You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org, at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. Have you been to the newly remade Stephens Field? Since its “soft opening” in early […]
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$6.2m Pilgrim Hall project will restore precious artwork, replace roof
Pilgrim Hall, one of the oldest museums in the country, is marking its bicentennial with a $6.2 million renovation project that got underway earlier this month. The project is focused on restoring two massive historical paintings and replacing the 200-year-old building’s roof. Because the roof replacement also entails interior work, certain precautions had to be […]
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Meet the man who shoots (pictures) of birds
Photographer Bob Warner is a regular contributor to the Plymouth Independent’s “Your Art Here” section. The Plymouth resident’s closeup photographs of birds, in particular, are stunning. Videojournalist Christopher Harting recently spent some time with Warner to find out more about the man and his art. He captures Warner’s story in this short video.
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Project Arts concert moved indoors due to EEE danger
The setting for the final show of this summer’s Project Arts concert series won’t be as scenic as usual, but it will be safer. The organization behind the popular free concerts is moving Wednesday’s event from Pilgrim Memorial Park on the waterfront to Memorial Hall on Court Street because of the town’s high risk for […]
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‘Charlie Mac’ touched my life over decades
It’s always a gut punch when you hear someone you know has passed. Whether it is through a phone call, a passing conversation on the street, or a post on Facebook, you are never ready. For me, this happened Friday night (Aug. 16), on Facebook, when I learned of the passing of a Plymouth icon […]
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Here’s a place for Plymouth artists to show their work
Artists know that getting their work in front of an audience is challenging. There are only so many shows, fewer galleries, and the competition for entry into both is tough. Besides, even though all your friends promised they’ll come to the opening, you just know only a handful will follow through. We can’t solve the […]
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‘It was a helluva way to die’
High above the wild Montana wilderness, a Douglass C-47 Skytrain flew toward the flames. Inside the plane, 15 men hooked their static lines to the anchor cable and prepared to jump into harm’s way. Some 1,200 feet below them was Mann Gulch, a vast untamed region of mountains and woods in the Helena National Forest, […]
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Let play time begin: Stephens Field gets a ‘soft opening’ on Friday
After decades of planning and 10 months of construction, the new incarnation of Stephens Field off Sandwich and Fremont streets opens on Friday. “It’s been a lot of work by a lot of people to get to this point, so it’s nice to finally see this project coming to completion,” said David Gould, director of […]
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Savoring memories of savord in North Plymouth
The unrelenting heat and humidity of July reminded me of many an August from my youth. It also reminded me of a North Plymouth tradition that has fallen away for my family. When I was growing up, August meant the fresh fruit of New England was coming into season and filling the grocery stores. Today […]
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Neither rain nor tent-assembling could deter these campers
A driving rain did not dampen the enthusiasm as rangers eagerly taught families how to set up camp last weekend at Myles Standish State Forest, marking the return of a program that began in 2008, but was put on hold for several years because of the pandemic. “We want families to become confident and skilled […]