Category: Your View

People across Southeastern Massachusetts and, especially Plymouth, are showing an increasing amount of interest in learning how to better support pollinators, particularly butterflies and our native bees which in turn support our bird population.  There have been more and more studies and headlines recently about how the populations of our pollinators and birds are continuing […]

The Select Board’s recent 3–2 vote for a conditional waiver of the Town’s Chapter 61A right of first refusal (ROFR) on the Landers property deserves closer scrutiny for consistency and fairness. Chair Iaquinto and two members with conflicts of interest, Mr. Canty and Mr. Golden, waived the right to conserve the land subject to nine […]

None of the following statements is true: – Richard M. Serkey Serkey is a Town Meeting member representing Precinct 2.

Once again, the Plymouth Independent is attempting to manufacture a controversy where none exists. Fred Thys’s recent article regarding the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) appointments is not objective journalism. Instead, it is a nakedly political attempt to continue an ongoing assault on a private citizen to influence elections in Plymouth. A review of the facts […]

The sun may be setting on the “Vatican”—that peculiar, autonomous state-within-a-state that has been burning through municipal patience over at the Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM). ​With a major move Tuesday night, the Select Board finally signaled that the party is over. By appointing two new members to the Airport Commission, the Board has effectively started […]

As Chair of the Plymouth Select Board, I would like to address questions and concerns regarding the Board’s recent 3-2 decision to waive the Town’s right of first refusal on the Landers property under Chapter 61. This was a significant decision involving approximately 138 acres of land and competing community priorities. While reasonable people may […]

I serve on Plymouth’s Open Space Committee (OSC), and am an ardent supporter of increasing open space in Plymouth. I also work with a non-profit towards the same end. As a member of the OSC, I heard Mr. Sheridan describe what he would aim to do if he were to be the developer of the […]

Transparency, accountability, and the perceived absence of conflicts of interest are what build public trust in local government. The recent discussions about the land deal in Plymouth and the roles played by Select Board members Golden and Canty raise questions for many about whether the public interest was put before political and personal agendas. Did […]

Thank you very much for the informative article on the 61A votes taken by the Select Board. I was at the June 9th meeting and shared the frustration of fellow residents that the actions taken on the part of the Select Board were lacking at best. Your reporting regarding the extent of the well-publicized conflict […]

The scale of global ecological collapse can feel overwhelming to face, but the destruction of the planet is harder to ignore when it is happening in our own neighborhoods. There are at least 110 documented sand and gravel mines in the Plymouth-Carver Aquifer region, with at least 44 located in the colonial borders of Plymouth. […]