A politically fraught decision to euthanize a dog set off tempers on the town’s Select Board on Tuesday, with two members recusing themselves and a third voting no despite the pit bull terrier’s long record of aggressive behavior. In a rare case, the elected board was asked by town officials to affirm a decision to […]
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Bert’s site wins approval to become outdoor venue
After months of delays for permitting and planning, the developer of the former site of Bert’s restaurant was cleared by town officials last week to start building an outdoor festival venue on the once iconic waterfront site. Scott Hokanson, owner of the health insurance firm Brabo Benefits, leased the abandoned property last year and has […]
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Plan to replace Cold Spring, Hedge schools graduates to next level
Cold Spring Elementary School was a fitting setting for last week’s Select Board meeting – the building itself was the subject of an update from Town Manager Derek Brindisi on the building’s uncertain future. A study is underway to explore the feasibility of replacing it and the nearby Hedge Elementary School on the corner of […]
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Pilgrim Progress returns
For more than a century, one of Plymouth’s most moving traditions has quietly unfolded four Friday evenings at 6 p.m. starting Aug. 7, not with fireworks or fanfare, but with the steady beat of a drum and the measured footsteps of 51 people retracing a journey made more than 400 years ago. The Pilgrim Progress, […]
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Plymouth couple headed to Cooperstown Hall of Fame
Linda and Frank Gigliotti’s first date was a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. “I should have known then,” Linda said. “Forty-five years later, our life is consumed with baseball.” This weekend, that first date will come full circle when the longtime Plymouth couple travels to Cooperstown, New York, where Linda will be inducted into […]
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ICE protestors’ walk to end at Plymouth jail
Two Massachusetts teachers have spent the past week marching the length of Cape Cod to Plymouth to protest conditions for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. “It’s something we’ve been passionate about for a while,” said Connor May, 33. He and Chris Tansey, 35, walked from Boston to Stockbridge […]
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‘Sticker Shock’
Forges Field, a network of meadows and playing fields forming Plymouth’s largest athletics facility, won’t likely get a planned expansion and overhaul after town officials were handed a whopping $92 million price tag. The proposal came in as part of a phased plan for a massive expansion and modernization of the sprawling complex over the […]
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‘The restaurant is just a path’
To hear Jim Doyle describe it, experiencing the subtlety of Nepali curry for the first time was revelatory. That was five years ago. Today, the restaurant that serves the dish has served him something more sustaining: A rebirth of sorts. Doyle, 58, manages The Himalaya, which recently opened on Court Street. He’s running it for […]
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Plymouth’s history of rope
Anyone who has plodded around Plymouth long enough knows the shortcuts pedestrians take from one part of the downtown area to another. Strung together, these ancient alleyways, cracked blacktop parking lots, forgotten side roads and an occasional private property can save steps while trekking through the neighborhoods between the waterfront and shopping district. “It’s really […]
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‘Moth Ball’ to honor nocturnal pollinators
Butterflies get the coffee table books, dedicated gardens and admiration. Moths, despite making up the overwhelming majority of the world’s lepidopteran species, are often dismissed as little more than closet pests. That perception is what one local conservation group hopes to change. This Friday from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance […]