Author Archives: Eric P. Cody

I read with interest Mark Pothier’s recent article in the Plymouth Independent about the possibility of one or more small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs, in industry jargon) at the former Pilgrim site. My views on this are informed by a career in the electric industry that spanned more than forty years, the last twenty of […]

Strip mining of sand has been the scourge of Plymouth’s natural landscape for decades. This industry has had a pronounced impact on the landscape of southeastern Massachusetts. Areas that have been mined resemble deserts or moonscapes when viewed on satellite imagery. Plymouth, Carver, Wareham, and neighboring towns, because of their large amounts of glacial sediment […]

Something remarkable has been happening on the lower level of the Plymouth Center for Active Living (CAL) over the last few months. A small army of highly qualified volunteers have, without fanfare, been churning out free federal and state tax returns for local taxpayers four days a week. It’s part of a nationwide program called […]

Many of us take for granted that the Town of Plymouth is endowed with an array of natural resources that other towns can only dream about – 35 miles of picturesque coastline, as many as 450 sparkling ponds, restored herring runs, globally rare pine barrens, an underground aquifer with billions of gallons of fresh water, […]