2020-2021 Patriot League Champions Saturday, February 20, 2021 – Story by Jake Bednarski/Joshua Ross, photos by Joshua Ross Hingham and Marshfield met in the final game of the boys hockey Patriot Cup in Bourne, Massachusetts on Friday night. Due to the lack of a State Playoffs and the Super 8 Tournament, this was the last …
February 19, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Police Department is repurposing funds from its capital budget to bridge a deficit between the cost of replacing the planned purchase of seven new police cruisers with seven Ford hybrid police vehicles instead. “The cost of the cruisers increased from when we originally put in our …
Gary Tondorf-Dick has been asked to fulfill the vacancy on the planning board until the next election (courtesy photo). February 19, 2021, Submitted by Gary Tondorf-Dick Dear Fellow Hingham Resident, I am running for re-election to the Hingham Planning Board and I would like to ask you for your vote and support for my fourth …
Read moreGary Tondorf-Dick Announces Re-Election Campaign for the Hingham Planning Board
February 18, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer There’s a potential four-way race for retiring Town Clerk Eileen McCracken’s seat now that Thomas Patch has pulled nomination papers for that position. There’s already a confirmed three-way race for town clerk in the May 1 town election among Laura Marwill, Libby Lewiecki, and Carol Falvey. Lewiecki is …
Read moreTown election update: Potential four-way race for town clerk seat
February 19, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Following a lengthy discussion this week about a Town Meeting warrant article asking voters to support spending a potential $5.5 million for the reconstruction of the deteriorating town pier by the Iron Horse Statue at the harbor to address safety issues and potential flooding from expected sea-level rise, …
Read moreTown pier reconstruction costs could exceed $5 million
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash February 18, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The number of new Hingham COVID-19 cases reported each Thursday has decreased over the past few weeks. For the fifth week in a row, Hingham remains in the medium-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone, with 46 new cases since the Feb. 11 Massachusetts Department …
Photo courtesy of DCI MA February 17, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The $15.3 million improvement project that would stretch along the Route 3A, Hingham Rotary, and Summer Street corridor would cost the Town of Hingham $819,000 in design fees — or 5.4 percent of the total project cost — with the remainder of the …
Feb. 18, 2021 by Hingham Police Department Bank employees prevented an 83 year old resident from being scammed out of $8,000 that she had withdrawn to send to scammers. On February 12, 2021, an Officer was dispatched to the Hingham Institution for Savings branch located in the Linden Ponds senior living complex for a report …
Read moreBank Staff Prevents Elderly Woman from Being Scammed
February 17, 2021 by the Town of Hingham website The Town of Hingham would like to share the latest information regarding the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in town and throughout the region. The Town was informed today that effective the week of March 1, the State will no longer be providing first dose vaccines …
Read moreTown of Hingham COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update
Feb. 17, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer After doing its research, the Hingham League of Women Voters submitted a citizen’s petition for this year’s Town Meeting warrant calling for amending the town’s general by-laws to include gender-neutral terms. The League believes such changes are in the best interest of the town, supporting equity for all …
Read moreWarrant article calling for gender-neutral terms will appear on Town Meeting agenda
