Finding a coveted parking spot on Main and Court streets downtown depends on the time of day and season. Midday on a Monday or Tuesday in December is easy. Saturday […]
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Contentious Planning Board meeting marked by charges of racism, disrespectful behavior
Wednesday’s marathon Plymouth Planning Board meeting was marked by an apology, a call for punishment, and a fair amount of confusion. Following a four-hour session, the board allowed member Birgitta […]
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Redbrook affordable housing plan may get $4m in Community Preservation funds
The Community Preservation Committee Thursday approved spending $4 million to go toward building a 52-unit affordable apartment project at the Redbrook development on land donated by A.D. Makepeace Co. The […]
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Democrat Fernandes launches run for Moran’s Senate seat
Less than two weeks after state Senator Susan Moran said she would not run for re-election, a candidate has emerged for the Plymouth and Barnstable Democrat’s seat. State Representative Dylan […]
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Fresh off a national award, North’s Shelley Terry keeps challenging students
Every three to four weeks, students in Michelle “Shelley” Terry’s broadcast journalism class at North Plymouth High School produce a live 25-minute newscast. They do all the reporting and writing, […]
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‘You’re a pathological liar’
Over the objection of its longtime chair, the town’s Community Preservation Committee Thursday narrowly voted to fund an administrative position that would do some work for the committee but report […]
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Moran says she’s not running for re-election to the state Senate
State Senator Susan Moran, a Plymouth and Barnstable Democrat, is not running for re-election in 2024, and instead plans to run for clerk of Barnstable County Superior Court in next […]
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An electrocution, an oil spill, and disrepair: Residents of Mayflower Hills mobile home park have had it
John Lennox was weed whacking around a utility pole outside his home on Patriot Circle on Sept. 14 when it fell over and he felt a surge of electricity go […]
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Plimoth Grist Mill is for sale and potential buyers include the town
An undisclosed potential buyer has made an offer on one of Plymouth’s best-known historical landmarks, the Plimoth Grist Mill along Town Brook. But the bidder may have competition: The town […]
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You still can’t get there from here
The platforms at the Plymouth MBTA commuter rail station offer a spectacular water view, access to a rail trail, and parking. One thing they do not offer: trains. The adjacent […]