The town’s Memorials Advisory Committee, which has been unable to take any votes for a year because it lacked a quorum, will finally be able to do so again. The Select Board Tuesday appointed three new members to the five-member committee: Alice Baker, Jeanette Kelley, and Jennifer MacIver Edwards. The lack of a working Memorials […]
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Posted inBusiness
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Bert’s razing said to be imminent
Bert’s, the forlorn shell of a former restaurant at the beginning of Plymouth Beach, could finally be torn down during the second week of December, according to an attorney for the property’s owners. Bill Sims told the Independent that he still must confirm the contractor’s availability and make sure that dust suppression measures are in […]
Posted inCulture
Why there wasn’t a rain date for the Thanksgiving parade
When it rains during the annual Thanksgiving parade – like it did Saturday – Katy Thayer feels the impact at Uva, the wine bar she co-owns on Main Street. “When the sun was shining, we did probably twice as much business,” Thayer said. But for the last two years, the weather has been […]
Posted inGovernment
After a year of frustration, a grieving father’s wish is granted
David Berkeley has spent nearly a year focused on one thing: Receiving permission from the town to install public benches in memory of his two late sons. On Tuesday, without discussion or fanfare, the Select Board voted 4-0 to approve memorial applications for benches in remembrance of Matthew Scott Berkeley and Brent Fitzgerald Berkeley for […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Fernandes seeks to halt venting of radioactive vapor at Pilgrim
State Senator Dylan Fernandes has introduced legislation that would prevent Holtec Decommissioning International from venting radioactive vapor at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Manomet until state officials can evaluate the potential effect on Plymouth and surrounding communities. “We want a study on this to find out what the impact is, confirm that it […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
How did a giant wind turbine blade end up in a bog?
A week after a blade from a 300-foot-tall wind turbine fell into a cranberry bog on Head of the Bay Road, RWE, the company that owns the project, says it’s already begun an “exhaustive” analysis of the incident with Spanish company Siemens Gamesa, which built and maintains the equipment. “The project has been shut down […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Holtec appears unlikely to win appeal of radioactive water ruling
An appeals officer for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is recommending that the state uphold its decision to deny Holtec Decommissioning International’s request to dump more than 800,000 gallons of treated radioactive water from the former Pilgrim nuclear power station into Cape Cod Bay. Holtec is decommissioning the Pilgrim plant in Manomet, which […]
Posted inGovernment
Golden, Canty clash again during Select Board meeting
Less than two months after Select Board chair David Golden promised “a restoration of collegiality,” tensions between him and former chair Kevin Canty rose to the surface again during this week’s board meeting. The latest clash began when Golden, clearly directing his remarks to Canty, asked board members not to repeatedly ask during meetings that […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
18-year-old Plymouth man one of two arrested for Harvard Medical School explosion
FBI agents arrested two men from Plymouth and Bourne early Tuesday in connection with Saturday’s explosion at Harvard Medical School, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said in a press conference. On Cape Cod Avenue, in Manomet, Logan David Patterson, 18, was taken into custody at his mother’s house. One neighbor who did not want […]
Posted inGovernment
Memorial Hall needs $750,000 in emergency repairs
The Select Board Tuesday agreed to spend more than $750,000 to make urgent repairs at Memorial Hall to stop water from leaking into the building and keep it from being closed. Town Meeting last month approved allocating $90,000 for a study to determine viability of restoring 100-year-old hall, which is decaying, but officials say emergency […]