January 30, 2019 By Carol Britton Meyer There’s good news about the Settles Glass site! The overgrown lot and rundown former Settles Glass building at the intersection of North and Station streets in downtown Hingham is not a pretty sight. But there’s hope. Local developer Matt Falconeiri (whose company is constructing the Lincoln Building …
Left to right, Town Clerk Eileen McCracken, Asst. Town Clerk Jacquie Berard, and Senior Clerk Liz McVarish. January 29, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer It’s election time again! Have you ever thought of running for a town office? Town Clerk Eileen McCracken reports that a number of candidates for seats with terms expiring this …
Africa holds a special place in the hearts of Hinghamites Dr. Lori Lerner and her daughter, Emma Fanuele. Last summer, the pair visited Pothawira, a village in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries. On the service trip, Dr. Lerner, Chief of Urology at the Boston VA Health System, provided medical and surgical care. Fanuele, …
In a unanimous vote, the Hingham School Committee has selected Dr. Paul Austin as the next superintendent of schools. After contract negotiations, Austin will replace Dr. Dot Gallo at the end of the school year. He is currently the superintendent of schools for a regional school district in Maine and began his career in …
Love is all around … and, it certainly was on Friday, December 21st when the Hingham Middle School Junior Choral Spectrum surprised their teacher, Mr. Landis and his soon-to-be husband, Joe. The choir surprised the couple at their wedding rehearsal brunch in Plymouth with a serenade of “Love is All You Need” by The Beatles. …
The School Committee Meeting was held at Foster School on December 18that 7:00 pm and was well attended by the Foster community. However, as many attendees and attending administrators pointed out, the issues that surround Foster School will impact the entire community. Last week, Foster School was evacuated due to a boiler issue causing the …
WHEN THEY SAY the three most stressful things in life are death, divorce and moving, they’re leaving off the fourth: gift-giving. What do you get for a person who keeps an eye on the most current “it” objects, or for the 15-year-old member of Generation Z who thinks your taste is “soooo lame”? Take a …
The Anchor recently had the chance to head into the kitchen with Chef Anne from Alma Nove to show us two, restaurant quality appetizers that you can easily make at home for the holidays! The two appetizers that we cooked up were Sweet Sausage, Spinach and Goat Cheese Phyllo cups and a classic favorite …
Scouts Dennis Johnson, Ethan Mayo, Griffin Brown, Bobby Sullivan, Leland Frantz, and Alex Gorczyca unloading trees last year. Please visit http://HinghamTreeDrive.com to sign up for your tree pickup. Troop 1 Wants Your Christmas Tree! In the holiday spirit of health, happiness and the safety of Hingham residents, the Boy Scouts of Troop 1 Hingham will pick …
Parents took to Hingham Pinboard and Hingham Discussion Board today upon hearing that students at Foster Elementary had been transferred to Hingham High School due to a loss of heat in the school. With outside temperatures hovering in the 20’s and 30’s today, staying in the unheated school was not an option. While funding …
