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lwinters Photo by Joshua Ross Feb. 24, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Nearly 220 callers were on the line last night to listen to Supt. of Schools Paul Austin’s detailed $62 million Fiscal 2022 proposed budget presentation to the selectmen and advisory committee, with the school committee also participating. Selectmen Chair Mary Power noted that the …
Feb. 18, 2021 by Hingham Police Department Bank employees prevented an 83 year old resident from being scammed out of $8,000 that she had withdrawn to send to scammers. On February 12, 2021, an Officer was dispatched to the Hingham Institution for Savings branch located in the Linden Ponds senior living complex for a report …
Feb. 17, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer After doing its research, the Hingham League of Women Voters submitted a citizen’s petition for this year’s Town Meeting warrant calling for amending the town’s general by-laws to include gender-neutral terms. The League believes such changes are in the best interest of the town, supporting equity for all …
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 …
Feb.11, 2021 by Courtney Doyle, Chef/Owner, Clandestine Kitchen, LLC Photos submitted by Teddy Reilly Reilly’s Custom Baits, founded by 14-year old Hingham resident, Teddy Reilly, in March 2020 is quickly getting everyone in town hooked on fishing in style. What started as an effort to create something fun and profitable during the COVID-19 initial shutdown via …
Feb. 10, 2021 by Laura Winters Do you have an incoming Kindergartener for the 2021-2022 school year? If you have a child who will turn five on or before August 31, 2021, please follow the timeline below to ensure they are registered for the upcoming school year. If you have not yet completed the survey …
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 …
Feb. 9, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham resident David Del Sesto, D.O., an infectious diseases physician, is offering to meet with Hingham Public Schools teachers and administrators who are interested in learning more about his perspective on the safety of students returning to full in-person learning, based on the most up-to-date data. “I can …
Photo by Kelly Sikkema Feb. 9, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Supt. of Schools Paul Austin unveiled a proposal to the school committee last night for all non-remote K-5 students to return to school full-time (five days a week) on or before March 15, with students in grades 1 to 5 attending full days. The …
Feb. 5, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham remains in the medium-risk COVID-19 “yellow” zone for the third week in a row, with 72 new cases since the Jan. 28 Massachusetts Department of Health report was posted. Last week, 105 new cases were reported since the Jan. 21 report. The total number of COVID-19 cases …