OPINION: MARCH 29, 2021 – VIETNAM VETERANS DAY

MARCH 29, 2021 – VIETNAM VETERANS DAY By Dave Sargeant There was a weekly magazine, called LIFE, which ended its publication in 1972. Indelibly etched in my memory is the magazine’s front page picture in March 1965 of the Marines landing in Danang on March 8th  of that year on a section of the shore …

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“It Takes a Village to Make Hingham Hingham” by Glenn Mangurian

Glenn Mangurian March 19, 2021 by Glenn Mangurian Hingham would not be Hingham without hundreds of our citizens who volunteer their time as town leaders, committee members and youth coaches to name just a few. Those who have served as selfless citizens over the past 385 years have helped create the town we cherish today. …

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OPINION: Reinventing Holiday Traditions

Feb. 13, 2021 by Maya Hobson Did anyone have a feeling that Christmas and other holidays would be different this year? Well, I did. Hingham has had various celebrations that might have been different from the past. As far as Covid goes, we weren’t able to have our big Christmas parties and the amount of …

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OPINION: The Great Peril of Puppy Poop

Photo courtesy of Georgia and Louisa Mae Goldman February 11, 2021, Submitted by Georgia Goldman Recently I noticed that our community is littered with dog poop. It makes me very frustrated when I am picking up my dog’s poop and others are not! Do you know that when you leave dog poop you are not …

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OPINION: Welcome to Holland (2.0)

Photo by Aaron Burden Feb. 9, 2021 Submitted by Hingham Resident Diane DeNapoli Like many I moved to Hingham based on what I believed to be the excellence of the Hingham Public Schools.  Before moving from Boston to Hingham I did a great deal of research on comparable school districts like Medfield, Duxbury, Weston, and …

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OPINION: Thoughts from the Schoolyard; A Teacher’s POV

February 8, 2021 submitted by Brian DeMarco, Fourth Grade Teacher at East Elementary School As a town employee, working within the school system, it is not always my place to be vocal. I do my job, keep my head down, and I am compensated for my services. I leave conflict to be parsed up by …

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The Importance of Memory

“The Importance of Memory” Reflections on International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2021 This year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a global day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Holocaust comes at a dramatic moment in our nations history.  As Anti-Semitic, racism and neo-Nazism are becoming more and more common, this important …

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