Caroline Gillig February 23, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer To vote and/or make a donation toward a bike for Caroline, visit https://www.greatbikegiveaway.com/carolinegillig. The deadline to vote is March 16 by noon and to make a donation, March 30, by noon. Hingham resident Caroline Gillig, who attends the Cardinal Cushing School in Hanover serving special needs …
February 21, 2022 by Laura Harper Winters All Photos by Bill Brett Boston On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 100 guests gathered at Tosca to raise funds for Hingham’s newest local non-profit, The Lead Out Foundation. The Lead Out Foundation was formed by Dan and Mary Holleran whose son Liam was born with Spina Bifida, a …
Participants of a past Lincoln Day Ceremony and the Hingham Militia Co. marching from the Old Ship Church to Fountain Square for the post ceremony wreath laying and salute. Photo Courtesy of Old Ship Church. February 18, 2021 submitted by the Hingham Historical Society (photo courtesy of Old Ship Church) The Hingham Historical Society invites …
Photos courtesy of Donna Mannion February 18, 2022 Submitted by Artisans in the Square Artisans in the Square, 63 South St., announces their Artisan of the Month for March. Donna Mannion from HeartFelt Designs will have the front and center table displaying all her spring creations! Donna recently joined the shop and her soft needle …
Photo’s courtesy of Derby Street Shops February 18, 2022 Submitted by Jill Segal An Art Experience That Lifts Spirits While Supporting Local Senior Citizens Isolated by the Pandemic. On View Now Through April 3, 2022. Derby Street Shops has unveiled an exciting new public art installation: Heart Warming. Comprised of a pink oversized heart, Heart Warming nods …
Neal Thompson February 17, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer The intimate setting of Hingham’s beautifully-restored Ames Chapel is the venue for the 2022 Dead of Winter Arts Series, featuring music, theater, and literature — a great way to help chase away the wintertime blues. The Here Comes Everybody Players Because this work was funded in …
February 15, 2022 Submitted By Clandestine Kitchen Rachel Meyers, owner of local co-working space, The Collective Co. (Scituate, MA), and Courtney Doyle, owner of local healthy home meal delivery company, Clandestine Kitchen (South Shore, MA), are teaming up to launch a 10-part podcast series titled “Women In Food”, providing an insider’s look into the intricacies …
Photo courtesy of Hingham Public Library. February 14, 2022 Submitted by the Hingham Public Library Hingham Public library is offering four Zoom programs in late February — Conversion Equipment Showcase, Internet Safety Basics, Great Books You May Have Missed! 2021, and Native Americans of New England: History, Colonial Legacies and Survival. Register online at www.hinghamlibrary.org …
Band and Orchestra, All photos by Tom Donnelly Submitted by Monica Tesler on behalf of the Hingham Music Parents Association Shortly before winter break, families and friends gathered in the Hingham High School auditorium and waited in anticipation as the musicians crowded to the front and filled the stage. Tiny lights twinkled, accenting bows and foreshadowing the …
Battle of Olustee, lithograph, 1894, Kurz & Allison [Wikipedia; public domain] February 10, 2022 Submitted by Paula M. Bagger After the Emancipation Proclamation issued in January 1863, some of the Northern states, followed by the federal government, started to recruit and train regiments of Black troops to support the Union effort. One of the first, and indisputably …
