As expected, plans to seek Community Preservation funds for the renovation of Memorial Hall have been put on pause. At the request of the Select Board, the Community Preservation Committee Thursday voted 8-0 to table a proposal to spend $15 million to go toward restoring the century-old downtown structure, which is deteriorating. The total cost […]
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Town to Bert’s owners: You have 60 days to tear it down
The town is moving to demolish the abandoned waterfront property that was once Bert’s restaurant, 12 years after its last tenant closed the doors. Town Manager Derek Brindisi told the Select Board Tuesday that an order would immediately be sent to the decaying property’s owners to secure the building, followed by another order directing them […]
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Select Board wants to pause Memorial Hall funding request
The Select Board wants to pause the town’s request for $15 million in Community Preservation funds to help restore the aging Memorial Hall. The move comes after Town Manager Derek Brindisi received a mixed response to the request at a Community Preservation Committee meeting on July 23. Members cited concerns about the amount of money […]
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Can Memorial Hall be saved?
I wouldn’t recommend taking a shower at Memorial Hall. The stalls sit behind frosted glass in a cramped hallway leading to a dank dressing room – not exactly luxury accommodations. A pallet of anti-bacterial soap couldn’t get me to step in there. That was one of my takeaways from a recent tour of the 100-year-old […]
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Community Preservation Committee split on recommending $15m for Memorial Hall work
Community Preservation Committee members’ opinions on a request from town officials for $15 million to go toward renovating the aging Memorial Hall ranged from enthusiastic to skeptical during a CPC meeting Thursday. In making his case for funding, Town Manager Derek Brindisi told the nine-member committee that the 100-year-old downtown venue is in critical condition. […]
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Town ‘VIPs’ are going to Japan. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea
A delegation of 10 students, two chaperones, and eight “VIPs” are headed to Japan for an eight-day trip to Plymouth’s sister city of Shichigahama on July 29. Officials tout the excursion as beneficial to the town, but critics say it’s a junket that costs $30,000 and doesn’t produce a quantifiable return. Select Board chair Kevin […]
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Memorial Hall closed after union claims workers’ health put at risk.
Town officials have closed Memorial Hall until early next week, when they expect to receive test results from an air quality sample taken July 10, a week after dust was created when a contractor removed a cement covering on a wall. The closure means the relocation of a national dance contest, Take Centerstage Dance Challenge, […]
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No end in sight for 15-year fight over a modest town pension
They’ve been fighting over a $10,000-plus annual pension for 15 years. No kidding. Michael Daley served as Plymouth’s finance director in the 1980s and early 1990s. When he retired in 2006, Daley began collecting a pension of roughly $9,696 a year. (With cost-of-living increases the amount would be close to $17,000 now). In 2010 […]
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Town tries to stop construction of 163 condos in North Plymouth
Plymouth officials are asking a state housing agency to block the construction of 163 condominiums on land a developer wants to buy from the family of environmental lawyer Meg Sheehan. The Select Board Tuesday night voted unanimously to urge MassHousing to reject applications for two 40b condo complexes Pulte Homes of New England is seeking […]
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Hot tip: Stay indoors if you can
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, […]