A plan to sell the Atlantic Country Club for housing has some neighbors teed off. The McSharry family, which has owned the South Plymouth golf course on Little Sandy Pond Road for decades, last week signed a $20 million purchase and sales agreement with developers. The buyers told the Independent that they see enormous potential […]
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How to avoid getting a parking ticket this season
Let the grumbling begin. The calendar has turned to April, and the covers have come off meters in the downtown and waterfront area. It’s time to start paying for parking again. And like chirping birds, spring also brings the harping of Park Plymouth’s critics, the private company contracted by the town to manage parking. Its […]
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Pinehills condo owners’ suit over water leak woes moves forward
It was supposed to be their dream home — a spectacular condominium in the Pinehills, complete with outdoor and indoor fireplaces, professionally designed gardens, and an upgraded white kitchen. Kenneth and Darlyn Gagnon were eager to move in and leave behind the apartment they were renting elsewhere in the Pinehills — the town’s largest residential […]
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Beth Israel Deaconess nurses vote to authorize strike
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth nurses were back at the bargaining table Friday, one day after union members picketed outside the library and voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike. The nurses voted 279-19 in favor of striking, if agreement on a new contract can’t be reached. About 40 nurses did not vote. The authorization […]
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They floated an idea for a convention center in Plymouth. It sank.
The idea of building a convention center in Plymouth may sound good in theory to some people, but in practice it has attracted no interest from hotel owners or developers. Buoyed by a state-funded feasibility study that found the Plymouth area is a viable location for a mid-size convention center, See Plymouth and the Plymouth […]
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Massachusetts needs 222,000 more homes. What does that mean for Plymouth?
In Massachusetts, the need for new housing is staggering. So the state is taking charge — whether cities and towns like it or not. In Plymouth, which has been growing rapidly for years, officials hope a new state law aimed at encouraging more housing will help give the town more control over when and where […]
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Who said there’s no such thing as a free ride?
The price of just about everything is up, but you can still get a free ride in parts of Plymouth. The Plymouth Growth and Development Corporation has announced a $175,000 grant to fully fund Ride Circuit for the 2025 season. The electric vehicle program provides free shuttle service to residents and visitors, primarily in the […]
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Town will no longer subsidize outdoor dining parklets
Outdoor dining will return to downtown Plymouth this summer, but it will cost restaurants more to offer it. For the first time since al fresco dining was started during the pandemic, the Select Board – by a 3-to-1 vote – decided to stop subsidizing the cost of setting up and breaking down the “parklets” in […]
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State seizes waterfront restaurant over $228,000 in unpaid taxes
Carmen’s Café Nicole, a popular breakfast-and-lunch restaurant on Water Street, has been seized by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for failure to pay taxes. According to the department’s website, the owner, Aria Capone, owes the state more than $228,000. Capone said in an email Thursday that she has been working with an attorney and a […]
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Work on controversial Cedarville business park set to start
Work on a new business park off Hedges Pond Road in Cedarville will begin in March, now that the developer has purchased the land and the town has issued a building permit for the first phase of the controversial project. On Feb. 7, the Plymouth Foundation closed the deal, selling 34 acres at 71 Hedges […]