The Community Preservation Committee Thursday approved spending $4 million to go toward building a 52-unit affordable apartment project at the Redbrook development on land donated by A.D. Makepeace Co. The money was awarded to the Grantham Group LLC, based in Marlborough. But the committee was split on whether the project, which will total about $25 […]
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Democrat Fernandes launches run for Moran’s Senate seat
Less than two weeks after state Senator Susan Moran said she would not run for re-election, a candidate has emerged for the Plymouth and Barnstable Democrat’s seat. State Representative Dylan Fernandes, a Falmouth Democrat, said he wants to move over to the Senate chamber on Beacon Hill. In a statement, Fernandes said he wants “to […]
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Fresh off a national award, North’s Shelley Terry keeps challenging students
Every three to four weeks, students in Michelle “Shelley” Terry’s broadcast journalism class at North Plymouth High School produce a live 25-minute newscast. They do all the reporting and writing, shoot the video, and run the equipment in the television studio and control room. People outside of Plymouth have taken notice. The course earned first […]
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‘You’re a pathological liar’
Over the objection of its longtime chair, the town’s Community Preservation Committee Thursday narrowly voted to fund an administrative position that would do some work for the committee but report to the town manager. Creation of the part-time job has been the subject of a long tug of war between chair Bill Keohan and other […]
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Moran says she’s not running for re-election to the state Senate
State Senator Susan Moran, a Plymouth and Barnstable Democrat, is not running for re-election in 2024, and instead plans to run for clerk of Barnstable County Superior Court in next year’s general election. Moran told the Independent that her decision was motivated by the 2022 election of Democrats Donna Buckley as Barnstable County sheriff and […]
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An electrocution, an oil spill, and disrepair: Residents of Mayflower Hills mobile home park have had it
John Lennox was weed whacking around a utility pole outside his home on Patriot Circle on Sept. 14 when it fell over and he felt a surge of electricity go through his body. “I heard my friend yell out and I froze, and I fell down,” Lennox said. “I was electrocuted through my left foot.” […]
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Plimoth Grist Mill is for sale and potential buyers include the town
An undisclosed potential buyer has made an offer on one of Plymouth’s best-known historical landmarks, the Plimoth Grist Mill along Town Brook. But the bidder may have competition: The town also is interested in buying the property. Bill Keohan, chair of the Community Preservation Committee, told that board earlier this month that Plimoth Patuxet Museums […]
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You still can’t get there from here
The platforms at the Plymouth MBTA commuter rail station offer a spectacular water view, access to a rail trail, and parking. One thing they do not offer: trains. The adjacent Cordage Park development’s website still touts “an MBTA station, providing direct access to Boston, conveniently on-site.” But the two college campuses and offices and restaurants […]