Category: Your View

Mercy Otis Warren was a Revolutionary propagandist and its sharpest critic. Her pamphlets and satire were the fuel that rallied the colonies. Yet, she remains a victim of a historical misogyny that wants women to be the supporting cast, even when they were standing right on center stage. She started with a pen name. In […]

Sheriff McDonald is quoted [in a Plymouth Independent story] as saying, “Our cooperation with our federal partners continues to exist because it is my job to work with everyone in law enforcement.” Someone needs to inform the sheriff, and for that matter, Plymouth Select Board members of a state law on the books today. [The] […]

The illegal immigrant situation sure is tough one. But I can’t help but think it is very important to separate emotion from logic and status. Are the arrests traumatic to watch or to endure? Perhaps both? But focusing on the drama of the arrest and ignoring the logical facts misses things that are important. You […]

On Sunday night, Congregation Beth Jacob, Plymouth’s community synagogue since 1912, joined other residents of the greater Plymouth area in front of Town Hall to light the first candle of our outdoor menorah, marking the first night of Hannukah. Our menorah stands proudly next to the town’s Christmas tree, and we’re proud to be a […]

Sustainable Pinehills is a group of environmentally conscious volunteers living in the Pinehills community. We’ve noticed that many residents of Plymouth make the effort to recycle but may not be aware that there is an even better alternative to traditional recycling of your bottles and cans in the bins offered by trash pickup companies. In […]

Mercy Otis Warren, the Revolutionary War-era pamphleteer and activist, holds court in the American wing of the Museum of Fine Arts resplendent in a royal blue and lacy frock; Her aristocratic bearing disguising the passions that led her to inspire widespread colonial rebellion against British rule. In due course, Warren’s writings not only advocated for […]

Let’s be honest: Islamophobia has long been normalized in American society – quietly tolerated, rarely challenged, and too often dismissed as someone else’s problem. But in today’s toxic political climate, it’s getting worse. Here in Plymouth, that normalization has erupted into open hostility, visible both in local Facebook and social media spaces and in real-life […]

The Select Board needs to educate themselves on e-bikes, before considering any legislation. The vast majority of e-bikes are Class 1 e-bikes, designed to work only to assist in pedaling and do not engage when not pedaling. Most are owned by older residents who enjoy cycling safely as they struggle to ride up hills. These […]

I feel compelled to comment after reading Andrea Estes’ piece on the e-bike discussion at the Select Board meeting. I often walk the rail trail in North Plymouth with my husband.  Both of us are healthy and have no difficulty walking.  But it frightens me when someone on a bike comes up behind me with […]

With all due respect, being of an age to get a job, take the MCAS, [or] earn a spot in a high school tech program do not put the public at risk – riding an e-bike in public could and has done so. That is the reason regulation is necessary. Reasonable regulation does not place […]