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The Salvation Army Massachusetts Division would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the residents, businesses, and volunteers in the Plymouth area who supported the 2025 Red Kettle Campaign. Your generosity and kindness during the holiday season brought comfort, hope, and tangible support to neighbors in need, with an impact that will be felt throughout […]

My mom, Rose Costa, was a resident of North Plymouth for many years on Cherry Street, and in her later years moved to Prince Street senior housing. Being alone and trying to manage her apartment was difficult as she became older. If she needed a light bulb, some tool, or anything to help her around […]

Are you curious to understand how our local government in the Town of Plymouth works? Do you want to know how your local tax dollars are spent to keep the town running? Have you considered becoming a Town Meeting representative for your neighborhood? Join the League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area for two […]

I was astonished and angry while reading Andrea Estes’s article published by the Plymouth Independent on Jan. 12 entitled “Controversial condo development would overlook toxic waste site.” I’ve lived in town for years and this was shocking news to me. I live a half mile from a toxic waste dump? I frequently walk the glorious […]

The science-fiction writer Brian Aldiss once defined civilization as “the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta,” and we’ve done a good job of distancing ourselves from our waste over the past century. But Aldiss’ definition no longer stands; how can we keep throwing things away when it’s increasingly clear that there is […]

The solution to Plymouth’s runaway healthcare costs is to get Mass-Care passed into law. What is Mass-Care? A very simple explanation – Mass-Care is state level single payer healthcare. The term “single payer” is either loved or despised. Whichever “camp” you fall into, it really is the path forward.     A huge benefit for municipalities is […]

The Town Hall meeting regarding ICE was overflowing with people and propaganda, with one key element missing – the voices of marginalized individuals, like myself, who were directly impacted by the meeting. During the long evening, I silently absorbed all the terrible things said, only to be further disrespected by the board members. When [they […]

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. “Albert Einstein is often credited with this quote even though historians believe he probably never said the words. In my opinion it is the perfect summation of everything that both major parties have failed at in governing the state […]

Recently there was an article in the Independent about there not being enough commercial development in Plymouth and how that would help expand our tax base. I am in favor of commercial development and its benefits. The reality is that there are commercial locations in this town that have been developed and are vacant not […]

After witnessing the Select Board meeting Tuesday night, I was struck by the inclusion of speakers who were not Plymouth residents being given time to speak over voting residents regarding the involvement of the Plymouth Police Dept. with ICE raids.  Several speakers, native and “wash ashore” residents of Plymouth were waiting to speak out against […]