You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just 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. Have you been to the newly remade Stephens Field? Since its “soft opening” in early […]
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Posted inEducation
New teachers contract includes ‘largest raises ever’
The Plymouth School Committee this week approved a new contract that will increase most teachers’ pay by 13½ percent over three years, according to the town’s teachers union. Members of the 700-member Education Association of Plymouth earlier this month “overwhelmingly” approved the contract, which will be retroactive to July, union president Tom Pinto said. The […]
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Neighbors sound off about South St. apartment project
Developer Rick Vayo’s proposal to build 24 one-bedroom apartments classified as affordable across from the library on South Street ran into opposition from speakers at a Planning Board meeting Wednesday night. Twenty-one neighbors and other Plymouth residents spoke at the meeting, all of them in opposition to the plan, which already has support from four […]
Posted inBusiness Beat
Mini golf or a flea market at Benny’s Plaza? No, but here are some ideas that might work.
Editor’s note: Unlike our news stories, this column also includes the author’s opinions. “Change” is the word of the year in Plymouth. Maybe the word of the decade. Plymouth is changing. Plymouth has changed. It’s changed too much or too little. It’s changed for the worse, for the better. Embrace it, rail against it, help […]
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Marshfield man guilty of murder in 2019 crash that killed 13-year-old Plymouth girl
A Plymouth County jury Tuesday convicted a Marshfield man who was drunk when he sped through a red light and plowed into an SUV, killing a 13-year-old Plymouth girl and severely injuring her mother and a friend. Gregory Goodsell, 36, was found guilty of all counts related to the 2019 crash that killed Claire Zisserson, […]
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‘We saw no signs of anything’
Pamela and David Murphy sit at a table in the dining room of their Manomet home. On the mantel, and above it, are photos and a striking pencil drawing of their son, Matt, including one with his dog, Willy. The gentle giant rottweiler died the year before Matt took his own life at age 20. […]
Posted inCulture Calendar
She’s trying to get more people excited about poetry
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just 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 jpg attachment – helps. Plymouth’s poet laureate Miriam O’Neal wants to get people excited about poetry. In a monthly […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
You may have lived in town a long time, but you haven’t seen it all
If you are on Facebook there is a good chance you are familiar with an infamous – and popular – page that discusses daily life in Plymouth. Recently, I followed a discussion that got nasty and, inevitably, someone threw down the “townie” card. Somehow, having been born and raised here – whether you are a […]
Posted inCulture
$6.2m Pilgrim Hall project will restore precious artwork, replace roof
Pilgrim Hall, one of the oldest museums in the country, is marking its bicentennial with a $6.2 million renovation project that got underway earlier this month. The project is focused on restoring two massive historical paintings and replacing the 200-year-old building’s roof. Because the roof replacement also entails interior work, certain precautions had to be […]
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Suspect charged in Redbrook mailroom thefts has history of similar crimes
Plymouth police believe they have cracked the case of the brazen thief who repeatedly made her way into the locked Redbrook mailhouse and stole packages meant for residents of the South Plymouth neighborhood. Sunny Lynn McDonough, 45, is charged with five counts of breaking and entering to commit a felony and five counts of larceny. […]