December brought some gifts to local real estate agents in the form of healthy sales numbers – 108 Plymouth properties exchanged hands last month. The news was good for sellers, […]
Author Archives: Mark Pothier - Independent Staff
Brindisi orders ‘all appointed town officials to cease all communication with the PI’
The Jan. 3 request from Independent reporter Fred Thys was a standard one: He wanted to speak to someone at Town Hall about a story. The response from communications coordinator […]
‘The PI is worth your time and money’
Since launching in November 2023, the Plymouth Independent’s reach has far exceeded our expectations. In 2024, the first full year of publication, there were nearly 800,000 site visits, and about […]
Here are the 10 most read stories we published last year
As 2025 dawns, the Plymouth Independent has wrapped up its first full year of publication. And it truly was full. We published hundreds of stories, columns, letters, obituaries, videos, and […]
This year’s menorah lighting at Plymouth Rock holds special meaning
Darkness arrives early in December, but it will be a bit brighter on the waterfront late Sunday afternoon. The Chabad of the South Shore is planning to light a public […]
Will the Plymouth MBTA station ever reopen?
When the Plymouth Independent site went live on Nov. 21 of last year, the first batch of stories included one by Fred Thys about the status of the MBTA commuter […]
For months, no one applied to fill a vacancy on the Planning Board. Now it’s a crowded field.
Two weeks ago, not a single person had applied to fill two seats on the Planning Board that had been empty for months. Now it’s become a crowded field, with […]
Want to know what your neighbor’s home sold for?
This story is repetitive, but it nonetheless holds true – Plymouth’s housing market is tight. Sales typically start to slow with the arrival of winter, but there are other factors […]
New kiosk provides a safe way to dispose of needles and medical waste
If you’re out and about regularly, you’ve likely come across a used needle on a sidewalk, the beach, or in a park. It’s a symptom of a problem that plagues […]
Traffic alert: Clark Road widening project gets underway
Consider it a sign of how the Pinehills has grown into a town within the town: Clark Road, a once relatively quiet stretch off Route 3 connecting Long Pond and […]