Hingham Selectmen on Noise, HHS Parking and Budget Votes

1. The Board of Selectmen meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Thursday. Among the board's agenda items are considerations of a noise bylaw, parking restrictions at Hingham High and various budget votes.

They will also go into a closed session for negotiation with the fire chief and police patrolmen. See the complete agenda here.

2. The Human Resources Committee of the Hingham Public Library Trustees meets at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Trustees Conference Room to interview Assistant Library Director candidate Linda Harper.

3. The School Committee will have a working budget session at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Agenda here.

4. No snow forecast for Thursday, but frigid temps. The National Weather Service is predicting a partly sunny day with a high near 15, wind chills as low as -13. Thursday night partly cloudy real temp low around 3.

5. Born on this day in history: first and second governor of Massachusetts and Braintree native John Hancock (1737), 19th century author Stendhal (1783), French painter Edouard Manet (1832), former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart (1915) and UFC champion fighter Tito Ortiz.