officials respectfully asks the residents do not arrive at the school early.

Any Whitman resident is eligible to receive a kit, which includes two tests. There is a limit of ONE self-test kit PER VEHICLE. Kits will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and proof of residency will be required at the beginning of the line to obtain a kit. A limited amount of home testing kits will also be delivered with Meals on Wheel food delivery volunteers for homebound residents.

If the result of a test is positive, the test-taker should follow the guidelines for a positive case by isolating for at least 10 days and informing all close contacts (those people who have been within six feet of you for more than 15 minutes in a 24-hour period).

For complete guidance from the Mass. Department of Public Health, visit mass.gov/covid-19-updates-and-information. For more information, call Whitman’s Emergency Management line at 781-447-7682 from 8 a.m. To 4 p.m., or leave a message after business hours and an EMA team member will return your cal as quickly as possible.

Town Hall Closing

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WHITMAN – The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, Dec. 21 voted to close and limit access to Town Hall and other town-owned buildings to appointment-only business as of Monday, Dec. 27 for a minimum of two weeks – as well as to establish a testing site as soon as the state can furnish testing supplies, in the face of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Selectmen will revisit the issue on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

Staff would be in the buildings at socially safe distances, with office phone numbers posted at doors. Simple transactions could be handled at the door or by staff bringing the resident in to larger spaces in Town Hall to help them.

Selectmen also asked that the Board of Health consider mandating masks in town-owned buildings, as well as revisiting vaccination mandates as federal courts and agencies have not agreed on the issue.

Scheduled interviews with finalists for the assistant town administrator position were postponed until 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 4.

New rates OK’d for Camp Kiwanee

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HANSON — The Board of Selectmen, on Tuesday, Dec. 14 voted to accept recommended rate increases for facility rentals at Camp Kiwanee and Needles Lodge.

Recreation Commission Vice Chairman Audrey Flanagan described that panel’s recommendation to Selectmen, and said the commission voted Dec. 1 to set the new wedding rate at $7,500, effective immediately upon the Selectmen’s approval.

“We looked at a couple of different numbers, and $7,500 is what made sense based on our yearly budget goal,” she said.

The additional income brings the annual bottom line to $373,250 — in line with their budget goals. The weekly operating cost for Camp Kiwanee is $5,096.15 not including insurance.

“I actually don’t know the date of the last time that we raised our rates, but it’s probably been close to 10 years since the rates at Camp Kiwanee have been reviewed and updated,” Flanagan said.

She presented current rates, recommended increases and where the commission would stand regarding camp operations if they did not make a change.

Flanagan said the commission’s budget goal is $350,000 a year, with projections for revenue expected this year bringing in $306,000.

The average rental fee is now $4,000 for a wedding, with an additional $500 charged for wedding members to camp in the south end of the facility.

There are already 56 weddings booked for fiscal 2023, which is a higher number than average number of 40 wedding bookings, because several were rescheduled due to COVID restrictions last year, with 34 dates for weddingsstill available for booking in fiscal 2023, according to Flanagan.

The data used for determining rate changes was based on a 40-wedding year.

“We’re not going to book all of those,” she said. “Realistically, maybe another 15 could come through. … So, leaving the rates where they are should bring in an additional $60,000 this year.”

Combined with the 56 dates already booked, income from weddings next year would be about $212,000. The commission also pulls in about 20 percent of the bar service at events — which averages about $2,500 per month. Bar service fees are out for bud right now, Flanagan said.

Weddings in which the ceremony is held elsewhere takes $500 off the rate.

There are 57 available dates for wedding bookings in fiscal 2024, which is when the commission hopes the rate increases are anticipated. Without the increases, Flanagan said they expect to be $194,000 “way under” their ideal budget.

With a $7,500 wedding fee and an increase to $1,000 for south end camping for wedding party members, “sort of brings us more in line with what we are charging.”

Selectman Laura FitzGerald-Kemmett asked if any kind of survey was done and if the commission was certain they could get $7,5000 for wedding bookings.

