Way Back Wednesday: John Moore’s Beautiful Gardens

May 14, 2025 story and photos by Geri Duff In July of 1914 there was a fire in the Rhodes Ripley Clothing Factory on Elm Street. After the newspapers reported on the fire, they commented that this gave “very many” a chance to see the beautiful gardens of John J. Moore next door at number 84 …

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Featured Listing: 6 Governor Long Road

6 Governor Long Road: 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, 2,515 sq ft., 0.15 acres Property Listed for: $1,549,000 by Sharon Norman Open Houses: Saturdy, March 19th from 12:00pm-2:00pm and Sunday, March 20th from 1:00pm-3:00pm This week’s featured listing – 6 Governor Long Road – features three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms with spectacular ocean views in the …

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Hingham Residents Were Members of Black Regiments During Civil War

  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 …

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