Category: Your View

Last week the town’s consultants presented four concepts (light industry, housing, energy, and hospitality and tourism) around the 1,600 acres of open space (aka the Pine Hills) currently owned by Holtec at the Pilgrim 1600 master planning open house in the Plymouth South Middle School. The good news embedded within all the concepts was an […]

Your April 9 letter from Becca Bankhurst stated I am the sole director and officer of the nonprofit group Community Land & Water Coalition (CLWC). This is inaccurate. I am one of CLWC’s four directors and officers. Together we have over 150 years’ experience in Southeastern Massachusetts in conservation, law, organizing, municipal government, and Native […]

The April 12 PI article, “Trump administration pulls funding for Pilgrim Hall work,” details the revocation of a $200,000 grant to Pilgrim Hall Museum that would have helped modernize and preserve four centuries of documents in its archives. Keith Sonderling, the acting director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, indicated that the […]

I like seafood. I am partial to blackened striper, but I will not turn down a clam basket or crab cakes or most other seafood.  Because I like seafood I care about the fisheries. And because I care about the fisheries and maintaining these fisheries, I was disturbed to see that the current administration has […]

Plymouth’s Zoning Board of Appeals has one brave member when it comes to the 71 Hedges Pond Road development. Alternate ZBA member, David Peck, did his homework. The other Zoning Board of Appeals members relied on the opinions of Plymouth’s special town counsel and the director of inspectional services to render a decision on the […]

I am writing to vigorously object to the character assassination of Zoning Board of Appeals member David Peck by Becca Bankhurst in her letter to the editor following the ZBA vote on the Cedarville commercial development on Hedges Pond Road. Mr. Peck works hard to measure every case that comes before him against the requirements […]

An open letter to ZBA Chair Michael Main: I’m writing to express a deep concern – not about the specifics of a special permit or the details of a zoning case – but about the treatment of public speakers during the March 3, Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. What took place that evening was more […]

Nominations for the 2025 Edward W. Santos Community Service Award (The Ed Award), an annual award that recognizes individuals for their service to Plymouth whether it be a lifetime, or a year, is now open. The nomination period runs from April to August 31. In a world where communities are often divided, and fewer individuals […]

How well do you know your roads? If you’ve driven around Massachusetts lately, you may have noticed the potholes problem. These road craters are more than just a bump in the road. They are real headaches for the drivers when they have to fix damage on their vehicle. We are a group of high school […]

“Let’s use Town Meeting as a tool.” This was Mr. [Charlie] Bletzer, Select Board Member, at the April 1 Select Board meeting. Though it was April Fool’s Day, he wasn’t joking. He proposed adding a nonbinding question (allowing firearms in municipal buildings and parks – Article 12) to the May 17th election ballot. In addition, […]