South Shore Conservatory Names Robert Cinnante as New President

Robert Cinnante, SSC’s new president, will lead the Conservatory into its second half-century in 2021; Photo courtesy of South Shore Conservatory January 5, 2021, Submitted by South Shore Conservatory South Shore Conservatory (SSC) rings in the New Year on a celebratory note by welcoming Robert Cinnante, of Farmington, CT, as president. Cinnante will be instrumental …

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Term I Hingham High School Honor and High Honor roll

Photo courtesy of Joshua Ross Photography December 23, 2020, Submitted by Hingham High School Photo courtesy of Hingham High Honors Carter Anderson 12 Eric Anderson 12 Paola Aoun 12 Margaret Asmus 12 Jordan Bell 12 Emma Beyer 12 Caroline Bienfang 12 Helen Bradshaw 12 Charles Bruggemann 12 Lillian Bryant 12 Aidan Bucey 12 Julia Burm …

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Town election update: Four potential selectmen candidates so far

January 4, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Today, Jan. 4, was the first day for citizens interested in running for a seat on a town board to pick up nomination papers. Liz Klein, Jack Manning, and Joe Kelly all pulled papers for Mary Power’s selectman seat. Michelle Larned announced her candidacy for selectman earlier, as …

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Cause of 61 Summer St. fire under investigation

Photo by Mike Antoine December 30, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer (photos by Mike Antoine) A fire broke out in a home at 61 Summer St. at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday. There was heavy damage to the breezeway that spread to the garage, but the fire did not extend into the house, which had mild smoke …

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Michelle Larned Announces Campaign for Board of Selectmen

Photo courtesy of Michelle Larned December 26, 2020, Submitted by Michelle Larned I am running for the Board of Selectmen to help build a stronger, more resilient, more future-ready Hingham.  If the pandemic has shown us anything, it is that the citizens of this town are passionate, civic-minded, caring people who are willing to work …

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Hingham now in “red” zone, with 99 new cases since last week

Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash December 24, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham is now in the “red” COVID-19 zone, with 99 new cases since last week’s report after remaining in the lower-risk COVID-19 “yellow” category for five consecutive weeks, according to this week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health statistics. The total number of …

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Plymouth River kids share holiday cheer with Housing Authority residents

Photo courtesy of Katherine Fischer; From left to right: Connor Jones (gr4), Colton Fischer (gr5), Avery Besser (gr5), Sloane Besser (gr3), Violet Fischer (kindergarten), Caroline Sullivan (gr5) December 23, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer There’s no better time than the holiday season to spread goodwill and cheer, especially during these very different times. With that …

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