The unrelenting heat and humidity of July reminded me of many an August from my youth. It also reminded me of a North Plymouth tradition that has fallen away for my family. When I was growing up, August meant the fresh fruit of New England was coming into season and filling the grocery stores. Today […]
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Neither rain nor tent-assembling could deter these campers
A driving rain did not dampen the enthusiasm as rangers eagerly taught families how to set up camp last weekend at Myles Standish State Forest, marking the return of a program that began in 2008, but was put on hold for several years because of the pandemic. “We want families to become confident and skilled […]
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Lights, camera, Amy Adams!
This may be the closest Plymouth gets to Hollywood East, the ill-conceived 2008 project to bring a major movie studio to town. (Spoiler alert: Those epic plans by now defunct Plymouth Rock Studios cratered faster than Kevin Costner’s new $100 million flop.) Fortunately, there was only pretend drama on Tuesday. Plymouth’s waterfront and downtown were […]
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First-edition books by ‘conscience of the American Revolution’ loaned to Mercy Otis Warren Society
It doesn’t take long for a crowd to gather around Sean Considine and Michele Gabrielson as they stand in downtown’s Shirley Square. Though dressed in modern clothing, Considine has his long hair pulled back in a neat ponytail, resembling the style worn by a proud 18th-century British army captain, which he portrays as a Revolutionary […]
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Oh say, did you see? Scenes from Plymouth’s Fourth of July celebration.
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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Working with wood, creating joy
Manufacturers today produce products at high speeds in mass amounts, fueled by high-tech automation and – in some cases – AI. But Plymouth woodworking artisan Greg Iaquinto’s work isn’t about being quick and prolific. He prefers taking his time, meticulously creating one-of-a-kind objects from reclaimed woods. Over the last five years at his one-person business, […]
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Committee balks at acknowledging the Wampanoag tribe was here first
A proposal to acknowledge the Wampanoag people as the original inhabitants of Plymouth has met with skepticism from some members of the Plymouth Committee of Precinct Chairs. The committee voted 14 to 4 on June 20 to send town counsel Kate McKay a proposed statement acknowledging that the town encompasses what was once Wampanoag land. […]
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With full fanfare, a topping off at the Spire Center
The wind was blowing from the north-northwest at The Spire Center downtown on Friday afternoon, and for the first time in a long while, people walking by could use the weathervane atop it to determine its direction. To the tune of Richard Strauss’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra” blaring from loudspeakers at street level, Ricky Lynn placed […]
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‘I want to make all this stuff disappear’
North Plymouth resident Joe Pickett is something of a professional when it comes to selling goods at flea markets and yard sales. Picket, who is 64, has been doing it for decades. But now he says he wants to get out of the business so he can have more time to read books, travel, and […]
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Remembering Tom Ruggiero and his amazing D-Day story
The seas were rough that morning 80 years ago. In the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, Sgt. Tom Ruggiero of Plymouth put a paper sack he’d been handed to good use as his Landing Craft Assault (LCA) bounced through heavy waves on the way to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. “I had thrown […]