Taking a minute or two to read this might keep you from getting stuck in Manomet traffic for many minutes. As part of a water main replacement project, the town’s […]
Author Archives: Mark Pothier - Independent Staff
Posted inCulture Calendar
Scaring up Halloween happenings around town
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Posted inGovernment
Town builds a safer crosswalk, with mums, too
If you’ve driven on Sandwich Street near downtown in the last week, the patch of newly planted mums in front of the Plymouth Training Green may have caught your eye. […]
Posted inCulture Calendar
Time travel to the 17th century with the New Plimmoth Gard this weekend
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State lowers town’s EEE risk from high to moderate
Both of Plymouth’s high school football teams are on the road this week, but when they return to play on their home fields, it will back to “Friday Night Lights.” […]
Posted inGovernment
Veterans services nonprofit opens center in downtown Plymouth
A nonprofit that provides behavioral health, housing, employment, and re-entry services for veterans officially opened in downtown Plymouth Tuesday. The Boston-based Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, known as VOAMASS, held […]
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An afternoon in the park: Celebrate the official opening of Stephens Field
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Posted inBusiness Beat
Mini golf or a flea market at Benny’s Plaza? No, but here are some ideas that might work.
Editor’s note: Unlike our news stories, this column also includes the author’s opinions. “Change” is the word of the year in Plymouth. Maybe the word of the decade. Plymouth is […]
Posted inEnvironment
If you have concerns about water in Ponds of Plymouth: The company that manages the system is holding an open house.
Some Ponds of Plymouth residents have been complaining about smelly and discolored water for years – ever since Connecticut-based Aquarian Water Co. started managing the development’s system in 2021. Drinking […]
Posted inEducation
Plymouth South awarded $201,000 state grant for design and visual communications program
Plymouth South High School has been awarded more than $201,000 to help boost its graphic design and visual communications program, as part of a $15 million Skills Capital Grant program. […]