Way Back Wednesday: Hingham’s Flying Horses

June 13, 2024 By Geri Duff One of the amusements in the famed Melville Garden of Crow Point was the Flying Horse Carousel. This type of carousel did not have a floor, instead the horses were suspended from a center frame. As the ride picked up speed the horses would fly out. In the advertisements for Melville …

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Featured Listing: 25 Howland Lane

25 Howland Lane, Hingham MA: 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 2,452 sq ft Property Listed For: 1,749,000 By Kate Johnson Open House: Friday, June 14 9:30-11 and Saturday, June 15 11-1 Experience serene waterfront living on Cushing Pond with this beautifully remodeled ranch-style home, complete with a private dock. The main level boasts two spacious bedrooms, …

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Foster Elementary School Receives Green Team Award for Environmental Stewardship

June 12, 2024 By Hingham Public Schools The Healey-Driscoll Administration has recognized Foster Elementary School with a prestigious Green Team Award for its outstanding environmental stewardship. Foster Elementary is one of 63 schools across Massachusetts to receive a Green Team Award and one of only five schools honored for their exemplary efforts. Foster Elementary’s Green Team was praised …

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Sole HHS principal finalist interviewed: ‘There has to be trust’

June 12, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer Alan Strauss, superintendent of the Freetown Lakeville Regional School District since July 2022 — was interviewed during a Hingham Public Schools virtual community forum Tuesday night as the only remaining finalist in the search for a new Hingham High School principal to replace Rick Swanson, who recently announced …

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Five Hingham Residents Graduate Quincy College

June 11, 2024 Submitted by Quincy College A total of 319 students – including five from Hingham – were awarded diplomas or program certificates at Quincy College’s 66th Commencement exercises at the Marriott Boston Quincy Hotel on May 17. Katherine Craven, chair of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and a member of the College’s Board …

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Mildred M (Merves) Fisher

June 11, 2024  Mildred M (Merves) Fisher of Sarasota, FL, passed away peacefully at Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA, on June 8, 2024, just two weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday. She was born on May 26, 1924, to the late Jack and Jean (Kaplan) Merves of Philadelphia, PA. Affectionately known as Millie, she and her younger brother …

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Select Board Gets Building Project Updates, Issues Proclamations

June 11, 2024 By The Town of Hingham Last week, the Hingham Select Board received a quarterly update on three major building projects in the town and issued proclamations recognizing Pride Month and the Juneteenth Holiday. The quarterly capital project updates to the Select Board included the construction status of the two well-underway projects: the new Foster Elementary …

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Hingham Little League’s 3rd Annual Family Fun Day!

June 11, 2024 By Hingham Little League Dear HLL Families & Players, We look forward to seeing you at Carlson Field on Saturday, June 15th for Hingham Little League’s 3rd Annual Family Fun Day. The event has become the marquee event of HLL; this year featuring games with every age level within the program. Rumor …

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