Hingham News

On a sunny afternoon, it's common to find 10-year-old Owen Norton playing baseball in the backyard of his Braintree home.

HINGHAM: Police believe a Milton man and Quincy woman targeted a Hingham neighborhood early Sunday morning to steal valuables from unlocked vehicles.

Nashua teenager Jennie Lamere recently took home the top prize at a Boston computer programming competition, beating out competitors in the almost entirely male field, which included professionals from companies like ESPN and Klout.

CBRE/New England's Debt & Equity Finance team recently secured first mortgage financing from Jefferies LoanCore totaling $60 million for The Launch at Hingham Shipyard, a 246,000-square-foot, transit-oriented, waterfront shopping center in Hingham.

Two local Boy Scouts recently raised $1,500 and constructed a new pier at Pond Meadow Park for their Eagle Scout project.

Nearly a year ago, Hanover resident Stephanie Gertz, a mother of two young children, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system.

Police have arrested a man and woman in Brockton who were both wanted for allegedly robbing banks in Hingham and a New Hampshire town.

In Milton, challenger Kathleen M. Conlon unseated Robert C. Sweeney in the race for a selectman's seat while most of the other races in town went to incumbents.

In May, national Older Americans Month, Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group of Massachusetts offers several programs for adult children whose parents are coping with memory related issues, including Alzheimer's disease.

Legal Sea Foods, the popular fish restaurant, is planning to open the Legal C Bar next month in celebrity chef's Jasper White's former Summer Shack space at the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham, Mass.

Editor's note: The following information is from police departments, courts and state agencies serving Patch towns.

Jonathan Bean of Needham putted at George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park, one of two municipal courses in the city.

"Why would anybody in this country need an assault rifle? . . . There's just too many weapons out there today," said gun owner Russell Reeves of Hingham.

Police are seeking the man they suspect is responsible for the April 14 robbery at TD Bank, as well a female companion.