“It’s very hard to find an apples-to-apples [comparison] to Kiwannee,” Flanagan said. “The closest one that we found was — there was a campground in Vermont — but the closest one we found was Camp Wing in Duxbury, and they’re charging for a comparable weekend, $15,000.”

Catering is not included in the Camp Wing figure.

“These fees make sense to me,” FitzGerald-Kemmett said. “It’s overdue.”

“We talked about this a couple years ago and we never did anything,” Selectmen Vice Chairman Kenny Mitchell said.

Flanagan said a kitchen fee charged to the caterer is also being sought.

In other business, IT Director Steve Moberg outlined new Town Hall security protocols, including badges for entry purposes and photo identification and security cameras outside the building.

“I’m looking to get IT badges for all the town employees for identification purposes,” Moberg said. “The planner goes on site [they] can show who they are — same with our health agent, [and] anyone else who goes on site. Plus, around the Town Hall, people can be identified.”

The approximately $2,300 printer and badges have already been purchased, according to Moberg, with an eye to beginning the creation and disbursement of the badges after the first of the year.

The board voted to support the ID badges. 

“It’s really kind of shocking that we haven’t had them up until this point, to be honest with you,” FitzGerald-Kemmett said. “So I think that’s great, Steve.”

The badges are not the same as those used by public safety and school district personnel, but there are discussions underway to changing everything over to one system.

Fiber optic lines are in place for modernizing the phone system by connecting all the buildings, but the phones themselves have not yet as Moberg reviews some of the phones.

He is also awaiting quotes on security cameras, he said.

“There’s an extremely large shortage of cameras going across all different vendors that I’ve reached out to,” Moberg said. “I haven’t even gotten a quote yet.”

Most camera brands are made in Asia and supply chain problems stemming from a boost in internet buying during the pandemic has created bottlenecks at ports.

A small, consumer-based camera has already been placed behid the building to help identify the person(s) who have been dumping behind Town Hall.

SST gives preview of FY ‘23 budget

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HANOVER – South Shore Tech’s goals for the next fiscal year include keeping at-risk students a priority as well as a “self-study” period ahead of the accreditation visit expected in the 2023-24 school year. Accreditation reviews, which occur every 10 years, has been somewhat delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The initial bottom line of the district’s zero-based budget is estimated to be $14,944,097 for now – a figure that is about 1.81 percent higher than last year with fewer non-resident students and more from sending towns, which are forecast to make up the entire student body within two years.

The South Shore Tech School Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 15, heard Superintendent-Director Dr. Thomas J. Hickey’s annual initial budget presentation for fiscal 2023. The committee will certify the budget in February.

Expanded social-emotional learning initiatives, expanded after-hours workforce development training and enhancing outreach to English language learners will also continue to be a focus, Hickey said. There are also ongoing capital needs in the budget.

“We’re also very interested in seeing how the state will administer the $100 million that was in the most recent ARPA [American Rescue Plan] budget for vocational schools,” Hickey said. “I think we’d be an ideal candidate for some of those funds.”

Hickey also pointed to the schools success in educating students despite the difficulties inherent in remote learning and other changes forced by COVID.

“I think the kids are thriving under some pretty difficult circumstances, thanks to our staff,” he said. A robust co-op program, securing competitive grants, establishment of a bridge program to help students returning to school and a higher number of students participating in sports were also pointed to as successes.

The budget includes $150,000 in stabilization funds being set aside in the debt service line for renovation and construction costs. The five-year lease of propane buses is also entering into the final year of that contract. The MSBA will have an effect on any decision on renovation. The next list of accepted projects has been delayed, Hickey said, but would have to take precedence, if SST is accepted onto the list.

There is also grant-funded money – including ESSER grants – for additional personnel, including a part-time social worker. Hickey is trying to build support for such positions now, so there won’t be a struggle over it when grant funding runs out. ESSER I was for Chromebooks and PPE. ESSER II was for the support personnel. ESSER III, not yet approved, will help through fiscal 2024.

