Category: Your View

Petitions are circulating calling for the creation of a new charter commission with the objective of replacing our present town meeting form of government with a mayor city council form of government. Be careful for what you wish for. A mayor for Plymouth could be the municipal equivalent of what Trump is for the nation.  […]

The recent Independent stories on the airport do nothing to improve the airport and the greater Plymouth community. I have been a supporter and follower of the Independent from its inception and do not remember stories that seem so personal. Serving as an airport commissioner from 2013-2025 I worked closely with airport management and the […]

Birgitta Kuehn brings up an excellent point regarding Rick Vayo’s new hotel. While she does not seem to know anything about where the residents of the former Chilton House Rest Home actually relocated to, and whether they are happy in their new lodgings – and so is happy to imply some kind of wrongdoing without […]

Mr. Antall gave a lovely and forward-looking description of the gentrification of Plymouth. With lifelong friends and acquaintances in town I’m always vested in its progress. You may wonder at another aspect of Mr. Vayo’s project. I did, as a Planning Board member, when Mr. Vayo presented his plans for The Drew to the board. […]

As rumblings grow about altering our form of government, a critical test is brewing at our upcoming Town Meeting: defending our legislative authority against a trend of citizen petitions being ruled out of order. ​Town Meeting is the supreme legislative authority. Under our charter and New England governance, we retain the ultimate right to determine […]

I find it ironic that Select Board member Canty took the opportunity to warn Plymouth of an impending operational override within the next three years as a reason to vote against the $300,000 road-acceptance study for the Shallow Pond Estates. In July, the entire selectboard voted unanimously to allow the fire chief to apply for […]

First Parish in Plymouth (FPP) Unitarian Universalist, welcomes the Reverend Rumni Saha as its new minister. Rev. Rumni describes herself as “A proud Hindu, a faithful Unitarian Universalist and an ardent humanist dedicated to nurturing communities of compassion, curiosity and courage.” Born in India, Rev. Rumni attended Boston University where she obtained a master’s degree […]

I was unaware of many of the allegations set forth in your article about the Airport Commission, so I will have to do my own research to assess their credibility, but what I do know is that many of the officials you named have given countless hours of non-airport related public and civic service to […]

Bravo to Rick Vayo!  We need a hotel like The Drew. We have lived in Plymouth for the last 23 years and have seen the transformation from a tired old tourist town into a vibrant city on the rise.  It is noticeable in the restaurant scene, but also in the housing stock downtown, which evolved […]

I recently moved back to the area, telling my friends and family they had to visit because this summer is the 250th Anniversary of our nation and Plymouth is “America’s Hometown” so we should have some amazing events. They did…but Plymouth didn’t. Brewster Gardens under construction. Water St under construction. The Grist Mill under construction. […]