Drone Locates Unconscious Driver Who Ran From Crash

December 30, 2023 from the Hingham Police Department  Hingham, MA – An unconscious man was found in a wooded area by a police drone after he allegedly fled the scene from a severe crash on Lincoln St. He was transported to the hospital and is being summonsed to court on several charges. On Saturday, December …

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Memorandum of agreement approved for custodians and maintenance workers; Homework Club grant accepted

December 29, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Following six meetings between the salary and negotiations subcommittee and Hingham Education Association Unit C (custodians and maintenance workers) and after reaching a tentative agreement Dec. 11 for a 2023-2026 successor contract, a memorandum of agreement was unanimously approved this week by the School Committee and Select Board …

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Driver Ejected During Roll Over Crash

December 28, 2023 Submitted by the Hingham Police Department  A driver was injured after being ejected during a roll over car crash on George Washington Blvd. Wednesday night. On Wednesday December 27, 2023 at approximately 8:21pm Officers responded to a crash on George Washington Blvd. in front of the Hingham District Courthouse. Officers found a …

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Bomb Threat Forces the Evacuation of Businesses

December 26, 2023 By The Hingham Police Department A bomb threat phoned into a retail store on Christmas Eve caused the evacuation of several businesses. Following a search with no devices found, the businesses were reopened. On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 2:55pm Marshalls located in the Lincoln Plaza at 400 Lincoln St., received a …

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Hingham Participates In Record Breaking Wreaths Across America Program

December 21, 2023 By Tom Hoffman Families from the South Shore Special Needs Athletic Partnership  (SNAP) were joined by members of the Colonel Thomas Lothrop Old Colony Chapter of the DAR and other volunteers to set a record last Saturday. The record was over 3 million wreaths being placed on veterans graves in over 4225 …

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Exploration of options for new Center for Active Living continues

December 20, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Last fall, the Select Board narrowed the number of potential sites for a new Center for Active Living (formerly called the Senior Center) to two  — an expansion and renovation of the current Town Hall facility and Bare Cove Park. This week, Town Administrator Tom Mayo updated the …

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Hingham Fire Captain Graduates Prestigious program

December 20, 2023 By The Town of Hingham Captain Jeffrey Becker of the Hingham Fire Department has been recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for completing The U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Academy’s prestigious Executive Fire Officer Program. The Executive Fire Officer Program (EFO) supports the needs of fire and emergency medical services agencies in preparing executive …

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The Greenside Grille Owners Decision to Retire Operations at South Shore Country Club at End of 2024 ‘Was Not Made Lightly’

December 16, 2023 Submitted by The Greenside Grille  Raffael’s Banquet and Conference Facilities & The Greenside Grille Restaurant, a beloved dining establishment and function facility announces its decision retire operations at the Town of Hingham owned South Shore Country Club at the end of 2024, in conjunction with the end of the current lease term …

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Tentative agreement reached on custodians and maintenance contract

December 13, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer School Committee member Kerry Ni, a member of the salary and  negotiations subcommittee, shared “good news” at Monday’s SC meeting. “This morning we reached a tentative agreement on a 2023-2026 contract with Unit C (Custodians and Maintenance), who we started meeting with in late September,” she said. “They …

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