Taking a minute or two to read this might keep you from getting stuck in Manomet traffic for many minutes. As part of a water main replacement project, the town’s Department of Public Works, working with private contractor KJS, on Wednesday (Oct. 23) started paving over recently excavated trenches along several roads in Manomet. The […]
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Town Meeting wrap-up: Land bank moves forward, property purchases OK’d, and a waterfront zoning change is approved
Town Meeting members Saturday voted in favor of establishing a land bank, prevented a change in the charter that would have made it possible for the town to take over maintenance and management of school buildings, and left moderator Steven Triffletti with the sole power to appoint members of a key committee. Representatives – who […]
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What you need to know before Saturday’s Town Meeting
Let’s start with a primer on the mechanics of Plymouth’s Town Meeting. Each spring and fall, it holds sessions to decide much of the direction of the community, including how tax dollars are spent. This fall’s town meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 19, in the Plymouth North High School auditorium, starting at 8 a.m. […]
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MacRae sues six towns, including Plymouth, over loss in Republican primary
Kari MacRae, who lost the Republican state Senate primary to Matthew Muratore last month, has filed lawsuits against six towns – including Plymouth – alleging that local election officials failed to follow state rules to verify the identity of early voters. MacRae, a Republican from Bourne, on Thursday asked judges in Plymouth and Barnstable Superior […]
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Proposal for affordable apartments on South St. appears dead
Developer Rick Vayo says he won’t move ahead with plans to seek $3.2 million in town funding for an affordable housing project on South Street after the Planning Board on Wednesday “shot down” his proposal. Vayo, a prolific builder known for numerous high-profile developments around town, wanted to build 24 one-bedroom apartments at below- […]
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Town builds a safer crosswalk, with mums, too
If you’ve driven on Sandwich Street near downtown in the last week, the patch of newly planted mums in front of the Plymouth Training Green may have caught your eye. But the burst of color is about more than beautifying the sidewalk area. The seasonal flowers were a finishing touch on a project designed to […]
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Veterans services nonprofit opens center in downtown Plymouth
A nonprofit that provides behavioral health, housing, employment, and re-entry services for veterans officially opened in downtown Plymouth Tuesday. The Boston-based Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, known as VOAMASS, held a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the launch of its Plymouth Area Veterans Center at 20 North Park Ave., in collaboration with the Massachusetts […]
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MacRae says Plymouth town clerk botched ballot counting in Senate primary contest
Alleging “widespread and systematic irregularities” in Plymouth’s counting of mail-in ballots in the Sept. 3 primary, state Senate candidate Kari MacRae Friday said she will seek a court order to force town officials to count them again. MacRae, of Bourne, who originally lost the Republican primary to state Rep. Matt Muratore by 45 votes, alleged […]
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Planning Board has questions about proposed Cedarville business park
As they began a review of a proposal to build a 34-acre business park in Cedarville, Planning Board members Wednesday expressed concerns about the amount of truck traffic the project will add to an already congested area of town and questioned the design, which calls for flattening much of the hilly site. The developer, Standish […]
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School Committee acknowledges Wampanoag people were here first
The Plymouth School Committee this week unanimously passed a resolution acknowledging that the Wampanoag were the first people to live here. The resolution, known as a land acknowledgement, will be read before every School Committee meeting going forward. In other areas of town government, however, a move to adopt a similar resolution has been controversial. […]