Category: Your View

Why has the vacant seat on the Plymouth Planning Board not been filled?  The will of the boards and committees, which work tirelessly to vet the Town Meeting articles, has been thwarted by an incomplete Planning Board.  The affordable housing proposal for the intersection of South St. and Braley Lane is one example of how […]

Town Meeting should vote no on article 17 – the land bank proposal – on October 19. It is set up to funnel town-owned land that should be used for the public good into the hands of private developers. The land bank bears a troubling resemblance to the shadowy Plymouth Foundation that Town Hall uses […]

Just last year, Plymouth voters rejected a new Town of Plymouth charter proposed by a charter commission. However, this fall, recommendations for changes to the charter will be voted on by Town Meeting Representatives on Saturday, Oct. 19, and these recommendations will be presented in 11 motions, all subject to amendment. These proposals are being […]

We are closing in on election day and the League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area is offering a final chance to hear from the candidates for County Commissioner, State Senate, and State Representative (Plymouth 1st and 12th Districts). Join us for the LWV Candidate Forum on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in […]

Garrett Tunison’s Your View [letter] of Sept. 26, “Town officials are ‘clueless’ when it comes to business development,” describes the Plymouth Foundation as “the same old people and families that have been around forever….” That’s true, and a public investigation is uncovering a lot more. The Plymouth Foundation is a shadow arm of town government. […]

Editor’s note: Chris Campbell is superintendent of Plymouth Public Schools. As the new school year begins, I would like to discuss an issue that is critical to our community: school funding. While school budgets might not be the most captivating topic, managing our district’s finances is about more than just dollars and cents – it’s […]

This [Business Beat column on the Benny’s Plaza site] is an example of the type of reasoned thought piece that makes the Independent so valuable.  Nice work presenting some very sensible alternatives, as well as calling out the core of small-town provincialism which darkens many local fiscal discussions. – Chuck Snowdon

Thank you for shedding some light on this topic (Benny’s Plaza) as most of our residents don’t understand the issues or how to approach the changes occurring in Plymouth. The Benny’s site would have been a great location for our affordable workforce housing (40B) but I don’t think the neighbors would have appreciated an affordable […]

A resident and consumer here responding to the latest article on Benny’s Plaza in the Plymouth Independent. Thank you for the article. It is well written and paced with various options and concerns. Options build community. (Sure, Trader Joe’s would be great since travel to the current locations is quite a distance – ask anyone […]

I first toured Plymouth in the mid-1970s and that was the last time I did any official “touring” of the sites you mentioned (Bill Fornaciari’s Sept. 17 History & Architecture column).  On the other hand, I have summered and now lived here since 1978 – that’s 46 years, but who’s counting?  I can tell you […]