How the Hanover Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members. On May 15, 2023 the board chose Vanessa O'Connor as Chair, Rhonda Nyman as Vice Chair and Steve Louko as Clerk. The town's link for the Feb. 20, 2024 minutes opens the Feb. 5, 2024 minutes instead, so no votes are shown for Feb. 20, 2024. Covers 24 meetings, May 15 to May 6, 2024.
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What does the Select Board do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
In Hanover, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.
Special Town Meeting · May 4, 2026 4 votes: 4 passed
Art. 2Conceptual design for B. Everett Hall Field and Sylvester School Field: $60,000 from Community Preservation fundsPassed“Motion carries unanimously.”
Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).
"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
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Loaded: Select Board minutes from April 2, 2018 through September 8, 2026, as posted on the town website (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until 2021). Not here yet: minutes before April 2018 (the town posts those as web pages), minutes after September 8, 2026, and the February 20, 2024 minutes (the town’s link opens the February 5, 2024 minutes instead). Hanover’s minutes are written as narrative. Most votes before mid-2021, and many since, are recorded only as “The Board voted to …” with no count and no names; those show the result only, not how each member voted, and are not treated as unanimous. When the minutes say a vote was unanimous we show every member present as voting yes, and when they list a roll call (aye/nay by name), as most votes from late 2021 to 2025 do, we show each member’s vote as recorded. Where a roll call names a member the minutes list as absent or not yet arrived, lists a member twice, or does not match a stated count, we show the count only and add a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) are left out of that vote. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (Planning Board, School Committee, Board of Assessors, Bylaw Review Committee) are not included. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
May 6Approve the Select Board commentary with amendments to the…Motion: to approve the Select Board commentary with amendments to the commentary…Passed · see note
May 6, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the Select Board commentary with amendments to the commentary for Articles 8, 9 and 29 as discussed, above
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the Select Board commentary with amendments to the commentary for Articles 8, 9 and 29 as discussed, above.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“The Board voted to approve the Select Board commentary with amendments to the commentary for Articles 8, 9 and 29 as discussed, above..”
Apr 22Appoint David Traggorth, a current Associate Member of the…Motion: to appoint David Traggorth, a current Associate Member of the Planning…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Appoint David Traggorth, a current Associate Member of the Planning Board, as a Full Member of the Planning Board effective April 30, 2024
AppointPassed · No count or names in the minutes
To appoint David Traggorth, a current Associate Member of the Planning Board, as a Full Member of the Planning Board effective April 30, 2024.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no questions or comments from the Select Board Members, the Board voted to appoint David Traggorth, a current Associate Member of the Planning Board, as a Full Member of the Planning Board effective April 30, 2024..”
Apr 22Appoint Robert Page to the Community Preservation CommitteeMotion: to appoint Robert Page to the Community Preservation Committee.Passed · see note
Apr 22Reappoint Tammy Murray as Hanover's Delegate to the Old…Motion: to reappoint Tammy Murray as Hanover's Delegate to the Old Colony…Passed · see note
Apr 22Approve the application from Scutari Hanover, Inc. dba Scutari…Motion: to approve the application from Scutari Hanover, Inc. dba Scutari Italian…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the application from Scutari Hanover, Inc. dba Scutari Italian Restaurant 2055 Washington Street, Suite 200, Hanover, MA 02339 for a Section 12 On Premise Restaurant All Alcoholic...
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the application from Scutari Hanover, Inc. dba Scutari Italian Restaurant 2055 Washington Street, Suite 200, Hanover, MA 02339 for a Section 12 On Premise Restaurant All Alcoholic Beverages License with proposed Manager of Record Nardi Keka.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no further questions, the Board voted to approve the application from Scutari Hanover, Inc. dba Scutari Italian Restaurant 2055 Washington Street, Suite 200, Hanover, MA 02339 for a Section 12 On Premise Restaurant All Alcoholic Beverages License with proposed Manager of Record Nardi Keka..”
Apr 22Approve the Application for a Change of Manager on…Motion: to approve the Application for a Change of Manager on a…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the Application for a Change of Manager on a Section 12, On Premise Restaurant, All Alcoholic Beverages Liquor License from NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC dba Showcase Cinema de Lux...
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the Application for a Change of Manager on a Section 12, On Premise Restaurant, All Alcoholic Beverages Liquor License from NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC dba Showcase Cinema de Lux Hanover Crossing, 1775 Washington Street, Suite 420, Hanover, MA 02339.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no questions or comments, the Board voted to approve the Application for a Change of Manager on a Section 12, On Premise Restaurant, All Alcoholic Beverages Liquor License from NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC dba Showcase Cinema de Lux Hanover Crossing, 1775 Washington Street, Suite 420, Hanover, MA 02339..”
Apr 22Approve the Application for an Entertainment License and the…Motion: to approve the Application for an Entertainment License and the Application…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the Application for an Entertainment License and the Application for a Sunday Entertainment License from Prep Hanover Real Estate, LLC dba Hanover Crossing, 1775 Washington Street,...
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the Application for an Entertainment License and the Application for a Sunday Entertainment License from Prep Hanover Real Estate, LLC dba Hanover Crossing, 1775 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no further questions, the Board voted to approve the Application for an Entertainment License and the Application for a Sunday Entertainment License from Prep Hanover Real Estate, LLC dba Hanover Crossing, 1775 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339..”
Apr 22Approve the renewal of the Licenses for the Sale…Motion: to approve the renewal of the Licenses for the Sale of…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the renewal of the Licenses for the Sale of Junk, Old Metals and Second-Hand Articles for Avitabile Inc. dba Avitabile Find Jewelers, 1774 Washington Street
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the renewal of the Licenses for the Sale of Junk, Old Metals and Second-Hand Articles for Avitabile Inc. dba Avitabile Find Jewelers, 1774 Washington Street.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no questions or comments, the Board voted to approve the renewal of the Licenses for the Sale of Junk, Old Metals and Second-Hand Articles for Avitabile Inc. dba Avitabile Find Jewelers, 1774 Washington Street..”
Apr 22Approve the renewal of the Bowling Alley Licenses for…Motion: to approve the renewal of the Bowling Alley Licenses for Boston…Passed · see note
April 22, 2024 (Special meeting): Approve the renewal of the Bowling Alley Licenses for Boston Bowl Hanover Inc. dba Boston Bowl, 58 Rockland Street, Hanover, MA 02339, and Ryan Family Amusements Inc., dba Ryan's, 1775…
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
To approve the renewal of the Bowling Alley Licenses for Boston Bowl Hanover Inc. dba Boston Bowl, 58 Rockland Street, Hanover, MA 02339, and Ryan Family Amusements Inc., dba Ryan's, 1775 Washington Street, Building 400, Hanover, MA 02339.
The minutes say the board voted to do this but do not give a count or say how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Seeing no questions or comments, the Board voted to approve the renewal of the Bowling Alley Licenses for Boston Bowl Hanover Inc. dba Boston Bowl, 58 Rockland Street, Hanover, MA 02339, and Ryan Family Amusements Inc., dba Ryan's, 1775 Washington Street, Building 400, Hanover, MA 02339..”
From the Hanover Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town website. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos of current members: Jim Hoyes from his campaign site (hoyesforhanover.com); Vanessa O’Connor from her Select Board Facebook page (Hanover Selectwoman Vanessa O’Connor); Steve Louko from his campaign Facebook page (Steve Louko – Hanover Selectman); Rachel Hughes from a Hanover Community TV still (Hanover Woman’s Club Juniors Candidates Night, April 2025, with her on-screen name label). Members without a photo show initials.