July 2, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer Former Select Board chair and now-Sewer Commissioner Joseph Fisher is this year’s Hingham Anchor Hinghamite of the Year, nominated by Fourth of July Parade Co-Chair Jim Murphy for Fisher’s many contributions to the town and overall community. After moving to Hingham from the D.C. area in 1992, Fisher …
July 1, 2025 by The Office of Representative of Joan Meschino The Massachusetts Legislature adopted joint rules on June 26, 2025, that will make lawmaking more efficient, transparent and accessible to the public while adjusting the legislative calendar to allow more time to accomplish meaningful policy. The first agreed-upon joint rules since 2019, these new …
Wednesday, July 2nd, Hingham will debut its first ever 4th of July drone show! June 30, 2025 The Details: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 6PM – 9:30PM Hingham Bathing Beach Note: The show is directed towards the Bathing Beach! You will not have a good viewing experience from Crow Point or beyond Town Pier Hingham will light …
June 27, 2025 by Weir River Water System The WRWS is working to increase water supply as a result of increased demand in the system. Over the last 12 hours we have improved the levels in our storage tanks at a rate of one foot per hour. Pressure throughout the system has returned to normal …
June 27, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer A massive four-alarm blaze at the South Shore Sports Center in South Hingham — unoccupied at the time — late Thursday night into early Friday morning that engulfed the roof in flames caused major structural damage to the building — resulting in a complete shut-down of the facility …
Friday, June 27th by Hilary Jenison (Photo courtesy of @MassFirePics and Lee Jenison) A four-alarm fire broke out at South Shore Sports Complex in Hingham late-Thursday into early Friday morning. The damage to the complex is substantial which is devastating to the many local programs that call the facility home including Select Soccer and the …
June 25, 2025 by Geri Duff In the Hingham Public Library there is a collection of newsletters from the Naval Ammunition Depot. Steve Gill digitized every copy of ‘Shot and Shell’ in the collection and borrowed a few that were missing to present an almost complete series. These are the stories about the people who worked in …
June 24, 2025 by Allison Koskinas, Harbor Development Committee The highly anticipated Hingham Harbor Drone Show will take place on Wednesday, July 2nd at Hingham Harbor. This year’s event promises more than just an awe-inspiring aerial display — it’s also serving up a feast of flavors from some of the South Shore’s favorite food and beer trucks. …
June 24, 2025 by Weir River Water System Effective immediately (June 24, 2025), the Weir River Water System is upgrading to a LEVEL II MANDATORY TOTAL BAN on non-essential outdoor water usage. Previous requests to adhere to our annual conservation plan has not had a sufficient impact. Customers are currently using 1.9 million gallons of …
June 24, 2025 by Weir River Water System To Residents and Customers of the WRWS: Effectively immediately, we will be instituting a MANDATORY odd / even watering schedule, limited to three days per week, on all outdoor watering until Sunday, July 20, 2025. We had asked customers and residents to adhere to our annual conservation …
