November 19, 2020, Submitted by Diane Sheehan DeNapoli Like many in our country and in Hingham, I am feeling depleted and dismayed from the events of the last eight months. We all have been bravely trying to carry on in a world that at times we do not recognize. Many of the institutions we hold …
From Unsplash artist John Silliman. by Glenn Mangurian “E Pluribus Unum” was the motto proposed for the first Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. It is a Latin phrase meaning “One from Many.” The phrase reflected their determination to form a single nation from a collection …
October 19, 2020 by Glenn Mangurian Yes, the whole world is watching us. I am old enough to remember the origins of that expression: the phrase was chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. 1968 was a tumultuous …
Photo provided by Nina Wellford October 15, 2020 submitted by Nina Wellford, Member, Old Ship Board of Trustees (courtesy photo) At a Special Parish Meeting on October 13, 2020, members of Old Ship Church gathered on ZOOM to vote on two articles: to allow the Board of Trustees to negotiate with Atlantic Development for the …
Photo from Samuel Branch, artist on Unsplash. Thursday, October 15, 2020 submission by Dave Sargeant. Hingham’s citizens will not gather in Sanborn Auditorium this year on Veterans Day as they, most likely, will be home and sheltered from COVID-19 to witness the ceremony on virtual TV. The few that are at Town Hall will be …
BRIAN DOHERTY / HOME CENTER SOTHEBY’S October 12, 2020 Submitted by: Marisa and Terrence Ronan, Whitney and Stephen Jiranek, Foster Aborn and Sara Holbrook, Ellen Mitchell and Charles Byrne, Jennifer Hunt As representatives for ProHingham: PROTECT HISTORIC HINGHAM Hingham is once again facing a potential sale and development of the historic Old Ship Church Parish …
Photo provided by Nina Wellford October 6, 2020 Submitted by: Nina Wellford The members of Old Ship Church take the stewardship of our property very seriously. Since 1681 the First Parish congregation has been supporting the Meeting House, the oldest building in continuous use as a place of worship in the United States. It sits …
“Pushing the Edge” by Glenn Mangurian is the newest regular column in the Hingham Anchor. You can learn more about the author below. Friday, September 25, 2020, submitted by Remember the television game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? When watching the show, I usually scored higher than the contestants, but I rarely knew as …
September 12, 2020 Submitted by June Gustafson, President, Hingham Education Association To Members of the Hingham Community, As president of the Hingham Education Association (HEA), I keep hearing that the HEA is creating a roadblock to the reopening of our schools. This is simply not true! What we all want is the safest return to …
September 10, 2020 Op-Ed submitted by Paul Austin, Superintendent of Hingham Public Schools and Kerry Ni, Chair, Hingham School Committee Labor Day weekend is usually a time to celebrate the final full weekend of summer; family cookouts, a last trip to the beach, or a final quiet weekend at the lake are cherished family traditions. …
