Category: Your View

Snowy owls are among the most iconic birds visiting Massachusetts during winter. Known for their striking white feathers and piercing yellow eyes, these majestic creatures can travel thousands of miles in a season in search of habitats with enough food to sustain them before returning to their breeding sites in the high Arctic. However, an […]

The mission of League of Women Voters is to empower voters and defend democracy. We believe that democracy is not a spectator sport and that it is paramount that we have multiple candidates running for offices in our town, county, state and nation. We also know that becoming a candidate can be pretty intimidating for […]

I have been reading the Plymouth Independent from its inception and truly appreciate the in-depth reporting and news updates that give me a behind the scenes look at issues. I was not aware of the recent “brouhaha”, surrounding the town manager’s edict to silence town employees from speaking to the PI. I reread the articles […]

Thank you for your story on the discussion at the Select Board meeting of the relationship between the town manager and the Plymouth Independent. I’d really like to thank Richard Serkey for his comments. He said exactly what I was thinking – except in the current political climate, I was afraid to express my feelings. […]

Mark Pothier’s commentary on the decision by the town manager to prohibit communication with the PI was important in laying out the history and the unfortunate and inappropriate response from the town to PI’s reporting. That noted, the PI’s response might have been better served not to define the “relationship between government and journalists [as] […]

Plymouth Independent articles have awakened in me a feeling of belonging to a town, a community. Thank you and other PI reporters, especially Fred Thys, for your doing your job. I have realized while reading PI articles is that I am proud to live here. Honest reporting is not distasteful, but it does contribute to […]

The indignation of the news media called to task for their reporting never ceases to amaze me.  It follows age old school yard behavior of children who, when the bully is finally and ultimately taken down a notch cry foul when for so long that same individual has been bullying their peers but now that […]

Keep up the good work.  As a journalist, if you’re not upsetting politicians, you’re not doing your job. As Mr. Dooley said… “The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” – Kris Stark

We’re continuing to bundle letters from readers regarding Town Manager Derek Brindisi’s decision to halt communications with the Independent. As always, we welcome your views. Send your letter to letters@plymouthindependent.org. As an appointed town meeting and committee member, I was disheartened to hear our town manager, Derek Brindisi, request that all appointed town officials refuse […]

We’re still hearing from readers in response to a column from Independent editor Mark Pothier about Town Manager Derek Brindisi’s decision to stop communications with the Independent. Here’s a sampling of the most recent letters we’ve received. For more reader opinions on the subject, go here and here. If you’ve got something to say about […]