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December 10, 2020 by Cantor Steven Weiss Cantor Weiss Here’s a story for you. Once upon a time, a long, long time ago – 2200 years ago, in fact – there lived an evil, tyrannical king who ruled over the province of Judea. He had such a high opinion of himself that he even gave …
December 6, 2020 submitted by Mark Cullings, Hingham Resident (photo by Laura Winters) From the beginning of the MBTA’s operation of the ferry service decades ago, conversations about how good it was often included the comment, “Yes, but the T doesn’t do boats.” Sounds all too true today with what seems to be a pre-determined …
November 23, 2020 by Glenn Mangurian This Thanksgiving is very different from years past. There will be no Macy’s parade, no morning high school football games and fewer family gatherings. We are experiencing challenges that disrupt our lives and highlight problems that create stress and anxiety. While this is normally a season of joy and …
November 19, 2020, Submitted by Diane Sheehan DeNapoli Like many in our country and in Hingham, I am feeling depleted and dismayed from the events of the last eight months. We all have been bravely trying to carry on in a world that at times we do not recognize. Many of the institutions we hold …
From Unsplash artist John Silliman. by Glenn Mangurian “E Pluribus Unum” was the motto proposed for the first Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. It is a Latin phrase meaning “One from Many.” The phrase reflected their determination to form a single nation from a collection …
October 19, 2020 by Glenn Mangurian Yes, the whole world is watching us. I am old enough to remember the origins of that expression: the phrase was chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. 1968 was a tumultuous …
Photo provided by Nina Wellford October 15, 2020 submitted by Nina Wellford, Member, Old Ship Board of Trustees (courtesy photo) At a Special Parish Meeting on October 13, 2020, members of Old Ship Church gathered on ZOOM to vote on two articles: to allow the Board of Trustees to negotiate with Atlantic Development for the …
Photo from Samuel Branch, artist on Unsplash. Thursday, October 15, 2020 submission by Dave Sargeant. Hingham’s citizens will not gather in Sanborn Auditorium this year on Veterans Day as they, most likely, will be home and sheltered from COVID-19 to witness the ceremony on virtual TV. The few that are at Town Hall will be …
BRIAN DOHERTY / HOME CENTER SOTHEBY’S October 12, 2020 Submitted by: Marisa and Terrence Ronan, Whitney and Stephen Jiranek, Foster Aborn and Sara Holbrook, Ellen Mitchell and Charles Byrne, Jennifer Hunt As representatives for ProHingham: PROTECT HISTORIC HINGHAM Hingham is once again facing a potential sale and development of the historic Old Ship Church Parish …
Photo provided by Nina Wellford October 6, 2020 Submitted by: Nina Wellford The members of Old Ship Church take the stewardship of our property very seriously. Since 1681 the First Parish congregation has been supporting the Meeting House, the oldest building in continuous use as a place of worship in the United States. It sits …