It’s easy to predict who will win a place on Plymouth’s Select Board in the May 18 town election – David Golden. That’s because there’s no contest. Shockingly, Golden is […]
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Posted inCulture
How the Mayflower II helped mend relations between the US and the UK
On June 8, 1957, the Mayflower II was nearing the end of her transatlantic journey from England to America. Near Bermuda, she encountered a fleet of international warships, which cruised […]
Posted inEnvironment
Stephens Field remake is on track for a July finish
Most of Stephens Field is torn up, but the outlines of the reimagined waterfront park are emerging as the long-anticipated $5 million project moves toward a planned mid-July finish. […]
Posted inCulture
Inspired by TikTok, she ditched the corporate scene to pursue her art
Plymouth resident Nikki Packard, a long-time creative designer, quit the corporate world and reinvented herself as a mural painter. This is part of an occasional series of short “as told […]
Posted inGovernment
Helm says Community Preservation chair made ‘egregious’ mistake in detailing affordable housing project
A vote approving funding for affordable housing on Court Street is in question after it came to light that two officials misspoke when they described the scope of the project […]
Posted inEducation
Superintendent warns of layoffs, citing a $2 million budget shortfall
Campbell says non-teaching positions and ‘redundancies’ will be targeted.
Posted inEnvironment
The town’s water supply is fragile. Is enough being done to protect it?
Everyone can agree that Plymouth’s precarious aquifer, which supplies the town’s drinking water, needs to be protected. But local activists warn that an increasing number of industrial, commercial, and residential […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
Do you know where Plymouth’s Tweenit section is?
A few years after my graduation from college in 1986, the Massachusetts economy sputtered and died. I decided to follow in the steps of my grandparents and seek my future […]
Posted inCulture
Pilgrim Festival Chorus goes deep with Brahms’s operatic ‘Requiem’
How to submit a listing for this column:It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at robert@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment […]
Posted inGovernment
Town says the nonprofit Farmhouse violates rules, lacks permits
The town has ordered the owner of a nonprofit known as The Farmhouse to stop using buildings on his 10-acre property to run educational programs, saying he lacks proper permits […]