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 […]
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With the town and contractor at odds over millions in added costs, Water St. sewer project is in limbo
Here we don’t go again. Resumption of the problem plagued Water Street sewer line project has been delayed until at least early January as the town and contractor spar over who is responsible to cover a $4.5 million overrun that has doubled its cost. The contractor, Northern Construction, was expected to resume work Dec. 4, […]
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As the problem-plagued Water St. sewer project is set to resume, its cost has doubled to $9 million
The price tag of the troubled sewer project on Water Street has doubled to $9 million. Now, as construction ramps up to finish a job that had to be paused earlier this year, the town and a private contractor doing the work can’t agree on who should pay for the increase. “We’re trying to avoid […]
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Get ready to be detoured
The Water Street sewer installation project, delayed because of a dispute over massive cost overruns that have doubled its price, is now scheduled to resume in early January. Here’s what to expect. For more information, visit the town’s project page.
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In a big change for patients, Atrius Health to consolidate six locations into one
Atrius Health plans to consolidate six of its locations into an $18 million multispecialty medical clinic off Long Pond Road that will serve its nearly 30,000 patients in Plymouth and surrounding communities. The new facility, which is nearing completion, will house all of the medical and administrative functions at Cordage Park, Court Street, Long Pond […]