Cohasset Anchor

12/11/2025

✨🎶 Remember that one holiday outing that made the whole season feel magical? Here it is! Join South Shore Conservatory for South Shore Holiday Pops, featuring the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, December 14, 3 pm, at the Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, as they bring the joy of the season to life with holiday favorites such as Sleigh Ride, Hanukkah Festival Overture, and Winter Wonderland. You may even see a special jolly visitor!

🎟️ Tickets at https://give.sscmusic.org/south-shore-holiday-pops.

*Sponsored by South Shore Conservatory

12/09/2025

👯‍♀️ Experience the magic of the holiday season with the South Shore Ballet Theatre’s fabulous Nutcracker performances, featuring gifted young dancers in three unforgettable shows.

December 13th at 1pm and 5pm
December 14th at 1pm

Get your tickets below!

December 9, 2025 Submitted by Holly Hess

12/09/2025

🎄✨ The 5th Annual South Shore Merry Market is happening this Sunday, Dec. 14 from 10–4 at the The Red Lion Inn Barn!

🛍️ Shop 60+ local makers
🎅 Santa photos
🎶 Live music
🎨 Kids’ activities & crafts
☕ Hot cocoa, cider & treats

🌟 Plus, a special Kid Zone with kid vendors, letters to Santa, hair tinsel, and more holiday fun.

❤️ Proceeds support A Place to Rise and families in need across the South Shore. Click below for ticket details 🎟️

December 9, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

12/08/2025

👏🏈Congratulations tp the CHS Football Team! 👏🏈

Thursday night at Gillette Stadium, the No. 1 ranked Skippers (11-2) knocked off previously undefeated No. 2 Amesbury 22-14 to win their first title since 2021.

Click below for more photos, quotes and details from the game!

December 8, 2025 Story and photos by William Wassersug

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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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