February 22, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer The draft Climate Action Plan, crafted by the Hingham Climate Action Planning Committee with input from the community, is expected to be finalized sometime before early May, Committee Chair Brad Moyer told the Select Board Tuesday night. Subject to Town Meeting’s adoption of the Plan and approval to …
February 22, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Due to ongoing litigation, the South Shore Country Club pool project remains on hold. The next hearing is scheduled for March 31. Last fall, several abutters to the town-owned SSCC appealed the Planning Board’s decision granting the Town of Hingham a Special Permit A-3 and site plan approval …
February 17, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer During a joint Advisory Committee/Select Board/School Committee session Thursday night to discuss the proposed Fiscal 2024 school budget, questions related to decreasing enrollments, unmet needs, the 5% increase over the Fiscal 2023 budget that’s included in the proposed level services budget, and the proposed operating override were raised. …
Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash To view the unedited day-by-day police log from the Hingham Police Department, click on the links below. Redactions are made by the Hingham Police Department and not by Hingham Anchor. Last Updated: March 21, 2023 at 10:42pm February 1, 2023 February 2, 2023 February 3, 2023 February …
February 16, 2023 Submitted by Darleen Lannon 23 Harborview Drive: 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Bathrooms, 0.16 acres Property listed for $1,399,000 by Darleen Lannon OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, February 18th from 11am-2pm Designer home in the highly sought over Bradley park neighborhood is on the market! This newly renovated property boasts a magnifecnt chef’s kitchen with a spectacular …
February 15, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools Seventy-two Hingham High School juniors competed at this year’s HHS History Day contest. This annual competition, held in person at the Hingham Historical Society’s Heritage Museum for the first time since 2020, featured the top historical research projects of all 288 members of the Class of 2024. Established in 1974, …
February 15, 2023 Submitted by the Town of Hingham Chief Steve Murphy is pleased to announce that the Hingham Fire Department has been awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The approximately $115,000 grant will fund the majority of the cost of 18 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to …
February 15, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer While some older residents would like to see an expanded and renovated Senior Center at its current location, others favor exploring potential alternative locations. Along those lines, the Select Board approved last night broadening the purpose of the 2020 Town Meeting appropriation of $525,000 initially earmarked for preliminary …
February 15, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Town Meeting will have the final say on whether to approve two single-use plastic water bottle ban by-laws at the April 24 Town Meeting that are being proposed due to serious long-term environmental impacts, including in part that many of these non-biodegradable bottles are discarded in landfills or …
February 14, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Shortly after 11:30 a.m. today, Feb. 14, Hingham High School became “the latest target of hoax threats, similar to those made nationwide during the past two days,” according to an email sent to the HHS community by Principal Rick Swanson around noontime. According to a Hingham Police Department …
