Want to start using green energy to heat and cool your home? The Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant will help you assess electric heat pumps as an alternative to fossil fuels!

October 12, 2021 By John Borger On October 19 th at 7:00PM, HMLP’s residential HVAC partner, Abode Energy Management, is conducting a webinar on heat pumps. Please see the URL below… In Hingham, we share the goal established at Town Meeting 2021 of getting to net zero carbon emissions in the town by 2040. As …

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The Congregation of Second Parish Invites You to Apply for Mini Grants

Photo courtesy of Jane Shute. October 8, 2021 By Jane Shute The congregation of Second Parish in Hingham invites all to celebrate it’s 275th Anniversary by applying for mini grants. As the covenant of Second Parish calls for “service to our neighbors”, five grants will be awarded to those applicants who best answer the question: “What could I do …

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Hingham parents involved in lawsuit against public schools mask mandate

October 7, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Some Hingham parents are part of five lawsuits against the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Hingham Public Schools and other school districts that challenge state and local mask mandates. The public schools mandate issued by Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley last August — requiring …

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As a ‘green community,’ Town of Hingham seeks additional grants

October 6, 2021 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham was designated a “green community” in 2018 under the Massachusetts Green Communities Designation and Grant Program, which included agreeing to the goal of reducing municipal energy by at least 20 percent over five years. The next step — following the expenditure of the initial grant funds awarded …

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Greg Hall Will Be Missed

Greg Hall. October 6, 2021 By Carol Britton Meyer Longtime much-loved and respected Hingham resident Greg Hall, who recently retired from the board of assessors after serving for 35 years, passed away in late September at the age of 98. Town Administrator Tom Mayo acknowledged his contributions to the town at this week’s Select Board …

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Town of Hingham U.S. Flag Repositories

Photos courtesy of Keith Jermyn. October 5, 2021 by Keith Jermyn An American flag is ready for disposal when it becomes torn, tattered, faded or worn out. Flying such a flag is disrespectful, and the flag should be “sent out to pasture”. One cannot simply throw a flag in the trash, however, as it must …

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