With the glow of the computer screen reflecting in her eyes, Isabella King tapped a keyboard several times and pushed “enter.” She waited a moment, then the pensive expression on her face brightened as the results began to appear. Beaming with pride, the Plymouth South High School sophomore said, “I can feel it! It’s starting […]
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Fox wins big with his wife but finishes second on ‘Jeopardy!’
So close, and yet so far. Jonathan Fox of Plymouth was almost the winner on “Jeopardy!” Tuesday evening. He answered the last question correctly and took the lead in final round but lost when the reigning champ also came up with the right response. Fox had the lead in Double Jeopardy! but dropped to second […]
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The question is, how will Plymouth’s Jonathan Fox do on ‘Jeopardy!’ Tuesday?
Answer: It’s the most fun you can have on TV. Question: What is being a contestant on “Jeopardy!”? That wasn’t one of the clues given to Jonathan Fox earlier this fall, but it is one he happily responds to today. The Plymouth husband and father of two was a contestant on the long-running TV quiz […]
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‘It was a helluva way to die’
High above the wild Montana wilderness, a Douglass C-47 Skytrain flew toward the flames. Inside the plane, 15 men hooked their static lines to the anchor cable and prepared to jump into harm’s way. Some 1,200 feet below them was Mann Gulch, a vast untamed region of mountains and woods in the Helena National Forest, […]
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For John Young, it’s all about soccer pitches and pizza
It’s easy to pick out John Young on a soccer field. At 6-foot-6, the Plymouth man stands heads and shoulders above most everybody else. Then there’s his beaming face – it’s like a beacon. All eyes are drawn to his gleaming smile as he glides down the pitch with the rest of the New England […]
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First-edition books by ‘conscience of the American Revolution’ loaned to Mercy Otis Warren Society
It doesn’t take long for a crowd to gather around Sean Considine and Michele Gabrielson as they stand in downtown’s Shirley Square. Though dressed in modern clothing, Considine has his long hair pulled back in a neat ponytail, resembling the style worn by a proud 18th-century British army captain, which he portrays as a Revolutionary […]
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All these years later, members of Plymouth High’s Class of ’46 still get together to remember
As expected, the senior dance was a very formal affair. High school students were immaculately dressed for the occasion, marking the end of youthful innocence and the beginning of more mature pursuits. Girls were decked out in white gowns and wore gloves while boys sported white jackets with matching flannel pants. Nearly eight decades ago, […]
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Behind the arm of D.C. Brown, Plymouth North captures Division 2 baseball championship
The game wasn’t quite over Sunday, but D.C. Brown’s day was done. The Plymouth North High School star pitcher, and 2024 MIAA Player of the Year, had reached his pitch limit and couldn’t remain on the mound at Polar Park in Worcester. Fortunately, the Eagles were leading after another masterful pitching performance by Brown – […]
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Remembering Tom Ruggiero and his amazing D-Day story
The seas were rough that morning 80 years ago. In the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, Sgt. Tom Ruggiero of Plymouth put a paper sack he’d been handed to good use as his Landing Craft Assault (LCA) bounced through heavy waves on the way to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. “I had thrown […]
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Navy veteran who escorted FDR to be honored on his 100th birthday
The scuttlebutt was true: something big was happening on the USS Baltimore. On July 21, 1944, Seaman First Class William “Willie” F. O’Connell watched with awe as President Franklin President Roosevelt was piped aboard in San Diego harbor. The U.S. Navy’s heavy cruiser escorted him on a secret mission to Hawaii, where he conferred with […]