Category: Government

This isn’t breaking news, but it is a hot story. Like most of the state, Plymouth is in the middle of a brutal stretch of weather that started Sunday and will peak Tuesday with temperatures nearing 100 degrees, and a heat index value of 104, according to the National Weather Service. Even late at night, […]

Hundreds of charged-up protesters gathered on Coles Hill and around Plymouth Rock on a gray Saturday to demonstrate against President Trump and his polices, taking part in a wave of similar “No Kings” events held in cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country. They were protesting, among other things, the detention of Plymouth […]

Getting in and out of Plymouth’s Long Beach may be tougher over the summer. And this time it’s not about nesting plovers. Citing “significant public safety concerns,” the town says it has assembled a vehicle corridor using Jersey barriers “at the northernmost end of the public/day parking area.”  The measure was needed, it says, to […]

Residents packed the Cedarville Fire Station Tuesday evening for the first in a series of Select Board meetings to be held in Plymouth’s neighborhoods, starting with those farthest from Town Hall. “I wanted, personally, to come to Cedarville first because I know that Cedarville often feels ignored and not heard by people at 26 Court […]

Tuesday’s Select Board meeting had been uneventful: A review of the recent election turnout, the approval of higher water and sewage rates, and a look at which roads will get resurfaced this year.   And then, just as the board was considering what was perhaps the most innocuous item of the evening, a dispute broke […]

Plymouth’s Select Board, featuring two freshly elected members, on Tuesday chose Kevin Canty as its new chair and David Golden as vice chair. Canty replaces Dick Quintal as the five-member board’s leader, while Golden succeeds Canty. But in a clear sign of tension, Quintal cast the sole vote against Canty taking over his position. He […]

Plymouth voters sent a clear message in Saturday’s town election: We want change. They ousted two Select Board members and elected an outspoken environmental advocate to the Planning Board. In the closely watched Select Board race – which featured five candidates vying for two seats – Bill Keohan and newcomer Deb Iaquinto prevailed. They’ll replace […]

Haven’t given much thought to the annual town election? It’s underway now, and concludes with in-person voting on Saturday, May 17. If you’re registered to vote – and you should be – there’s still time to get up to speed. Here’s a final-days primer. WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT? Voters will elect two members to the […]

This year’s race for the Select Board is turning into an expensive one, with incumbent Charlie Bletzer receiving more in contributions than any of the other four candidates, according to required finance filings. The election ends Saturday, May 17, but early in-person voting began last week and continues until Wednesday, May 14. Mail-ballots are also […]