Plymouth Municipal Airport officials have promised to investigate why neighbors are increasingly complaining about noise. The airport plans to extend a runway, but concerns raised at two recent meetings were not so much about the expansion, but about how much noise neighbors are hearing now. It is a mystery to airport staff and […]
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Defense contractor fined for improperly moving hazardous waste from Plymouth airport
Final Forge, a company that had operations at Plymouth Municipal Airport and whose website says it makes “humancentric technology for the military, law enforcement, and homeland security,” has been fined $18,400 by the state for improperly transporting hazardous materials out of town. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection levied the fine, saying Final Forge moved […]
Posted inGovernment
Triffletti can’t act as a lawyer before town boards while also serving as moderator
Attorney Steve Triffletti walked into Tuesday’s Select Board meeting for what he thought would be a “housekeeping matter.” Instead, he ran into unanimous opposition from the five-member board, which told him he could no longer represent clients before town committees. Triffletti, who is also the town moderator, had come in to ask the Select […]
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Badger is a candidate for open House seat
Michelle Badger is running for the open House of Representatives seat in the 1st Plymouth district, which includes all of Plymouth except downtown and North Plymouth. Badger, a Democrat, is chair of the Plymouth School Committee. Badger is positioning herself as a defender of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which have been under attack […]
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Wallace Spencer announces bid to become state rep
Dee Wallace Spencer, a principal lecturer at Northeastern University, is running for the open seat in the 1st Plymouth House district. Wallace Spencer, who is a lifelong Plymouth resident, made the announcement Thursday at a campaign kickoff at the ThreeV restaurant at Cordage Park. She is the only Republican in the race so far. On […]
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As expected, Biden, Trump easily top primary ballots in Plymouth
President Biden and former president Donald Trump each easily topped their parties’ presidential primary ballots in Plymouth – as they did statewide – on a not-so-super Super Tuesday. In the Democratic primary, Biden received 5,780 votes, or 87 percent of the ballots cast. “No preference” came in second with 363 votes, about 5 percent of […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Holtec improperly donated money to the Chamber of Commerce, local parades
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of Holtec International, the company charged with decommissioning the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, found that it misspent $84,000 from a trust fund paid for by a surcharge on electric bills. The Decommissioning Trust Fund – set up to cover the cost of decommissioning Pilgrim and storing the spent fuel […]
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Officials say airport’s $7.6m runway expansion won’t bring more, bigger jets
Sharon Racette says she can taste fumes outside near Plymouth Airport’s main runway. She wonders whether a planned extension of the runway will make it worse. The Plymouth Airport Commission wants to lengthen the runway by 351 feet to 5,001 feet, or nearly a mile long. Racette believes that could bring in more jets, more […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Plan to pump treated wastewater from harbor to Camelot Park raises concerns
Last fall, fish started dying at Darlene Nickerson’s trout hatchery in Chiltonville. “I knew I should have been testing my water, but it’s expensive,” said Nickerson – who owns Gilbert Trout Hatchery – during a recent walk along her fence-lined and netting-covered brook. “But when you lose them it’s just heartbreaking.” After she finally […]
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High-end staffing company owned by Plymouth man fined $2.5 million by state for labor law violations
A staffing company owned by a Plymouth man has been fined $2.5 million by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell for violating state labor laws. The company, Concierge Services, is owned by Gregory Doyle. Its office is on Franklin Street in Boston, but the company also has a Plantation Road mailing address in Plymouth. Doyle did […]