• Seamstress Jean Liben has much to celebrate, as she just completed work on creating the 1,001st dress as part of the Village Dresses mission project. She began the effort nine years ago to send dresses to orphaned girls in Haiti, and in 2016, her inspiring story was made into a children’s book of the same name. As she notes, “every stitch is sewn with love!”

• Congratulations to four Hull residents who ran in Monday’s 129th Boston Marathon – Ryan Baggett, Adrienne Lamb, Caitlin Ryan, and Carla Smith.

• Abigail Gibson was named to the Dean’s List during the fall semester at Salve Regina University. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 for full-time students completing at least 12 graded credits.

• What a historic time to be in Italy! Students from Hull High School are currently overseas, traveling the Italian countryside and visiting major cities as an activity of Project Humanitarian Involvement, a club that focuses on humanitarian-based service. The students are scheduled to be in Rome and the Vatican on Saturday, when funeral services are to be held for Pope Francis. Hull students departed on Easter Sunday for the weeklong trip and will return this weekend.

• Anton Kraus and Daniel Tiani were named to the Dean’s List at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the fall semester.

• Are you ready to help beautify Hull this weekend? Building on the Hull Garden Club’s Earth Day cleanup on Tuesday, the Hull Beautification Committee is sponsoring a townwide cleanup on Saturday, April 26. Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., residents are encouraged to clean and beautify their neighborhoods, with the goal of individual efforts adding up to a “Hulluva Cleanup” all over town. Pickup of gloves and colored trash bags will be held at N Street; Hull’s Department of Public Works will pick up the bags from designated areas later in the day. If you would like to organize a cleanup team, the beautification committee will suggest an area where you can roll up your sleeves and show some Hull pride – email hullbeautificationcommittee@gmail.com for details.

• State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy leadership today announced the graduation of 18 firefighters from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program, among them Hull’s Joseph Coffey. At the academy, recruits learn all these skills and more, including the latest science of fire behavior and suppression tactics, from certified fire instructors. They also receive training in public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquids, stress management, and self-rescue techniques. The intensive, 10-week program involves classroom instruction, physical fitness training, firefighter skills training, and live firefighting practice. The MFA provides training for career, call, and volunteer firefighters at every level of experience, from recruit to chief officer, at campuses in Stow, Springfield, and Bridgewater.

• Several Hull students were named to the fall Dean’s List at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Students are appointed to the Dean’s List at the end of a semester in which they have completed a minimum of 12 graded credits and have earned a grade-point average of 3.5 or better. Hull students earning the honor were Edie Brooks, Madelyn Brooks, Finn Carragher, Katie Clifford, Bridget Fleming, Katie Fortnam, Ava Hutchinson, Haylee Londergan, Neelah McCarthy, Maria Polito, Melissa Rymaszewski, Harriet Wiley, Ellie Zieper, and Joshua Zieper.

• The annual Hull Pride Scholarship is awarded every year to graduating high school senior(s) in Hull who “embody and further the values of Hull Pride – diversity and inclusion.” This year, $5,000 will be awarded to the selected recipient(s), who are nominated by their peers. The submission deadline is April 25. Last year’s scholarship was awarded to Dahlia Hedrick, a 2024 graduate of Hull High School who is now attending Berklee College of Music. Hull High students should contact their advisor to nominate a peer by April 25. For more information, visit www.hullpride.net/scholarship.

• Elise Ryan was named to the College of the Holy Cross fall Dean’s List. A member of the Class of 2025, Ryan was honored for outstanding academic achievement; to qualify, students must pass four or more letter-graded courses with no failing grades during the semester and earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

• Matteo Arshad was named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Arshad is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. To qualify, students must earn a semester grade-point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

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