Cohasset Anchor

12/05/2025

🎄 The Cohasset Village Fair is THIS Saturday!
A perfect day of food, music, and holiday cheer around the Common.

✨ Start your morning:
🥞 Pancake & sausage breakfast at St. Anthony’s (9–10:30am)
🅿️ Free parking at St. Anthony’s

🍽️ Tasty stops around town:
🍩 Cinnamon buns at First Parish
🇬🇷 Greek pastries at the Community Center
🍲 Clam chowder at Second Congregational
🥣 Lemon soup & spanikopita at Panagia Greek Orthodox (inside Community Center)
🌭 Homemade soups, chilis & kids’ hot dog lunch at St. Stephen’s

🎶 Live holiday music:
🎵 Thirsty Boots Band at St. Stephen’s
🎺 Rusty Skippers on the Common
🎤 Wi******er Chamber Singers at Second Congregational

🎁 Shop for gifts, stock up on treats, and soak in all the Christmas spirit.

December 3, 2025 by Liz Woodard

12/05/2025

Congratulations to the Cohasset High School Football Team! State Champions!! Win vs Amesbury 22-14. Let’s Go!

12/02/2025

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That’s why we created the Anchor Community Media Fund, a tax-deductible nonprofit fund with Harbor Media (Tax ID: 27-5300052), dedicated to keeping independent local news alive in Cohasset and across the South Shore.

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Hello Readers!

12/02/2025

Paul Pratt Memorial Library is again presenting a self-led, family-friendly StoryWalk on the Town Common starting this month.

Those who stop by will have the pleasure of reading the successive pages of a children’s storybook displayed on different weather-resistant story boards as they stroll around the Common. Learn more below!

December 1, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

12/01/2025

The murder trial of Brian Walshe – the Cohasset man accused of killing his wife, Ana, in early 2023 – began today, Dec. 1, at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.

Prosecutors delivered an opening statement today at the beginning of the trial, followed by an opening statement by defense attorney Larry Tipton stating that evidence would show a “sudden, unexplained” death. “Brian Walshe never killed Ana,” he stated, according to published reports.

Read more below ⬇️

December 1, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

11/26/2025

Glenn Pratt, Chair of the Public Safety Facilities Working Group, or PSFWG, reached out to the Cohasset Anchor recently “to clarify that the group has made no decisions or recommendations regarding the police or fire stations. We are at the beginning of our deliberations, we are collecting and absorbing a large amount of information and planning on getting community feedback as we go.”

Read more below ⬇️

November 25, 2025 Submitted by The Town of Cohasset

11/25/2025

👏Eight seniors from Notre Dame Academy (NDA), including one student from Cohasset, officially committed to continue their athletic and academic careers at leading colleges and universities during the school’s National Signing Ceremony.

Congratulations to Taylor Watts, Cohasset 🥍– Lacrosse, Wesleyan University!

Eight seniors from Notre Dame Academy (NDA), Hingham officially committed to continue their athletic and academic careers at leading colleges and universities

11/24/2025

🎁 Walking into the brand-new Bamp's Toy Vault in downtown Plymouth feels just like stepping into the toy stores of childhood, full of wonder and pure magic. ✨

The most enchanting detail? The red and white hot air balloons floating from the ceiling. Each night they’re “sent back into the sky,” returning each morning with baskets full of toys to restock the shelves. 🎈🧸

This holiday season, Bamp’s is partnering with Toys for Tots, offering curated gift ideas from $5–$60 — plus 20% off donations (excluding Lego).

Kids can even create their own wish lists as they explore with mini carts. And we’ve got the manager’s top 5 gift picks if you need inspo!

📍 Bamp’s Toy Vault
36 Main Street, Plymouth
Mon–Sat 10–7 | Sun 10–5

Click below to learn more!

November 24, 2025 By Marisa Olsen, Photos courtesy of Bamp's

11/21/2025

:🎁 The SSRECC Holiday Toy Drive Is Back! 🎁
The South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center is kicking off its 12th annual toy drive to help make the season brighter for children in Hingham, Cohasset, Hull, and Norwell. The drive runs from the Friday after Thanksgiving through Dec. 23.

Donate new, unwrapped toys for kids of all ages — or gift cards for teens, who are often the hardest to shop for. Collection boxes start empty every year, and our community always fills them with generosity.

This year, dispatchers are also selling a limited-edition holiday patch (minimum $10 donation) to help purchase gift cards for older kids. Last year, patch sales raised nearly $1,500 and helped fill 130 gift bags for local families.

🧸 Drop-off locations:
• Former Hingham Police Station lobby (212 Central St.)
• New Hingham Police Station lobby (35 Essington Drive)
• Cohasset Police Station lobby (62 Elm St.)
• Gift cards may also be brought directly to the dispatch center at Town Hall

🎄 You can also donate — and meet the dispatchers — at:
• Christmas in the Square – Dec. 5
• Cohasset Holiday Stroll – Dec. 13

November 21, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

11/21/2025

💲 The select board voted this week to maintain a single tax rate for commercial and residential properties, which has traditionally been the case in the interest of being “business-friendly,” Director of Assessing Rachael Carlisle told the board.

More details below ⬇️

November 20, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

11/21/2025

🎶✨ A New South Shore Holiday Tradition Begins ✨🎶
The South Shore Conservatory is bringing big Boston Pops–style magic right to our community this season.

On Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 PM, South Shore Conservatory and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra team up for the South Shore Holiday Pops — a family-friendly concert filled with festive favorites like Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, a holiday sing-along, and even a visit from the North Pole.

Artistic Director Steve Bass says the goal is simple: create a musical moment families can look forward to year after year — without the traffic, the cost, or the chaos of heading into the city.

📍 Scituate Performing Arts Center
🗓 Sunday, December 14 | 3 PM

🎟️Ticket info below!

November 19, 2025 By Steve Bass