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Your View
Addiction treatment center aims to raise awareness
BrightView Health’s Plymouth addiction treatment center invited the community to learn more about effective outpatient addiction treatment this past week. Often people who struggle with addiction do not need hospitalization, […]
Instead of doom-scrolling, appreciate your life in Plymouth and get involved
Years ago, I stopped by the downtown store Something for your Dust to Christmas shop for my brother. We love maps. I discovered a beautiful old map labeling the houses […]
SEMASS is the least efficient form of energy production
Readers perhaps saw a fine article last week in the Independent on solid waste and recycling. However, in that article I was misquoted as stating that Waste to Energy (WTE) […]
Rotary auction is a bid to boost Plymouth
The Rotary Club of Plymouth has been helping the Plymouth community since 1940 and today has over 45 members who strive to live by the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. […]
Pay attention: More banks mean more development
Maybe Mr. Pothier’s article, “A (dollar sign) of Plymouth’s Growth: More Banks” should read, “Heads Up Plymouth!” As a Planning Board member, seeing the number of banking chains applying for […]
Hold Holtec responsible for Pilgrim by getting involved
I am a resident of Cape Cod. I am born and raised here and have seen many negative environmental changes occur over my lifetime. I am writing this letter because […]
Town Hall is dominated by ‘pro-development interests’
This is in response to the Plymouth Independent’s Feb. 9, 2024, story, Neighbors’ fight to stop 55-plus apartment project backfires. The story claims to be about the Claremont Plymouth LLC […]
Plymouth has better sites for more housing than Colony Place
Yes, In My Back Yard. The current struggle between the Claremont apartment project and Sawyer’s Reach neighbors at Colony Place is just another episode of the constant and omnipresent struggle […]
Rabbi’s story is well worth sharing
I read with interest Dina Karam’s submission to the Plymouth Independent (“Rabbi’s travel diary is ‘deeply skewed’”). Karam is critical of Rabbi Estelle Mills’ travel diary, and of the Independent’s […]