Enrollment has been up for the past year in all eight communities.

Chapter 70 aid won’t be fully known until late January. Both will have an impact on assessment to communities. Minimum assessments will be higher, Hickey said, because there are more resident students.

“It appears as though it’s going to be a safe bet for us to estimate 85 percent, which is the highest reimbursement rate we’ve seen,” Hickey said of transportation reimbursement. 

English teacher, and union representative, Toni Bourgea spoke in the public comment section of the meeting about the fact that the union has been working for more than 100 days without a contract, despite negotiations of more than a year.

“We are looking to the settle negotiations,” she said. “The committee has immediately settled a contract with Unit B as well as all the administrators in the building. We are looking for a fair settlement for Unit A.”

She said Hickey is the highest-paid superintendent, per pupil, in the state and is not trying to argue that point.

“He works incredibly hard,” Bourgea said. “But so does everyone else here in this building.” She said the administrative team is among the lowest-paid on the South Shore and teachers are among the lowest-paid among the sending towns as well as the state.

“The school needs to retain and attract the very best educators … our students deserve and need that,” she said. “We need to be financially competitive and that is not what is happening.”

Bourgea said the school has been losing teachers over the past five years – something that was nearly unheard of 20 years ago. The loss of vocational educators puts shops behind in preparing students for the future workplace.

She also pointed to the difficulties and effects of remote teaching during COVID worsen the situation.

“We’ll take all that you’ve said under advisement,” said Committee Chairman Robert Heywood. “We are trying as a member board to make a fair contract and negotiation with it … but we represent eight communities, individually, and we have to answer to them. That puts us in a difficult position and we’re trying to do the best we can for both.”

In other business, Facilities Director Robert Moorhead was recognized on his retirement after 17 years at SST as “one of the best deals we ever made from the town of Hanover,” Committee Chairman Robert Heywood, of Hanover, said. “You’ve saved so much money and done so much for the school, I don’t even know where to begin.”

Moorhead was presented with an electric guitar plaque made by the Metal Fabrication and Welding shop. He plays bass guitar in a band in his private life.

“This is an older school, we know that story, but everybody whose walked into this building for the last 17 years, to a person, has remarked at how great this place looks,” said Superintendent-Director Dr. Thomas J. Hickey. “It has become the standard, thanks to Bob Moorhead.”

He thanked the committee for its support over the years.

“There’s noting our department has done without over the years in order to do out job,” Moorhead said. “It’s not up to one person, it’s up to everybody, and you folks have all made that job possible.”

Finding the joy of the season

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A home on West Street in Whitman brightened a rainy night on Saturday, Dec. 18. Charlie Barends of Hanson Fire, right, gives Bryson Mills a handful of whipped cream at Breakfast with Santa Dec. 18… what he choose to do next with it surprised everyone! Duval Elementary School held its annual holiday food drive on Friday, Dec. 10 and collected over 850 pounds of food for the Whitman Food Pantry, below. Jeff Mills of Hanson wears a Christmas tree sweater as he and friends rocked the ‘Ugly Holiday Sweater’ theme at the Hanson 200 Gala Dec. 18, lower right. See more photos, pages 6 and 7.

Photos courtesy of Duval School and
 Caroline Mills and by Tracy Seelye

Hanson Power taking public comment

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HANSON — Residents will be able to participate in a public review period now underway surrounding the GoodEnergy aggregate energy savings plan approved by voters at the May Town Meeting. 

The review period, which began Tuesday, Dec. 14, will culminate in a public hearing slated for Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, according to plan representative Patrick Roche who briefed Selectmen Tuesday.

Hanson Community Electricity will not launch this winter. It is not expected to go online until spring or summer 2023 Roche said.

After the public comment period, the Select Board will have the opportunity to vote on the plan, which would be followed by a state-level review by the Department of Public Utilities, while — at the same time —  review will be done by the Department of Energy Resources.

“I think we’ll be at the DPU for at least a year,” Roche said. “We’re hoping things can go faster.”

