The thieves were no match for Steven Galandzi. The 28-year-old Plymouth Walmart employee, autistic and vulnerable, was leaving work in late August when three young men accosted him demanding money. At first, he resisted but was so scared he opened his wallet and ended up giving them everything —$150 he had saved from his weekly […]
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School board OK’s nearly $119 million budget, but with a big caveat
A week after school officials declared the school budget approved by the town inadequate, the Plymouth School Committee on Thursday passed the same spending plan. But the school committee, which met in a special afternoon session, said it will come back for more money after it negotiates new contracts with unionized school employees, including teachers. […]
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Village Sports Club cited for health violations
The Village Sports Club in the Pinehills development exposes members to a full menu of fitness options — basketball, pickleball, tennis, swimming, yoga and weight training. It also has exposed them to an array of potentially unsafe conditions such as mildew, rust, cracks in the shower, peeling paint, and debris in the pool, according to […]
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Cruise ships will make 23 visits to Plymouth this year
Plymouth Harbor will become a regular port of call for cruise ships this coming summer after the select board Tuesday night approved a deal with American Cruise Lines. The unanimous vote came despite threats of a lawsuit from local lobstermen. The one-year agreement calls for a cruise ship to dock in the harbor 23 times […]
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A career marked by many complaints ends with a hefty payday
He left a motorist shaking and irate after stopping her for driving just under the speed limit in the Route 3 passing lane. He allegedly pepper sprayed a man who was already restrained in handcuffs. He ordered a subordinate to remove from a police report the name of a teenager stopped for alleged drunk driving, complaints […]
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Former Sandy’s owner sentenced for federal tax evasion
The former owner of Sandy’s, the popular seasonal restaurant and bar on Plymouth’s Long Beach, was sentenced Friday to two years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion. Rudolph Ferrucci, 66, of Plymouth, who owned the cash-only Sandy’s, was accused of concealing business income from the Internal Revenue Service – nearly $1.2 million between […]
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Ponds of Plymouth property defaced by ugly graffiti, including swastikas
Last weekend, residents of Lunn’s Way in the Ponds of Plymouth development woke up to alarming graffiti that included swastikas spray painted on fences, signs, and mailboxes, Plymouth police said. The graffiti, which appeared in the early morning of Dec. 9, also included racial epithets and drawings of male body parts, police said. “The department […]
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In separate arrests, two facing cocaine, fentanyl charges
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, […]