Category: Your View

As I continue to inform myself about Plymouth government and politics, I sense that much drama is going on behind the scenes. Members of our boards and committees have given in to a fractiousness that mirrors our national disorder. Lately, trying to find information feels like wading through dueling conspiracies. Take two recent [letters] in […]

I am distressed by the comments made by Select Board Member Harry Helm about CPC Chairman Bill Keohan, as reported in the Plymouth Independent on April 27. Mr. Keohan apparently misstated to the spring Town Meeting the number of housing units that would count towards the town’s subsidized housing inventory at the multi-family project being […]

The recent article In the Plymouth Independent about Select Board member [Harry] Helm stating that Bill Keohan, chair of the Community Preservation Committee, had made an “egregious mistake” calls to mind an earlier article when Select Board member John Mahoney called Keohan a “pathological liar.” Phones were ringing off the hook the next day. Outraged supporters […]

I have just finished reading Andrea Estes’ piece from the Plymouth Independent on the Plymouth school district budget shortage. Superintendent Campbell mentioned a $2 million shortfall and a “reduction in force.” From where will those reductions come? Eliminating 30 jobs (“about $1.3M from those reductions”) but no use of the word, “layoffs” seem like conflicting […]

I have been a resident of Plymouth, specifically Summer Reach, since June 2019. Several weeks after arrival we went shopping for furniture and were referred to the Plymouth Furniture store in North Plymouth. Several months later, I was referred to Three Broke Girls in North Plymouth for my haircuts. When Covid struck and shut down […]

The Town of Plymouth invites all residents to participate in a confidential survey about the future of open space, parks, and recreational opportunities in Plymouth. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) Division of Conservation Services oversees open space planning in communities across the State.  Every seven years, communities must submit a […]

There is so much hatred toward the homeless immigrants being housed in and around Plymouth and volumes of misinformation being generated, that an article exploring the truth, especially about what’s being spent and by whom, would be exceedingly useful. So many people blame the Democrats and feel that social services are being denied to Americans […]

Many of us take for granted that the Town of Plymouth is endowed with an array of natural resources that other towns can only dream about – 35 miles of picturesque coastline, as many as 450 sparkling ponds, restored herring runs, globally rare pine barrens, an underground aquifer with billions of gallons of fresh water, […]

Let’s face it: bees have historically gotten a bad rap. Sure, their stingers are something to be aware of, particularly if you’re allergic, but generally speaking, a bee’s stinger is only a weapon of last resort. Especially hesitant to sting are our precious native bumble bees which I liken to tiny flying teddy bears. Bees […]

The great horned owlet pictured here was orphaned by highly toxic chemicals pest management professionals and homeowners use to target rats and other rodents. Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, or SGARs, were developed in the 1970s as a more potent successor to the previous generation of anticoagulant rodenticides, including warfarin. Rodents can consume a lethal dose of […]