Hingham Select Board Reaffirms Bare Cove Site for New Senior Center

Rejects Alternative “Hitchcock Building” Proposal

HINGHAM — February 17, 2026 — The Hingham Select Board moved one step closer to breaking ground on the new Center for Active Living (HCAL) at Bare Cove Park, receiving a comprehensive permitting update and dismissing a late-stage proposal to pivot the project to the former Hitchcock shoe building on Beal Street. Officials warned that such a shift would …