Category: Your View

Plymouth’s synagogue celebrated the last night of Hannukah on the first night of the new year. On January 1, Congregation Beth Jacob, lit its giant menorah on the Town Hall green to mark the final night of Hannukah. After lighting the final candle and singing holiday songs, the Plymouth Fire Dept. dropped 10 pounds of […]

Over 80 people gathered to celebrate the Chanukah miracles, with the [Chabad of the South Shore] lighting of the Plymouth Rock public menorah, on Sunday, Dec. 29, the fifth night of Chanukah, when suddenly a crash was heard. It was the menorah glasses, the clear glass covers which protect the flames from the elements, which […]

In an amusing twist, last night I finished reading Meg Sheehan’s lawsuit and opened my email today to see Andrea Estes’ article about it. As she reported, Meg is suing town officials and business leaders for [what she says are] vicious attacks against her in public places, online, and in print. It took several sittings […]

Driving around Plymouth, one only can wonder who is designing all these reworked intersections and what their intent is. The obvious intent is efficient and safe traffic flow, I think. The results all too often, fall terribly flat. The worst offender of this has to be the intersection of Halfway Pond Road and Bourne Road. […]

As the late great Paul Harvey would say…”Here is the rest of the story”…regarding the North Plymouth T station. The vision for the North Plymouth station was a compromise between the state and the town in recognition of the need to provide off-peak visitor service that linked Plymouth to Boston. It was a key element […]

The train station at Cordage Park in North Plymouth was always destined to fail. Because of the way the rail line was designed and built, it never had a chance. This is because the southbound line splits before it reaches the last two stations, Kingston and Plymouth. Trains are forced to take one fork or […]

The Jenney Pond project, as well as the Stephens Field and other reimagining and improvements to Plymouth’s public spaces is long overdue. It is refreshing to see that the town manager and his team are attracting outside investment (beyond local tax dollars) to bring these vital projects to reality. For far too long federal and […]

I would like to take this opportunity to share an overview of the Plymouth Foundation, the critical work we do to support Plymouth’s economy, and the many positive impacts we’ve had on our community. We are proud of the progress we’ve made in advancing our mission, and I invite you to take the time to […]

I am writing you related to your recent article exposing traffic infractions in Plymouth. Consistent with your red light observations, this Pinehills resident has recently witnessed trucks routinely ignoring stop signs in our community. There is an intersection with Long Ridge Road near our home. That intersection has stop signs at every corner in the […]

So far in its short life the Plymouth Independent has shown admirable skill and patience at explicating the arcana of Plymouth’s town government for us average citizens. Maybe you can explain this one, or know someone who can: why is it that the current EJ Pontiff proposal for 71 Hedges Pond Road doesn’t require a […]