Photo courtesy of MBTA January 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The MBTA will hold a virtual public meeting this Thursday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. about the transit authority’s plans to modify and improve the existing Hingham commuter ferry dock. The existing floating dock and access gangways will be upgraded to improve rider …
Photo by Benjamin DeYoung on Unsplash January 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Open burning season starts Jan. 15 and ends May 1. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Hingham Fire Department limit open burning for public health and safety reasons. Open burning pollutes the air and can make it difficult for people …
January 11, 2021, Submitted by Laura Burns, Candidate for Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) Board Former two-term Hingham selectman Laura Burns today announced plans to run for a seat on the Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) Board. “We are extraordinarily lucky, as a town, to own and operate our own electric utility. I would be …
Interim police chief David Jones receiving his COVID-19 vaccination January 11, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Interim Police Chief David Jones and Fire Chief Steve Murphy were the first public safety personnel to be administered the COVID-19 vaccine today in Hingham. The Hingham Police and Fire Departments, in partnership with local boards of health, joined …
Photo courtesy of Hingham Veterans Services January 11, 2021, Submitted by William C. Ramsey, Chairman of Veterans Services, Jonathan R. Asher, Treasurer of Veterans Services, SCPO Keith A. Jermyn, USN, Director of Veterans Services This January 14th will be the 5th anniversary of a tragedy that we here in Hingham remember all too well – We …
Photo courtesy of Irish Eyes Photography January 8, 2021, Submitted by Joanna Burwell, candidate for Hingham Board of Health My family arrived in Hingham in the fall of 2018 and immediately felt at home. Neighbors, classmates of my two boys, and friendly local businesses welcomed us with open arms. In what I’ve come to understand …
Photo courtesy of Prasesh Shiwakoti (Lomash) on Unsplash January 7, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham is back in the higher-risk “red” COVID-19 zone this week. The town has fluctuated between the “red” and lower-risk “yellow” categories in varying degrees over the past several weeks. Since last week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health report there …
Photo Courtesy of the Town of Hingham January 7, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Since nominations papers for the May 1 town election became available last Monday, 13 citizens have thrown their hats into the ring for the first time or have decided to run for reelection. The following have taken out nomination papers so …
Photo courtesy of Tim Miller-Dempsey January 6, 2021, Submitted by Tim Miller-Dempsey I am so excited to announce that I am running for School Committee. It has been an impossibly hard year, but I am hopeful and optimistic that we will soon turn the corner into a new era for Hingham’s public schools. The pandemic …
January 5, 2021 Submitted by Libby Emerson Lewiecki I am pleased to announce that I’m running for Hingham Town Clerk and pulled papers for that office today. This is an exciting opportunity to serve Hingham’s citizens in a critical position that uses my organizational and management skills. The Town of Hingham is run by interesting, …
