Category: Your View

Triple-decker is a building for three families on a small lot. From the 1870s to 1930s, triple-deckers were built in New England to house working families, many of whom were immigrants. They could be a solution to affordable housing that Massachusetts is struggling with now.  Unfortunately, New England society didn’t like triple deckers back then. […]

Each year the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women works with state legislators to identify and honor women who make outstanding contributions to their communities. According to the MCSW, these “Commonwealth Heroines are women who don’t make the news but make the difference.” Every day, thousands of women perform acts that make our homes, […]

I have read the controversial articles about Memorial Hall, and I just don’t get it. Memorial Hall is a gymnasium masquerading as a concert hall. It offers terribly uncomfortable seats, no acoustics, and it’s a gym, not a concert hall. It might be useful as another type of venue, but Plymouth needs a bonafide concert […]

The 40b legislation was passed to provide more affordable housing in Massachusetts. It gives developers who agree to set aside 25 percent of the units in a multi-family building as meeting the definition of affordable the ability to skip review by town boards and submit their plans for review by the state only. This legislation […]

Am I the only one or does anyone else think Memorial Hall is a terrible venue for staged events? It obviously was designed for basketball games – when was the last basketball game played there? Rather than putting lipstick on a pig why don’t we consider building a new hall with proper acoustics, lighting and […]

Given all the figures I have seen and the scope of renovations required to bring Memorial Hall up to a decent standard, I am of the opinion that it should be torn down and a new facility be built. Let’s have a venue that is something to be proud of at a cost that is […]

Plymouth deserves more than an upgrade of Memorial Hall. What is needed is really a complete redo, developed like a true music/theatre venue. The side seats are uncomfortable, twisting necks of all viewers and some seats on the back curves are so short for leg room. They they are useless unless you are probably a […]

In the past, Memorial Hall benefited the town as a community meeting place. The one time I was in Memorial Hall was for my high school graduation in 1980. There is no longer a need for a hall for such community use as the town now has two new expensive high schools and an equally […]

Sand mining continues to ravage Southeastern Massachusetts. Dozens of sand mines excavate the earth and load it into hundreds of trucks a day. The land is gone forever – parts of Plymouth and surrounding towns sold off to meet the global demand for sand as the shortage grows. Plymouth’s sand mines have the potential to […]

The article describing See Plymouth’s $30,000 grant to operate a free Ride Circuit shuttle between the Kingston commuter rail (CR) station and Plymouth Visitor Center left me with many questions. Shuttles like this are a common solution to the “last mile” problem.” But is it a cost-effective solution and the best way to get additional […]