http://www.yourstreet.com/news/accord-ma The latest Accord, MA news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Hingham Public Library is hosting a National Issues Forum to discuss "America's Role in the World: Building a More Secure Future." http://www.yourstreet.com/4992880/library-hosts-national-issues-forum Evan Kulak scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead Wellesley over Hingham, 55-48, in the Norwell Holiday Tournament last Monday. The victory was the first of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4992304/boys-hoop-squad-gets-first-win Check out these events at the Rockland Memorial Library.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4986077/upcoming-events-at-the-rockland-memorial-library The mercury hovered at 15 degrees in Weymouth on New Year’s Day, but the temperature did not discourage about 100 swimmers from plunging into the water at Wessagusset Beach to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4985697/frozen-wildcats-brave-the-chill Hingham Public Library patrons may reserve museum passes online. http://www.yourstreet.com/4984725/hpl-offers-museum-passes HIGH 5 Shannon Foley, Natick: In a magnificent effort, the senior forward pumped in 35 points in a 58-56 setback to North Quincy in the first round of the Notre Dame Academy... http://www.yourstreet.com/4980243/courtside-chatter LITERARY EVENTS Hingham: Spend an evening with Kate Jacobs, best-selling author of "A Friday Night Knitting Club" Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St... http://www.yourstreet.com/4980240/globe-south-best-bets HINGHAM Increase your knowledge about a pest that destroys trees and was recently found in Worcester, at an information session on the Asian long-horned beetle at 10 a.m. on Jan... http://www.yourstreet.com/4964974/meet-the-beetle The new year has begun, but the East Weymouth Congregational Church has an answer for those who can't let go of Christmas just yet. http://www.yourstreet.com/4964978/a-concert-for-those-who-just-can-t-get-enough-christmas So, we've given you plenty of New Year's Eve events to attend. Now it's time to tell you how to get there. The MBTA has released its New Year's Eve schedule . Rides after 8pm... http://www.yourstreet.com/4962146/taking-the-t-on-nye-and-the-morning-after With their victory over Hingham in the HIngham Holiday Tournament, the Mansfield High girls' basketball team will take a 5-0 record into the 2009 part of their season. http://www.yourstreet.com/4957823/mansfield-girls-win-hingham-tourney Hmmm…Let’s think. Really, this one is a no-brainer. The story of the winter season was the Hingham girls’ hockey team’s rise to glory and a Div. 2 state title. The Harborwomen... http://www.yourstreet.com/4955779/hhs-sports-in-review Ada Woolston came to Bolton 33 years ago by way of Holland, her native country, and then Hingham before settling into a home on Main Street with her husband and two children. In... http://www.yourstreet.com/4955016/an-uncommon-conversation-ada-woolston-spinner-knitter-businesswoman The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has awarded the Peter B. Bradley estate on Bradley Hill four premiums and a silver medal for the best rose and vegetable garden in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4940140/yesterdays-bradley-estate-has-best-rose-garden Around the corner from Hanover Town Hall and a short walk from the library, a medieval tool for meditation awaits visitors strolling among the swaying pine trees. http://www.yourstreet.com/4931078/walking-the-lines Looking for something to do with the family post-Christmas? The South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane in Norwell, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec... http://www.yourstreet.com/4929498/check-out-the-science-center-during-christmas-break The following students were named to the first term honor roll at Norwell High School. http://www.yourstreet.com/4929453/the-honor-roll-at-norwell-high A H&R Block tax professional will present a program titled “The New Tax Law Changes,” at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the H&R Block office, Centre Crossing Plaza, 315... http://www.yourstreet.com/4928959/h-r-block-to-host-tax-seminar-in-rockland Ginny, a special needs adult, was a lifelong Hingham resident who volunteered at the food pantry for many years. http://www.yourstreet.com/4928895/ginny-bag-sales-going-strong After telling officers he had reported to a Market Street home to assist a woman in danger, Edward Nelson, 22, of 175 Spring St., Rockland, faces several charges for improper... http://www.yourstreet.com/4922188/gun-incident-triggers-concern Weymouth High School percussionist James Callahan likes rock and jazz lyrics in addition to playing soothing tunes on the marimba , a wooden keyboard that originated in Africa. http://www.yourstreet.com/4914867/student-strikes-winning-note-on-marimba During this season of giving, the Conservation Commission has received two gifts from Hingham residents. http://www.yourstreet.com/4910753/town-accepts-gifts-of-land Designer Kate Dickerson opens up her holiday-beautiful Hingham home and shares last-minute decorating tips. http://www.yourstreet.com/4910044/time-to-shine The developers of a biergarten proposal for the former Settles Glass site at 6 Station St. have decided to stick with the project after considering withdrawing the plan a few... http://www.yourstreet.com/4907144/biergarten-plan-moves-forward Medford resident Ben Tyrrell has been named director of extended care at Renaissance Gardens, a new nursing care facility, set to open in 2009 at Linden Ponds in Hingham. http://www.yourstreet.com/4906478/tyrrell-named-director-at-renaissance-gardens The Town of Hingham could be facing as much as a $9 or $10 million revenue shortfall for fiscal 2010, which starts July 1. http://www.yourstreet.com/4900311/town-faces-fiscal-challenge The new season for Rockland Memorial Library’s Fourth Wednesday Book Discussion Group has begun.