Category: Your View

On Sunday night, Congregation Beth Jacob, Plymouth’s community synagogue since 1912, joined other residents of the greater Plymouth area in front of Town Hall to light the first candle of our outdoor menorah, marking the first night of Hannukah. Our menorah stands proudly next to the town’s Christmas tree, and we’re proud to be a […]

Sustainable Pinehills is a group of environmentally conscious volunteers living in the Pinehills community. We’ve noticed that many residents of Plymouth make the effort to recycle but may not be aware that there is an even better alternative to traditional recycling of your bottles and cans in the bins offered by trash pickup companies. In […]

Mercy Otis Warren, the Revolutionary War-era pamphleteer and activist, holds court in the American wing of the Museum of Fine Arts resplendent in a royal blue and lacy frock; Her aristocratic bearing disguising the passions that led her to inspire widespread colonial rebellion against British rule. In due course, Warren’s writings not only advocated for […]

Let’s be honest: Islamophobia has long been normalized in American society – quietly tolerated, rarely challenged, and too often dismissed as someone else’s problem. But in today’s toxic political climate, it’s getting worse. Here in Plymouth, that normalization has erupted into open hostility, visible both in local Facebook and social media spaces and in real-life […]

The Select Board needs to educate themselves on e-bikes, before considering any legislation. The vast majority of e-bikes are Class 1 e-bikes, designed to work only to assist in pedaling and do not engage when not pedaling. Most are owned by older residents who enjoy cycling safely as they struggle to ride up hills. These […]

I feel compelled to comment after reading Andrea Estes’ piece on the e-bike discussion at the Select Board meeting. I often walk the rail trail in North Plymouth with my husband.  Both of us are healthy and have no difficulty walking.  But it frightens me when someone on a bike comes up behind me with […]

With all due respect, being of an age to get a job, take the MCAS, [or] earn a spot in a high school tech program do not put the public at risk – riding an e-bike in public could and has done so. That is the reason regulation is necessary. Reasonable regulation does not place […]

As a social worker I believe that the town of Plymouth, and other Massachusetts towns should prohibit ICE raids in immigrant-based family communities. I find it so upsetting that there are ICE raids being performed in areas of North Plymouth that are highly populated with Brazilian families. The families in these communities are innocent; they […]

As a teacher with nearly 30 years of experience, I am compelled to respond to several comments made during the public comment portion of the December 1 School Committee meeting. Each time I watch local government at work – whether in person or online – I’m reminded of the rare opportunities we still have to […]

The previous letter from Ms. Lohmeyer misses the central concern that many parents have about the sexual-health curriculum. While she is absolutely correct to highlight the dangers of pornography and the serious harm it inflicts on children, that point actually highlights why the district should remove, not embrace, Amaze.org from the proposed curriculum. Amaze’s own […]