Hilary Jenison March 18, 2021 by Anchor Staff photos by Joshua Ross Photography Yesterday, Brian Cavanaugh, a Hingham Resident and local mortgage lender, teamed up with The Hingham Anchor team to bring some luck of the Irish to the Hingham community in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The team popped up with Bob Cameron, an Irish piper, …
March 16, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham All-Town PTO Adopt-an-Educator/School Staff Vaccination Program was a huge success. Supt. of Schools Paul Austin and School Committee Chair Kerry Ni thanked the volunteers who helped make vaccination appointments last week and into this past weekend for more than 120 Hingham Public Schools faculty and staff …
Hingham Middle School (photo by Joshua Ross Photography) March 16, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer On Monday (March 15) — the same day non-remote Hingham Public Schools elementary students returned to full in-person learning five days a week — Supt. of Schools Paul Austin presented a proposal for phased-in approaches to returning non-remote Grades 6 …
March 16, 2021 by Ally Donnelly, The Hingham Cast (photos courtesy of Hingham Public Schools) I bought a back to school outfit. I lovingly (not begrudgingly) packed a labor-intensive lunch. I wrote a special note and tucked it into a lunchbox that had been cleaned for the first time in Lord knows when. It was …
Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash March 12, 2021 by Hilary Jenison Massachusetts residents can now preregister for a vaccine appointment under the new system launched by the state today. Eligible residents who have preregistered will be contacted when it is their turn via their preferred method of communication (email, text message or phone call). …
March 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (Unsplash photo) Hingham remains in the medium-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone for the eighth week in a row, with 46 new cases since last week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health report. The number of new Hingham COVID-19 cases reported each Thursday has remained relatively stable over the past few …
March 11, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Fourth of July Parade Committee is hoping the town’s greatly-missed traditional parade will go on this year, contingent on town officials’ approval, COVID-19 restrictions that are in place at that time, and the implementation of appropriate safety measures. The Hingham Lions Club will make a decision by …
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash March 10, 2021 submitted by Kerri Ni, School Committee Chair On March 3rd, Governor Baker announced that educators and school staff members will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of March 11th. This is welcome news as it will protect our essential school staff and will also …
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash March 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A means-tested property tax exemption for long-time senior homeowners who meet certain income and asset criteria would help lessen the tax burden from the many capital projects that are in the town’s pipeline and other expenses. The tax exemption was approved at …
March 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The selectmen addressed a full agenda last night, including supporting a public safety facility warrant article asking Town Meeting to approve the appropriation of $1.57 million to pay the expenses for design, architectural, engineering, owner’s project manager, and other professional services for the proposed building. “I’m comfortable with …
