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Danielle Charpentier has been covering her arm with tattoos. She says she doesn’t want her scars to be the first thing people see, but they tell her story too. April 13, 2021 by The Hingham Cast (Warning: This episode of The Hingham ‘Cast talks about difficult topics including suicide. It may be a trigger for …
Jill O’Donnell with her partner Tim Hicks and daughter Ellie. April 6, 2021 by Ally Donnelly Jill O’Donnell describes her hunt for a new home in Hingham. “It just feels crazy,” she told me. “Like, all logic has gone out the window.” The Hingham mom and her partner Tim Hicks searched for a bigger house …
Where Hurt, Hunger and Hope Collide March 30, 2021 by Ally Donnelly Feed the hungry. Help the hurting. They are simple, but massive missions. Interfaith Social Services in Quincy aims to do both. Founded in the 1940s after jobs building ships for the war dried up at the Quincy and Hingham Shipyards, Interfaith is home …
March 23, 2021 by Ally Donnelly, The Hingham Cast Remember last spring when experts told us not to worry about how much screen time our kids were getting? “Don’t worry,” they said. “Give yourself a break,” they said. “Do what you have to do to survive,” they said. Well, thanks a lot. The inmates are …
March 16, 2021 by Ally Donnelly, The Hingham Cast (photos courtesy of Hingham Public Schools) I bought a back to school outfit. I lovingly (not begrudgingly) packed a labor-intensive lunch. I wrote a special note and tucked it into a lunchbox that had been cleaned for the first time in Lord knows when. It was …
March 9, 2021 by Ally Donnelly The Aylwards are busy. Well, they used to be. Before Covid it was a constant juggle. Mom Kristin is a special education teacher in Brockton, Dad Michael has a thriving law practice in Quincy and teens Madison and Jeremy were always on the go with high school sports and …
Stacey Deeds searches for a vaccine appointment. March 2, 2021 by Ally Donnelly People are crowdsourcing tips on Facebook. They’re setting alarms to wake up in the middle of the night and refresh their browser. They’ve set up multiple computers and phones to be ready to pounce when the time comes. So goes the hunt to …
February 23, 2021 by Ally Donnelly (courtesy photos) The words were biting and true: “Maybe if I had clean clothes, people would treat me like a human being.” The man, who was homeless, helped found a national movement, helping people struggling financially to clean their clothes. The non profit is called Laundry Love and several …
A Hingham vaccine distribution center set-up at South Shore Baptist Church February 9, 2021 by Ally Donnelly (courtesy photos) Maureen Fox has been a mainstay in the lives of local families for decades. Fox, or “Miss Mo” as she’s affectionately called by children tall and small, is the director of Sandcastles Childcare Center, in Hingham. …
February 2, 2021 by Ally Donnelly (courtesy photos) It was bad. And Karen Deane knew it. “You hear people talking about kids being depressed and having anxiety and social isolation,” she said. “I was seeing all of that in our household.” Karen is a hospice nurse working long hours in a pandemic. Then her dad …