Jessica Wright January 19, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham has four new police officers. The Select Board this week appointed John Crenier, Jacob Foss, Gina McCarthy, and Justin Worth to fill four vacancies upon the recommendation of Police Chief David Jones, contingent on successful passage of all requirements. “All four candidates [who were interviewed at the …
January 18, 2023 James Patrick Doherty, of Hingham, MA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 12, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was 84. Born in Boston, MA, James was a son of the late Charles and Helen (Kelley) Doherty. Raised in Roslindale, he enjoyed a childhood of playing baseball at Healy Field, attending Boston …
January 18, 2023 Submitted by the Hingham Public Library Sally Dean’s exhibit “Reimaginings” will be on display in the Hingham Library’s Dolphin Gallery from Feb. 4 through Mar. 2. The show features bright colorful acrylic, watercolor and mixed media paintings and wall pieces derived from pages of old sketchbooks, ranging from 1976 – present. The public is invited …
January 17, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools Thursday, January 12th – The Hingham High School Business Department announces its successful application for a Financial Literacy Grant totaling $10, 345, offered from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). This grant was submitted by HHS Business teacher Joe Tarantello who aims to use the money to …
January 17, 2023 Sarah Doggett of the Hingham Historical Society The Hingham Historical Society invites residents of Hingham and the South Shore—and history lovers everywhere—to participate in Hingham’s 46 th annual Lincoln Day on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Lincoln Day commemorates two famous Lincolns with Hingham roots: Benjamin Lincoln, Major General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was …
January 17, 2023 By Ally Donnelly Kathleen Bambrick, a social worker with Aspire, shared insight into an already-concerning mental health challenge, exacerbated by the pandemic and continued pressures. “Sometimes when we talk about mental health disorders or mental illness, people tend to say or think or are conjured up in their head, ideas of people …
January 17, 2023 By Danielle G. Van Ess (on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Hingham Cemetery) Jabari Asim’s novel, Yonder, is one of the New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2022.” Chronicling the intertwined lives of four enslaved, or “Stolen,” Black people, the book “is a great departure from the typical …
Kevin B. Connearney of Hanover, formerly of Watertown and Hingham, died January 12, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his best friend and wife of 45 years, Barbara Sullivan Connearney of Hanover; his children Colleen Connearney Scheibner and her husband Scott of Arlington and Sarah Connearney of …
January 13, 2023 Submitted by the Town of Hingham Chief Steve Murphy is pleased to announce that the Hingham Fire Department has been awarded grant funding to support its fire education programming for students and seniors in the community. Hingham Fire was awarded $4,381 for its Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) program and $2,277 …
January 11, 2023 On Thursday, January 5, 2023, Marty Saunders died peacefully in her sleep at Linden Ponds. She was 92. Marty was born on April 7, 1930 in St Louis, Missouri, to Horace Clarke Krause and Betty Gray Leishman Krause. During her childhood, she lived in St Louis, MO, and later, Columbia, IL and …
