Category: Your View

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, […]

Thank you for your article, “What can be done about people who trash Prestige Way?” Sustainable Plymouth is making headway on recycling and waste reduction along with assisting the town with its Hometown Cleanup. There is much to be done on this topic, and I would know as I continually pick up approximately 9,500 linear […]

Happy spring! As we finally welcome some warmer weather, I wanted to share an update from our first 100 days in the state Senate. Six thousand pieces of legislation were filed to start the legislative session. Our office filed 48 bills that cover environmental protection, housing for working people, data privacy, support for our tourism […]

A recent writer to the Plymouth Independent claimed that “town officials and their pro-development appointees on town boards and committees keep rubber stamping market rate housing”. That claim overlooks the fact that in many cases, rightly or wrongly, state law limits the ability of towns to deny permits to applicants whose projects meet the requirements […]

Use crowdsourcing to get a crowd of people involved to solve a problem. (“What can be done about people who trash Prestige Way?”) These remote areas are the perfect places to dump their trash.  The police do not have the time to solve this problem, but several people, even one person with a trail camera […]

For years, town officials have been subjecting Plymouth to one of the highest rates of development in the state. Developers openly bring a steady stream of new residents to Plymouth, with the support of our Select Board, Planning Board, town manager, and Planning Department. I’ve yet to meet a Plymouth resident who isn’t upset about […]

Plymouth residents have a right to feel safe – and indeed, to be safe – when they do business in our town’s administrative offices. On April 5, Town Meeting members will have a chance to vote on whether that right will be protected. They will vote on whether Plymouth opts out of a key provision […]