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4894499/here-s-the-book-club-schedule-at-the-rockland-library With the wave of a paintbrush, Hingham resident Steve MacDonald is spreading holiday cheer. http://www.yourstreet.com/4894407/self-taught-artist-has-the-christmas-spirit The students of Norwell Voice Studio will present their annual holiday recital at Norwell Knoll Retirement Home, 329 Washington St., Route 53, on Sunday, Dec. 21, from 2 to 4... http://www.yourstreet.com/4894368/norwell-voice-studio-to-present-free-holiday-concert Garrett Reagan, the legendary Hall of Fame coach of the Harbormen for 26 years, retired at the end of last season, but suddenly passed away over the summer after his announced... http://www.yourstreet.com/4886341/emotions-run-high-on-ice ROCKLAND, Mass. -- A man spotted a house fire while he stopped for coffee on his way home from work Tuesday morning and helped rescue a couple sleeping inside. http://www.yourstreet.com/4884132/man-saves-rockland-couple-from-burning-home Norwell Firefighters Local 2700, in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Corps, are accepting donations for the Toys for Tots drive. Bring new, unwrapped toys of a nonviolent nature... http://www.yourstreet.com/4878785/norwell-firefighters-are-collecting-toys-for-tots Coyne Healthcare Center, 56 Webster St., Rockland, will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 22 . All blood types are needed, and all donors... http://www.yourstreet.com/4878441/blood-drive-to-be-held-in-rockland-this-month Rockland Public Schools Special Education Department will conduct a preschool screening for 3- and 4-year-old children at Rockland High School on Friday, Jan. 9. Screenings will... http://www.yourstreet.com/4878439/rockland-special-education-preschool-screenings-scheduled The Weymouth High School Lady Wildcats soccer team found itself back in familiar company when the town council and Mayor Susan Kay saluted it for clinching the Division 1 South... http://www.yourstreet.com/4877688/lady-wildcats-get-their-due Jean A. (Murphy) Martin of Hingham, a mother of 10, grandmother of 19, and great grandmother of five, died of pneumonia Oct. 29 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She was 82. http://www.yourstreet.com/4875331/jean-martin-82-resident-of-hingham Two churches in Derby were shot at on consecutive nights, apparently with the same pistol, Vermont State Police said Monday. Nobody was hurt. http://www.yourstreet.com/4872422/2-derby-churches-shot-at-on-consecutive-nights The winter all night parking ban in Rockland is underway. The ban prohibits the parking of vehicles on any public way in the Town of Rockland between the hours of 12:30 and 6 a... http://www.yourstreet.com/4871085/winter-parking-ban-in-effect-in-the-town-of-rockland A pilot program introducing pay by phone parking at all stations along the Kingston commuter rail line and commuter boat lots in Quincy and Hingham is now in place. http://www.yourstreet.com/4869597/mbta-pay-by-phone-parking Hingham Public Library’s Dolphin Gallery will feature Oceanside 17 Studio & Gallery’s group show “Cabin Fever” through Jan. 2.   http://www.yourstreet.com/4869228/cabin-fever-in-dolphin-gallery The Hingham Historical Society’s Out of the Ordinary gift shop at its new location in the heart of Hingham Square offers a unique array of treasures that make great holiday gifts. http://www.yourstreet.com/4865444/shop-is-out-of-the-ordinary You don’t have to travel far from home to take in the sights, tastes, sounds, and scenes of Christmas. http://www.yourstreet.com/4860774/holiday-fun-in-downtown-hingham Police are searching for three robbers who held up Harts Jewelry in East Weymouth at gunpoint and escaped with approximately $150,000 in jewelry on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 5: 40 p... http://www.yourstreet.com/4856832/masked-robbers-take-jewelry-at-gunpoint The MBTA has begun experimenting with a system that lets commuter-rail and ferry riders pay for parking by cell phone instead by rolling up all those dollar bills to stuff into... http://www.yourstreet.com/4846152/mbta-hears-commuters-who-hate-stuffing-dollar-bills-into-slots  Scituate Town Library and Scituate High School Opportunities and Resources for Education (SHORE) combined to present the inaugural Polar Express Scituate from the Greenbush... http://www.yourstreet.com/4839467/photo-gallery-express-ticket-to-fun ROCKLAND, Mass. – Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Co., has received preliminary approval for a federal investment of about $78 million under the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4836746/rockland-trust-parent-to-accept-tarp-funds Children of all ages are invited to come to the John Curtis Free Library, 534 Hanover St., at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, to read to Madeline, a 9-year-old golden retriever... http://www.yourstreet.com/4838697/read-to-madeline-the-dog-at-the-john-curtis-library   The winter all night parking ban began Dec. 1. The ban prohibits the parking of vehicles on any public way in the Town of Rockland between the hours of 12:30 and 6 a.m. for... http://www.yourstreet.com/4837809/winter-parking-ban-in-effect-in-the-town-of-rockland Hanover Board of Health will host a public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, in the upstairs meeting room of Hanover Town Hall, 550 Hanover St... http://www.yourstreet.com/4837072/board-of-heath-to-host-public-meeting-on-dec-16th On Tues., Dec. 9, there were multiple reports of items taken from motor vehicles on Amber Rd., Hoover Rd., and Prospect St. http://www.yourstreet.com/4837046/south-hingham-mv-larcenies