In case you haven’t been paying attention, take notice: You’re being watched. Privacy is at a premium in Plymouth and most of the world. Cameras are everywhere, from the front doors of homes to stores to streets to parking lots and more. They’re mounted on posts, peering down from the sky, and in the hands […]
Category: Business
Posted inBusiness
Lobster Pound reopens after 3-year hiatus
Just after noon on August 10, The Lobster Pound, a fixture at Manomet point since 1963, reopened its doors for the first time since 2023. Owned and operated by the Collins family for 60 years, a family illness forced the 2023 closure. Two young local entrepreneurs, Tim Mahoney, 34, and Ryan Belval, 27, are the […]
Posted inBusiness
A challenging but ‘priceless’ life of a lobsterman
A lot has changed since Tom O’Reilly threw his first lobster pot in the ocean more than four decades ago. Back then he was using wooden traps which had to be laden with rocks so they would sink to the sea floor. Once the wood became waterlogged the rocks were no longer needed, but they […]
Posted inBusiness
Bert’s site wins approval to become outdoor venue
After months of delays for permitting and planning, the developer of the former site of Bert’s restaurant was cleared by town officials last week to start building an outdoor festival venue on the once iconic waterfront site. Scott Hokanson, owner of the health insurance firm Brabo Benefits, leased the abandoned property last year and has […]
Posted inBusiness
‘The restaurant is just a path’
To hear Jim Doyle describe it, experiencing the subtlety of Nepali curry for the first time was revelatory. That was five years ago. Today, the restaurant that serves the dish has served him something more sustaining: A rebirth of sorts. Doyle, 58, manages The Himalaya, which recently opened on Court Street. He’s running it for […]
Posted inBusiness
Kingston takes Plymouth to court over Costco
The battle between Plymouth and Kingston to potentially land a Costco is now in court, litigation over a proposed gas station likely to delay a resolution even longer. The Town of Kingston is asking the Massachusetts Land Court to overturn a Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals decision to allow a gas station at the T.L. […]
Posted inBusiness
‘We were in the middle of the Big Dig’
Jimmy and Brendan Gillis have been run through the mill. Or, more accurately, run out of the mill building. Gillis Family Tavern, their four-year-old restaurant in the Jenney Grist Mill complex along Town Brook, was doing well until 2024. That’s when an ambitious $20.9 million project to remake the Jenney Pond area began. The result […]
Posted inCommentary
Plans for Salvation Army building are a perfect pitch for downtown
The Salvation Army building atop Coles Hill is a small piece of Plymouth’s housing puzzle. But it matters. I don’t mean to leave you hanging, but a bit of backstory is needed before we get to “here’s why.” The Carver Street building has sat empty for nearly a decade – through and beyond a red-hot […]
Posted inBusiness
Gas station permit boosts Plymouth’s bid for Costco
Chalk one up for Plymouth in the competition to land a Costco. On Monday the Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved T.L. Edwards’s plan to build a gas station and convenience store at the corner of Cherry Street and Commerce Way — the entry point for its gravel yard and rock crushing operation visible from […]
Posted inBusiness
Condos planned for old Salvation Army building
A deal is pending to convert the old Salvation Army building atop Coles Hill into condos, ending a local couple’s dream of creating a romantic wedding venue there. “We tried unsuccessfully for more than a year to find a buyer interested in a more public use of the building such as a museum site, a […]