Category: Your View

Given all the figures I have seen and the scope of renovations required to bring Memorial Hall up to a decent standard, I am of the opinion that it should be torn down and a new facility be built. Let’s have a venue that is something to be proud of at a cost that is […]

Plymouth deserves more than an upgrade of Memorial Hall. What is needed is really a complete redo, developed like a true music/theatre venue. The side seats are uncomfortable, twisting necks of all viewers and some seats on the back curves are so short for leg room. They they are useless unless you are probably a […]

In the past, Memorial Hall benefited the town as a community meeting place. The one time I was in Memorial Hall was for my high school graduation in 1980. There is no longer a need for a hall for such community use as the town now has two new expensive high schools and an equally […]

Sand mining continues to ravage Southeastern Massachusetts. Dozens of sand mines excavate the earth and load it into hundreds of trucks a day. The land is gone forever – parts of Plymouth and surrounding towns sold off to meet the global demand for sand as the shortage grows. Plymouth’s sand mines have the potential to […]

The article describing See Plymouth’s $30,000 grant to operate a free Ride Circuit shuttle between the Kingston commuter rail (CR) station and Plymouth Visitor Center left me with many questions. Shuttles like this are a common solution to the “last mile” problem.” But is it a cost-effective solution and the best way to get additional […]

What happened to the old fashion barber shop?   I’m visiting from Florida, looking for a haircut.  Every place I go you need an appointment – and it’s $30. Ridiculous. Do they all think they’re “hair stylists?” I’ll wait till I get back to Florida, where I can walk into a real barber shop, read […]

The Jenney Pond restoration is beyond expectations. In the last 25 years, the landscape of several parks has changed dramatically but Jenney Pond has always been a special place for us to walk to. In the winter it would be difficult to walk over the icy wooden bridge and now, with the new wide bridge, […]

The Plymouth No Place for Hate Committee presented its eighth annual Outstanding Citizenship Award to two Plymouth high school students at the July 8 Select Board Meeting.  The purpose of this award is to recognize students who have shown a commitment to social justice by challenging discrimination or bigotry through his/her actions, and/or who actively […]

In June, 2024, the Plymouth Independent published a letter from me urging the Select Board to take action to remove the [former] Bert’s restaurant eyesore. Three months later, in September 2024, I spoke to the Select Board during public comment to urge them again to do the same thing. At that time, I proposed taking […]

Several recent letters to the Independent would have you believe that “parking problems impede downtown prosperity,” and that building a parking garage behind Memorial Hall would go a long way towards solving the problem. I’ve heard these kinds of comments for years now. The Downtown Waterfront District’s initiative to bring more events to the downtown […]