Category: Your View

You are spot on with the problem [of loud motorcycles and cars]. The problem is multifaceted.  There is an acute problem – extraordinary loud engines on slow crowded streets like downtown.  Then there is a more persistent, less acute problem of vehicles that can be literally heard for miles all day and night.  I think […]

As a resident and motorcycle rider of Plymouth for the last 50 years, I would just like to say that if there was a lighted sign down the waterfront saying “do not rev your engine,” nine out of 10 riders would think twice and slow down. That friendly reminder would definitely work. A lot of […]

I have been a Plymouth resident for over 50 years and been residing on South Street for the past 28 years. The motorcycle and car noise has become unbearable. They start from 3A going up South Street – which, by the way, is a 30-mile-an-hour stretch – [going] at least 45 miles an hour, some […]

Last spring, 459 residents participated in the town’s open space and recreation plan survey, sending a strong message about the value of Plymouth’s open spaces and recreation resources to the community. Protecting the environment, maintaining our parks and playgrounds, making Plymouth “more walkable and bikeable,” controlling development, and a passionate plea for dog parks are […]

I would like to apologize to Ethan Serkey if he felt I was disrespecting his father as a person. I really mean that. However, I did not misrepresent the elder’s views at all; he adequately represented them himself, and I objected to several points. I don’t care what he thinks of JFK (my own father […]

Just read David Ehrens’s call for giving land to the Wampanoag. Having been raised by Richard and Pauline Serkey, it comes across as laughable that you would classify my father as “MAGA” or “right wing”. He has idolized progressive figures all his life, from JFK (at whose presidential museum he now volunteers) to Obama. They […]

Great, great article on motorcycle noise.  Thank you so much for writing such a powerful article. Select Board members, who are fine with bullying a woman business owner, are not fine with, are not brave enough, to challenge macho motorcyclists. Up against a macho man, they melt away silently.   I hope you will re-visit […]

I would appreciate it if you could find out exactly what the Town of Plymouth’s bylaws are with regards to political signs and contractor signs. Sorry to say, but the town looks, well, “trashy.” The signs are jammed in on public property at almost every turn you take. I’m not sure who is running the […]

It is ironic that Richard Serkey, who spent much of his professional life challenging land use and building plans and now does much the same as a Town Meeting member, has such strong objections to acknowledging the historical wrong to the Wampanoag of stealing their land – a particularly pernicious form of “land use.” Mr. […]

My first Plymouth home as an infant was on Nelson Street next to Benny’s Plaza in North Plymouth. The store was a favorite of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins until it closed. From children’s toys and bicycles to nylon stockings, Benny’s had the best prices. My mother was at home when she moved to Nelson […]