March 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (Unsplash photo) Hingham remains in the medium-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone for the eighth week in a row, with 46 new cases since last week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health report. The number of new Hingham COVID-19 cases reported each Thursday has remained relatively stable over the past few …
March 11, 2021, Submitted by Hingham High School Congratulations to all the Hingham High School students who made the High Honor or Honor Roll this term. See the full list below listed alphabetically by grade. High Honors – Grade 12 Carter Anderson Paola Aoun Margaret Asmus Jordan Bell Samuel Bellomy Emma Beyer Caroline Bienfang Helen …
March 11, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Fourth of July Parade Committee is hoping the town’s greatly-missed traditional parade will go on this year, contingent on town officials’ approval, COVID-19 restrictions that are in place at that time, and the implementation of appropriate safety measures. The Hingham Lions Club will make a decision by …
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash March 10, 2021 submitted by Kerri Ni, School Committee Chair On March 3rd, Governor Baker announced that educators and school staff members will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of March 11th. This is welcome news as it will protect our essential school staff and will also …
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash March 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A means-tested property tax exemption for long-time senior homeowners who meet certain income and asset criteria would help lessen the tax burden from the many capital projects that are in the town’s pipeline and other expenses. The tax exemption was approved at …
March 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The selectmen addressed a full agenda last night, including supporting a public safety facility warrant article asking Town Meeting to approve the appropriation of $1.57 million to pay the expenses for design, architectural, engineering, owner’s project manager, and other professional services for the proposed building. “I’m comfortable with …
Hingham High School, photo by Joshua Ross Photography. March 9, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A petition signed by some 600 supporters of a return to in-person learning at the secondary level as soon as possible was submitted to school officials recently. After acknowledging the petition at last night’s remote School Committee meeting, Supt. of …
Photo courtesy of John Stoddard March 8, 2021, Submitted by John Stoddard, Candidate for re-election to the Hingham Light Board I am excited to announce my running for re-election to the Hingham Light Board. Prior to my running for the Board, I worked as a lineman at Hingham Light for 6 years. I have been …
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 …
