If he had just kept a key to his father’s house, Brian Vincenzi wouldn’t be facing felony drug charges. Vincenzi, 33, of Carver, was allegedly trying to break into his father’s home on Grabau Drive in Plymouth just before 5 p.m. on Dec. 1 when someone called the police. It was dark and rainy, and […]
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Former professor who faced rape accusation resigns from conservation commission
The Plymouth select board had two candidates to choose from when they were making an appointment to the town’s conservation commission last month. One was a retired orthopedic surgeon, an honors graduate who volunteered with the Indian Health Service in Alaska and the Mass. Medical Reserve Corps during the pandemic. He’s a trustee of Plymouth’s […]
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Priced out: Plymouth’s slim stock of ‘affordable’ housing puts living here beyond reach for many
It has magnificent golf courses and meandering trails. It has swimming pools and clubhouses, and a French-style inn complete with a Monet-inspired lily pond. And there are thousands of homes —grand houses, quaint cottages, and posh apartments. The Pinehills in Plymouth has something for everyone — or almost everyone. The town’s largest residential development, […]
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Plymouth residents stole a half million dollars in COVID benefits, prosecutors say
Aaron Fernandes was in jail on drug charges when he hatched a plan —over a recorded phone line — to collect COVID relief payments he wasn’t entitled to, prosecutors say. Fernandes, 42, of Plymouth, is accused of plotting with two women to pocket nearly $100,000 in relief payments meant for people struggling to survive financially during the […]