Hey neighbors, check out the kid-friendly flavors nip bottles come in these days – variety packs are cheap. How about coconut, lime or banana rum, or vodka in grape, orange, strawberry or watermelon? Trade with your friends! There’s vanilla, berry & honey whisky, Bailey’s chocolate cherry, and butterscotch, rootbeer & peppermint schnapps. Perhaps you’d like […]
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Nip bans produce less litter and reduce drinking while driving
A ban on the sale of nips was passed at October’s Town Meeting. Consumers can still purchase any type of alcohol they want. The question is where does someone’s right to drink alcohol out of a small bottle end and everyone else’s right to safe and clean streets begin? Opponents minimize nips’ contribution to drinking […]
Banning the sale of nips is environmentally responsible
I write in support of the prohibition on the sale of liquor in bottles less than or equal to 100 ml. We have heard many reasons why this prohibition is beneficial. Among them are a reduction in roadside litter, presumably less alcoholic consumption in a moving vehicle, and the reduction of non-biodegradable plastics that contaminate […]
Nips are hardly the only trash problem in town
Nips are only part of the overall scattered trash that has lined our roads for years here in South Plymouth. The fast-food litter and many varieties of alcohol containers all chain our beautiful natural road scapes. Bagged and loose trash also line the many routes to the Manomet town dump. Local pond associations have collectively […]
There’s a good reason why alcohol is sold in small containers
It should not be the role of government to mandate the size of containers that products come in. Liquor companies package their products in small containers because there is a demand for them. The arguments for banning nips are misguided. The proponents of using the government to prohibit these products point to the behavior of some people […]
Liquor store owner says nip ban will cause people to drink more
I would like to share my thoughts on the nip ban. Why should we punish the majority of consumers because of the bad behavior of a few? Most people who purchase nips don’t go jump in a car, drink, and drive around town throwing them out the window. The vast majority of the people who […]
Newcomer was ‘shocked’ by the lack of local news coverage in Plymouth
We moved to Plymouth about 18 months ago from the Berkshires – there we had a physical newspaper and at least two online news sources (that had journalists on staff). I was shocked to find out that a municipality, one of the oldest in the country, with over 60,000 people had nothing. I am so […]
League wants to know why so few of us cast ballots in town elections
The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area was dismayed when it saw the percentage of those who voted in the elections last May was a mere 15 percent. Historically, this amount was not that unusual, as that rate fluctuates between 12-15 percent, but this year there was an important ballot question concerning changes […]
Plymouth residents can opt to purchase clean electricity
Thank you for Porter Hoagland’s excellent article describing Plymouth’s challenges in preparing for the impacts of a warming climate. One paragraph deserves clarification: While 49 percent of the electricity supplied by Plymouth’s power utility, Eversource, does come from natural gas, the Town of Plymouth offers residents and businesses 100 percent clean electricity at a lower […]
We need a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods in Plymouth
Thanks for your reporting of Plymouth’s downtown evolution. Would love to see a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods pop up in Plymouth – a perfect place for either versus traveling to Hyannis or Hanover or further north. There’s so much empty retail space, it would be a boon to the town and region. Chris St. […]