A Plymouth company has landed a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to provide ICE agents with an app that can scan irises to tap into databases nationwide and identify people. BI2 Technologies, based in a one-floor building on State Road, signed a $4.6 million deal with ICE in September. The app […]
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Posted inBusiness Beat
‘I am the biggest fan of childhood magic’
Rick Vayo’s work isn’t always fun and games. But the prolific developer’s latest venture, a downtown store called Bamp’s Toy Vault, is exactly that. Last Thursday morning, eight days before its Oct. 24 opening, a surprisingly relaxed Vayo stands in the 36 Main St. shop amid a cluster of construction materials, equipment, display racks, and […]
Posted inEducation
No relief in sight to offset town’s $11 million school transportation costs
A six-month push to ease Plymouth’s public school transportation costs has hit a roadblock after a key proposal failed to advance from a crowded legislative education committee agenda. The setback means Plymouth taxpayers will continue to shoulder the nearly $11 million it costs to bus students to schools across the town’s more than 100 square […]
Posted inGovernment
Here’s what happened at Town Meeting
During a relatively low-key Town Meeting Saturday, members cut funding for irrigation and lighting from a proposal to restore the 314-year-old Training Green, rejecting an argument from Town Manager Derek Brindisi in support of the improvements. The fall gathering of Plymouth’s legislative body also supported repaving an airport runway and taxiway, an accessible trail near […]
Posted inReal Estate Sales
More – but still not enough – homes are on the market in Plymouth
The local real estate market is sending mixed messages. So what else is new? More homes are going on the market in Plymouth, and it’s taking a bit longer for some of them to sell. But at the same time, of the 89 sales in September, more than half – 53 – closed at or […]
Posted inGovernment
Town seeks to toughen rules for electric bikes
Plymouth officials have unveiled a proposal to regulate the use of electric bikes on town roadways that includes age restrictions, mandatory helmets and registration with the town. But the draft measure, governing what they called “micro-mobility devices,” would not apply to the bikes Plymouth police have said are the most dangerous — electric ones without […]
Posted inGovernment
Town Meeting takes up the public’s business on Saturday
Plymouth’s fall Town Meeting is scheduled to convene at 8 a.m. Saturday morning at Plymouth North High School. Among the issues elected Town Meeting members will decide are whether to fund reconstruction of a runway and taxiway at the airport, a full-access trail at Jenney Pond, and a report on the viability of making expensive […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
Let us now praise Plymouth’s oldest church buildings
Confession. I’m a big Jimmy Buffet fan, a true Parrothead. One of my favorite Buffet songs is “Fruitcakes.” It’s a hilarious look at everything from politics to relationships to religion, placing blame for our human condition on the cosmic bakers that took humanity out of the oven too early. Essentially, we are half baked. When […]
Posted inBusiness
Here today, here tomorrow: Razing of Bert’s in limbo
Bert’s still stands. It turns out that the town’s plans to swiftly raze the landmark eyesore, which has been slowly decaying for more than a dozen years, were overly optimistic. For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, demolition of the abandoned restaurant building at the entrance to Long Beach has been delayed. “Given the sensitivity of […]
Posted inGovernment
A father’s grief, compounded by bureaucracy
David Berkeley’s life is shadowed by a black mass of sadness. At night, it steals his sleep. By day, it burrows into his thoughts. Like others who have lost loved ones – especially under sudden or shocking circumstances – his grief does not come with an expiration date. David’s 41-year-old son, Brent Berkeley, was gunned […]