Aside from peeling paint and weather-worn facades, the effects of a brutal winter have faded from the downtown area. Restaurants and shops are emerging from the year’s slowest stretch – almost as fast as people stripped off cold-weather clothes for a few days earlier this month. Merchants and restaurateurs hope to rebound from what was […]
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Posted inCulture Calendar
Swap Shop to reopen, offering free recycled goods
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.orgat least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. Ken Stone, chair of the Recycling Committee, said the Swap Shop at the old Cedarville transfer station, […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Van Cott admits to schools’ fraud scheme
Plymouth schools’ former director of food services who stole thousands of dollars of food and equipment has signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors in exchange for a prison sentence of less than a year. Patrick Van Cott, 64, of Sandwich, was charged earlier this week in a 11-year fraud scheme in which he resold […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Fatal crash closes State Road for hours Friday
A two-car crash following a police chase on State Road near the intersection of Plimoth Patuxet Highway left one driver dead and traffic backed up on both roads for hours Friday morning. According to Plymouth Police, the 9:45 a.m. crash was reported by multiple witnesses. Both drivers were taken to area hospitals, where one since […]
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Feds charge fired school official with fraud
The fired director of food services at Plymouth schools was charged by federal authorities Wednesday in a brazen, decade-long fraud scheme to steal food and equipment he then used at his own Cape Cod side business. Patrick Van Cott, 64, of Sandwich, who was fired last year after the alleged fraud scheme was discovered, now […]
Posted inReal Estate Sales
There are 84 houses for sale in town. Thirty-seven are priced at $1 million or more.
This week’s cool temperatures are a reminder of spring’s fickle nature in New England. But to the relief of real estate brokers, weather doesn’t necessarily correlate with activity in the local housing market this time of year. It comes as no surprise that home sales in Plymouth rose last month following a frigid February. Sixty-two […]
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Afghan teenager ordered released on bond
An Afghan teenager whose detention by federal immigration agents became a national story was ordered released Monday on $1,500 bond from the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. “Rihan is coming home, and that is a win,” said Shawn VanDiver, president of Afghan Evac, a coalition of veterans, national security professionals, human rights advocates, and Afghans. “But […]
Posted inGovernment
Town Meeting member slammed for outburst
“Did he really say that?” Select Board Member Deb Iaquinto wondered when she heard shouting coming from the rear of the auditorium during Saturday’s town meeting. It was Jeff Fosdick, Precinct 11 vice chair, yelling “Suck it, Lantagne!” at Lisa Lantagne, a Town Meeting member on the losing side of an agenda item he supported. […]
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Town Manager ordered to back off at Airport
A superior court judge has barred town manager Derek Brindisi from interfering in the affairs of the Plymouth Municipal Airport. In a three-paragraph order made public Friday, Plymouth Superior Court Judge Gregg Pasquale made clear he believes Brindisi was inserting himself where he didn’t belong. “The public interest in having a properly functioning airport is […]
Posted inGovernment
A negative sign for the Select Board race
Political signs sprout like grass around town during campaign season. The rite of spring is about showing support for a favored candidate. But something is different this year. In recent days, a bluntly-worded message aimed at incumbent Select Board member Kevin Canty has appeared on some properties, giving an already unusual race a new – […]