March 1, 2021 submitted by Matt LeBretton This week, the city of Boston will have almost 15,000 students receiving in-class education full time. Just over half of them are K-3rd graders who will reenter their classrooms for a full day for the first time in a year. The rest of the students who enjoy public …
Photo courtesy of the Hingham Historical Commission February 19, 2021, submitted by the Hingham Historical Commission The historic Skate House at 403 East Street on the pond near the Cohasset border is about to be demolished. Pursuing its mandate under a Town bylaw designed to save Hingham’s historic buildings from demolition “whenever possible,” the Hingham …
Feb. 13, 2021 by Maya Hobson Did anyone have a feeling that Christmas and other holidays would be different this year? Well, I did. Hingham has had various celebrations that might have been different from the past. As far as Covid goes, we weren’t able to have our big Christmas parties and the amount of …
Photo courtesy of Georgia and Louisa Mae Goldman February 11, 2021, Submitted by Georgia Goldman Recently I noticed that our community is littered with dog poop. It makes me very frustrated when I am picking up my dog’s poop and others are not! Do you know that when you leave dog poop you are not …
Photo by Aaron Burden Feb. 9, 2021 Submitted by Hingham Resident Diane DeNapoli Like many I moved to Hingham based on what I believed to be the excellence of the Hingham Public Schools. Before moving from Boston to Hingham I did a great deal of research on comparable school districts like Medfield, Duxbury, Weston, and …
February 8, 2021 submitted by Brian DeMarco, Fourth Grade Teacher at East Elementary School As a town employee, working within the school system, it is not always my place to be vocal. I do my job, keep my head down, and I am compensated for my services. I leave conflict to be parsed up by …
Photo courtesy of Nandita Scott January 26, 2021, Submitted by Nandita Scott, MD Last month, as I walked up the stairs at Massachusetts General Hospital, on my way to receive my first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, I found myself tearing up. The weight of the last year became suddenly apparent. It has been a hard …
“The Importance of Memory” Reflections on International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2021 This year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a global day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Holocaust comes at a dramatic moment in our nations history. As Anti-Semitic, racism and neo-Nazism are becoming more and more common, this important …
January 19, 2021 by Glenn Mangurian No one should go hungry in America, the richest country in the world. Yet, many of our neighbors are struggling to put food on the table. Yes, in Hingham we have families that must stretch their resources to provide for food, housing and health care. The vulnerable are of …
January 19, 2021 by Glenn Mangurian If you are a regular reader of my monthly emails you know that my goal is to write only positive and thought provoking essays. Recent months have been challenging because of the political, social and health challenges that have created high levels of stress and anxiety for all of …
