Oak Development & Design Reaches Award-Winning Status: Hingham-based Builder Receives Multiple Prism Awards

submitted by Melanie Chandler-Blood, Oak Development & Designs’ Creative Marketing Manager; edited by Gabrielle Martin PJ Antonik and Oak Development & Design Receive awards of excellence and superior achievement In the home building industry of New England. The Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston held their Annual Prism Awards to recognize the finest projects …

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Hingham Youth Tackle Half-Modified Murph Challenge to Raise Funds for Hingham Veterans Benefit Fund

by SCPO Keith Jermyn, USN,  Hingham Director of Veterans Services; edited by Gabrielle Martin Hingham resident Tom Hoffman and another donor (anonymous) volunteered to match dollar-for-dollar any youths donations to participate in the Semi-Annual Murph Challenge, which was hosted at Mass Movement Cross Fit on Lincoln Street under the leadership of owner Mike Monarch. To …

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Peter M. Shea Obituary

Peter M. Shea October 30, 2020 Peter M. Shea, of Seminole, Florida and native of Hingham, died peacefully on Friday, October 30, 2020; he was 85. Born on April 8, 1935, Shea was the son of the late Matthew and Helen (Quinn) Shea. Peter was a devoted husband of 57 years to the late Patricia …

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Local Volunteer Opportunities This Thanksgiving Season, and Beyond

Photo from Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash. November 10, 2020 by Gabrielle S. Martin ’Tis the season–no, not that season! Not yet, anyways. I was talking about Thanksgiving, which is, after all, just around the corner. Our modern celebrations of Thanksgiving originate from a historic event that happened 20 or so miles south of us, …

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Glenn Mangurian Asks, “Can We Bridge Our Ideological Differences?”

From Unsplash artist John Silliman. by Glenn Mangurian “E Pluribus Unum” was the motto proposed for the first Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. It is a Latin phrase meaning “One from Many.” The phrase reflected their determination to form a single nation from a collection …

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Hingham’s South School 2020 Virtual 5K Fun Run

Monday, November 9, 2020 by Gabrielle S. Martin Hingham’s South School will host their virtual 5K Fun Run this weekend! Courtesy photos. The cost to enter is $25 per adult and $15 per child; registration is available online until November 12. The 3-mile course will begin and end at South School, looping through the picturesque …

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Francis Joseph Cheney Obituary

Francis J. Cheney November 2, 2020 Francis J. Cheney, age 95, of Hingham passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on November 2, 2020. Fran is predeceased by his loving wife of 55 years, Florence L. (Bischoff) Cheney and was the devoted father of six sons: Francis J. Cheney, Jr., of Hull, MA; Robert Cheney …

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Update-Incident Resolved With Man Who Spoke to Girl Yesterday

November 6, 2020 Update-We identified this man and met with him. He lives in the same neighborhood, was making conversation as he walked, and did not mean to frighten anyone. We are satisfied this has been resolved. Original information is below: Police received a report of a man who spoke with a 12-year-old after she …

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