Category: Your View

If the modest commercial elements of the Holtec/Pine Hills master plan were adopted, it would result in one of the most significant economic development opportunities on the U.S. East Coast.   In a global economy where industries are ever evolving – and often in new directions at a rapid pace – Massachusetts is at a competitive […]

With several restaurants in downtown Plymouth closing their doors, it is easy for those proprietors to assume that the economic flow for dining in downtown Plymouth is waning. This is not the case. It is simply that these establishments are not offering a good product and/or are failing to run their businesses in a manner […]

Several folks have recently and rather bizarrely advocated for the resurrection of nuclear power generation on the former Holtec site.  I would suggest that those who offer such recommendations must simultaneously volunteer their own backyards for storage of the resulting radioactive residue.  Very recently our federal government provided a comprehensive consultation system for homeowners who […]

On Aug. 19, Town Moderator Steven Triffletti asked the Select Board to allow his law firm to represent clients before town committees by designating the moderator as a “special municipal employee.” a designation that would enable him to do so, even   though less than two years ago the Board had unanimously voted to deny him […]

Kudos to the staff and consultants for their impressive work in completing the Holtec/Pine Hills (Pilgrim 1600) Master Plan in a little under a year. While the presentation to the Select Board provided a solid overview, I think it was a missed opportunity not to dive deeper into the consultant’s most recent economic analysis. That […]

This probably isn’t an original thought but here goes.    Why not use Bert’s, pending demolition, as a valuable training exercise for the Plymouth Fire Department? This would provide the PFD with a highly valuable training exercise benefiting everyone in the town in the event of a home/business fire, and it would truly harm no […]

Paul Miller makes a strong case for a deeper consideration of advanced nuclear [power] in Plymouth, and more generally, in Massachusetts (“We should at least consider a small reactor at Pilgrim site,” Aug.19). To continue his argument, he could note that land use constraints in New England may limit how much solar we can deploy. […]

Following the deactivation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Manomet in 2019, we residents of Plymouth have particularly good cause to be concerned about nuclear power.  The question of how to safely dispose of the approximately 900,000 gallons of decommissioning water still stored at the Pilgrim site remains unanswered.  And, of course, those 62 […]

The Plymouth Stewardship Alliance, a network of individuals with over 100 years of environmental experience in Plymouth, has submitted a petition to place on this fall’s Town Meeting warrant an article that would limit new large-scale earth removal projects in Plymouth for nearly a year. Smaller scale sand removal for home building, commercial development, and […]

Plymouth’s new municipally owned swap shop is aiming for a soft opening in the fall.  It will be staffed by volunteers, managed by the town’s Recycling Committee and maintained by [the] DPW. The location will be 33 Hedges Pond Road in Cedarville.  Operating hours will be Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, May through the […]