Jessica Wright June 25, 2024 Submitted by Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant Sustainability Coordinator Brianna Bennett The Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) is excited to announce updates to its rebate program. These updates are designed to make the process more user-friendly for customers and introduce new rebated items. As part of HMLP’s Electrify Hingham initiative, these updates promote …
June 25, 2024 By Glenn Mangurian Adapted from the song by Woody Guthrie (with apologies), “This Land Is Your Land” These roads are your roads, these roads are their roads From Hingham Shipyard to Queen Ann Corner From Downtown Hingham to the World’s End waters These roads were made for you and them. As I …
June 24, 2024 By Roy Harris The Broadway hit “Footloose” is being readied by Hingham Civic Music Theatre for its two-weekend early-August run at Hingham Town Hall’s Sanborn Auditorium. The story tells of a music-crazy youngster—Ren McCormack, played by Randolph’s Trevor Nataupsky—whose family, led by his mother, Ethel (Rockland’s Blair Bailey) moves to an uptight …
June 24, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer In an update to the Hingham school community regarding the search for a new Hingham High School principal to replace Rick Swanson — who recently submitted his resignation — Supt. of Schools Margaret Adams reported that an interim principal has been appointed “to support a broader, more comprehensive …
June 24, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer This will be lifelong Hingham resident George Ford’s 17th — and final — year marching as Uncle Sam along the Fourth of July parade route — lined with thousands of spectators. “It’s time to move on, but I will miss immensely participating as Uncle Sam and will always …
June 24, 2024 Submitted by Anne Martin (Tee Club Scholarship Chairperson) Golf scholarships have been awarded to six local young women golfers by the TEE CLUB of Hingham. The TEE CLUB is a women’s golf league from South Shore Country Club. Elizabeth Haughey of Hingham, will use her scholarship for golf lessons with Mike Libby at South Shore Country …
June 24, 2024 Submitted by Open Sky Community Services Open Sky Community Services, a nonprofit behavioral health and human services organization, announced today that Emmanuel “Manny” Oppong, MSW, LICSW, has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Program Officer for the organization. Oppong started on May 28. “We are thrilled that Manny has joined Open Sky …
June 24, 2024 By The Hingham 4th of July Parade Committee The Hingham 4th of July Parade Committee today announced the winner of the 2024 Parade Button Competition. The Button Competition is held each year to select the button design that best represents the theme of the upcoming Parade. The competition is open to all Grade 5 students …
June 24,2024 By Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Select Board, acting as water commissioners for the Weir River Water System that serves customers in Hingham, Hull, and North Cohasset, will hold a public meeting Wednesday, June 26, at 2 p.m. to discuss the ongoing issue of brown water that has affected residents of all three …
June 21, 2024 Submitted by the 4th of July Parade Committee The Hingham 4th of July Parade Committee today announced their selection of Scott McMillan as Grand Marshal of the 2024 Parade. Scott is a life-long prominent member of the Hingham community and had previously been recognized for his service with the awards of Veteran of the Year …
