Hingham High School, photo by Joshua Ross Photography. November 17, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer So far 800 signatures have been collected on a petition advocating for increasing the school budget in order to fully fund the schools, posted recently on Facebook by “Supporters of Hingham Public Schools.” Suzanne Garland, Susie O’Horo, and Alexis MacElhiney …
November 17, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham remains in the low-risk COVID-19 “green” zone, and the accompanying good news is that the virus hasn’t spread within the Hingham Public Schools, according to Supt. of Schools Paul Austin at Monday night’s School Committee meeting. Cases involving HPS students and staff remain low, and the number …
November 16, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer At the outdoor June Annual Town Meeting, participants dressed lightly for the hot weather. On Nov. 21, those attending the Special Town Meeting — to be held again on the Hingham High School multi-purpose athletic field — are likely to bundle up. The chairs will be placed 10 …
November 12, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer (photo courtesy of Unsplash) There are 25 new Hingham COVID-19 cases since last week, up from 12 new cases the previous week. The case count over the last 14 days was 31, with a total of 449 cases since Jan. 1, according to Massachusetts Department of Public Health …
by SCPO Keith Jermyn, USN, Hingham Director of Veterans Services; edited by Gabrielle Martin Hingham resident Tom Hoffman and another donor (anonymous) volunteered to match dollar-for-dollar any youths donations to participate in the Semi-Annual Murph Challenge, which was hosted at Mass Movement Cross Fit on Lincoln Street under the leadership of owner Mike Monarch. To …
Jacqueline Maffeo (L) and John Mannion (R) at the South Shore Bank branch in Downtown Hingham. November 12, 2020 by Hilary Jenison (courtesy photos) Earlier this year, South Shore Bank (SSB) successfully helped more than 1,000 businesses save more than 13,000 local jobs through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Hingham Anchor …
Photo from Aaron Burden on Unsplash. by Gabrielle S. Martin “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” especially when you call Hingham home! Like so many other things this year, the holiday scene our hometown may look a little different: fortunately for those of us feeling in the need of some festivities, three of …
November 11, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer A large number of parents were on the line for the Selectmen’s remote meeting last night in anticipation of the earlier posted Fiscal 2021 Financial Management Plan update, in joint session with the Advisory Committee and the School Committee. At the beginning of the meeting, Selectmen Chair Mary …
Hingham resident, Hannah O’Laughlin, standing by the ferry in Hingham at Hewitt Landing November 11, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Many individuals and families rely on the Hingham/Hull ferry service, from seniors keeping doctor’s appointments and students taking the boat to school in Boston to families on an outing to the Boston Harbor Islands, or …
Photo from Brian McGowan on Unsplash. November 11, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Special Town Meeting scheduled for Saturday, November 21 at noon is “a go,” even with the new, stricter COVID-19 measures in place. The rain date is Sunday, November 22; If it rains that day, the meeting will be held indoors. Any …
