Forges Field, a network of meadows and playing fields forming Plymouth’s largest athletics facility, won’t likely get a planned expansion and overhaul after town officials were handed a whopping $92 million price tag. The proposal came in as part of a phased plan for a massive expansion and modernization of the sprawling complex over the […]
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Healey’s nuclear plan hits snag
Gov. Maura Healey’s push to bring nuclear power plants back to the state was dealt a potentially fatal blow earlier this month when state senators voted overwhelming against her idea to take the decision away from voters. On July 1, the State Senate voted 32-8 to adopt a sweeping energy bill which keeps intact a […]
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Construction around Jenney Pond to last all year
A few months behind schedule, the $20.9 million project to restore Town Brook near Jenney Pond and the Plimoth Grist Mill to something closer to a pristine state – where the river herring can run much as they did hundreds of years ago – is expected to finish by the Spring. As for now, the […]
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Repaving to start along stretch of Samoset St., Carver Road
A stretch of one of the town’s most traveled roadways is getting a makeover just as the summer season kicks into gear. Starting Monday the town and its outside vendor will begin repaving about three quarters of a mile of Samoset Street from Sixteen Twenty Drive – past Walgreens, just before Marc Drive – to […]
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Select Board under fire on Landers deal
More than a dozen Cedarville residents showed up at the Select Board meeting Tuesday to vent disappointment at a recent board vote on a nearby land deal some said was fraught with conflict of interest, undue secrecy and a lack of integrity. The ire was directed at a June 9 vote clearing the way for […]
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Move to oust Keohan from preservation post fails
(This version of the story has been edited to correct a factual error about a unanimous June 2025 vote on appointments taken by the Select Board. Minutes show David Golden left the meeting just prior to the vote. The Independent regrets the error.) A move to oust Select Board member Bill Keohan from his longtime […]
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Airport Commission gets a shakeup
Just months after the Plymouth Municipal Airport Commission sued the town for alleged interference, the Select Board ousted two longtime airport commissioners, including chair Kenneth Fosdick. Board members denied their unanimous decision not to reappoint Fosdick and Douglas Crociati had anything to do with the lawsuit or retribution for filing it. Both had been airport […]
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Keohan rebuffed in effort to revisit controversial land vote
The three Select Board members who cleared the way last week for a controversial housing development on untouched land in Cedarville rejected a proposal on Tuesday to reconsider their vote. They made their position clear during the tail end of Tuesday’s marathon meeting after fellow board member Bill Keohan called for another look at the […]
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Despite conflicts, Select Board votes 3-2 to advance Landers development
After weeks of closed-door discussions and a wave of public criticism, the Select Board Tuesday cleared the way for a housing developer to buy 138 acres of formerly protected land in Cedarville, with the deciding votes cast by two members who hold personal and political ties to him. The 3-2 decision to waive the town’s […]
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Closed-door talks over land deal muddied by Select Board members’ link to developer
The Select Board on Tuesday held the latest in a series of closed-door meetings to consider whether it should recommend the town purchase 138 acres in Cedarville for about $5 million or allow a developer to buy the land and build homes on part of it. Under the best of circumstances, the decision would involve […]