July 17, 2021 Submitted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Christina O’Connor, a teacher at Hingham High School, has been named the 2021 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 American history education. In 2021, parents, …
Photo by Mike Antoine July 15, 2021 by Sgt. Steven Dearth A car drove off the road and into a house this morning on North Street. The occupants inside the house and the driver were not injured. A portion of North Street was closed but has since reopened. On July 15, 2021 at 6:35 a.m., …
July 14, 2021 by Hingham Police Department An 86 year old resident fell victim to a series of phone scams over a two week period and lost at least $42,000. On July 12, 2021 the family of the 86 year old resident said she had fallen victim to a several telephone scams over the last …
July 14, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Town Administrator Tom Mayo reports that about 68 percent of Hingham residents were fully vaccinated as of last week. While there were five new reported cases of COVID-19 in June, there have been no new cases so far this month and no Delta variant cases reported in …
July 13, ,2021 by Ally Donnelly The recent decision by Superintendent Paul Austin to step down is the latest hit in more than a year of pandemic pain points in our schools. The news comes on the heels of the resignations of two of six of our school principals. “It’s certainly a complex job for …
July 12, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Photos courtesy of St. Paul Parish St. Paul Parish in downtown Hingham is celebrating “150 years of faith, family, and friendship.” Following numerous postponements due to the pandemic, St. Paul was excited to kick off the celebration recently with a special Mass, at which Cardinal Sean O’Malley — …
Hingham High School, photo by Joshua Ross Photography July 10, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The School Committee met briefly Friday night to appoint members of the screening committee that will assist with the search for an interim superintendent to temporarily replace Hingham Public Schools Supt. Paul Austin, who is resigning effective July 30. The …
Photo by Joshua Ross July 6, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The School Committee will meet via Zoom this Friday, July 9, at 6 p.m. to discuss the creation of a hiring committee to name an interim superintendent following Supt. of Schools Paul Austin’s recent resignation. His last day is July 30. The details of …
Photo by Joshua Ross July 2, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer In the wake of the recent resignations of Supt. of Schools Paul Austin, East School Principal Anthony Keady, and Foster School Principal Beth Wilcox — who have all accepted positions in other school districts — the School Committee shared an update with Hingham Public …
July 2, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Foster School Principal Beth Wilcox announced her resignation in an email to Foster School families this morning (July 2). She was named interim assistant superintendent for the Duxbury Public Schools during a remote DPS School Committee meeting today. During that same remote meeting, it was announced that former …
