COVID-19 update: Positive case numbers declining in Hingham

June 23, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer The Centers for Disease Control recently determined that Plymouth County’s COVID-19 community presence is now “low” — down from “medium” as reported by Town Administrator Tom Mayo to the Select Board on June 7. “This decision to downgrade our community presence level is consistent with other data we’ve …

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Ten Exciting Miniature Art Installations Invite Guests to Discover Tiny Street Scenes; Coming to Derby St Shops Soon!

AnonyMouse miniature art installation in Boston Seaport; Photo courtesy of WS Development June 22, 2022 Submitted by Jill Segal and Chris Langley WHO: AnonyMouse, a world-renowned artist collective originating in Malmö, Sweden, that describes itself as “a loosely connected network of mice and men” has collaborated with Massachusetts based developer WS Development and five of …

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HHS Sports Captains Learn to Be Leaders in Groundbreaking Class

Fall sports captains meet for their final class back in October on an early Thursday morning. June 14, 2022 By Mark Blaudschun and Joshua Ross, photos by Joshua Ross The concept didn’t start in Hingham, but it has certainly flourished in the environment which has been created. The name of the course–if you want to …

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Foster Elementary 5th Graders showing us the way

June 22, 2022 By Christin Eigenmann, PTO Green Team Foster Elementary Turn Your Key, Be Idle Free! Protect your children’s health Protect the environment Save money & fuel 10 seconds rule: If you are waiting for more than 10 seconds, turn off your engine. It’s a breezy but sunny Monday morning when I meet with …

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Fireworks delayed until early fall; spectacular display is planned

June 21, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer This year’s planned fireworks display on July 1 has been postponed until early fall due to the presence of protected wildlife on Button Island — the location from which Hingham’s traditional fireworks display has been launched for many years. Members of the Harborworks volunteer committee — in cooperation …

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The Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep

June 20, 2022 By Judy A. Dunal, MD, a Hingham resident and an internal medicine primary care provider at Brigham and Women’s Harbor Medical Associates Work obligations, attending to family needs, completing household chores, and trying to stay connected with friends and family – especially during this pandemic – are important and time consuming for many of us, …

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Linden Ponds Students Celebrated at Community’s Student Scholarship Celebration

Linden Ponds Student Class June 21, 2022 Submitted by Linden Ponds For high school seniors approaching graduation, these last few weeks are a time of reflection—to commemorate academic achievements and appreciate the value of relationships formed with teachers, coaches, friends, and mentors. For student workers at Linden Ponds, an Erickson Senior Living community in Hingham, …

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OPINION: Why We Should All Be Alarmed by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (And It Has Nothing to Do With Abortion)

The Supreme Court Building, located at One First Street, NE, in Washington, DC, is the permanent home of the Court. By the Hingham Democratic Town Committee, in collaboration with member attorneys When any US citizen, regardless of their political affiliation, reads the leaked draft of the US Supreme Court’s purported majority opinion in the Dobbs v. …

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Town of Hingham Juneteenth Proclamation

Photo Courtesy of the Town of Hingham June 20, 2022 Submitted by The Town of Hingham Whereas, on June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved people …

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