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. […]
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Select Board OK’s spending another $140,000 on Oak St. project despite concerns about cost overruns
A divided Select Board Tuesday night approved spending $140,000 in American Rescue Plan Act money to finish the transformation of the former Oak Street elementary school into three affordable apartments. The work, which was originally budgeted at under a half million dollars, has more than doubled to $1,168,000. The once-modest project has attracted massive interest […]
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Muratore’s slim win over MacRae for Senate tops primary results
Matt Muratore squeaked by Kari MacRae in Tuesday’s Republican primary for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat, according to the unofficial voting results. With most of the votes counted, Muratore, a state representative from Plymouth, leads MacRae, a Bourne School Committee member, by just 50 votes, 6,978 to 6,928. That’s a margin of .4 […]
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No excuses, please: Vote in Tuesday’s state primary election
It’s easy to complain about elected officials. It’s just as easy to vote. Polling places in Plymouth will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, for the Democratic and Republican state primaries. It’s your chance to choose party nominees for state senator and representatives who will represent Plymouth on Beacon […]
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Select Board debates whether to spend more on Oak St. school project plagued by cost overruns
A plan to convert the tiny building that long housed the Oak Street elementary school into affordable housing for seniors, veterans, or disabled people is $140,000 short of the funding needed for the project, which has ballooned to nearly $1.2 million. With the October Town Meeting warrant closed, the Plymouth Housing Authority would normally have […]
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What we know about the massive military plane that buzzed Plymouth
Kenneth Fosdick was in his boat last Friday morning – going past State Pier – when a huge C-17 military transport jet flew over, its engines producing a roar. “I look up and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God!” said Fosdick, an experienced pilot and the chair of Plymouth’s Airport Commission. “I honestly thought that there […]
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Meet the candidates who want to represent Plymouth on Beacon Hill
Editor’s note: To help voters make informed choices in the Sept. 3 Democrat and Republican state primaries, the Plymouth Independent reached out to all the candidates seeking to represent Plymouth in the House of Representatives and Senate. We focused on contested races, but plan another story before the general election in November. The deadline to […]