Plymouth celebrated the Fourth of July on Thursday with its usual array of festive events – from an early morning road race to the hometown parade (including the state champion Plymouth North baseball team) to the Plymouth Philharmonic and fireworks on the harbor. The air was thick and the skies threatening at times, but other […]
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Posted inReal Estate Sales
Check out the latest home sales in town
With housing being such a critical component in the shaping of Plymouth’s present and future, we’re publishing a list of local real estate transactions on a regular basis. The listings, which are public information, come from the venerable trade publication Banker & Tradesman. It’s another way for the Independent to keep you informed about what’s […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Plymouth man gets six months in home confinement for Covid fraud
A Plymouth man was sentenced Monday to six months in home confinement after pleading guilty to Covid relief fund fraud, according to the US Attorney’s office in Boston. Ferris Brooks, 41, who pleaded guilty in February, applied for benefits in his own name and the names of three others — including two homeless people and […]
Posted inCulture
Things to do around town this week and beyond
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. Tuesday, May 21 The Plymouth library’s storytime engages babies and their caregivers with 30 […]
Posted inCulture
How plastic is invading our bodies
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. The subject of our obsession with plastics and how their proliferation is affecting the […]
Posted inGovernment
Want a say in how Plymouth is run? Consider voting in the town election.
There’s still time to register to vote in Plymouth’s annual town election, which is set for May 18. Simply visit the state’s Election Division site to register. The deadline to be able to vote in is Wednesday, May 8, at 5 p.m. If you’re already registered, you can check or change your personal information – […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
You’ve heard of tiny houses, but what about a tiny forest?
A.D. Makepeace announced Friday it will create a tiny forest, called a Miyawaki, at the entrance of the Redbrook development in South Plymouth. The company, working with a group of Redbrook residents called Sustainable Redbrook, said it will create an organic, dense, and diverse forest made up of 350 native trees and shrubs. Makepeace said […]
Posted inBusiness
Take a video tour of Plymouth Industrial Park, from the street and high above
The industrial park has changed dramatically since its inception in 1968, and more changes are happening now. Videographer Christopher Harting, with an assist from Jim Curran, chronicle what businesses are – and what’s coming – in this dramatic visual tour. For more on the park and what it means to Plymouth’s economy, see the accompanying […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Watch a time lapse video of the eclipse above the Forefathers Monument
We know that the total eclipse of the sun is totally over, and that wasn’t quite a total eclipse here in Plymouth. Nonetheless, it was pretty dramatic, as documented by videographer Christopher Harting in this brief time lapse clip he made at the Forefathers Monument on Monday afternoon. And don’t worry – looking directly at […]
Posted inGovernment
Take a video tour of the proposed historic district expansion
One of the articles to be voted on at the April 6 annual Town Meeting proposes expanding the boundaries of the Plymouth Historic District. Under Article 15, the area would expand to include Union Street to Barnes Lane and Lincoln Street, the west side of Lincoln Street plus 11 Lincoln St. (the Plymouth Public Schools […]