Category: Your View

Plymouth has always been a destination for tourists, historians, and those who love the spend time by Massachusetts’ beautiful coastline. When The Salvation Army was located on the waterfront, we […]

Several recent [letters] in this column [Your View] have asserted that more information is needed about candidates for local offices. Certainly, voters need to be informed if they are to […]

I read the four responses to “why such a low voter turnout?” After thinking on what most people said were the reasons for such apathy, it struck me that these […]

For years I have been asking the town clerk for two things [related to voting]: notification and parking. Notification. I drive through other local towns and see signs stating that […]

My wife, Therese, and I moved into Pinehills two-plus years ago and are still getting familiar with the community. We didn’t vote because we don’t know any of the candidates.  […]

It amazes me that in America’s oldest town, which for all practical purposes is a city, a pathetically small voter turnout has become the norm, at least insofar as municipal […]

I moved to Plymouth in early 2020 and immediately started participating in town elections. I voted but I did not spend as much time as I do now watching PACTV […]

“Who really cares about a town election?” was a very good and thorough look at all the reasons behind this ongoing issue. I would add to [Select Board member] Kevin […]

Reading the recent article about [former Select Board member Harry] Helm made me want to write to the Plymouth Independent regarding the lack of voter turnout in the recent election. […]

It is sad to read that only about 10 percent of eligible voters in Plymouth cast a ballot in our recent election. Unfortunately, that is not far from the norm […]