Submitted by Kim Johnson Girl Scouts Launches CARE SCOUTS Project to Support Hospitalized Children Girl Scout Troop 62297 wants to help kids who have been hospitalized while fighting illness feel a little less alone. Fifth graders from PRS and East elementary schools chose to focus their Bronze Award efforts on these children, and have launched a …
Submitted by Notre Dame Academy Notre Dame Academy celebrated its 166th Commencement on Friday awarding diplomas to the 98 members of the Class of 2019. Special recognition was given to valedictorian Katherine Donahue Carroll of Hingham, who is heading to Georgetown University in the fall and salutatorian Marguerite Baron of Scituate who will attend Brown …
Submitted by the Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services and the Hingham Veterans’ Council The Town of Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services and the Hingham Veterans’ Council are proud to announce that the Annual Memorial Day Observance will be held Monday, May 27th2019. The Hingham Town Moderator, Michael Puzo, will begin the ceremony promptly at 11:00 a.m. …
Submitted by the Fourth of July Parade Committee REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SATURDAY, JUNE 15th This year’s 4th of July Parade theme is “Celebrate Hingham’s Natural Beauty.” The Town of Hingham offers residents and surrounding communities access to many beautiful parks and conservation land, open spaces, a beautiful harbor area and waterways, and of course, the chance to …
Submitted by the Hingham Veterans’ Council The Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services, in conjunction with the Veterans’ Council, annually presents our local Police Department with a Memorial Wreath to show our continued support and remembrance. This year a ceremony will be conducted in front of Town Hall at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. The community is invited …
May 19, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham High School Science Teacher Livvy Kates competed May 11 in the Ironman 70.3 Gulf Coast, and even more exciting is the fact that she qualified for the World Championship Ironman in Nice, France, next September. The Ironman 70.3 — consisting of a 1.2-mile ocean swim, a 56-mile …
Hingham School Committee Members with Representative James Murphy Local elections on April 27 in Hingham resulted in retaining incumbents Liza O’Reilly and Carlos Da Silva as well as adding one newcomer, Nes Correnti, to the School Committee. On May 1 six of the seven members attended Day on the Hill, MASC’s legislative advocacy day which …
May 16, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Even though the Town of Hingham has exceeded the state’s 10 percent affordable housing threshold by 121 units, there’s still work to be done to help meet the housing needs of its less-affluent citizens, town officials say. Working with housing consultant Karen Sunnarborg, the town is in the …
Submitted by Michael Puzo, Town Moderator Citizen engagement is at the core of Hingham’s character. In Hingham, citizens serve on a wide range of on town boards and committees, and new members are always welcome. As we begin this year’s appointment process, the Selectmen and the Moderator will host an Open House at Town Hall …
May 15, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer The show will go on! The popular “Cabaret” variety show, a fundraiser for Hingham Community Center, will return in early 2020, much to the delight of past Cabaret performers and audiences. The show had been produced for the past 50-plus years when the heat went off in the …
