Fire Department Reviews Assets, Hingham Master Plan Workshop

1. The Fire Department Assets Review Committee meets at 7 p.m. at the Central Fire Station.

The committee will continue discussions on:

• Assessment of the current condition of the fire station at 230 North Street (Station 2) and the fire station at 847 Main Street (Station 3).
• Review of incident data
• Town Master Plan and expected growth
• The amount and type of apparatus needed
• A replacement program for fire apparatus
• Number of fire stations or other facilities needed and general locations
• Possible need for land acquisition
• Staffing needs

2. The Hingham Planning Board is hosting a second public forum about potential and future land use and development in Hingham Wednesday evening.

The meeting, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 13, is "to discuss development trends in Hingham and those trends’ impact on future growth and development in town," according to a notice on the town website.

3. In case you missed it: check out our interview with small business owner James Drew, who owns Hingham Cycle. If you are interested in being interviewed for a Q&A article, email joseph.markman@patch.com.

4. Put away your snow shovels, but keep those coats at the ready. Should be sunny Wednesday, but with a high only near 36 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight clear, low around 27.

5. Born on this day in history: author Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote Treasure Island (1850), former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (1856), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), and actor Gerard Butler (1969).