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February 26, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer In addition to in-person voting on Town Election Day — Saturday, April 29, early Vote by Mail is also an option, Town Clerk Carol Falvey told the Hingham Anchor. Early in-person voting will not be available. The VOTES Act — signed into law on June 22, 2022 — …
By Carol Britton Meyer The deadline for submitting completed nomination papers for the Saturday, April 29, Town Election is less than two weeks away — March 10. In addition to voting for candidates listed on the ballot, there will also be a potential operating override question to cover a deficit in the proposed school and …
May 14, 2022 *Photos by Josh Ross* The Hingham Town Election polls have closed and the votes have been officially counted and provided by Town Clerk, Carol Falvey. Congrats to all of the candidates for running positive campaigns. Below, please find the results. Winners for each race are highlighted in red below FOR MODERATOR Michael J. …
May 12, 2022 by Sarah and Matt D’Souza As Hingham residents and parents of three daughters in elementary, middle, and high school, we are so deeply concerned and interested in giving them the very best education we can. Like many parents over the last two years we were surprised to learn Hingham wasn’t living up …
Kirk Shilts May 12, 2022 submitted by Kirk Shilts All Boards of Health are charged with protecting the health and welfare of its citizens. In communities with their own water supply source, this becomes its paramount responsibility. The greatest long-term risk to Hingham (and Hull’s) drinking water source is from dysfunctional or excessive septic systems. …
Kirk Shilts May 12, 2022 submitted by Kirk Shilts I was asked to join the Sewer Commission to help develop a modern town utility that is not only well-functioning and cost-efficient, but answerable to Hingham rate-payers who depend on it. What I discovered isn’t entirely pretty. Our sewer department employees do a great job at …
School Committee Candidate, Matt LeBretton The LeBretton Family on the campaign trail Endorsement from Michelle LeBretton There are three open seats on the School Committee this year and I humbly ask you to use one of your three votes for my husband, Matt LeBretton. Before I go any further, I’d like to start by …
Michael Reive for Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) Board May 12, 2022 submitted by Michael Reive My name is Michael Reive and I want to tell you why I decided to become a candidate for the open seat on the Hingham Municipal Light Board. The fact that I am running unopposed makes it all the …
May 12, 2022 submitted by Kelly Smallcomb The tax increase for the $8M proposed town pool passed at the Town Meeting, but it still needs to pass by majority on the ballot on May 14th. There was a small turnout at the meeting and many citizens remain unaware of what is at stake. A yes …
May 12, 2022 by Ally Donnelly You asked: we got answers! The Anchor partnered with the Hingham ‘Cast to pose your questions to the school committee candidates. Hear what they would do, if elected, to tackle issues from teacher burnout and para pay to the millions of dollars spent on out-of-district placements and the mental …