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Greta holds a Palestinian flag before setting sail for Gaza.
Making Waves: Greta Thunberg’s Freedom Flotilla
The seniors are ushered into their graduation ceremony under beautiful rose arches, held up by the younger siblings of the graduates.
Rain Holds off for our 2025 Graduates
Harvard’s campus in April of 2024 is littered with tents during a protest against the war in Gaza.
The Dispute Between Harvard and Trump Administration Grows Each Day
President Trump displays his signed executive order regarding his new school defunding policies in the White House.
Hingham Schools’ Research Sources Face Serious Accessibility Risks; Resident Opinions and Future Outcomes
The Hingham High School Band, conducted by Brian Cincotta, plays “God Bless America” during the Memorial Day Ceremony.
Hingham Honors its Veterans in Memorial Day Ceremony
Students enter Hingham High School in the morning during their last week of classes.
Students Discuss their Last Week of Classes
Hingham Band Students Host a Successful Jazz Night!
Hingham High provides information about one of the travel opportunities in 2026.
HHS Students Expand Their Horizons: Hingham High 2026 Travel Opportunities
Aria Giardino, a freshman running for the position of Treasurer, delivers her campaign speech.
Students Run in Elections for Officer Positions for the Upcoming School Year
Harborlight Editor In-Chief, Andrew Healy, poses with Clare Blatchley on the red carpet
Class of 2025 Walks the Red Carpet Before Prom!
Cooper Flag (Left) and Dylan Harper (Right) are the projected 1st and 2nd picks in the 2025 NBA Draft.
NBA Draft Insights and Sleeper Prospects
First overall pick CJ Kirst holds the National Championship Trophy during their victory last weekend.
The 2025 PLL Season: Start of Something New
This week’s player of the match against Stoughton goes to junior Hannah Mello who played third singles.
Hingham High School’s Girls Tennis Team Advances to the Next Round
For the second season in a row, the Girls' Crew Team showed off their new trophies after the MPSRA Championship Regatta.
A Championship Win for the Girls Tops off a Busy Regatta Weekend for the Hingham Crew Team
Pat Kavanaugh hoists the national championship trophy after beating Maryland 15-5 in his last year with Notre Dame.
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: The Start of a New Era of Lacrosse
All of Swift’s albums, spanning more than 15 years, including “Taylor’s Version.”
A New Era: Taylor Swift Wins Ownership of Her Albums
The “Minecraft Movie”, a recent release has earned its place as the most popular film of 2025 thus far.
The Rise Of Irony And The Fall Of Sincerity
The HHS band plays at Downtown in Bloom May 3, 2025.
Hingham High School Band Plays at Downtown in Bloom
Arts Pathway Club Members pose for a group photo.
HHS Students Participate in the 2nd Annual Arts Pathway Symposium
Joe Goldberg in the final season of YOU
YOU Season 5: What to Expect in Joe Goldberg’s Final Chapter
Several classic and newer/recently popular books lay arranged in a pattern on the floor.
Seven Must Read Books for Students to Kick off Summer Vacation
The HHS Courtyards lie almost entirely vacant for the entire school year, yet they could be a prime location for students to spend their study halls.
Should Students Be Able to Go Outside During Study Halls?
Mr. E-Show often goes above in beyond in his school photos, as seen here from 2023
Meeting Mr. E-Show: A Staple of the Hingham High School Community
Mr. Cincotta conducts the Wind Ensemble.
Mr. Cincotta Celebrates Twenty Years of Teaching at Spring Concert
Two pickleball rackets and a ball being held and waiting to play.
How are HHS Students feeling about the decision to fund new pickleball courts?
Both titles illustrate an example of the tests available and the features AP Classroom presents.
AP Exam Reflections: What Students Had to Say
Pictured left to right, Haylen Wilson, Ava Souppa, Taylor Gay, Caitlin O’Driscoll, Adam Healey, Elinor Deady, Ava Ladd, Luca Guidi, Tasha Otoka, and Ivy Clark sit at first graders desks after helping teachers at South Elementary School.
Seniors Step Up: Harbormen Helping Hingham Day 2025
The Dock’s woodwork paneled in insolation visualizes its final silhouette.
The Dock Drifts Towards Completion at HHS
Three HHS students playing a mobile game, one of the many contributing factors to overwhelming screen time.
Are the Effects of Screen Time Altering HHS Students’ Education?
The girl’s hockey team lines up for the national anthem before getting their ninth win of the season.
A Mid-Season Photo Recap of Hingham’s Winter Sports
Shining a light on Hingham news

The Harborlight
Shining a light on Hingham news

The Harborlight
Josie Pappone

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer

Senior Josie Pappone joins the Harborlight for her second year in a row. When she is not writing, she likes to see friends and play with her dog Duncan. In addition to being a contributing writer for the Harborlight, she is a co-secretary for the POCA club, vice president of the Diversify Our Narrative Club, and runs for the girls’ winter track team.
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Several killed in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

Josie Pappone, Staff Writer
April 2, 2023
On Tuesday, January 31st, a meeting was held to discuss the town’s budget crisis

Hingham’s Budget Crisis

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
February 7, 2023
The Glass Onion cast starring Madeline Cline, Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, and Edward Norton

Student Reviews of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
January 17, 2023
The Derby Street Apple Store closed off by Police after an SUV drove through it on November 21.

SUV Crashes into Hingham Apple Store

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
December 6, 2022
Students participate in a class discussion

Student Opinions on Term One

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
November 14, 2022
A man walks through what used to be a neighborhood but now is just a ripped up street surrounded by destroyed homes.

Hurricane Ian Pummels Florida

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
October 7, 2022
Students display posters about the chosen Civics project.

Civics Action Projects at Hingham High School

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
June 6, 2022
Omicron’s Subvariant: BA.2

Omicron’s Subvariant: BA.2

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
April 19, 2022
President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court ahead of Justice Stephen Breyer's upcoming retirement.

Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for the US Supreme Court

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
March 18, 2022
Russian troops stationed along their shared border with Ukraine.

Brewing Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
February 1, 2022
The Kentucky Tornado Disaster

The Kentucky Tornado Disaster

Josie Pappone
December 25, 2021
Harry Styles Comes to Boston

Harry Styles Comes to Boston

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
November 15, 2021
A former member of the Facebook headquarters, Frances Haugen, came forward on CBS’s 60 Minutes exposing documents that serve as the basis for a series of accusations on the Wall Street Journal known as “The Facebook Files.”

The Facebook Scandal

Josie Pappone, Contributing Writer
November 1, 2021
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