Mother initiates North Star playground fundraiser

The North Star Elementary School playground was vandalized last summer and a Hingham woman has helped initiate a $50,000 fundraiser to not only repair but upgrade the playground.

Jessica Myers, mother of three, said she hopes to raise the money to build the ideal playground - to get everything on their wish list.

Northwest Farm Credit Services helped put a dent on that "lofty goal" Tuesday with a $1,000 check.

Havre Branch Manager Shaud Schwarzbach presented the check at 11 a.m. in the school gymnasium, where all the students gathered to thank Schwarzbach.

Myers had put in for a grant last yea...