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Now, with that out of the way, let’s hear from you. Send your letters or commentaries to: letters@plymouthindependent.org. We’re looking forward to it.
My name is Beth Gragg, and I’m running for Town Meeting member representing Precinct 7 on May 18. I’m running because I see the pressure that Plymouth faces as it grows and raises revenues for much-needed services while at the same time maintaining the natural and historical appeal that attract people to our town. I would like to be part of the decision-making that helps shape how we respond to those pressures. The decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station…
Thank you to all the individuals who have voiced their support for Bill Keohan, long-serving chair of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). Thanks to Bill and the other dedicated members of the CPC, several of Plymouth’s most historically important buildings…
I can’t help but notice how many folks walking downtown stop in their tracks and look up to gaze at the stunning exterior of the newly renovated Spire Center. Over the past two years this 138-year-old former church went from…
What a disgraceful hit piece this was on Hunter Young. Hunter is running for School Committee! What relevance is there to his personal position on global climate warming? Fred Thys is, obviously, just another partisan editorialist, not an objective journalist.…
I applaud Joan Bartlett and Richard Serkey for their letters in defense of Bill Keohan. Joan and Richard are citizens who are involved in Plymouth and who have strived for decades to make Plymouth a better place to live. I…
As I continue to inform myself about Plymouth government and politics, I sense that much drama is going on behind the scenes. Members of our boards and committees have given in to a fractiousness that mirrors our national disorder. Lately,…
I am distressed by the comments made by Select Board Member Harry Helm about CPC Chairman Bill Keohan, as reported in the Plymouth Independent on April 27. Mr. Keohan apparently misstated to the spring Town Meeting the number of housing…
The recent article In the Plymouth Independent about Select Board member [Harry] Helm stating that Bill Keohan, chair of the Community Preservation Committee, had made an “egregious mistake” calls to mind an earlier article when Select Board member John Mahoney called…
I have just finished reading Andrea Estes’ piece from the Plymouth Independent on the Plymouth school district budget shortage. Superintendent Campbell mentioned a $2 million shortfall and a “reduction in force.” From where will those reductions come? Eliminating 30 jobs…
I have been a resident of Plymouth, specifically Summer Reach, since June 2019. Several weeks after arrival we went shopping for furniture and were referred to the Plymouth Furniture store in North Plymouth. Several months later, I was referred to…
The Town of Plymouth invites all residents to participate in a confidential survey about the future of open space, parks, and recreational opportunities in Plymouth. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) Division of Conservation Services oversees…