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. […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Senior living complex gets good reviews
With some concerns voiced about parking and traffic impact on the surrounding neighborhoods, the first look at the redevelopment proposed for the old Benny’s plaza off Court Street got generally good reviews at a joint meeting of the Select Board and Planning Board Tuesday night. The conceptual plan unveiled shows the seven-acre plaza at 179 […]
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Resource center to offer housing, services, and shelter for homeless
The effort to stem homelessness in Plymouth took a major step forward this week with news that a planned Housing Resource Center has received crucial state funding. The center, operated by the regional nonprofit Father Bill’s & MainSpring, is set to be built at 41 Westerly Road, off Summer Street, on the site of the […]
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Cherry’s fails to attract bidders
Despite its prime waterfront location, no one responded to the town’s offer to lease and renovate the former Cherry’s Bait and Tackle Shop. Potential bidders say the town priced itself out of the market on the restricted-use building, with high monthly rent and requiring repairs costing up to $100,000. So, the building remains vacant as […]
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Shuttered Benny’s may become assisted living facility
New buyers for the long-shuttered Benny’s Plaza are expected Tuesday to announce plans to transform it into an assisted living facility with two mixed-use commercial buildings and some public green space. Pioppi’s Liquors, which now operates at the plaza, would remain. A partnership of HYM Investment Group of Boston and the NexCore Group of Denver […]
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Downtown changes bloom with spring
Aside from peeling paint and weather-worn facades, the effects of a brutal winter have faded from the downtown area. Restaurants and shops are emerging from the year’s slowest stretch – almost as fast as people stripped off cold-weather clothes for a few days earlier this month. Merchants and restaurateurs hope to rebound from what was […]