OPINION: “Broke”

January 27, 2023 By Dian DeNapoli At my age I can usually tell when I have reached a breaking point. For whatever reason I can hear the “last straw” sending alarm bells to my head. I am sure we all develop a system when we know it’s Ctrl/alt/delete time for our souls. Sadly, yesterday I learned the details …

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Reduced services school budget includes significant cuts; level services budget contingent on override passing

January 27, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham Public Schools parents and educators were among the more than 160 Zoom participants in Thursday night’s School Committee meeting to hear an update on the proposed balanced/reduced services school budget that would require significant cuts in Full Time Equivalent positions —  as well as student services, arts, …

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Hingham students inducted into National Honor Society at BC High

January 26, 2023 Submitted by BC High The following students have been inducted into the Robert J. Fulton, SJ Chapter of the National Honor Society at Boston College High School: Charlie Bushley (Class of 2024) JJ Campbell (Class of 2024) Gavin Flaherty (Class of 2024) Max Galvin (Class of 2024) Andrew Garelick (Class of 2024) …

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Town of Hingham Launches Online Budget Override Information Hub

January 26, 2023 Submitted by the Town of Hingham Town Administrator Tom Mayo announces that the Town of Hingham has launched a web page for residents to learn more about the Town’s anticipated operating budget override request at Annual Town Meeting. Hingham expects to seek Town Meeting and voter approval for a Proposition 2 1/2 …

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OPINION: Be a Hingham Steward: Be Informed About the Operating Budget Override Process (Sixth in the stewardship series)

January 25, 2023 By Glenn Mangurian  Stew·ard·ship: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care Based on the positive feedback from my Fall 2022 five part stewardship series, I will continue with relevant essays leading up to the Spring Town Meeting where a budget override will likely be considered. For the past …

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Search Underway for New Executive Director of Student Services

January 25, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer The search for an executive director of student services to replace Dr. Suzanne Vinnes — who is moving on at the end of the school year to take another position — is underway. Supt. of Schools Margaret Adams expressed gratitude for Vinnes’ years of service with the Hingham …

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Theresa McCormack O’Reilly

January 24, 2023  Theresa McCormack O’Reilly, (ne Ruppert), born on January 23, 1928, died from natural causes on January 18, 2023, five days shy of her 95th birthday. Theresa was born in New York City, the youngest of five children, to Abraham  and Jennie Ruppert (ne McManus). The family moved to Astoria in 1933, where …

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Margaret “Peggy” Murray

January 24, 2023  Margaret “Peggy” (Hayes) Murray (81), of Hingham passed away on January 19, 2023. Born on September 2, 1941 in Boston and raised on Carmel Street on Mission Hill, she is the daughter of Eugene and Margaret (Cotter) Hayes, of County Cork, Ireland. Peg attended Mission Hill Church and graduated from Mission Hill …

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Bernadette M. MacPherson, Ph. D.

Retired Professor at Emerson College, Co-Founder of DOVE Inc. Bernadette ( Bernie) M. MacPherson, 94, passed away January 15 at Rose Court Continuing Care at Linden Ponds in Hingham. As the youngest of five, Bernie was born in Springfield, MA and spent many summers in Green Harbor at her family home, developing a lifelong love …

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