Category: Your View

Yes, “it is out of control” as Harry Helm, of the Plymouth Select Board, was quoted in regard to the town moderator representing a client before a town committee.  Yes, it is out of control that the select board would deny any individual the right to choose legal representation, especially in a town where officials […]

Plymouth is a large and complex town, and it is often difficult for a citizen to piece together all the information needed to understand how our tax dollars are spent. You may not be happy with the amount of taxes you pay but knowing where the money goes at least gives you the knowledge you […]

BrightView Health’s Plymouth addiction treatment center invited the community to learn more about effective outpatient addiction treatment this past week. Often people who struggle with addiction do not need hospitalization, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Instead, they can be treated on an outpatient basis in their local community and successfully recover. BrightView […]

Years ago, I stopped by the downtown store Something for your Dust to Christmas shop for my brother. We love maps. I discovered a beautiful old map labeling the houses in Manomet, our childhood stomping grounds. I found the perfect gift. After buying the lovely, framed map, I studied every inch of it. While studying […]

Readers perhaps saw a fine article last week in the Independent on solid waste and recycling.  However, in that article I was misquoted as stating that Waste to Energy (WTE) incinerators are the “least acceptable” form of energy production. In my opinion, that dubious honor goes to coal fired plants. What I believe I did […]

The Rotary Club of Plymouth has been helping the Plymouth community since 1940 and today has over 45 members who strive to live by the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. Many business owners and Plymouth area residents are familiar with the annual Plymouth Rotary Auction which is our major fundraiser. The Rotary Auction was first […]

Maybe Mr. Pothier’s article, “A (dollar sign) of Plymouth’s Growth: More Banks” should read, “Heads Up Plymouth!” As a Planning Board member, seeing the number of banking chains applying for full-service brick-and-mortar permitting has been striking. I believe at a recent meeting I referred to Plymouth as Delaware II (only a bit of a stretch), […]

I am a resident of Cape Cod. I am born and raised here and have seen many negative environmental changes occur over my lifetime. I am writing this letter because I care about the future of the environment of Southern Massachusetts and the Cape Cod Bay. In 2018, Holtec International purchased the Pilgrim Nuclear Power […]

This is in response to the Plymouth Independent’s Feb. 9, 2024, story, Neighbors’ fight to stop 55-plus apartment project backfires.  The story claims to be about the Claremont Plymouth LLC apartment complex proposed for Colony Place. Instead of being about the facts and the many missteps inside Town Hall that created the controversy, the newspaper […]

Yes, In My Back Yard. The current struggle between the Claremont apartment project and Sawyer’s Reach neighbors at Colony Place is just another episode of the constant and omnipresent struggle between developers and Not-In-My-Back-Yard (NIMBY) neighbors. Developers seek maximum profit from building housing, while neighbors want to protect their style of life and environment. This […]