After School Strings Registration Begins June 17th

June 12, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools  Registration for the After School Strings Fall Session begins on June 17th at 9:00 am and will be open until July 1st. This program is offered to all Hingham Public Schools students who will be in grades 3 or 4 in the fall. After School Strings is operated by Kids …

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Weekly Meetings & Agendas: June 12 – 16

June 12, 2023 By The Town of Hingham Juneteenth – Town Offices Closed June 19, 2023, All Day Public Meetings: Salary and Negotiations Subcommittee of the School Committee June 12, 2023, 3:15 PM @Town Hall East Hearing Room Select Board June 12, 2023, 6:00 PM @Town Hall 3rd Floor South Hearing Room Fourth of July …

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Harbormen Sail to Third Place in Top State Division

Successful Season Puts HHS Sailing Back on Map, Ranking 18th in New England June 9, 2023 By Joe Griffin, HHS Sailing Coach The HHS Sailing Team celebrated a successful season with a banquet at the Hingham Community Center earlier this week.  From my perspective as coach, this season could not have gone any better.  There …

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Inspiring Gifts that Give Back

June 8, 2023 Submitted By Mona Pohl As spring moves into summer, graduations, showers, weddings, communions, confirmations, bar and bat mitzvahs, and school awards ceremonies take center stage. With this beautiful, celebratory time of year comes the conundrum of what to give as a meaningful, lasting gift to mark these milestones. With the trend toward sustainability and socially …

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Students protest MCAS exams outside Hingham High School

June 8, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Sophomore Katie Peirce and about 15 to 20 fellow classmates protested against the MCAS exams outside Hingham High School Tuesday morning. For their 10th-grade civics project, the sophomore class chose “Abolish MCAS” as their topic. Katie and some of her fellow students founded the group. “Everyone from students …

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June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Hingham

June 7, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Senior Center — now called the Hingham Center for Active Living — will host an awareness event on Thursday, June 15, at 12: 30 p.m. centering around World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which was launched in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder …

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Downtown Hingham speed limit set at 25 mph to enhance safety

June 7, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer The Select Board agreed Tuesday night to establish a 25 mph speed limit in certain areas of the Downtown Hingham Business District to enhance safety, upon the recommendation of the Traffic Committee. This is in accordance with a 2022 Town Meeting-approved warrant article related to this issue following …

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Hinghamite of the Year 2023 is Tom ‘Hoffy’ Hoffman: ‘I was stunned!’

Tom Hoffman June 6, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer When longtime Hingham resident Tom Hoffman looked outside at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, he was greeted with a giant lawn sign bearing the message: “Congratulations, Hoffy! — Hinghamite of the Year” — an honor bestowed annually on a deserving individual by the Hingham Anchor based on …

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Weekly Meetings & Agendas: June 5 – 10

June 5, 2023 By The Town Of Hingham Audit Committee June 5, 2023, 7:00 PM @Town Hall South Meeting Room- 3rd floor Conservation Commission June 5, 2023, 7:00 PM @Remote meeting via Zoom Dial-in number: 929-205-6099 Website: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 820 9201 8847 Development & Industrial Commission June 5, 2023, 7:00 PM @Remote Meeting via …

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