Category: Environment & Health

From the North Slope of Alaska to Argentina, from Patagonia to Paraguay and places much closer to home, Plymouth-based Manomet Conservation Sciences is working to strengthen bird migration routes and protect coastal ecosystems across the Western Hemisphere. In Alaska, for example, it “conducts research to unravel the mysteries of shorebird migration and track changes in […]

Opponents of a 34-acre business park under construction on Hedges Pond Road in Cedarville filed a lawsuit Thursday to try to stop development of the site, which they say is a historic Native American cultural land that should be preserved. Seventeen residents filed the suit against Plymouth Select Board members, Standish Investment Group – the […]

Plymouth DPW director Bill Coyle is more of a diplomat than I could ever be. When I recently asked him about people who toss trash wherever they please – including appliances, furniture, mattresses, and tires – I figured he’d jump at the opportunity to vent. After all, part of Coyle’s job is fighting the blight […]

Visitors and businesses along the waterfront will catch a break this spring, as repairs to the Water Street sewer line will be postponed until after Thanksgiving because of a dispute between the town and a contractor over the latest turn in the long-running project. Work to address the settling of underground piping was expected to […]

Environmental activist Meg Sheehan says A.D. Makepeace employees were behind a Facebook page called “Meg Costs Us Millions,” where anonymous critics bullied and berated her for more than a year. In new court filings, Sheehan alleges that the company’s in-house lawyer was the page’s administrator and that at least one other Makepeace employee may have […]

Nurses at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth, locked in difficult contract negotiations with management, are set to take a strike authorization vote next week. More than 400 nurses will vote Thursday, March 20, on whether to authorize a strike. They plan to picket in front of the Plymouth Public Library on South Street from 3 to […]

A town project aimed at making major improvements at Jenney Pond could be affected by the Trump Administration’s move to dismantle parts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The work depends on a $10 million NOAA grant to build a herring bypass at the Jenney Pond dam, as well as a new bridge over […]

In the face of widespread community opposition, the Zoning Board of Appeals has rejected a permit sought by Landers Farm to dig out more than 50 acres off Hedges Pond Road in Cedarville to expand its cranberry growing operation there. But the board’s unanimous vote Monday night may not be the end of the story. […]