A nonprofit that provides behavioral health, housing, employment, and re-entry services for veterans officially opened in downtown Plymouth Tuesday. The Boston-based Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, known as VOAMASS, held a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the launch of its Plymouth Area Veterans Center at 20 North Park Ave., in collaboration with the Massachusetts […]
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Posted inCulture
An afternoon in the park: Celebrate the official opening of Stephens Field
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org, at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. Have you been to the newly remade Stephens Field? Since its “soft opening” in early […]
Posted inBusiness Beat
Mini golf or a flea market at Benny’s Plaza? No, but here are some ideas that might work.
Editor’s note: Unlike our news stories, this column also includes the author’s opinions. “Change” is the word of the year in Plymouth. Maybe the word of the decade. Plymouth is changing. Plymouth has changed. It’s changed too much or too little. It’s changed for the worse, for the better. Embrace it, rail against it, help […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
If you have concerns about water in Ponds of Plymouth: The company that manages the system is holding an open house.
Some Ponds of Plymouth residents have been complaining about smelly and discolored water for years – ever since Connecticut-based Aquarian Water Co. started managing the development’s system in 2021. Drinking water for the more than 800 homes in the sprawling South Plymouth subdivision comes from two groundwater sources within its boundaries. “We used to rave […]
Posted inEducation
Plymouth South awarded $201,000 state grant for design and visual communications program
Plymouth South High School has been awarded more than $201,000 to help boost its graphic design and visual communications program, as part of a $15 million Skills Capital Grant program. South is one of 65 Massachusetts schools and educational institutions to receive funding through the program. The money will be used to for “upgrading technology […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Please don’t leave that old TV on the sidewalk
You’ve undoubtably seen an old appliance or furniture on a sidewalk for weeks, waiting for someone who will never come to pick it up for “free.” Or worse, you’ve been on a hike and come across a rusting refrigerator dumped in the woods. Yes, disposing of some household items costs money, but that’s no excuse […]
Posted inGovernment
No excuses, please: Vote in Tuesday’s state primary election
It’s easy to complain about elected officials. It’s just as easy to vote. Polling places in Plymouth will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, for the Democratic and Republican state primaries. It’s your chance to choose party nominees for state senator and representatives who will represent Plymouth on Beacon […]
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Project Arts concert moved indoors due to EEE danger
The setting for the final show of this summer’s Project Arts concert series won’t be as scenic as usual, but it will be safer. The organization behind the popular free concerts is moving Wednesday’s event from Pilgrim Memorial Park on the waterfront to Memorial Hall on Court Street because of the town’s high risk for […]
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Readers roar about motorcycle noise
By this time in August, you can feel fall creeping around the corner. “Out of office” messages peak along with back-to-school retail fever. The news typically slows to a trickle for a few weeks. I figured it was a good time to assemble some semi-random observations – more than nine months after the Plymouth Independent […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
EEE threat forces closure of Plymouth’s public fields and parks from dusk to dawn
The town has ordered the closing of all public fields and parks in Plymouth from dusk to dawn until further notice, citing the high risk of Eastern equine encephalitis, a potentially fatal disease spread by mosquitoes. The closings will apply to all sports leagues and organizations that use Plymouth’s outdoor recreational facilities – as well […]