Category: Your View

A recent mailer sent by the opponents of the “nip ban” stated, “In October 2023, a minority (44 percent) of Plymouth’s 162 Town Meeting members were successful in banning the sale of miniature bottles of alcohol in the Town of Plymouth.” This statement suggests that this Town Meeting vote was not fully legitimate. The implication […]

I am writing as a resident of Falmouth, where in September 2020 Falmouth Town Meeting voted to ban the sale of alcohol miniatures (aka nips) in sizes of 100 ml or smaller. As the Plymouth community is debating and will soon be voting on whether to support or overturn Plymouth Town Meeting’s vote to institute […]

Residents of Plymouth should vote at the special election this Saturday (Jan. 13) as if their lives depended on it… because they do. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2023, 37 people in the United States die in car crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver every day. This equates to one […]

In their most recent mailing to Plymouth voters, Plymouth’s liquor stores deceptively state that “In October 2023, a minority (44 percent) of Plymouth’s Town Meeting members were successful in banning the sale of [nips] in the Town of Plymouth”. That statement was deceptive for the following reasons: For Plymouth’s liquor stores to state that “a […]

Last fall in response to the serious litter problem of nips, small liquor bottles, all around Plymouth roads and the concern that they indicate people drinking while driving, Town Meeting members voted to ban the sale of nips in Plymouth. The liquor store owners gathered signatures to have a special election vote to overturn the […]

My “Yes” [on the nip ban] sign was taken from my front yard more than a week ago. As a voting resident of Plymouth this is a first in my participation of freedom of expression. My young neighbors are asking, “Where did the sign go?” How do you answer this question and what is the […]

I am so grateful to have this local coverage of all things “political” – given that all politics begins at home (make that hometown)!  I especially enjoyed listening to Mark Pothier [and Walter Robinson] being interviewed on GBH radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan this week.  Although I moved from 40 years [living] in Plymouth […]

As a mother, my hope that someday I will live near my adult children and grandchildren fades as the cost of housing becomes more out of reach. When I bought my townhouse at Redbrook, the developer, A.D. Makepeace Company, displayed a master plan showing a beautiful “Commons,” with an open green for gatherings, a row […]

It is sad to see the disinformation campaign being waged by those who want to continue the sale of nips in Plymouth. There are facts available because Plymouth is not the first town to ban nips. In those towns that banned, litter from Nips went down significantly.  No liquor stores closed. No one lost their […]

Hey neighbors, check out the kid-friendly flavors nip bottles come in these days – variety packs are cheap.  How about coconut, lime or banana rum, or vodka in grape, orange, strawberry or watermelon?  Trade with your friends!  There’s vanilla, berry & honey whisky, Bailey’s chocolate cherry, and butterscotch, rootbeer & peppermint schnapps.  Perhaps you’d like […]