OPINION: An Opportunity Missed Can It Be Saved

May 5, 2026 Submitted By Richard A Norman As an 86-year-old long-term Hingham resident, I attended this year’s Town Meeting to vote on the proposed new Senior Center. I have never visited nor used the existing facilities at Town Hall. What I knew about the proposed new center came from the few opinion articles in …

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OPINION: Water is Life!

April 24, 2026 submitted by Mary Anne Jackson, Hingham Resident, Past co-chair, Back River Watershed Assoc., Retired teacher  Deep in the forest of the southern end of Hingham’s Bare Cove Park there is a fresh water ecosystem that is one of only three sources of fresh water for the Back River estuary, a mix of fresh …

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OPINION: Hingham Needs Community, Not Construction

April 22, 2026 Submitted By Marsha Stevens My name is Marsha Stevens, I live on Gardner Street.  I am 80 years old. I am concerned about proposals that would irreparably change and further encroach on Bare Cove Park. I know that the proponents of these changes claim that the land to be built on isn’t …

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OPINION: The Perfect Storm

April 15, 2026 By Jennifer Burtner As Sebastian Junger wrote in The Perfect Storm, disasters at sea are rarely caused by a single force. They arise when multiple systems—weather, pressure, timing—converge at once, overwhelming even the strongest vessel. The fate of the Andrea Gail was not sealed by one bad decision, but by many—stacked one …

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