Sewage is finally flowing through the new pipe under Water Street and the entire road is expected to open before the Memorial Day weekend, about a year and a half after work began. While the troubled project’s impact on the waterfront is about to come to an end, the court battle over who’s responsible for […]
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Stephens Field remake is on track for a July finish
Most of Stephens Field is torn up, but the outlines of the reimagined waterfront park are emerging as the long-anticipated $5 million project moves toward a planned mid-July finish. Signs of progress at the site are obvious as work – which began in October – picks up steam with the arrival of warmer weather. […]
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What’s going on at that giant excavation site off Route 3 South?
It may look like the most awesome dirt bike track around, but the vast excavation site visible off the southbound lanes of Route 3 is not for fun and games. It is the largest expansion of the Plymouth Industrial Park in recent years. “My goal is to build it all out and bring in as […]
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Town Meeting gets down to business
Plymouth town meeting members waded through a long agenda Saturday — making it through 28 articles before adjourning until Monday night with two controversial issues still to be decided. The town’s elected representatives, who attended either in person at Plymouth North High School or remotely, approved almost everything that came before them. Members authorized a […]
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TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Each spring, Plymouth holds a combination regular and special town meeting at which much of its business gets done. This year, it’s on April 6, at the Plymouth North High School auditorium, starting at 8 a.m. Usually, it involves a lot of coffee drinking, lively debates, and fair amount of political maneuvering. Think of Town […]
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Beth Israel Deaconess plans to double size of ER, expand cancer programs
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth will double the size of its emergency department and expand cancer treatment programs to meet the needs of the growing and aging population in the region. After several reviews by town boards and engineering staff, the emergency department expansion received final town approval last week. The project must now be reviewed […]
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Town settles with contractor over Water St. project, but more trouble surfaces
The town will pay an additional $2 million to finish the beleaguered Water Street sewer project, pushing the cost of the job to $6.5 million. But that’s not the end of the liability story. On Feb. 16, a lawyer representing two waterfront restaurants – Mamma Mia’s and Ziggy’s – sent the town a letter demanding […]
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‘It’s a blight on the area’
The deteriorating hulk of a restaurant on Warren Avenue that longtime residents still call Bert’s seems to defy real estate logic. It’s a waterfront site with parking, at the entrance of a popular public beach, across the street from a national tourist attraction. It should be prime real estate, with developers lining up to build […]
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Traffic restrictions are back on Water St.
Work on the Water Street sewer project has restarted even as lawyers for the town and a private contractor try to hammer out a settlement over an estimated $4.5 million cost overrun. On Tuesday, Jan. 2, a team from Northern Construction began fencing off the work area and installing Jersey barriers that will restrict Water […]
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Damage to Water St. buildings likely to be in the millions. Who will foot the bill?
It only took a couple of hours to take down the small building off Water Street, the steel jaws of an excavator chewing through wood and concrete blocks with ease. Set behind Ziggy’s ice cream shop, the building that was home to the Gourmet Exotic Jerky store was damaged beyond repair in March when the […]