Airport Commissioner Karin Goulian showed up at a Select Board meeting earlier this month with an unusual request. Goulian, who along with her husband runs aviation businesses at the Plymouth Municipal Airport, was asking to be named a “special municipal employee” — a designation that would exempt her from key sections of the state’s conflict […]
Author Archives: David Kidwell - Independent Staff
Posted inEducation
Schools audit suggests oversight reforms in wake of Van Cott lunch program fraud
The bizarre story of Plymouth Schools’ former food services director, who dragged heavy refrigerators out the back door and stole food from the kids’ lunch program as part of a decade long larceny scheme, has raised questions of failed oversight since his 2025 arrest. On Monday, the elected members of the town’s School Committee heard […]
Posted inGovernment
Cavacco’s previous tenure at times tumultuous
In this year’s contentious race for the Select Board, Betty Cavacco is trying to reclaim a spot atop town government by touting her experience, her efforts to save taxpayers money, and a return to what she describes as a more collegial relationship on the five-member board. She and her supporters tick off a list of […]
Posted inFrom the Editor
The editor’s humble apology
Click the button below to register for the March 11 “Meet the Editor” event, where Kidwell will be on hand to answer all your questions about the Independent, our coverage and his “curse of the Windy City.” I felt compelled as a very recent transplant from Chicago to apologize to everyone here for bringing my […]
Posted inFrom the Editor
Let me introduce myself
In my two weeks as the new editor of the Plymouth Independent, I have been to a Select Board meeting, met dozens of residents, edited more than a half dozen stories and begun to furnish our sparkling new office in the Plymouth Industrial Park. I am diving in, trying to build an understanding of what […]