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lwinters Feb. 2, 2021 by Hingham Board of Health Access the Board of Health COVID Vaccination Pre-Registration Form. Once someone has pre-registered they will be added to a wait list. The Town will follow the State’s prioritization process for vaccines, with people 75+ years old eligible first in Phase 2. Once the Town receives its vaccine …
Matthew Pungitore is a lifelong Hingham resident and author of Gothic fiction. With two books currently published, Fiendilkfjeld Castle and Midnight’s Eternal Prisoner: Waiting For The Summer, Matthew is preparing to release his third book in February. The book, The Report of Mr. Charles Aalmers and other stories is an anthology in the style and …
January 20, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 since last March, town departments have continued to serve Hingham citizens well — whether virtually — or more recently, from their offices on staggered schedules. Services range from contactless pickup of books and other library materials to 2,700 telephone calls checking in …
January 19, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Award-winning Hingham broadcast journalist Ally Donnelly is starting a hyper-local podcast, The Hingham ‘Cast, featuring the people who live and work in town and the issues affecting them. “The pandemic pushed us apart physically and so have a lot of connected issues like mask-wearing, government restrictions, the election,” …
January 17, 2021 by Laura Harper Winters The School Department will host a Kindergarten Orientation and Registration meeting for parents of children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2021. This session is especially recommended for families that are new to Hingham or those who will have children in the HPS for the first-time …
January 14, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Hingham remains in the higher-risk “red” COVID-19 zone for the second consecutive week. The town has fluctuated between the “red” and lower-risk “yellow” categories in varying degrees over the past several weeks. Since last week’s Massachusetts Department of Public Health report there have been 128 new cases, …
January 11, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer While the Old Ship Church board of trustees recently signed a purchase and sale agreement with Atlantic Development for the Parish House across the street from the meetinghouse, the details have not yet been finalized. When the Hingham Anchor asked Atlantic Development President DJ MacKinnon, a Hingham resident, …
Photo credit: Hakan Nural/Unsplash January 13, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer After reporting that the number of Hingham COVID-19 cases continues to rise — moving Hingham back into the high-risk “red” zone last week — Town Administrator Tom Mayo explained the town’s vaccine rollout plan based on the state’s three-phase program that corresponds with Center …
January 13, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer During a nearly five-hour marathon selectmen’s meeting last night, the board voted to include articles in the 2021 Town Meeting warrant related to approving funds to create a climate action plan and for the design and bid process for the proposed public safety facility. Brad Moyer, chair of …
Photo courtesy of Priya Howell January 6, 2020 by Priya Howell Recently, a survey circulated by a group of parents asking families to share their experience and perceptions of Hingham Public Schools, garnered a lot of attention. Within hours of it being posted, it had been taken by over 600 people. We are now up …