Nurses at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth have reached a contract agreement with administrators — two months after taking a strike authorization vote in the face of sputtering talks. The 400-plus nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to ratify the proposed settlement. “BID-Plymouth nurses have expressed very positive […]
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‘The Power of Local Journalism: A conversation’
The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area hosted a forum on local journalism, at the library. The May 19 event featured Plymouth Independent editor Mark Pothier and Barbara Roessner, founding editor of the New Bedford Light. Their conversation was moderated by Tom Redburn, a member of the Independent’s board, and a former New […]
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Town takes action to pause sale of Atlantic Country Club
Plymouth officials are holding up the sale of the Atlantic Country Club in an apparent effort to thwart plans for a residential development on the South Plymouth site. The McSharry family, which has owned the golf club on Little Sandy Pond Road for decades, last month signed a purchase and sale agreement with a private […]
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Business is brewing at Shelly’s Tea Rooms
Opening an authentic English tearoom in America’s Hometown has been a learning experience – for both patrons and the business’s owners, Sean and Michelle Sinclair. Residents and visitors to Shelly’s Tea Rooms on Court Street downtown learn about the intricacies of “tea time” while the British proprietors have become acquainted with new tea-related terminology. “Steep? […]
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Why has one of the town’s highest profile buildings been empty for years?
After an eight-year engagement, a local couple’s dream of transforming the old Salvation Army building atop Coles Hill into a posh wedding venue has withered. Now, one of the highest profile vacant properties in town is back on the market. “We were excited about that vision,” said Edward Gates, who along with his wife, Ayli, […]
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Struggling Mayflower Brewing has tapped a buyer
Amid a wave of consolidation and closings in the craft beer industry, Mayflower Brewing Company – Plymouth’s oldest and largest beer maker – is changing hands. Drew Brosseau said Tuesday that he is selling the business he founded in 2007 to Orleans-based Hog Island Beer Company for an undisclosed sum. But the Mayflower name and […]
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Atlantic Country Club signs $20 million agreement with developers
A plan to sell the Atlantic Country Club for housing has some neighbors teed off. The McSharry family, which has owned the South Plymouth golf course on Little Sandy Pond Road for decades, last week signed a $20 million purchase and sales agreement with developers. The buyers told the Independent that they see enormous potential […]
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How to avoid getting a parking ticket this season
Let the grumbling begin. The calendar has turned to April, and the covers have come off meters in the downtown and waterfront area. It’s time to start paying for parking again. And like chirping birds, spring also brings the harping of Park Plymouth’s critics, the private company contracted by the town to manage parking. Its […]
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Pinehills condo owners’ suit over water leak woes moves forward
It was supposed to be their dream home — a spectacular condominium in the Pinehills, complete with outdoor and indoor fireplaces, professionally designed gardens, and an upgraded white kitchen. Kenneth and Darlyn Gagnon were eager to move in and leave behind the apartment they were renting elsewhere in the Pinehills — the town’s largest residential […]
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Beth Israel Deaconess nurses vote to authorize strike
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth nurses were back at the bargaining table Friday, one day after union members picketed outside the library and voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike. The nurses voted 279-19 in favor of striking, if agreement on a new contract can’t be reached. About 40 nurses did not vote. The authorization […]