Hanson Energy Committee Chairman Marianne DiMascio said the panel has been working with Roche’s company as a consultant on an aggregation plan since the Town Meeting vote, following research and positive feedback from other towns.

“Community choice aggregation is almost like a buyer’s club for electricity, where we’ll be able to negotiate a rate for electricity and the town members will get that rate,” she said. “There are a lot of steps to go through.”

Hanson does not pay for the GoodEnergy consulting services, because it is part of a state law that provides for aggregation.

“This is a program to create new electricity supply choices for residents and businesses in the town of Hanson,” Roche said. His company worked with Town Administrator Lisa Green and the Energy Committee to develop a plan based on GoodEnergy’s best practices in working with about 50 communities around the state.

Now comes the chance for the public to comment.

“Once the state approves the plan — which is rather formulaic, they’ve now approved about 130 different plans — then the town is in a position to be going out to bid for an electricity supplier,” Roche said. “We would be the broker in that case, advising on when to go to bid, what conditions would be an acceptable bid. … You are never under an obligation to start this program.”

If the town dislikes a plan, it can opt to pause, or not go through with it, even after the DPU approval.

“We do an extensive public education period before launch,” he said. “We want to make everyone aware of this new program coming because it is, effectively, a new default electricity supply for the community.”

People can opt out — and come in and out of the program as they please. State law requires that consumers be automatically enrolled if they are not now in a savings program, but they may opt out within 30 days, with information made available to help with that choice.

Those already enrolled in other electricity savings programs will be able to stay with those programs unless they take individual action to opt into it. Solar panel or low-income programs are not affected by the existence of the aggregate program. National Grid will continue to handle billing and grid maintenance.

The goals are to expand consumer choice and provide predictable electricity rates as well as to go beyond state renewable energy demands. 

“We aim to provide savings, but it’s always relative to your electricity bills,” Roche said. “We’re looking at — for a typical household in Hanson … maybe $60 or $70 a year, so it’s not massive, for sure. But it is a little bit [more of a savings] and particularly with the stability.”

Selectman Jim Hickey agreed.

“It’s not about saving money, although you will, it’s about the energy that we use and using a cleaner energy,” Hickey said.

Hard copies of the plan are available on the program website (hansoncommunitypower.com) at Town Hall and the Hanson Public Library and informational notices will be posted on the town website, cable access channel and updates submitted to this newspaper and social media. Flyers will also be posted on bulletin boards around town.

Financial policy moves forward

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WHITMAN — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, Dec. 7 opted to accept most of a revised financial policy, which includes a procurement card that could be used by certain town employees to fund purchases. The procurement cards policy was tabled until language can be revised.

“I’m still not sure about having a procurement card —  on the value having it,” Selectmen Chairman Dr. Carl Kowalski said to open the discussion. “I think the current system — of someone pays for the stuff and then gets reimbursed — makes sense, and I think it keeps us away from some … messy business.”

Selectman Brian Bezanson said, while he understood and agrees in some respects, with Kowalski, he questioned why town employees should have to expend their own money and then wait for Selectmen to reimburse them.

“I have a little trouble with that, too,” Bezanson said. “Why should you put your money down?”

He also asked whether the town should have one card for the board and town administrator and assistant to use, requiring all other town officials and employees to go through the Selectmen’s office for authorization.

Kowalski said his understanding of the proposal was that there would be a number of cards distributed, but Town Administrator Lincoln Heineman said the policy proposal would only be for one card to be administered through the Selectmen and town administrator’s office.

“Then there’s less chance of any shenanigans,” Bezanson said.

Selectman Justin Evans recalled that the last time the board discussed the proposal, Heineman had just been reimbursed — via the board’s authorization — for a purchase of snacks and beverages he bought for a day-long strategic planning session in October.

“It’s the kind of process that we could streamline,” Evans said.

Selectman Dan Salvucci said people have, in the past, traveled on town business, expenses had been abused.

