Anthony Boccalini, suffering from a rare inherited condition that caused his mother Judy’s death three years ago, is hoping for a kidney transplant that could save his life. Boccalini, 41, is the youngest of six siblings in the well-known Plymouth family. Four of them have the dominant gene that causes the deadly condition, a form […]
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Posted inHistory & Architecture
Streams of consciousness: Exploring the routes of Plymouth waterways
The last phase of the restoration of Plymouth’s Town Brook is underway. Work began in 2002 with the removal of dams from the brook’s 19th century industrial past. The last phase of the project will include the dredging of Jenny Pond (which is happening now), reconstruction of the pond bridge, a new fish ladder and […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Holtec owns a valuable 1,600-acre parcel around the nuclear power plant site. What’s to become of it?
On a recent day, Mark Withington walked along precarious ice-encrusted trails in the Chiltonville woods to a clearing at the boundary of the land owned by Holtec International, the company that is decommissioning the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Manomet. Withington has a vision for the nearly 1,600 acres of mostly forested property around […]
Posted inBusiness
State seizes waterfront restaurant over $228,000 in unpaid taxes
Carmen’s Café Nicole, a popular breakfast-and-lunch restaurant on Water Street, has been seized by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for failure to pay taxes. According to the department’s website, the owner, Aria Capone, owes the state more than $228,000. Capone said in an email Thursday that she has been working with an attorney and a […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
Saquish: So close, yet so far away for most
As a newcomer to Plymouth, I’ve been studying maps of the town as I try and get my bearings. I’ve long been fascinated with maps, and especially geographic oddities. For example, only two counties in the United States have discontiguous parts. Norfolk County, Massachusetts is one. Brookline and Cohasset are both part of Norfolk County, […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Plymouth police officers to start wearing body cams
It’s taken more time than expected and a lot more money than initially set aside, but Plymouth police officers are finally being outfitted with body-worn cameras. The department, which plans to unveil the cameras soon, hailed their arrival in a Facebook post as “a big step forward.” “These cameras will enhance public safety, strengthen trust […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
‘The entire hospital is short-staffed’
A man showed up at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth’s emergency room one morning last month suffering from Covid and struggling to breathe. He remained in the ER for more than 12 hours while waiting for an intensive care unit bed. But at 1 a.m., the patient went into cardiac arrest, according to a report […]
Posted inReal Estate Sales
January freeze: Just 38 properties sold in town last month
January isn’t exactly prime time for buying or selling a house, for obvious reasons, one of them being the weather. (Are you ready for the predicted weekend storm?) Nonetheless, there are buyers and sellers out there, with the latter still holding the advantage because of stubbornly low inventory. At the same time, many Plymouth homeowners […]
Posted inGovernment
Number of polling sites dramatically reduced
Plymouth voters who prefer to cast their ballots in person will likely have to do more driving, starting with the May 17 town election. The Select Board Tuesday voted unanimously to reduce the number of polling sites from 14 to just 5, following Town Clerk Kelly McElreath’s earlier recommendation to consolidate voting locations. The […]
Posted inEnvironment & Health
An overwhelmed Beth Israel Deaconess aims to ease the crunch with $116 million expansion
Struggling to provide care for a growing and aging population in Plymouth and surrounding towns, Beth Israel Lahey Health is investing more than $116 million to update and expand its facilities at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. The work is aimed at increasing the hospital’s capacity for cancer care, surgical and emergency services. It includes a […]