Category: Your View

It is sad to read that only about 10 percent of eligible voters in Plymouth cast a ballot in our recent election. Unfortunately, that is not far from the norm in elections. There are lots of excuses for those who do not vote. Most of us lead very busy lives, multiple jobs, kids and their […]

Sustainable Plymouth, South Shore & Cape Citizens Climate Lobby, the Plymouth Public Library and the League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area are sponsoring a new series of sustainability workshops this summer. All three will be at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St. The workshops will provide in-depth information about how these technologies […]

My name is Beth Gragg, and I’m running for Town Meeting member representing Precinct 7 on May 18. I’m running because I see the pressure that Plymouth faces as it grows and raises revenues for much-needed services while at the same time maintaining the natural and historical appeal that attract people to our town. I […]

Thank you to all the individuals who have voiced their support for Bill Keohan, long-serving chair of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). Thanks to Bill and the other dedicated members of the CPC, several of Plymouth’s most historically important buildings have been successfully restored, thus enabling these beautiful structures to continue playing important functional roles […]

I can’t help but notice how many folks walking downtown stop in their tracks and look up to gaze at the stunning exterior of the newly renovated Spire Center. Over the past two years this 138-year-old former church went from a much-discussed eyesore (on par with Bert’s Landing) to something we’re proud to showcase when […]

What a disgraceful hit piece this was on Hunter Young. Hunter is running for School Committee! What relevance is there to his personal position on global climate warming? Fred Thys is, obviously, just another partisan editorialist, not an objective journalist. Yes, most scientists believe man is impacting the climate, but there are varying views as […]

I applaud Joan Bartlett and Richard Serkey for their letters in defense of Bill Keohan. Joan and Richard are citizens who are involved in Plymouth and who have strived for decades to make Plymouth a better place to live. I hope your readers and the Select Board will ask themselves “how many times have I […]

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 […]