June 3, 2020 (statement from the Hingham Recreation Commission) With much consideration, the Recreation Commission has voted to cancel our Preschool, Playground, Teen Xtreme, and Country Club Sports Camps. Hingham Recreation’s Summer Camp is one of the largest municipal summer camps on the South Shore enrolling 3,000 children and employing 100 high-school and college aged …
June 2, 2020 by Hilary Jenison (All Photos by Joshua Ross Photography) Tonight, Tuesday, June 2, an estimated crowd of 1,000 people attended a peaceful candlelight vigil at St. John’s Church to show support of Black lives. The event was sponsored by the Hingham Unity Council, a local group formed in 2020 to raise awareness …
Photo by Joshua Ross Photography June 2, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer There are many details to work out in preparation for the June 20 outdoor Town Meeting, where important town business will be conducted. Town Meeting warrants will be mailed to every Hingham household prior to that date. Several things are sure: the seats …
Courtesy of Irish Eyes Photography June 2, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer On Thursday afternoon, the selectmen will consider a Proclamation for LGBTQ Pride Month. The June 4 meeting starts at 2:30 p.m. In the meantime, more than 3,600 people have signed a change.org petition started by Hingham student William Buckley asking the Selectmen to …
Courtesy of Irish Eyes Photography June 1, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Hundreds of Hingham families, individuals, and businesses will display the Philadelphia Rainbow Pride Flag or Hingham Pride static window clings throughout June — LGBT Pride Month — in a show of support for Hingham’s LGBTQ+ community and the Hingham Pride Project. This non-profit …
May 30, 2020 submitted by Sara Mason Ader, HHS PTO President 2018-2020 When a few classrooms caught fire at Hingham High late last spring and brought the school year to an abrupt end a few days ahead of schedule for the Class of 2019, that seemed like a pretty weird ending to the year. Who …
May 29, 2020 by Hilary Jenison and Carol Britton Meyer Winston Flowers is permanently closing three of its retail locations, including its downtown Hingham shop, which opened in 2000 as part of the family-owned business and has a loyal following. The Concord and Federal Street shops are also closing. While the physical location will no …
Hingham Bathing Beach, Memorial Day Weekend 2020 May 29, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham bathing beach remains open, but the start-up of the soon-to-be completed bathhouse/community room/snack shop is on hold due to COVID-19. In a teleconference call yesterday, the bathing beach trustees talked at length about how state COVID-19 guidelines for beaches …
Photo courtesy of the NHL May 27, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Since March, when Plymouth River School fifth-grade teacher Joan Kilban was first nominated for the National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association Most Valuable Teacher Award, she has been “floating on a cloud!” she told the Hingham Anchor. Since the recent announcement declaring …
May 27, 2020 The Hingham Democratic Town Committee (DTC) voted unanimously to endorse universal mail-in balloting for 2020’s November general election at its May Meeting. “The Hingham Democratic Town Committee is extremely concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the right of Massachusetts voters to safely exercise their right to vote in the November election,” …
