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Coughlin stepping down as Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth president

The top job is open at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. Kevin Coughlin, president for the past nine years, will retire from that post early next year or after a successor is found. While the hospital made no public announcement of his planned departure, Coughlin has reportedly been telling friends and colleagues privately for several weeks. […]

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Plymouth Foundation unveils $500,000 improvement program for businesses

The Plymouth Foundation is launching a façade improvement grant program for businesses downtown and along the waterfront. The private nonprofit foundation is committing $500,000 of its funds for the program and will make matching grants of up to $50,000 for applicants who seek to improve their properties.  “This program represents a meaningful investment in the […]

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The Plymouth Foundation mostly works out of the public eye. Its backers say that’s a good thing.

Should a private entity do the public’s business behind closed doors? The Plymouth Foundation was created in 2001 to straddle the worlds of public policy and private development. (Read a primer on how the foundation came to be and evolved.)  But that approach is being questioned by some because of the foundation’s role in the […]

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How a Plymouth-based nonprofit is changing lives in Haiti and Kenya

Until a few years ago, Benjamin Dominic’s employment prospects were bleak. Living in rural Saint Rock, Haiti, with no electricity or running water, the young high school graduate had few hopes of becoming anything other than an unskilled laborer. Today, Dominic is a trained cyber security specialist who helps companies in Plymouth create websites and […]

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GATRA buses back on the road

Drivers for the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority were back on the job Wednesday after the union representing them reached a tentative agreement with GATRA. The two-day strike ended with a contract deal that the union said handed drivers and the other employees the pay they were looking for. But neither side would provide details […]

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