Kimberly Paradise

Kimberly Paradise of Hingham, Massachusetts passed away peacefully, surrounded by her three children on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022.  She was 62. She was born to Frank and Lynn (Cox) Paradise in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Marblehead Massachusetts.  She graduated from Marblehead High School where she was a dancer and cheerleader. She then went …

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The CC + CK Podcast “Women In Food” Series

February 15, 2022 Submitted By Clandestine Kitchen Rachel Meyers, owner of local co-working space, The Collective Co. (Scituate, MA), and Courtney Doyle, owner of local healthy home meal delivery company, Clandestine Kitchen (South Shore, MA), are teaming up to launch a 10-part podcast series titled “Women In Food”, providing an insider’s look into the intricacies …

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Hingham Library Upcoming Events: Native Americans of New England, Great Books of 2021, and More

Photo courtesy of Hingham Public Library. February 14, 2022 Submitted by the Hingham Public Library Hingham Public library is offering four Zoom programs in late February — Conversion Equipment Showcase, Internet Safety Basics, Great Books You May Have Missed! 2021, and Native Americans of New England: History, Colonial Legacies and Survival. Register online at www.hinghamlibrary.org …

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Hingham Music Students and Faculty Take the Stage

Band and Orchestra, All photos by Tom Donnelly Submitted by Monica Tesler on behalf of the Hingham Music Parents Association Shortly before winter break, families and friends gathered in the Hingham High School auditorium and waited in anticipation as the musicians crowded to the front and filled the stage. Tiny lights twinkled, accenting bows and foreshadowing the …

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Weekly Meetings & Agendas: February 14-17

Photo Courtesy of the Town of Hingham February 14, 2022 Presidents’ Day – Town Offices Closed February 21, 2022, All Day More Details Public Meetings Historic Districts Commission February 12, 2022, 9:00 AM 9:00 AM – 269 Main Street, Hingham, MA 9:30 AM – 149 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 10:00 AM – 4 High Street, …

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Human Rights Commission Proposal Given nod of Approval by Select Board

Photo Courtesy of the Town of Hingham February 11, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer The Select Board this week approved the establishment of a Human Rights Commission that Hingham Unity Council Board Member Courtney Orwig called “an important step toward ensuring that all who live, work, study, and worship here feel safe and welcome.” Select …

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Hingham Residents Were Members of Black Regiments During Civil War

  Battle of Olustee, lithograph, 1894, Kurz & Allison [Wikipedia; public domain]     February 10, 2022 Submitted by Paula M. Bagger After the Emancipation Proclamation issued in January 1863, some of the Northern states, followed by the federal government, started to recruit and train regiments of Black troops to support the Union effort. One of the first, and indisputably …

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