Category: Your View

Many residents have asked me about my vote on the Simes House. As a resident of Manomet, I drive by the Simes House just about every day. I appreciate its place in our village’s history just as much as my neighbors do, and I did not approach the decision to sell this property lightly. Public […]

My husband and I moved back to our home state of Massachusetts five years ago, and we’ve loved living in Plymouth and enjoying everything the town has to offer. On a recent trip to the Cape, I stopped at Trader Joe’s. As I walked through the store, I found myself thinking how wonderful it would […]

​I have read a lot of court orders in my time, but I have to admit, this recent one is a classic. It isn’t every day you see a judge officially state that we have a “cute” Town Manager. While Judge Pasquale was using the term to describe the Manager’s attempt to cut off municipal […]

Extremely disappointing that on both the election for select committee as well as school board you are stuck voting against the candidates rather than enthusiastically voting for them. Left with trying to choose the lesser evil. Appreciate this publication as it is one of the few mechanisms to encourage our citizens to be aware and […]

On Tuesday evening the select board voted to sell the Simes House in Manomet.  The reaction to this decision has been swift, visceral, and misguided.  Candidates running for this years’ seats on the select board are posturing themselves as advocates for the taxpayers of Plymouth calling for investigations and accountability from the board regarding the […]

It’s no coincidence and certainly no surprise that just days before an election, the Plymouth Independent suddenly publishes a list of recycled accusations, anonymous claims, and old political gossip targeting me. If any of these allegations had a basis in truth, why are they showing up now? Why wait until voters are heading to the […]

The idea that a mayor would guarantee a more efficient – and effective – local government, is a ‘big lie.’ It’s an attractive notion, of course. When things don’t go our way – whether it’s the Red Sox or Town Meeting – our first reaction is to ‘throw the bums out.’ But starting from scratch […]

Dear editor, Thank you for Mark Potheir’s article on Town Meeting’s refusal to cut 1% of the budget. I haven’t watched the meeting, but I do wonder about the quality of the data members receive. Through a prospective town meeting member, I recently tried to find out how many fires the Pinehills Fire Station has […]

In 1622, Plymouth held its first town meeting. At the time, the town had roughly 100 residents. With such a small population and no broader governmental structure to rely on, town meeting was both practical and effective. It allowed citizens to gather, deliberate, and make decisions that directly affected their daily lives. That was more […]

On April 9, 2026, a Superior Court Judge issued the following Preliminary Injunction sought by the Airport Commission: “The Town Manager  and the Town are restrained and enjoined, directly or indirectly, from acting in any manner involving the care, custody of the   [airport], or its management, retaliating in any way against the [Commission] or its […]