🌱 Patch AM: Is your child ready for Hingham kindergarten in 2026?

Good morning to you Hingham! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Is your child ready for Hingham kindergarten in 2026?
• Hingham community remembers former resident Bill Anderson’s long, faith-filled life.

Also on today's calendar: BIG BIG Designer Floor Sample Event!! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Windy with a little snow, with a high of 40 and low of 25 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 38, low: 12. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and quite cold, with a high of 22 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kindergarten Information Night Set for January 15 (hinghamanchor.com) — Families with children starting kindergarten in September 2026 should mark January 15 for Hingham Public Schools’ Kindergarten Information Night at Hingham Middle School, where key registration steps and dates will be explained. Registration opens January 16, with paperwork due February 14 and school visits, screenings, and orientations running through summer 2026.
   

• Obituary: William Heartly Anderson (hinghamanchor.com) — Hingham readers are invited to remember Bill Anderson, a former Hingham resident and devoted member of St. John’s, whose family still lives in town. The 95-year-old Navy veteran and longtime IBM and Prudential leader is remembered for his faith, generosity, and deep commitment to family, with a celebration of life planned in Darien this April.
   

📸 Around Hingham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hingham

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Other local events

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day - Town Offices Closed
  Hingham, MA Calendar Hingham, MA 02043

Friday December 26

• Life Alive Drum Circle with Jason Karol
  Healing With Spirit , 185 Lincoln St Suite 300 , Hingham
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Alex Cohen Acoustic: Stevie G's Restaurant
  Stevie G's Restaurant Cohasset , 380 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy , Cohasset
  10:00 am

Monday December 29

• Dr. Rosie Stuffy Vet Clinic | Ages 4+
  Whiton Room , 66 Leavitt Street , Hingham
  1:00 pm
• Teen Buttonmaking: Open Hour
  Activity Room , 66 Leavitt Street , Hingham
  4:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• BIG BIG Designer Floor Sample Event!!
  Ethan Allen , 840 Willard St , Quincy
  9:00 am
• Stand Up, Speak Out Hingham Square
  Square Cafe Hingham , 150 North St , Hingham
  10:30 am
• noon year’s eve at bartaco hingham
  bartaco , 94 Derby St #217 , Hingham
  12:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Years Day - Town Offices Closed
  Hingham, MA Calendar Hingham, MA 02043

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• Elevate Your Strength
  Cohasset, MA Calendar Cohasset, MA 02025
  9:15 am
• Knitting Group
  Paul Pratt Memorial Library , 35 Ripley Road , Cohasset
  10:00 am
• Library is Closed for Christmas
  Paul Pratt Memorial Library , 35 Ripley Road , Cohasset
  1:00 pm
• GLOW LAX Winter Clinic- Weymouth
  Union Point Sports Complex , 170 Memorial Grove Ave , Weymouth
  4:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Hingham PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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• Earley Law Group Injury Lawyers — (617) 338-7400
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• CPC Painting — (781) 660-3695
  Paint and general construction work
• Dogtopia of Norwell — (475) 338-3501
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• First West Edge, LLC — (781) 210-9238
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Fastest Way to Get a Social Security Benefit Verification Letter —Kentia Torres Read on Patch

• THE PAPER STORE posted a job opening for Assistant Team Leader / Assistant Manager in Hingham. Apply here.
• Recruit Marks posted a job opening for Welder in Hingham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hingham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hull

• There's a love of lobster pot Christmas trees in New England. CT's is kind of romantic (courant.com)
• Boxing Day Championship Tips: A bet for every game this Friday (onefootball.com)
• Obituary: Eileen Frances (Burke) Garvin (hinghamanchor.com)

Norwell

• Beloved South Shore veterinarian left indelible mark on adopted home (wickedlocal.com)

Rockland

Ok Hingham! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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