In part one of this series about summer eats in Plymouth, I visited Gellar’s in Manomet, now in its 100th year of operation, and Bramhall’s Country Store in Chiltonville, now in its 198th season. By comparison, Ziggy’s on Water Street is a relative newcomer. It opened its doors in 1957. Ziggy’s forte is ice cream. […]
Tag: Feature
Posted inBusiness Beat
Kingston vs. Plymouth: Battle over possible Costco looms
Kingston has opened the spigot to speed up redevelopment of the languishing Kingston Collection mall, a move that could flush Plymouth’s hopes of attracting a Costco down the drain. On July 31, the Kingston Water Commission lifted a moratorium on all new connections to the town’s drinking water system – a ban it imposed in […]
Posted inBusiness
Proposed apartment complex skirts height limits
Apartment buildings in Plymouth generally must be no taller than 35 feet. But AvalonBay’s proposed Colony Place project is different — it falls under the state’s 40b affordable housing law, making it exempt from most zoning rules. As a result, the residential complex may end up being almost twice as tall, dwarfing other buildings in […]
Posted inGovernment
Memorial Hall funding request pulled
As expected, plans to seek Community Preservation funds for the renovation of Memorial Hall have been put on pause. At the request of the Select Board, the Community Preservation Committee Thursday voted 8-0 to table a proposal to spend $15 million to go toward restoring the century-old downtown structure, which is deteriorating. The total cost […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Serial thief pleads guilty to multiple charges
Sunny McDonough, the serial thief who swiped packages from mailrooms in Plymouth and more than a dozen other Massachusetts communities, pled guilty Wednesday to multiple felonies. She was sentenced in Plymouth District Court to six months in jail, a term that will start after she wraps up a 15-month sentence for a probation violation in […]
Posted inGovernment
Can Memorial Hall be saved?
I wouldn’t recommend taking a shower at Memorial Hall. The stalls sit behind frosted glass in a cramped hallway leading to a dank dressing room – not exactly luxury accommodations. A pallet of anti-bacterial soap couldn’t get me to step in there. That was one of my takeaways from a recent tour of the 100-year-old […]
Posted inCulture
Museum mystery: How did a disembodied head end up in a historic Pilgrim Hall mural?
For 145 years, a disembodied head has stared at visitors to Pilgrim Hall Museum. No, it wasn’t a spectral visage or a floating face from another dimension. It was Mayflower passenger and eventual Plymouth Colony governor Edward Winslow popping up in a painting he wasn’t supposed to be in. Renovations at the 201-year-old downtown museum […]
Posted inGovernment
Community Preservation Committee split on recommending $15m for Memorial Hall work
Community Preservation Committee members’ opinions on a request from town officials for $15 million to go toward renovating the aging Memorial Hall ranged from enthusiastic to skeptical during a CPC meeting Thursday. In making his case for funding, Town Manager Derek Brindisi told the nine-member committee that the 100-year-old downtown venue is in critical condition. […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Serial cyberstalker gets nine-year sentence
He expressed deep regret for his actions, but James Florence, a Plymouth man described by prosecutors as a serial cyberstalker, could not persuade a judge to show him leniency. Florence, 37, an information technology professional who once held US Department of Defense “secret clearance” status, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison followed by […]
Posted inGovernment
Town ‘VIPs’ are going to Japan. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea
A delegation of 10 students, two chaperones, and eight “VIPs” are headed to Japan for an eight-day trip to Plymouth’s sister city of Shichigahama on July 29. Officials tout the excursion as beneficial to the town, but critics say it’s a junket that costs $30,000 and doesn’t produce a quantifiable return. Select Board chair Kevin […]