“When it came time for reimbursement, we had to have a talk about spending frivolously,” he said. “I think, with a credit card, if we put a max on it per purchase …”

Heineman said that, especially where travel on town business is concerned, he would never authorize an expense that was not the cheapest economy on meals and probably not at all on air travel.

He noted that Parks and Highway Superintendent Bruce Martin had recently told him that nearly every month he is faced with expenses for essential equipment or materials he has to purchase where a credit card is the only form of payment accepted.

Heineman recommended a card limit, rather than a purchase limit.

Kowalski said the wording of the proposal led him to believe that “a number of procurement cards were going to be given out to people to use when they need to buy stuff for the town.”

He saw the possibility of people going over the limit.

Heineman said the language could be changed to reflect that only one card would be used.

COVID uptick

In other business, Heineman said the town is “experiencing a pretty significant uptick in the positivity rate” for COVID19, during his regular update on the pandemic.

The positivity rate has been climbing for six straight weeks, and particularly over the previous two weeks.

“It’s risen dramatically as compared with the previous four,” Heineman said. “The Delta variant is the primary variant that’s being transmitted now.”

The town’s vaccination rate, meanwhile, has been slowly ticking up, with Whitman’s vaccinated population now at 61 percent.

Booster clinics have been conducted for residents of the Whitman Housing Authority as well as the home-bound in the community. Another booster clinic, open to the public was held Dec. 9.

While first and second shots are also readily available at local pharmacies, the town has plans in place for those clinics, if they are needed.

“This spike was not unexpected,” Fire Chief Timothy Clancy said.

Assistant TA

After receiving 93 applications for the post of assistant town administrator, Heineman said the subcommittee has set up eight semifinal interviews, with an eye toward three to four sending finalists to the full board for interviews on Dec. 21.

“We were going to try to avoid that night,” Kowalski said. “But someone might get a merry Christmas that night.”

Following reference and background checks the aim is to have a new assistant town administrator in place in January.

School
communication

Salvucci said a Monday night television news report on Dec. 6 was the first he heard of the alleged threat situation at WHRHS that day.

“I’m out and about doing Christmas shopping and, if somebody asks me about it, I have no idea,” he said. “I think that either the School Department or somebody should have put an email out to at least this board … so we know basically what happened. We don’t need the specifics, because it’s still under investigation.” 

He said Selectmen should at least know enough to reassure residents.

Selectman Randy LaMattina, who is the police liaison, said the police did reach out to him.

“Obviously, it was an issue with minors and is kind of a sensitive area,” he said. “But he did inform me there was an incident and there would be extra police presence by both towns at the high school.”

He said it was a developing situation at the time.

Kowalski agreed with Salvucci that communication has to be better.

He learned of the incident from another person who does not live in Whitman and, when he texted Police Chief Timothy Hanlon, he was told that the chief had called LaMattina and Heineman.

“I said ‘That’s great, but if I bumped into somebody at Stop & Shop, and they said, ‘Hey, what’s going on in Whitman-Hanson?’ I’d have said, ‘Duh, I don’t know,’ Kowalski said. “Communication’s got to be better.”

Kowalski said he had a good conversation with the chief, but it’s good to know some things.

“It’s not about the event, it has to do with communication to this board,” he said.

Tech schools’ access discussed

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HANOVER — South Shore Tech is fortunate to have very good partners in the W-H school district in terms of ensuring that students select their best path through high school, according to Superintendent-Director Dr. Thomas J. Hickey.

“All middle school students should know of career technical education,” Hickey said.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently updated its regulations on school admissions, Hickey explained recently. SST, meanwhile is an over-subscribed school with a waiting list, and has success in being a school students in it’s sending towns want to attend, with 80 percent of its student population coming from Whitman, Hanson, Abington and Rockland. 

“A lot of attention has been given to vocational schools and school committees updating their admissions policies, which now we will be required to do on an annual basis,” he said.                                                              “Part of the regulations also address, slightly, the important issue of access to students in sending towns.”

