Latest Happenings at Hingham Public Library

May 31st, 2019 Late library hours for final exams prep; career development workshop Guitar concert — Sunday, June 9, 3 p.m. David Newsam will be the next featured performer in the library’s Boston Classical Guitar Society Concerts Series. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, he studied with Jim Kelly, Larry Baione, and William …

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Melanoma Prevention Foundation Trains Boston Harbor Islands’ Staff On Skin Cancer Prevention

May 31st, 2019 (provided by CMPF) Maryellen Maguire-Eisen, Founder and Executive Director of the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation (CMPF), recently spent a morning at the Boston Harbor Islands’ offices in the Hingham Shipyard to train staff members on the importance of sun protection and skin cancer prevention for outdoor workers. Although CMPF is the only …

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2019 HHS Senior Awards Listing

HINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL Class of 2019 Awards National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation For outstanding performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test and National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.  The following students were in the top 5% nationally of those who took the test. Anna Calame                                    Edan Larkin                                       Julia Turnak Jessica Carr                                       David Mills                                        Nathaniel Webber …

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Annual Spring Children’s Craft Market This Sunday!

May 31, 2019 This Sunday, June 2nd from 11:30-1:00 Downtown Hingham will host the annual spring Children’s Craft Market.  The craft market is hosted twice per year – fall and spring – and takes place throughout the tunnel cap walkway between Winston Flowers and J. McLaughlin.  The Children’s Craft Marketing is a a craft only open-air …

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HHS Class of 2019: “Members of one big team”

May 28, 2019 By Carol Britton Meyer; Original Photo from The Harborlight by Annemarie Fennelly   The Hingham High School Class of 2019 graduation is just around the corner, and the 279 members of the graduating class, parents, teachers, and administrators are hoping for sunny weather. The ceremony is planned for Saturday, June 1, on the …

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Senior Night party helps keep graduates safe while having fun

May 28, 2019 By Carol Britton Meyer  “Fun” is the word! Graduation Day is the biggest thrill of all following four years of hard work and fun during high school, but Senior Night is a close second. This all-night gala takes place from 11 p.m. graduation night (June 1 this year) until 5 a.m. the …

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The Hingham CARE SCOUTS need your help!

Submitted by Kim Johnson Girl Scouts Launches CARE SCOUTS Project to Support Hospitalized Children Girl Scout Troop 62297 wants to help kids who have been hospitalized while fighting illness feel a little less alone. Fifth graders from PRS and East elementary schools chose to focus their Bronze Award efforts on these children, and have launched a …

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Erin McDonough, Class of 1982, Speaks At NDA’s 166th Commencement

Submitted by Notre Dame Academy Notre Dame Academy celebrated its 166th Commencement on Friday awarding diplomas to the 98 members of the Class of 2019.  Special recognition was given to valedictorian Katherine Donahue Carroll of Hingham, who is heading to Georgetown University in the fall and salutatorian Marguerite Baron of Scituate who will attend Brown …

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Hingham Memorial Day Ceremony

Submitted by the Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services and the Hingham Veterans’ Council The Town of Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services and the Hingham Veterans’ Council are proud to announce that the Annual Memorial Day Observance will be held Monday, May 27th2019. The Hingham Town Moderator, Michael Puzo, will begin the ceremony promptly at 11:00 a.m. …

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