February 9, 2019 Carol Britton Meyer It’s budget season again! The School Committee will hold a public hearing regarding the school administration’s proposed $54.8 million Fiscal 2020 school operating budget proposal next Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the School Department Conference Room. There will be time for comments and questions. This represents a …
February 7, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Construction at the long-vacant former Settles Glass site at 6 Station Street could begin in the near future. The Planning Board approved the site plan recently, and the Zoning Board of Appeals gave its stamp of approval to the proposal this Wednesday. This comes as good news following …
Celebrating Hingham Police Traffic Sgt. Robert Mansfield’s retirement Tuesday at a gathering at the police department are left to right, his daughter Jennifer Davenport; his wife, Maureen; Mansfield with his granddaughter Callahan in front of him taking in the whole scene; his daughter Gillian and her husband, Nate Jollin, holding their daughter Madelyn; and …
February 5, 2019 By Carol Britton Meyer There’s already one race for the April 27 town election — for School Committee. Joshua Ross, who was the first to pull nomination papers Jan. 2 when they first became available in the Town Clerk’s office, and incumbent School Committee member Carlos DaSilva both returned their completed papers …
All aboard The Brady Bus! Beloved Hingham public schools bus driver Doris McCann has made an annual tradition of decorating her bus for the Super Bowl and when it happens to be Bus #12…you can be sure it’s dedicated to Tom Brady! After the New England Patriots took home the trophy for Super Bowl LIII on …
Hingham High School students exhibit for National History Day Hingham Historical Society and the Hingham High School Social Studies Department invite the community to Family History Day on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at the Hingham Heritage Museum at Old Derby. Hingham High School finalists for the 2019 National History Day competition will exhibit their …
February 2, 2019 By Carol Britton Meyer The Cleaner Greener Hingham Committee is embarking on an educational program to spread the word about a warrant article it’s proposing for the April 22 Town Meeting that would institute a ban on single-use plastic bags. The committee’s overriding message is that while plastic bags are “convenient, recyclable, …
February 2, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham Residents Against the Compressor Station Board members Brittney Gammell, Dawn Murray, Michelle LeBretton, Jennifer Mathien The fight against the proposed natural-gas compressor station in nearby Weymouth continues. Although unwilling to commit to any specific future action, the Selectmen decided last November to apply for intervenor status with …
February 6, 2019 by Claudia Dolphin Here is my true confession. I hate January. Aside from giving birth to my youngest during this wretched month, there isn’t much that gets me excited about it. It’s dark. It’s cold. And the weather is unpredictable. I’d be very happy to just hibernate it away. Or fly south. …
February 1, 2019 by Carol Britton Meyer What Happens During a School Lockdown and Active Threat Situations? Hingham’s Security Program Committee teamed up with the six Hingham Public Schools PTOs to host a forum Wednesday night at Hingham Middle School to help parents understand their roles in emergency preparedness, both on a daily basis and …
