How to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at robert@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. Former Plymouth Police Chief Michael Botieri, who joined the force in 1985 and rose to […]
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Philharmonic’s director: ‘Be prepared to be blown away’
How to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at robert@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. In his 30th season as the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra’s music director, Steven Karidoyanes says he’s […]
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‘Nothing makes my heart sing more than when someone gets something from the animals’
Darlene Nickerson is the founder and director of Black Feather Horse Rescue. According to its website, the “mission and passion of this rescue is to find abused and neglected animals, particularly horses, to give them a loving and healing home, earn their trust, care for their needs and when possible, find them new loving homes.” […]
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From Dylan to Pink Floyd, the Slambovian Circus of Dreams wears its influences well
How to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at robert@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. Their musical influences come from a range of sources, founding member Tink Lloyd acknowledges, but […]
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Immigrants find a temporary home, but face an uncertain future
The Baymont by Wyndham Motel in Kingston has become a temporary home to about 300 people from all over the Americas. Ninety-six immigrant families live at the motel off Route 3, where their housing is overseen by the Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless. About 75 percent of the families are newcomers to Massachusetts, said […]
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Giving is in this Cedarville woman’s blood
In 2016, after donating platelets more than 100 times at the Kraft Blood Donor Center in Boston, Terry McKenna of Cedarville received disappointing news. Researchers discovered that some women who had previously given birth carry an extra antibody – human leukocyte antigen (HLA) – that can harm patients who receive their platelets. Terry, a mother […]
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Plymouth is full of historical artifacts. But where to store them?
Dostadning. It’s a mashed up Swedish word combining death and cleaning. It was derived by Swedish author Margareta Magnusson who wrote the book “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” in 2017. The basic premise is to purge your life of possessions so it does not fall to your children to deal with them. I […]
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How to keep the kids busy during school vacation week
How to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. There it is, looming on the calendar, the third full week of February, the dreaded […]
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Rekindling the John, Priscilla, and Myles love triangle
Samson and Delilah. Antony and Cleopatra. Romeo and Juliet. John and Priscilla. History is filled with love stories. They feed our fantasies of romance and remind us why remembering Valentine’s Day should be taken to heart. Though largely legendary, some of these accounts of affection are based on fact. Even Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers are believed […]
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She’s out to make a scene downtown
This is the first in an occasional series of short “as told to” profiles by Plymouth resident Carl Mastandrea, who describes himself as a “photographer, teacher, and storyteller.” First up is Katharine LiBretto the artist-owner of Inky Hands Studio, which she opened at 84 Court St. in 2018. She is also one of the co-originators […]