Category: Your View

Beware the political candidate with the most campaign signs.  Where is the funding coming from?  Likely outside money from industry, trade groups, and wealthy special interests.  It certainly isn’t grass roots.  They aren’t your friends and neighbors and perhaps don’t even live in Plymouth.  But they want a candidate to influence town politics.  If that’s […]

Select Board candidate Scott Vecchi has a serious credibility problem. At a forum on May 1, Mr. Vecchi claimed that a “toxic environment exists at the Plymouth Police Department” and blamed Police Chief Dana Flynn and Town Manager Derek Brindisi for it. The Plymouth Independent has reported Mr. Vecchi worked for more than 25 years […]

I am writing out of concern over how Holtec International’s wastewater at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant is being described in the public discussion — particularly the repeated use of the word “treated,” which gives a dangerously false sense of safety. Holtec is already evaporating radioactive wastewater into the air over Plymouth — and […]

I built homes in Plymouth and surrounding towns for over 30 years. I’m disgusted by the prices of housing and there’s one reason for it. The reason is government overreach. Planning boards and environmental groups are disgusting. Turtles and butterflies have become more important than people. Environmental groups are typically made up of anti-human, self-hating […]

Few activities get more public support than picking up litter from the side of the road. But to mark Earth Day, I’m about to argue that we shouldn’t do it. Wait – don’t go! Hear me out. This idea has been percolating in my head for a while and coalesced after recalling hours of reminiscing […]

I commend David Golden for his responsiveness on the issue of affordability after a winter of unexpectedly high utility bills (“Measures are needed to prevent Mass Save fraud,” April 19). It is in another area where I believe his service as a Select Board member could be improved. Mass Save has drawn fire from Mr. […]

The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area invites the public to attend its annual candidates forum on Thursday, May 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Great Room at Plymouth Town Hall. This event offers a valuable opportunity to hear directly from the individuals running to serve our community. Uncontested candidates for […]

Something remarkable has been happening on the lower level of the Plymouth Center for Active Living (CAL) over the last few months. A small army of highly qualified volunteers have, without fanfare, been churning out free federal and state tax returns for local taxpayers four days a week. It’s part of a nationwide program called […]

Editor’s note: Plymouth Select Board member David Golden wrote this letter to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, and submitted it to the Independent for publication. My name is David Golden, and I am a selectman in the Town of Plymouth. At our last Select Board meeting, representatives from Eversource attended, at my request, to discuss soaring […]

I want to applaud a local advocacy group Plymouth for Palestine and the number of Plymouth residents who consistently stand out in protest in downtown Plymouth on Saturdays, rain or shine, snow or 100-degree temperatures. Whether it’s one person or 20 people, they are there, advocating for a ceasefire and an end to US-financed and […]