June 27, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer As always, Hingham will celebrate the Fourth of July in a big way this year, starting with the Hingham Rec Road Race leaving from the Middle School at 7 a.m.; the Lions Club pancake breakfast on Hingham Centre Common from 7 to 10 a.m.; and culminating in the …
June 27, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Above photo Joe Fisher Opens the Hingham Farmer’s Market (Photo by Mark Cullings) The Hingham Farmers Market 43rd season is in full swing! HFM, the third-oldest farmers market in the state, features 40 vendors selling the freshest local fruits, vegetables, eggs, poultry, beef, seafood and much more. The …
June 27, 2019 submitted by the Hingham Historical Society Above photo L-R Jim Conroy, Jim Basker, David McCullough, Deirdre Anderson and Lia Poorvu (Photo by Robin Chan for the Hingham Historical Society) The Hingham Historical Society recently welcomed 45 educators from across New England and leading historians and authors to the Hingham Heritage Museum for …
A 67-year-old Hingham woman was scammed out of over $9,000 over two days that began with a phone call from a man claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. After being scammed twice, she attempted to gain access to more money but a bank manager called police. The woman also provided her Social Security …
June 24, 2019 Hingham’s records on historic resources are now available online thanks to Weymouth Girl Scout Sallyrose Savage in partnership with Andrea Young, Administrator, Historical and Historic Districts Commissions. Sallyrose is putting the finishing touches on her Gold Award project titled Moving Historic Districts into the 21st century. The purpose of the project is …
June 20, 2019 A message to Hingham Public Library patrons from the HPL Director, Linda Harper: Great news! We have reduced our daily overdue fee for DVD’s and Audiobooks to just 20 cents per day, a significant change from the $2/day overdue fine for DVD’s and $1/day for Audiobooks that we had previously charged. Video …
June 20, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Residents have reported 103 coyote sightings through Hingham’s new reporting system since May 21, when Asst. Town Administrator Michelle Monsegur provided a progress report about proactive steps the town is taking to address concerns centering around the increasing number of coyotes that have been spotted in different parts …
June 20, 2019 Asst. Town Administrator Michelle Monsegur shared the following water company acquisition update at this week’s Selectmen’s meeting to keep citizens/ratepayers up-to-to date. The Town (including the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator’s staff, legal team, volunteers and others) have been working diligently towards an orderly transition of ownership from Eversource to the Town …
June 20, 2019 Catherine Greig, known for her connections to James “Whitey” Bulger, is now living on Cape Cod but has plans to move to Hingham once she’s paroled a year from now — July 23, 2020, according to a June 19 Boston Herald story. When contacted by the Hingham Anchor about the parole process, …
June 19, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer As part of the conditions set in early 2017 when the Trustees of Reservations were granted permission to make changes to the World’s End parking and circulation pattern and to add a not-yet-completed Visitors Center, a requirement to document the number of visitors and associated traffic counts and …
