On Sunday, June 9, an adult Canada goose was found sitting quietly in the flower bed near the front door. We live about a quarter mile from a deep pond […]
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Your View
Canty should have apologized instead of doubling down on his gaffe
The Open Meeting Law provides in part that “after notifying the chair…, any person may make a video or audio recording of an open meeting…after notifying the chair of the […]
Select Board member should have used common sense
This is absolutely absurd on the part of the Select Board. (“Canty says reporter could face years in prison for failing to announce he was recording a public meeting,” June […]
Master Plan should focus on water quality, preventing ‘reckless development’
During the (June 20) Plymouth Master Plan kickoff meeting, the turnout of Plymouth residents was significant. A majority of the goals voiced by attendees focused on safeguarding our drinking water […]
Hospital’s role in missing man case raises questions
Three years ago on a February morning, mid-Covid outbreak, my mother and I picked up my dad at the curb of [a Massachusetts] hospital. He had suffered a significant traumatic […]
Plymouth Independent fails to take responsibility for breaking the law
I’m disappointed in the Plymouth Independent. I was looking forward to the return of professional local journalism to Plymouth before the Plymouth Independent started publishing in November 2023. I have […]
Select Board member’s ‘invocation of wiretapping law is laughable’
I was distressed to read that Plymouth Select Board member Kevin Canty recently threatened a Plymouth Independent reporter, suggesting he was committing a felony by recording the board’s public meeting […]
Canty’s warning was troubling on many levels
I’m sure you have to tread lightly, but that article [on Select Board Member Kevin Canty] and topic exemplifies what can go wrong and so easily sideways with people and […]
Select Board members aren’t listening to Plymouth residents
I had the opportunity of working with Bill Keohan for several years in the early days of the Community Preservation Committee. Under his leadership, the committee was able to accomplish […]
The best way to help veterans: Stop going to war
I enjoyed Christopher Hart’s story. and think he’s doing great work. Whenever I read about veterans – either organizations that help them or people who celebrate them – I think […]