Outdoor dining was a savior for downtown restaurants during the pandemic, attracting patrons who didn’t want to eat indoors because of Covid and bringing a lively spirit to the district during otherwise bleak times. Many thought it was here to stay. Apparently not. Five years later, not a single business will offer outdoor dining in […]
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‘No Kings’ rally draws a large, boisterous crowd
Hundreds of charged-up protesters gathered on Coles Hill and around Plymouth Rock on a gray Saturday to demonstrate against President Trump and his polices, taking part in a wave of similar “No Kings” events held in cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country. They were protesting, among other things, the detention of Plymouth […]
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Select Board’s Cedarville meeting attracts a crowd
Residents packed the Cedarville Fire Station Tuesday evening for the first in a series of Select Board meetings to be held in Plymouth’s neighborhoods, starting with those farthest from Town Hall. “I wanted, personally, to come to Cedarville first because I know that Cedarville often feels ignored and not heard by people at 26 Court […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
ICE arrests in Plymouth upend lives, raise concerns
Josiana Cruz Silva has been crying and praying since her husband was plucked off a Plymouth street by ICE agents last month. After being taken to Burlington, and then back to Plymouth, Daniel Nogueira Capuzzo, 39, was moved to Arizona. Now he’s being held in Colorado, where, Silva said, her husband is surrounded by criminals. […]
Posted inEducation
At Hedge, diversity and community thrive while immigration fears swirl around it
It is the town’s oldest school, built in 1910, a place that has educated generations of immigrants, including some of Plymouth’s newest residents. For many of its students, English is not their first language. Two thirds of them come from low-income households, compared with 31 percent townwide. “We have families that have been in North […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Last call at White Horse: A ramshackle bar is finally razed
The squat, weather worn shack at the beachfront on Taylor Avenue that once housed the Full Sail bar finally came down on Monday in front of about a dozen spectators. During its heyday in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the tiny lounge – perched on the edge of White Horse Beach – was home to a […]
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ICE agents cause a stir in North Plymouth
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on North Plymouth early Friday morning in a surprise visit that Police Chief Dana Flynn said raised safety concerns and Select Board Chair Kevin Canty called “unacceptable.” It is unclear what or who ICE was looking for, but Flynn said he was unaware of any arrests. In a […]
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Quintal accuses Canty of ‘ruling with a steel fist,’ acting like Trump
Tuesday’s Select Board meeting had been uneventful: A review of the recent election turnout, the approval of higher water and sewage rates, and a look at which roads will get resurfaced this year. And then, just as the board was considering what was perhaps the most innocuous item of the evening, a dispute broke […]
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Could the Pilgrim site host a small nuclear reactor?
Members of the Select and Planning boards indicated this week that, like most residents, they favor open space and recreation on most of the 1,531 acres around the former Pilgrim nuclear plant in Manomet owned by Holtec International. The company is in the process of decommissioning the plant, which stopped producing power six years ago. […]
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Reconfigured Select Board names Canty as chair, but without Quintal’s support
Plymouth’s Select Board, featuring two freshly elected members, on Tuesday chose Kevin Canty as its new chair and David Golden as vice chair. Canty replaces Dick Quintal as the five-member board’s leader, while Golden succeeds Canty. But in a clear sign of tension, Quintal cast the sole vote against Canty taking over his position. He […]