Photo courtesy of Foster PTO March 8, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Due to a lack of heat, Principal Beth Wilcox notified Foster School families at 7:22 a.m. this morning of the need to transition students in kindergarten and grades 3, 4, and 5 to fully remote instruction today. Cohort A students in grades 1 …
March 6, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Two former Advisory Committee chairs have created an updated financial planning model to help individual property owners determine the impacts of potential future overrides and excluded debt projects (such as a new school or municipal building) on their tax bills. Overrides become a permanent part of the tax …
Read moreOnline tool helps residents figure out tax impacts of various projects
Photo Courtesy of the Town of Hingham March 6, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A mental health clinician for the police department, an assistant town administrator for finance, a field maintenance program, and a communications consultant are among the $834,334-worth of Fiscal 2022 non-school budget recommendations presented to the Selectmen recently by Town Administrator Tom …
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March 5, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The time is right to seriously consider reconstruction of the deteriorating town pier near the Iron Horse Statue at the harbor. That was the selectmen’s message to the town following two discussions — including one Thursday night — centering around a Town Meeting warrant article asking voters to …
Read moreSelectmen throw their support behind town wharf reconstruction proposal
March 5, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Residents living in the neighborhood abutting the town landfill expressed concerns during Thursday night’s remote Selectmen’s meeting about Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant’s proposal to build a new substation at that location. The intent is to install another transmission line, underground, to provide additional power as needed to help …
Read moreNeighbors air concerns about proposed new substation at the landfill
March 5, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A citizen’s petition filed by resident Thomas Patch asks Town Meeting to support requiring that town employees, appointed volunteers, and elected officials who have passed on since the prior year’s regular Town Meeting be identified through a roll call at the next Town Meeting as an expression of …
March 5, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Over the past few years, there has been a “drastic increase” in transfer station recycling costs. To help close this gap, DPW Supt. Randy Sylvester is proposing an increase in the fees currently charged for disposal of large appliances, electronics, furniture, and other items– effective May 1, contingent …
March 4, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (Staff Photo) With five confirmed races — selectman, town clerk, board of health, municipal light board, and board of assessors — it’s sure to be an exciting town election season. The date has not yet been decided due to COVID 19-related issues. The deadline for submitting completed nomination …
March 4, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (Unsplash photo) For the seventh consecutive week, Hingham is in the medium-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone, with 45 new cases since last week’s report. The number of new Hingham COVID-19 cases reported each Thursday has remained relatively stable over the past few weeks. Last week’s Massachusetts Department of Public …
Read moreHingham remains in COVID-19 ‘yellow’ zone, with 45 new cases since last report
March 3, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Through a 2021 Town Meeting warrant article, the Hingham Affordable Housing Trust is asking Town Meeting to authorize the selectmen to transfer to its custody a vacant parcel of land acquired by the town through a 1999 tax taking at 32 Rockwood Road to create affordable housing suitable …
Read moreRockwood Road parcel under consideration as affordable housing site
