Heavy construction to replace a sagging sewer line deep under Water Street could run into June, with traffic detours hurting waterfront businesses and the rumble of digging and drilling continuing to damage sidewalks and nearby buildings. This is the third time in three years Water Street has been under construction because of the troubled effort […]
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Posted inGovernment
Cavacco and Quintal are running as a team. What does it mean for the Select Board race?
Like the Red Sox spring lineup, the roster for the next Plymouth Select Board is in soft focus. Whether it looks like a winning season ahead depends on your political perspective. For those keeping score at home, five candidates are competing for two seats on the five-member board. Incumbents Kevin Canty and Dick Quintal are […]
Posted inBusiness
The former site of Bert’s to become big-tent venue
There is a new plan for the old Bert’s site. The spot – finally demolished last year after years as a dilapidated wreck – has been leased by a Plymouth businessman who has big plans to turn the waterfront lot into a tent-style venue with a variety of offerings. Scott Hokanson, chair of the Plymouth […]
Posted inCulture Calendar
Timberdoodle or woodcock? Go watch this usually shy bird
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. It’s a rite of spring – the “sky dance” as performed by the American woodcock, and […]
Posted inCulture
Thomas Dolby is drawn to the ‘next new thing.’ It’s bringing him to Plymouth.
Thomas Dolby is coming to the Spire Center for the Arts? Along with longtime David Bowie bass player and singer Gail Ann Dorsey? Am I reading this correctly? That was my reaction to seeing the listing for Dolby’s (sold out) April 14 show at the 280-seat downtown venue. His biggest hits, “She Blinded Me With […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
Waterfront’s evolving architecture is drastic
One of my favorite corny movies is “Overboard,” starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Hawn plays a wealthy yacht owner, while Russell, her partner in real life, portrays a small-town carpenter brought to the yacht for repairs. Hawn, unsatisfied with Russell’s work, throws him and his tools overboard. Later Hawn falls overboard, strikes her head, […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Plymouth couple is charged with repeatedly raping their foster child
A Plymouth police officer and her husband were charged Thursday with repeatedly raping a teenaged foster child living in their home for years. But the couple, through their attorneys, insisted the allegations were the fabrications of a troubled young man with a grudge. Plymouth Assistant District Attorney James Duffy said the alleged assaults took place […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Plymouth man arrested after dramatic confrontation
A Plymouth man wielding a kitchen knife allegedly held his estranged wife captive early Tuesday morning, refusing to surrender even after Plymouth police had him cornered. The terrifying incident, captured on police body camera footage, shows one of the officers running up a flight of stairs, his gun pointed at the man, Nicholas Munroe, and […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Hand sentenced to life in 40-year-old murder
A Plymouth County jury Tuesday found Michael Hand guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Kingston teenager Tracy Gilpin 40 years ago. It took the jury less than six hours to reach a verdict, solving a cold case that had stumped investigators for decades. Hand, now 69, was immediately sentenced by Plymouth Superior Court […]
Posted inPolice & Fire
Hand murder trial set to go to the jury
Forty years after the body of Kingston teenager Tracy Gilpin was found in Myles Standish state forest, a Plymouth County jury this week will decide whether Michael Hand was her killer. With no DNA evidence, no witnesses and no forensics linking Hand to the murder, prosecutors will rely almost entirely on Hand’s own statements to […]