The Town of Plymouth will soon begin distributing its share of the more than $150 million the state has already received from opioid lawsuit settlements, officials said on Monday. Plymouth, which had nine opioid-related deaths in 2022, has collected $399,000 so far and will be awarding grants to five agencies proposing innovative ways to tackle the epidemic, […]
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TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Each spring, Plymouth holds a combination regular and special town meeting at which much of its business gets done. This year, it’s on April 6, at the Plymouth North High School auditorium, starting at 8 a.m. Usually, it involves a lot of coffee drinking, lively debates, and fair amount of political maneuvering. Think of Town […]
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Bloody brawl is second violent incident at a downtown bar this month
What may have started as a critique of a woman’s karaoke performance turned into a full-scale brawl at a downtown bar on March 18, police said. Two men were stabbed during the midnight melee at the Main Street Sports Bar and Grill. It’s not clear from police reports who attacked whom first, but a man […]
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Downtown needs a ‘really nice place to stay’
Each room will be different — some small and intimate, others larger with fireplaces. All will blend Old World Plymouth with modern design. That’s Rick Vayo’s vision for two historic but rundown buildings on Chilton Street. The developer hopes to renovate them, creating a chic, high-end hotel for Plymouth visitors. “Downtown is in desperate need […]
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The town had $831,000 for police body cams. Instead, it’s using the money on Water St. sewer work.
The tense encounter could have ended a lot differently. When Plymouth police answered a call for shots fired on North Spooner Street early Saturday morning, they didn’t know what to expect. The 911 caller told police the shooter, who was actually a friend, was firing rounds at his home and the neighbor’s. And he was […]
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Public comment at Select Board meetings usually comes at the end – after votes are taken
When the Plymouth Select Board in January pondered a proposal to let cruise ships dock in the harbor again this summer, local fishermen showed up to protest the plan. They were worried that their fishing season— already shortened by federal rules protecting whales — would be further cut back to accommodate the ships, which carry […]
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Police say man opened fire on two houses after altercation
A 25-year-old Plymouth man is facing multiple felony charges, including armed assault to murder, after he allegedly unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two houses in North Plymouth. No one was injured in the early Saturday morning incident, though bullets landed inside two homes on North Spooner Street, Plymouth police said. Police said the man, […]
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Suspect in brutal Manomet attack was earlier charged with raping a 61-year-old homeless woman
She planned to hang herself with a rope, a woman told police last summer after allegedly being raped by 19-year-old Brodric Mason. But the 61-year-old homeless woman was too distraught to testify, so the charges against the Plymouth man were dismissed. And Mason was free to roam the streets. This week, Mason faced felony […]
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Firefighter charged with using hidden cameras to record his ex-girlfriend has been in trouble before
Even before he was accused of secretly recording his ex-girlfriend naked with another man, Richard Pimental faced criminal charges that could have disqualified him from working as a Plymouth firefighter. Pimental, 31, was placed on paid administrative leave in November after Fire Chief Neil Foley told Plymouth police that two co-workers, one of whom was […]
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Plymouth man pleads guilty to Covid fund fraud
A Plymouth man pleaded guilty Wednesday to Covid-19 relief fund fraud, according to the US Attorney’s office in Boston. Ferris Brooks, 41, applied for benefits in his own name and the names of three others — including two homeless people and a person who had been living in Dubai for more than a decade, prosecutors […]