While Hickey recognizes the financial impact of vocational schools — because dollars follow students – he views access as a fairness-equity issue.

“You can’t make a decision about something you don’t know about,” he said, noting that the state’s main emphasis is for vocational schools that don’t have that kind of access.

Whitman representative to the SST School Committee Dan Salvucci reported to the panel on the topic Nov. 17, when he attended a DESE Vocational/Technical admissions regulations workshop earlier this year during which a Division 8 session discussed being able to get the message of vocational education to the state’s middle schools.

Salvucci said he planned to talk about it at that the Mass. Association of School Committees/Mass. Association of School Superintendents’ joint conference.

“There’s still a lot of areas that will not allow vocational teachers [or other representatives] to go into their schools and have a class session to explain to the [students] in the middle schools, what vocational school is all about and if it’s something that they want to try,” he said. The talk was part of a broader discussion of admissions.

“We’re a public school,” Hickey said of the public vocational school created in 1960 by a vote of town meetings in the eight member communities. “We are a second public high school, paid for, in large part by local tax dollars.”

So, how do students decide between vocational education and a regular high school? Hickey said student tours of buildings has generally been a dependable tool.

“Our desired access routine would be something like our admissions counselor goes to the middle schools in our district and makes a presentation to all eighth-graders,” Hickey said. That is followed by a tour, or site visit, as a school field trip with adequate chaperones and parental permission slips. The lengthy building tours would then be followed by a community open house on a weekend, to help keep parents involved in the process, Hickey noted.

“The emphasis at the state level is to try to make sure that we’re able to provide information to every eligible student in our district, and — if they don’t have an interest — we’re not arm-twisting,” he said.

Some of the concern has roots in the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think right now, there’s no question in my mind that these new regulations, layered on with COVID concerns, have turned everything upside down,” Hickey said. “I am confident that COVID, hopefully, in the rearview mirror soon, we’ll be able to re-engage with students.”

SST has even had to change the way it conducts that annual open house. This year, there was none of the usual marketing — no lawn signs, no news releases — instead they leaned heavily on social media and mailed information to sending towns. Students and parents then had to register for a 10-minute window for a visit to begin. They would then have an hour to tour the school when they arrived. Staff members keeping count to ensure the maximum number of people to safe levels.

“Hopefully we would be able to return to some more normal open house recruitment,” he said.SST has also secured a grant, along with the towns of Rockland and Abington to address English-learner recruitment amid a growing population in the area, and to increase equity in recruitment, if they are interested in SST or not. 

Wrestlers take Sandiwch tri-meet

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Whitman-Hanson opened the 2021-22 Wrestling season in high gear winning all three matches on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Sandwich High School. 

In round one WH defeated Durfee HS 64-12, Cambridge in round two 44-30 and beating host Sandwich 45-12 in the finally. Whitman-Hanson had seven wrestlers finish the day with three wins and no losses. These included Freshman Charlie Lussier at 106 pounds with a pin and two forfeits, Senior Joe Boss at 113 pounds, Sophomore Austin Gamber with a 9-1 decision and 2 forfeits at 126 pounds, 132 pound Junior Aidan Guiliani with two pins in :25 and :35 seconds, Junior Braden Kane at 138 pounds with three pins in a remarkable :38, :58, :49 seconds. Junior Rocco Hanaphy also had three wins several by pin in :20, and :40 and 1 in Sudden Victory, and rounding out the 3-0 wrestlers was Cooper Lussier with two pins in :10 and 2:38 as well as a 15-0 technical fall.  

Other winners for WH included Freshmen Curtis Burke with a pin in his first match ever in 1:39 and a Sudden Victory win, Junior Maddox Colclough with a pin in 1:11 and a forfeit. Winning single matches on the day were Sophomore Cohen Rosado at 220 pounds with a pin in :38, and  at 120 pounds Graham McInnis with a pin in :38 at 120 pounds. 

The Panthers are now 3-0 to start the season and traveled to Oliver Ames on Wednesday, Dec. 15 for a dual meet.