Category: Your View

Plymouth’s Zoning Board of Appeals has one brave member when it comes to the 71 Hedges Pond Road development. Alternate ZBA member, David Peck, did his homework. The other Zoning Board of Appeals members relied on the opinions of Plymouth’s special town counsel and the director of inspectional services to render a decision on the […]

I am writing to vigorously object to the character assassination of Zoning Board of Appeals member David Peck by Becca Bankhurst in her letter to the editor following the ZBA vote on the Cedarville commercial development on Hedges Pond Road. Mr. Peck works hard to measure every case that comes before him against the requirements […]

David Peck sat in the April 7 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting and voted his conscience [on the 71 Hedges Pond Road project], probably. He is a public official appointed to the ZBA, and he pledged his fealty to Meg Sheehan in the most brazen dereliction of duty I have ever seen. After two hours […]

An open letter to ZBA Chair Michael Main: I’m writing to express a deep concern – not about the specifics of a special permit or the details of a zoning case – but about the treatment of public speakers during the March 3, Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. What took place that evening was more […]

Nominations for the 2025 Edward W. Santos Community Service Award (The Ed Award), an annual award that recognizes individuals for their service to Plymouth whether it be a lifetime, or a year, is now open. The nomination period runs from April to August 31. In a world where communities are often divided, and fewer individuals […]

How well do you know your roads? If you’ve driven around Massachusetts lately, you may have noticed the potholes problem. These road craters are more than just a bump in the road. They are real headaches for the drivers when they have to fix damage on their vehicle. We are a group of high school […]

“Let’s use Town Meeting as a tool.” This was Mr. [Charlie] Bletzer, Select Board Member, at the April 1 Select Board meeting. Though it was April Fool’s Day, he wasn’t joking. He proposed adding a nonbinding question (allowing firearms in municipal buildings and parks – Article 12) to the May 17th election ballot. In addition, […]

Thank you for your article, “What can be done about people who trash Prestige Way?” Sustainable Plymouth is making headway on recycling and waste reduction along with assisting the town with its Hometown Cleanup. There is much to be done on this topic, and I would know as I continually pick up approximately 9,500 linear […]

Happy spring! As we finally welcome some warmer weather, I wanted to share an update from our first 100 days in the state Senate. Six thousand pieces of legislation were filed to start the legislative session. Our office filed 48 bills that cover environmental protection, housing for working people, data privacy, support for our tourism […]

A recent writer to the Plymouth Independent claimed that “town officials and their pro-development appointees on town boards and committees keep rubber stamping market rate housing”. That claim overlooks the fact that in many cases, rightly or wrongly, state law limits the ability of towns to deny permits to applicants whose projects meet the requirements […]