As communities across the nation prepare to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Plymouth will honor the occasion with a public ceremony connecting the nation’s founding ideals to the town’s place in American history. A Plymouth Community Ceremony for America’s 250th will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, in Town […]
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Posted inReal Estate Sales
Plymouth home sales held steady in May
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Plymouth real estate market last month yielded a modest number of sales while prices remained high. The May numbers are the latest in an extended low-inventory cycle partly caused by existing homeowners’ reluctance to part with historically low fixed-rate mortgages, as well as general jitters about […]
Posted inGovernment
Move to oust Keohan from preservation post fails
(This version of the story has been edited to correct a factual error about a unanimous June 2025 vote on appointments taken by the Select Board. Minutes show David Golden left the meeting just prior to the vote. The Independent regrets the error.) A move to oust Select Board member Bill Keohan from his longtime […]
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Airport Commission gets a shakeup
Just months after the Plymouth Municipal Airport Commission sued the town for alleged interference, the Select Board ousted two longtime airport commissioners, including chair Kenneth Fosdick. Board members denied their unanimous decision not to reappoint Fosdick and Douglas Crociati had anything to do with the lawsuit or retribution for filing it. Both had been airport […]
Posted inBusiness
Gas station permit boosts Plymouth’s bid for Costco
Chalk one up for Plymouth in the competition to land a Costco. On Monday the Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved T.L. Edwards’s plan to build a gas station and convenience store at the corner of Cherry Street and Commerce Way — the entry point for its gravel yard and rock crushing operation visible from […]
Posted inCulture
Filming to disrupt downtown Tuesday
A sequel to the Amazon Prime series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is set to film in downtown Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon and evening, leading to parking restrictions and some street closures, town officials said. Parking restrictions will be in effect throughout the day on portions of Court Street, Main Street, North Street, Brewster Street, […]
Posted inCulture
‘My time with the Twelve Tribes’
(Editor’s note: This narrative account of one college student’s interactions with the Twelve Tribes – first as a potential recruit and then as a reporter – offers an unvarnished yet nonjudgemental perspective from a typical recruit who began with no historical knowledge or pre-conceived notions about the group.) A chilly breeze pushed me down Main […]
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Transplant survivor writes book, plays guitar
Andrew Botieri bellows out a reporter’s name at the top of his lungs as the reporter drives up to Botieri’s West Plymouth condo. You would never know by the volume of his voice that Botieri, a wiry 67-year-old, is recovering from a double lung and kidney transplant. Botieri received his new lungs and kidney on […]
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Despite conflicts, Select Board votes 3-2 to advance Landers development
After weeks of closed-door discussions and a wave of public criticism, the Select Board Tuesday cleared the way for a housing developer to buy 138 acres of formerly protected land in Cedarville, with the deciding votes cast by two members who hold personal and political ties to him. The 3-2 decision to waive the town’s […]
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‘It’s the wind. It’s the damned wind’
Second of two parts In late May, Plymouth oystermen Don Wilkinson and Sean Withington, receive the “seeds,” or spat — tiny juvenile oysters each no larger than a grain of sand — that will in two to three years become oysters ready for market. Shipped overnight from a supplier in Maine, the 2.4 million seeds […]