Sunday, November 22, 2020 – Story and photos by Joshua Ross Updated November 23, 2020 8:30am In the semi-final match the Hingham High School Girls Soccer team played on Tuesday, the outcome wasn’t decided until the last shot of the shoot-out. We didn’t have to wait that long to find out how the championship game …
Sunday, November 22, 2020 – Story and photos by Joshua Ross For the first time in its program’s history, the Hingham High School Boys soccer team won the Patriot Cup Championship. Just hours after the girls won their own championship on the same field, the boys followed suit with a 2-1 win over Marshfield. Typically …
November 21, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer and Hilary Jenison (all photos by Joshua Ross Photography) Following a lengthy discussion, voters at today’s Special Town Meeting approved by a narrow margin the $5.5 million purchase of a parcel of land at 335 Lincoln St. for potential use as a new combined Hingham Police and Fire Department …
November 21, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The purpose of the Dec. 2 and 9 controlled shotgun deer hunts at World’s End — the first to occur at this location — is to reduce and control the deer population in order to improve the overall health of the habitat, according to information provided to neighbors …
November 20, 2020 from the Town of Hingham website from the Hingham Town Moderator, Michael Puzo (photo by Joshua Ross) Our Special Town Meeting will take place this coming Saturday, November 21 at the Hingham High School Multi-Purpose Athletic Field starting at 12 noon. Fortunately, the forecast is for a partly sunny fall afternoon with …
November 19, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer After being in the COVID-19 high-risk “red” zone for three weeks, Hingham remained in the lower-risk “green” category for two consecutive weeks, but today’s (Nov. 19) Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health statistics show that Hingham is now in the “yellow” zone — which is between “red” and “green” …
Photo provided by Nina Wellford November 19, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Board of Trustees of Old Ship Church called a parish meeting Tuesday night to obtain authorization from members to sign a purchase and sale agreement with Atlantic Development for the Parish House across the street from the meetinghouse, which sits on a …
November 19, 2020 – Story by Carol Britton Meyer Update November 19, 2020 3:06pm Supt. of Schools Paul Austin explained today why the Hingham Public Schools didn’t “opt in” to the state’s Phase I free COVID-19 rapid testing program when it was offered to local communities. While Austin said he hasn’t received any emails asking …
November 18, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer This Thursday, Nov. 19, is “Ride the Ferry Day” — when commuter boat advocates plan to demonstrate to the MBTA the importance of ferry service to Hull, Hingham, and other South Shore communities. Residents from all towns affected by the T’s proposed temporary elimination of ferry service are …
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash November 18, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer With the approach of Thanksgiving next week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued COVID-19-related recommendations on its website related to lower- and higher-risk celebrations and activities, shared at last night’s Selectmen’s meeting by Asst. Town Administrator Michelle Monsegur. Under state …
