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 […]
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Posted inBusiness
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 […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
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 […]
Posted inGovernment
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 […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
Posted inGovernment
Neighbors’ fight to stop 55-plus apartment project backfires
Be careful what you wish for. Neighbors have battled the proposed Claremont apartment project at Colony Place for nearly two years. They filed appeal after appeal, alleging the town violated […]
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Plymouth man pleads guilty to attacking Capitol Police officer during Jan. 6 rioting
A retired Boston police officer from Plymouth pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he assaulted a Capitol Police officer during the breach of the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Joseph […]