Photo by Joshua Ross December 14, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Selectman Joseph Fisher reports to the Hingham Anchor that the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board took a formal vote on proposed service cuts late this afternoon as follows: * The Hingham-Hull ferry will be maintained but at reduced levels of service (details not …
Photo courtesy of Polkadog Bakery December 14, 2020, Submitted by Polkadog Bakery as part of the Hingham Anchor small business spotlight series Polkadog Bakery (781) 385-7648, woof@polkadog.com Shop in store: 92 Derby Street, Hingham, MA 02043 Business Holiday Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-8pm, Sun: 11am-6pm Shop online: www.polkadogbakery.com Polkadog Bakery at Derby Street is a South Shore …
Photo by Joshua Ross December 14, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer While Hingham is considered to be a well-planned, resident-friendly community, there’s always room for making the experience of living here even better. For that reason, Town Engineer J.R. Frey is hoping that Hingham will qualify for assistance under the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Complete …
Photo by Joshua Ross December 10, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer For the fourth consecutive week, Hingham remains in the COVID-19 “yellow” zone, according to this week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health statistics, despite an increase of 71 cases since the Dec. 3 report. The “yellow” category is between the high-risk “red” zone and the …
Photo courtesy of MBTA December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Selectman Joseph Fisher — who has been keeping a close eye on the MBTA’s proposals for public transportation service cuts, especially with regard to the Hingham and the Hull/Hingham ferries and Greenbush commuter rail service — had some good news for commuters at last …
December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Following the recent narrow Special Town Meeting approval for the town to purchase a $5.5 million parcel of land at 335 Lincoln St. for potential use as a combined Hingham Police and Fire Department public safety building, the tentative closing date on the property is Dec. 17. “Purchasing …
Photo courtesy of the Town of Hingham December 9, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Even as Town Administrator Tom Mayo was detailing what he called the “scary” spike in new COVID-19 cases in Hingham, he also delivered the good news that Hingham-based Mpathy, LLC, will be opening a testing site at 308 Cushing St. — …
Plymouth River School, Photo by Joshua Ross Photography December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Following four recent positive COVID-19 cases, Supt. of Schools Paul Austin made the decision for Plymouth River School to go remote yesterday and today. In an email to the Hingham Public Schools community tonight, Austin said that PRS will remain …
Photo courtesy of the Town of Hingham December 8, 2020 by Town of Hingham Last night, the Hingham Board of Selectmen announced that the Town is partnering with mPathy LLC to establish a COVID-19 testing site in Hingham. The site will be located at the former Hingham Light Plant at 308 Cushing Street and will …
December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Public Schools district has for several weeks been exploring options for providing COVID testing for staff, perhaps on a weekly basis, “to help them feel safer in our schools,” according to Supt. of Schools Paul Austin. After consulting with school nurses and the Hingham …
