February 5, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer The 2024 Annual Town Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at Hingham High School. “The Select Board voted to shift the date of Town Meeting to acknowledge the beginning of Passover,” Select Board Chair Liz Klein said. The proposed warrant articles are posted …
February 5, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Massachusetts program would provide Hingham commercial property owners an opportunity to finance energy improvements through special betterment assessments on their property tax bills if the Select Board decides to opt in on a one-time basis. The assessments are spread over as long …
February 4, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer As part of the Hingham Harbor Resiliency Project, Foth and Sustainable Coastal Solutions consultants reevaluated required design elevations for water-facing structures that are necessary to prevent or reduce damage to — and flooding of –infrastructure and buildings in the downtown area “under certain future sea level rise and …
February 2, 2024 Submitted by the Hingham Police Department An overnight break yesterday into a business at the Derby Street Shoppes is under investigation. On Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 12:50am Officers responded to a burglar alarm activation at the Lunette Optic store at 92 Derby St. They found one of the front doors smashed, …
February 2, 2o24 By The Town of Hingham Due to an unforeseen emergency that has arisen, the Hingham Sewer Department will be performing emergency rehabilitations of the Malcolm Street Sanitary Sewer Pumping Station, located at 176 Downer Avenue, beginning on February 5, 2024. The work will be performed around the clock, 24 hours per day …
January 31, 2024 By Hingham Public Schools The Hingham Public Schools (HPS) Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce the incorporation of the HHS Arts Pathway Program into the Hingham High School Program of Studies for the 2024-2025 school year. This comes after the program’s successful pilot during the 2023-2024 school year. The Arts Pathway Program applies a …
January 31, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer In response to a proposal to rezone a parcel near the intersection of French and Hobart streets currently used as a contractor’s lot to by-right multi-family housing to help meet a new “MBTA Communities” requirement for cities and towns served by commuter rail, ferry, bus, or subway service, …
January 29, 2024 by Hingham Anchor Staff Reporter On Monday, January 29 Downtown Hingham buzzed with energy as local Hingham Public School’s staff, students, parents and supporters gathered for a rally to support local teachers and paraeducators currently negotiating for a new contract with the Town of Hingham. The rally began at Red Eye Roasters …
January 29, 2024 Submitted by the Town of Hingham Public Meetings Lincoln Apartments, LLC Board of Trustees January 29, 2024, 6:30 PM @Join Zoom Meeting Website: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 898 2193 4624 Passcode: 541643 Dial-in number: 1 929 205 6099 Conservation Commission January 29, 2024, 7:00 PM @Remote meeting via Zoom Dial-in number: 929-205-6099 Website: …
January 26, 2024 by Carol Britton Meyer The Select Board recognized International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 at their meeting on Friday as brought forth by the Hingham Human Rights Commission. The following statement was read: “The United Nations has designated January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as International Holocaust Remembrance …
