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June 13, 2024 By Geri Duff One of the amusements in the famed Melville Garden of Crow Point was the Flying Horse Carousel. This type of carousel did not have a floor, instead the horses were suspended from a center frame. As the ride picked up speed the horses would fly out. In the advertisements for Melville …
June 12, 2024 By Hingham Public Schools The Healey-Driscoll Administration has recognized Foster Elementary School with a prestigious Green Team Award for its outstanding environmental stewardship. Foster Elementary is one of 63 schools across Massachusetts to receive a Green Team Award and one of only five schools honored for their exemplary efforts. Foster Elementary’s Green Team was praised …
June 12, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer Alan Strauss, superintendent of the Freetown Lakeville Regional School District since July 2022 — was interviewed during a Hingham Public Schools virtual community forum Tuesday night as the only remaining finalist in the search for a new Hingham High School principal to replace Rick Swanson, who recently announced …
June 11, 2024 Submitted by Quincy College A total of 319 students – including five from Hingham – were awarded diplomas or program certificates at Quincy College’s 66th Commencement exercises at the Marriott Boston Quincy Hotel on May 17. Katherine Craven, chair of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and a member of the College’s Board …
June 11, 2024 By The Town of Hingham Last week, the Hingham Select Board received a quarterly update on three major building projects in the town and issued proclamations recognizing Pride Month and the Juneteenth Holiday. The quarterly capital project updates to the Select Board included the construction status of the two well-underway projects: the new Foster Elementary …
June 10, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer The community is invited to participate in a candlelight vigil to honor and express their love for Adelia on Wednesday, June 19, at 8 p.m. at the Hingham High School soccer/football turf field and to show support and caring for Adelia’s family following her recent passing. Children are …
June 10, 2024 Submitted by The Town of Hingham Planning Board June 10, 2024, 7:00 PM @Remote Meeting via Zoom: Dial-in number: 929-205-6099 Website address: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 846 7975 7835 Passcode: 676354 Zoning Board of Appeals June 10, 2024, 7:00 PM @Remote meeting via Zoom Dial-in number: 929-205-6099 Website address: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 897 …
June 10, 2024 Submitted by BC High School Boston College High School recently welcomed 249 young men into its alumni network during the school’s 160th commencement ceremony. The Class of 2024 included 22 students from Hingham and 14 students from Cohasset. Hingham: Cole Bohane, Andrew Boucher, Thomas Dasco, Sean Delorie, Sean DeNapoli, Liam Heffernan, Liam …
June 10, 2024 by Hingham Public Library Explosion of Color: Johnny Picardi Artist Bio: John C. Picardi is an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, a graduate of The University of Massachusetts/Boston, Johnson and Wales University and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth where he earned his PGB in Painting. He has had two plays produced off Broadway and …
June 6, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer After founding Crow Point Pizzeria — ‘famous’ for its pizza, salads, calzones, pasta, and subs — with his brother, Vasillios, in 1993, Naso Gikas recently decided it was time to move on to new adventures. The business, which was recently sold to a family from Toronto, continues to …