The Kingston man killed when his small plane crashed Thursday morning in Curlew Pond at Myles Standish State Forest was a skilled pilot who had just bought the aircraft three weeks ago, according to a friend at Plymouth Municipal Airport. Richard Carrara, 81, a frequent presence at the airport, took off at around 6:30 a.m. […]
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Pilot killed after small plane crashes into Curlew Pond
An 81-year-old Kingson man was killed Thursday morning after his small plane crashed into a pond in Myles Standish State Forest, officials said. Plymouth police and firefighters arrived at Curlew Pond at around 7:45 a.m. and found the man – who was later identified as Richard Carrara, 81, of Kingston – trapped in the plane, […]
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Alleged child sex offender re-arrested on child porn charges
A former employee of the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth who was out on bail awaiting trial on charges he touched and photographed a half-nude seven-year-old camper was arrested again Tuesday on unrelated child pornography charges. Bradley Collins, 21, of East Bridgewater, was ordered held without bail at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility after […]
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Plymouth businessman convicted in COVID scam
A federal jury has found a Plymouth businessman guilty of pocketing Covid relief funds he received after lying about a previous fraud conviction. Joseph Kerrissey, 49, who owned several construction companies in town, allegedly submitted three fraudulent paycheck protection loan applications for his businesses worth more than $43,000. He was convicted June 18 of three […]
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A.D. Makepeace accused of illegal sand mining
The Boston-based environmental watchdog group is accusing the developer of South Plymouth’s massive Redbrook development of illegally strip-mining millions of yards of sand and “destroying wetlands and waterways without accountability.” The accusations came in a letter to A.D. Makepeace Company – a developer and the state’s largest cranberry grower – announcing the Conservation Law Foundation’s […]
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Airport Commission gets a shakeup
Just months after the Plymouth Municipal Airport Commission sued the town for alleged interference, the Select Board ousted two longtime airport commissioners, including chair Kenneth Fosdick. Board members denied their unanimous decision not to reappoint Fosdick and Douglas Crociati had anything to do with the lawsuit or retribution for filing it. Both had been airport […]
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Despite conflicts, Select Board votes 3-2 to advance Landers development
After weeks of closed-door discussions and a wave of public criticism, the Select Board Tuesday cleared the way for a housing developer to buy 138 acres of formerly protected land in Cedarville, with the deciding votes cast by two members who hold personal and political ties to him. The 3-2 decision to waive the town’s […]
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Two men arrested for attack on woman with mental illness
Two Plymouth men are facing criminal charges after a video appeared on the Facebook page ‘All Things Plymouth’ showing them allegedly punching and shoving a woman who is mentally ill and has no home. The alleged attack took place on April 8, but it wasn’t until May 20, when a caller alerted police to the […]
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Alleged rapist was long known for fiery outbursts
He’s been accused of shooting at a neighbor’s dog, texting his ex-wife 436 times over 13 hours, and calling a tenant 700 times after she complained about the way he was boarding her horses. Before he and his Plymouth police officer wife were charged with raping their adopted son, Dan Forand had a long history […]
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Judge orders town manager to reinstate services at airport
The town lost another round in its fight with the Plymouth Municipal Airport Commission Wednesday when the judge in the case ordered the town to resume providing services to the airport. Plymouth Superior Court Judge Gregg Pasquale directed town manager Derek Brindisi to rescind his controversial order instructing all town employees to stop doing any […]