Town Pier Wharf (Iron Horse Park) Reconstruction & Resiliency

Photo courtesy of Bill Reardon April 27, 2021, Submitted by William Reardon, Chair of the Harbor Development Committee Citizens who have walked or driven to the Harbor area for any of the high or ‘king’ tides in the last several years, and especially those who saw the results of the two March 2018 winter storms, …

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OPINION: Now Isn’t the Time to Give Up on Hingham Public Schools

Photo courtesy of Tim Miller-Dempsey April 26, 2021, Submitted by Tim Miller-Dempsey, Candidate for Hingham School Committee I am extremely proud to have been a public school teacher for the past 23 years. I live and teach a stone’s throw from the “City on a Hill” where public education first started in America, and believe …

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HFM 2021 – Opening Day May 1!

Photo courtesy of Mark Cullings April 25, 2021, Submitted by Mark Cullings The Hingham Farmers Market (HFM) announces the opening of its 2021 season, Saturday, May 1, 2021 at the Station Street parking lot from 9am-1pm. The lot is located at the intersection of Station Street and Water Street. [A useful GPS address is: 95 …

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OPINION: Town Meeting on May 8 – Be Informed. Be Responsible.

A Gathering of Neighbors Preparations are underway for Hingham’s Annual Town Meeting. Imagine your neighborhood of about twenty households getting together to hire landscapers and snow plowing. Then imagine your neighborhood combines with other neighborhoods to purchase other shared services and set rules for the combined neighborhoods. As the number and scope of shared services …

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New MBTA Ferry Schedules Take Effect May 22

Photo by Joshua Ross April 26, 2021, Submitted by the MBTA The new schedules for MBTA ferry services will include the resumption of direct service from Charlestown and Hingham as well as the resumption of weekend Hingham/Hull ferry service. For the full spring 2021 ferry schedule effective May 22, please visit mbta.com/ferry.  Building Back Ferry Service: …

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Susanne (Parker) Caira Obituary

SUSANNE (PARKER) CAIRA April 21, 2021 Susanne (Parker) Caira, 87, of Plymouth, MA died peacefully in her sleep on April 21, 2021 at the Pat Roche Hospice House in Hingham. Sue was born on July 28, 1933, in Patterson, NJ, to William H. Parker, a renowned studio photographer, and Clara (Heister) Parker. Raised in Madison, …

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Fatal Crash Involving Motorcycle and Truck

April 21, 2021 from the Hingham Police Department A fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a truck is currently under investigation. On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 12:01pm Officers responded to reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a truck at the intersection of Main Street (Route 228) and Middle Street. The motorcyclist was …

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Earth Day Movie & Discussion: A Life On Our Planet

April 22, 2021, Submitted by 350 Mass South Shore 350 MA/Sustainable South Shore and South Coast members— Below is the link for our meeting this evening, which starts an hour from now at 7pm. The Movie Group has been diligently working on launching our Earth Year of climate movies at 7 pm this Thursday, Earth …

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