July 14, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Town Administrator Tom Mayo reports that about 68 percent of Hingham residents were fully vaccinated as of last week. While there were five new reported cases of COVID-19 in June, there have been no new cases so far this month and no Delta variant cases reported in …
July 13, ,2021 by Ally Donnelly The recent decision by Superintendent Paul Austin to step down is the latest hit in more than a year of pandemic pain points in our schools. The news comes on the heels of the resignations of two of six of our school principals. “It’s certainly a complex job for …
July 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Photos courtesy of St. Paul Parish St. Paul Parish in downtown Hingham is celebrating “150 years of faith, family, and friendship.” Following numerous postponements due to the pandemic, St. Paul was excited to kick off the celebration recently with a special Mass, at which Cardinal Sean O’Malley — …
Hingham High School, photo by Joshua Ross Photography July 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The School Committee met briefly Friday night to appoint members of the screening committee that will assist with the search for an interim superintendent to temporarily replace Hingham Public Schools Supt. Paul Austin, who is resigning effective July 30. The …
Photo by Joshua Ross July 6, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The School Committee will meet via Zoom this Friday, July 9, at 6 p.m. to discuss the creation of a hiring committee to name an interim superintendent following Supt. of Schools Paul Austin’s recent resignation. His last day is July 30. The details of …
Photo by Joshua Ross July 2, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer In the wake of the recent resignations of Supt. of Schools Paul Austin, East School Principal Anthony Keady, and Foster School Principal Beth Wilcox — who have all accepted positions in other school districts — the School Committee shared an update with Hingham Public …
July 2, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Foster School Principal Beth Wilcox announced her resignation in an email to Foster School families this morning (July 2). She was named interim assistant superintendent for the Duxbury Public Schools during a remote DPS School Committee meeting today. During that same remote meeting, it was announced that former …
Photo courtesy of PJ Antonik July 2, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A 6:33 p.m. last night (July 1), a Hingham Police Department Twitter post explained that police activity in the Hingham Harbor area involved a “precautionary search” for an adult female swimmer who was seen walking from the beach near the boat ramp into …
June 25, 2021 by Laura Harper Winters The following statement was released by the Hingham School Committee this evening. The Hingham Anchor will share additional information as it is available.
Unsplash Photo June 30, 2021 (Photo of Judy Dunal MD courtesy of Brigham & Women’s Harbor Medical Associates) Did you know that skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States each year? In fact, one in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer at some point in his or her …
