Boston Marine Corps Honor Run to Honor Corporal Christopher J. Orlando on May 11th

The 18th annual Boston Marine Corps Honor Run is a 5K flat USATF certified race course which will be honoring Hingham's own Corporal Christopher J. Orlando who along with 11 of Marines were killed during a nighttime training mission when two CH53 helicopt...

Hull Letter of Support for Hingham Water Company Purchase

The Hull Board of Selectmen sent this letter to the Hingham Board of Selectmen today communicating their support for Hingham’s acquisition of the water company.

View and Download Letter of Support from Hull (PDF)

Town Meeting: Details for Monday's Meeting

Town Meeting starts on Monday, April 22nd at the high school. Doors will open at 5:30. Please check in early, so we can start on time. We will begin by seating voters in the gym, using other venues within the high school as may prove necessary, as well as...

Water Company Acquisition Public Information

Proceed to review recent presentations by the Board of Selectmen as well as previous documents of the Water Company Acquisition Committee

Historical Commission accepting applications for Greenbush Historic Preservation Trust Grants

Greenbush Historic Preservation Trust 

Application Due Date – Wednesday May 1, 2019

The Hingham Historical Commission is accepting applications for grants from the Greenbush Historic Preservation Trust.  Funds from the trust may ...

NOTICE: 5 Year Road Construction Plan to advise Utility Companies and Town Departments

Please see the proposed street construction list here.

Road Construction: 2019 Preliminary Construction Notice

Town of Hingham Engineering Department

Construction Notice

April 3, 2019

To Whom It May Concern:

The Town of Hingham is anticipating to repave and/or reconstruct the entire length or sections of the following roads in 2019. The exact scheduling dates for each...

Warrant for 2019 Town Meeting

The Warrant for 2019 Annual Hingham Town Meeting has been published and will be mailed out to Hingham residents.

Town Meeting Tips from the Moderator

Every year, every Hingham voter is called to take part in Town Meeting.

Unlike our national and state governments, which are representative in nature, here in Hingham, we take on that responsibility ourselves as “town meeting”. &nbs...

Inspectors Around Town for Assessor's Office

Inspectors from the Assessor’s office will be inspecting residential and commercial properties. At the present time inspectors will be inspecting primarily for permit purposes. They will working all over town. Inspectors will have identification...

Town Meeting Tips from the Moderator

Having fielded some questions of late on voting at Town Meeting, a few observations on the issue. 

Under our local by-law, all votes at TM are taken first as voice votes and the outcome is called by the moderator.  That works well for mos...

July 4th Road Race 2019

The Hingham July 4th Road Race Online Registration is now Open.

Hingham Updates Regulation Governing the Keeping of Animals and Fowl

On February 12, 2019, the Hingham Board of Health updated a regulation entitled “Regulation Governing the Keeping of Animals and Fowls”. The regulation changes enforcement in addition to fines and penalties. The regulation is planned t...

Hingham Updates Supplementary Rules and Regulations for the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage

On February 12, 2019, the Hingham Board of Health conducted an extensive rewrite of the regulation entitled “Supplementary Rules and Regulations for the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage”. The rewrite contains many new sections, such as Acce...

Financial Models for Water Company Acquisition Available

Financial Models for Water Company Acquisition Available

The financial models developed for the Town by Andersen Tax are now available on the Town website under the Water Company Acquisition Study Committee Documents .  The models, and accompanyin...

FY 2019 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills

The third and fourth quarter FY2019 Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills have been mailed.  The third quarter is due on Friday, February 1st and the fourth quarter is due on Wednesday, May 1st.

The FY 2019 tax rate is 11.81 per thousand. &a...