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May 17, 2022 by Gabrielle Martin Kenzie Blackwell is this week’s Human of Hingham: in one year, she built and launched Free., an organization that ensures menstruators have access to period products for free, period. She’s also a wife, mom of two, and proud pet parent to Soda, “a Havanese who is everybody’s favorite.” Those …
April 25, 2022 By Gabrielle Martin The Friendship Home was founded in 1999 to better support local individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, offering opportunities to lead meaningful and productive lives while fulfilling their essential needs for belonging and socialization. Friendship Home co-creators Joan Mullare and Wilma Goodhue are both mothers of adult children …
Sandy Weymouth April 27, 2022 by Gabrielle Martin Meet Hingham born-and-raised woodworker Sandy Weymouth, owner of Sawtimber Woodsworks and founder of South Shore Woodworks. Weymouth, his wife Jennifer, and their three children relocated from the city to the South Shore suburbs in 2014; they would rent for a year before moving into their current abode …
Charlie Inglefield May 3, 2022 by Gabrielle Martin Charlie Inglefield, co-author of The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz, recently relocated to Hingham. About The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz, which was released in the United States in July of 2021, tells the true story of thirteen-year-old Thomas Geve who was imprisoned in …
April 7, 2022 by Hilary Jenison Hinghamite Charlie Inglis may only be in 4th grade, but he makes as much of an impact on the town as people who have lived here for generations. Charlie will be joining the Anchor as a Green Living contributor and we are delighted to welcome him aboard! When Charlie …
April 20, 2022 By Gabrielle Martin Photos credit: IMDB Hingham-based actor Kevin Chapman has had an incredibly impressive career, playing a wide variety of characters in a range of iconic films and television shows, from Irish Mob boss Freddie Cork on Showtime’s Brotherhood to a first responder in 24 and a detective in Person of …
April 7, 2022 By Gabrielle Martin Nineteen-year-old Joseph “Joe” Wiley was born in Los Angeles and grew up here in Hingham, relocating to the South Shore in his early childhood. The youngest of four, Joe grew up in a home on Prospect Street with his parents and three older sisters Emma, Lulu, and Harriet. He …
Allen L. Smith, MD, MS, President & CEO, South Shore Health February 7, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham resident Dr. Allen L. Smith, MD, MS, President & CEO of South Shore Health, has always been passionate about community-based medicine, so when the opportunity arose 14 months ago to lead the health system into the …
All photos courtesy of Donna Mavromates January 31, 2022 by Laura Winters and Hilary Jenison A few years ago, we cooked up this crazy idea of starting a hyper-local digital resource for the town of Hingham. We would call it the Hingham Anchor and share news and local happenings on a sleek, beautiful and easy-to-navigate …
Photos courtesy of Jakob Oddleifson January 3, 2021 by Laura Harper Winters Jakob Oddleifson a lifelong Hingham resident, growing up in Bradley Park. Jakob began his education at the South Shore Conservatory and continued on to Foster Elementary school, Hingham Middle School and Hingham High School. Currently a student at UMass Amhearst, Jakob is proud to …