April 28, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (photo by Joshua Ross) Let’s hope for pleasant weather on May 8! The 2021 Annual Town Meeting will take place that day on the Hingham High School multi-purpose field, similar to the annual and special Town Meetings that were held last year, with face mask requirements and social …
April 28, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (courtesy photo) In an update on the South Shore Country Club Maintenance Facility project at last night’s Selectmen’s meeting, the word was that the plans are proceeding and that a new cost estimate for a phased-in approach will be available soon. Town Meeting 2020 approved up to $2.2 …
April 28, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer As of April 26, all Hingham Public Schools students are attending school five days per week. While data may be incomplete due to the April vacation break, Supt. of Schools Paul Austin reported at last night’s School Committee meeting that two HPS staff from among 1,903 who were …
April 27, 2021, Hilary Jenison (Mass.gov Press Release) With public health metrics continuing to trend in a positive direction, today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10th and put plans in place for further reopening on May 29th and August 1st. Massachusetts remains first in the …
April 27, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A Hingham Public Schools Reopening Committee was recently created to review and plan for fall 2021. The first meeting will be held in May, and monthly updates will be provided to the School Committee during its scheduled meetings, Supt. Paul Austin said last night. He also requested that …
Hingham Middle School (photo by Joshua Ross Photography) April 27, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Public Schools Equity & Inclusion Working Group is conducting an Equity Audit of the district’s operations, programs, and services leading up to the creation of a multi-year Equity and Inclusion Plan, with a targeted completion date of June …
April 27, 2021 by Michael J. Puzo, Hingham Town Moderator On Saturday, May 8th, at 2:00 P.M., we will convene the 2021 Hingham Annual Town Meeting. Given our focus on public health and safety, we will again be on the Multi-Purpose Athletic Field at Hingham High School. As we did last year, we will observe …
Photo by Joshua Ross April 26, 2021, Submitted by the MBTA The new schedules for MBTA ferry services will include the resumption of direct service from Charlestown and Hingham as well as the resumption of weekend Hingham/Hull ferry service. For the full spring 2021 ferry schedule effective May 22, please visit mbta.com/ferry. Building Back Ferry Service: …
April 23,2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (Unsplash photo) Hingham remains in the lower-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone for the 15th consecutive week. The number of new cases rose from 31 last week since the April 8 report posted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to 44 this week. Updated MDPH statistics are posted every Thursday. There were …
April 21, 2021 from the Hingham Police Department A fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a truck is currently under investigation. On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 12:01pm Officers responded to reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a truck at the intersection of Main Street (Route 228) and Middle Street. The motorcyclist was …
