Jessica Wright April 20, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham’s share of National Opioid Settlements through 2038 is $1.2 million. Town officials are in the process of deciding how to best allocate these funds to address substance misuse and related issues. These settlements were reached to resolve opioids litigation brought by states against large pharmaceutical manufacturers and …
April 20, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer The April 24 Town Meeting scheduled for next Monday, April 24, is expected to draw a large crowd — as many as 2,000 voters. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with a 7 p.m. start time. “The lines start getting long beginning at 6:45 p.m.,” Town Administrator …
April 20, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer While the warrant article asking voters to ban the retail sale of single-use plastic water bottles in Hingham is on the April 24 Town Meeting agenda, an earlier article related to prohibiting their procurement, sale, and distribution at the town level is not included. Instead, the proposed article …
April 20, 2023 by the Hingham Unity Council There’s a lot of information out there coming from a lot of directions and it’s quite a bit to process! These issues are important for our community, however, so the Hingham Unity Council board has discussed the items on this years’ Town Meeting warrant that intersect with our mission and …
April 20, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer After gathering more information about the $1.2 million 30 Summer St. waterfront property recently offered by the owner to the town for potential purchase, the Select Board approved supporting related Town Meeting Warrant Article 27 on a 2-1 vote this week. Town Meeting will be held Monday, April …
April 19, 2023 By Laura Burns Hingham’s climate action plan is nearing completion under the aegis of the current Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC). At Town Meeting on Monday, April 24, we will be asked to create a new Town committee, the Hingham Climate Action Commission (HCAC), to be charged with implementing Hingham’s climate plan. Please join me …
April 19, 2023 By Sara Mason Ader If you’re ever in the mood to dive into a new book or magazine but don’t want to leave your house, or even get up from your chair, the Hingham Public Library offers several services—at no charge to library cardholders—that you might be interested in. The first one I tried …
April 19, 2023 by South Shore Ballet Theatre South Shore Ballet Theatre (SSBT), the region’s pre-professional ballet school, announces that registration is now open for its 2023-24 programs, welcoming both prospective and returning students at its studios at 45 Industrial Park Road, Hingham. All SSBT programs begin the week of September 5. Students who register …
April 18, 2023 By Liza O’Reilly To balance a budget for any organization, one must either cut costs or increase revenues. This goes for a family, non-profit, corporation or government. Hingham finally has a choice this year on a new revenue source to balance the budget to fund town services. I served on the School …
April 18, 2023 By Gail Besse Ryberg The recommendation for a nearly $8 million tax override is eye-popping, so I looked to Google to help put it in perspective. The links below show that Hingham is among the elite of the elite, both in Massachusetts and relative to the entire country. We talk about being a welcoming …
