October 27, 2026 Submitted By Henry R. Hidell, III For every mature oak tree that is removed from Hingham’s landscape, the town loses an estimated 45,000 to 50,000 gallons of aquifer recharge. If 100 oak trees are removed annually, an estimated 5,000,000 gallons of recharge is lost from Hingham’s aquifer. (“Groundwater Recharge and Evapotranspiration for …
How Would It Affect Hingham? This proposal comes with good intentions, preempts local zoning, provides no specific guidelines or provisions for stressed town water supplies, expanded infrastructure, and town services, and will result in more market-rate housing and few affordable housing opportunities. October 26, 2026 Submitted by Gary Tondorf-Dick, Resident and Architect On November 3, 2026, …
October 15, 2026 Submitted By Glenn Mangurian On October 29, Special Town Meeting voters will consider borrowing requests for the South School and Plymouth River School roof projects. There is also a separate warrant article seeking an additional $1.1 million for the feasibility study and design work associated with replacing the Hingham High School roof …
October 13, 2026 Submitted By Susan Murphy Ballot Question 7 would mandate that local zoning permit the construction of single-family homes on 5,000-square-foot lots with 50 feet of frontage served by public water and sewer in any zoning district where residential uses are allowed. It would further empower a state agency to promulgate one-size-fits-all regulations …
October 5, 2026 Submitted By John Borger In prior pieces, I’ve argued that lawn irrigation is severely stressing our fragile aquifer and pushing the WRWS delivery infrastructure to the danger point. I have documented how our weakly stepped, two-tier rate schedule subsidizes the lawn irrigation that leads to Level II water bans each summer and …
October 1, 2026 Submitted By John Borger In six Hingham H2O pieces to date, I have repeatedly urged the Weir River Board of Water Commissioners (BWC) to initiate the transition to a universally recommended, tiered rate structure in which rates sharply increase in each successively higher volume block, thus incentivizing conservation. This has become the …
October 1, 2026 Submitted By Glen Mangurian In recent weeks, the discussions about AI and the data centers that power it have dominated the headlines. Uncertainty about the future can easily breed fear. And when it comes to AI, there is certainly no shortage of things to fear. But uncertainty is not the same as …
October 1, 2026 Submitted By Diane DeNapoli It started with a simple conversation with a friend who said, “I would love to get together and talk about the ballot questions.” I thought that sounded like a great idea. Then I started thinking about others who might enjoy being part of the conversation—and pretty quickly, the …
September 29, 2026 Submitted by Paul McElhinney of Wexford, Ireland Acknowledged as one of America’s great national treasure, David Mccullough also had a strong group of admirers outside the United States. Through his written works and his broadcasting delivered with that compelling, mellifluous voice, he brought the American story clearly and intelligently to a wide …
September 22, 2026 Submitted By Jennifer Burtner (16 Powers Lane, Hingham) “I am haunted by waters.” – Closing line from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It and Other Stories Significant Changes to Hingham’s Wetland Regulations Are Being Proposed…and make no mistake, these changes are reducing protections, not increasing them. Before our local government changes …
