Photo courtesy of the Town of Hingham July 5, 2022 by Thomas G. Mari, President, Teamsters Local 25 Hingham DPW workers, members of Teamsters Local 25, pay up to $280 per week for health insurance and some start at minimum wage. At a time when workers are unionizing at a pace not seen for nearly a century …
The Supreme Court Building, located at One First Street, NE, in Washington, DC, is the permanent home of the Court. By the Hingham Democratic Town Committee, in collaboration with member attorneys When any US citizen, regardless of their political affiliation, reads the leaked draft of the US Supreme Court’s purported majority opinion in the Dobbs v. …
Glenn Mangurian June 15, 2022 Submitted by Glenn Mangurain If you are a Dad, you may get the annual question from your adult children, “Hey Dad, what do you want for Father’s Day this year.” They know that I have most of what I need and if not, I can just buy it. So what …
Photo by STNGR Industries on Unsplash June 2, 2022 by Matt LeBretton OPINION Mortality and senseless death are never easy topics. They’re even harder to broach when the person you’re talking to is a 10-year-old wearing a Little League uniform, strapped in the backseat and wondering why little kids his age are being shot …
Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash May 31, 2022 Submitted by Glenn Mangurian Dear High School and College Graduates, Congratulations to the Class of 2022! Your hard work, dedication, and mental toughness have led you to achieving this great accomplishment. Years from now you will share stories about going to school during the Covid-19 pandemic. Commencement speakers, …
Diane DeNapoli May 26, 2022 By Diane DeNapoli In the past two years I feel I have unwillingly become much like Alice in Wonderland. I have become almost numb to hearing about fatalities, brutality, and bombastic lies on a previously unthinkable scale. Over a million American’s have died from Covid since 2020. It’s reported to …
Photo by Sarah Hinchey Photography May 25, 2022 by Laura Winters and Hilary Jenison Dear Hingham, Today, it is with heavy hearts and, quite frankly, a lot of anger that we write to you, our neighbors. In addition to being the co-founders of the Anchor, we are mothers. Each of us has three children of …
A rendering of the bathhouse at the proposed swimming pool facility at South Shore Country Club. (Photo courtesy Town of Hingham) May 19, 2022 Submitted by Christine Smith Thank you to the Hingham residents who voted in favor of the Town Pool Project twice in the past 2 weeks. The South Shore Country Club Committees appreciate your …
May 12, 2022 by Sarah and Matt D’Souza As Hingham residents and parents of three daughters in elementary, middle, and high school, we are so deeply concerned and interested in giving them the very best education we can. Like many parents over the last two years we were surprised to learn Hingham wasn’t living up …
Kirk Shilts May 12, 2022 submitted by Kirk Shilts All Boards of Health are charged with protecting the health and welfare of its citizens. In communities with their own water supply source, this becomes its paramount responsibility. The greatest long-term risk to Hingham (and Hull’s) drinking water source is from dysfunctional or excessive septic systems. …
