Alleging “widespread and systematic irregularities” in Plymouth’s counting of mail-in ballots in the Sept. 3 primary, state Senate candidate Kari MacRae Friday said she will seek a court order to force town officials to count them again. MacRae, of Bourne, who originally lost the Republican primary to state Rep. Matt Muratore by 45 votes, alleged […]
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Plymouth man allegedly cyberstalked professor for seven years
A Plymouth man is accused of stalking a woman online for seven years, posting phony photos on websites, soliciting sex, and creating fake social media and email accounts to harass her. James Florence Jr., 36, was arrested without incident Wednesday at his apartment in the Redbrook development in South Plymouth and later appeared in federal […]
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Plymouth County grand jury indicts McDonald’s stabbing suspect
A Plymouth County grand jury Friday indicted Jared Ravizza, the man charged with stabbing six people during a spring rampage that began at a Braintree theater and ended at a Plymouth McDonald’s. Ravizza, 27, of Agawam, is accused of attacking two workers at the McDonald’s at the Route 3 rest area on the evening of […]
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Boston developer shuts the door on plans for apartments at Benny’s Plaza
The developer who hoped to build an apartment complex in the plaza where Benny’s department store once stood has scrapped the idea, bowing to fierce opposition from North Plymouth neighbors. “We reached out to see if our vision of that site was one that the neighborhood would work with us to achieve,” said Jay Doherty, […]
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Police seek to solve mystery of Redbrook mailroom thefts
Plymouth police are trying to catch the thief or thieves who made their way into the locked Redbrook mail house and helped themselves to several packages belonging to residents of the South Plymouth development. “This matter is still under investigation,” Captain Jason Higgins said in an email. “Our detective division is vigorously working this case […]
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Lawsuit against town, police officer alleges ‘dangerous’ chase caused crash that seriously injured innocent woman
It was an ordinary Wednesday afternoon and Andrea Ratey was on her way to Walmart at Colony Place. She was driving along Federal Furnace Road, turning onto Seven Hills Road, when her life changed in an instant. A young man in a muscle car struck her compact SUV with such force that the rear section […]
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Plymouth woman charged with selling drugs to undercover troopers
A Plymouth woman is facing multiple drug charges after she allegedly sold crack, fentanyl, and methadone to undercover state troopers, according to court records. Police began investigating Claudette Ylitalo, 47, after finding her number on the cellphone of a person who died from a drug overdose in June, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim […]
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Residents aren’t sold on plan for apartments at Benny’s Plaza
Everyone loved Benny’s. But a proposal to turn Benny’s Plaza into a high-end apartment complex? Not so much. Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, a 100-year-old Boston real estate firm, wants to redevelop the North Plymouth property, which is mostly deserted. The firm’s chief executive officer, Jay Doherty, came to town Wednesday with a plan to build […]
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Plymouth man charged with killing his father ordered held without bail
Matthew Paluzzi, the Plymouth man accused of stabbing his father to death this week, was ordered held without bail Friday in Plymouth District Court. Paluzzi, 26, pleaded not guilty to murder charges before Judge Julie Bernard, who sent him to the Plymouth County Correctional Facility, according to the Plymouth County district attorney’s office. His attorney, […]
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Manomet murder suspect was on probation for threatening a woman with a gun
A 26-year-old Plymouth man faces murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his father to death with a kitchen knife Thursday. Matthew Paluzzi will be arraigned Friday in Plymouth District Court, according to a spokeswoman for Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. He is accused of killing his father, Anthony Paluzzi, 73, of 15 Cedar Road […]