It’s a mecca for shoppers around the country, a massive store selling everything from groceries to electronics, and from eyewear to garden tools. In Plymouth, Walmart is also a mecca for shoplifters, who regularly waltz out of the Colony Place Supercenter with merchandise they didn’t pay for. The items often aren’t worth much — anywhere […]
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Posted inCulture Calendar
At Manomet’s Tidmarsh sanctuary, nature puts on a spectacular fall show
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email your information to carl@plymouthindependent.org, at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpg attachment – helps. Mass Audubon’s Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary weekly walks continue through October, a vibrant period in the […]
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MacRae says Plymouth town clerk botched ballot counting in Senate primary contest
Alleging “widespread and systematic irregularities” in Plymouth’s counting of mail-in ballots in the Sept. 3 primary, state Senate candidate Kari MacRae Friday said she will seek a court order to force town officials to count them again. MacRae, of Bourne, who originally lost the Republican primary to state Rep. Matt Muratore by 45 votes, alleged […]
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Planning Board has questions about proposed Cedarville business park
As they began a review of a proposal to build a 34-acre business park in Cedarville, Planning Board members Wednesday expressed concerns about the amount of truck traffic the project will add to an already congested area of town and questioned the design, which calls for flattening much of the hilly site. The developer, Standish […]
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Select Board OK’s spending another $140,000 on Oak St. project despite concerns about cost overruns
A divided Select Board Tuesday night approved spending $140,000 in American Rescue Plan Act money to finish the transformation of the former Oak Street elementary school into three affordable apartments. The work, which was originally budgeted at under a half million dollars, has more than doubled to $1,168,000. The once-modest project has attracted massive interest […]
Posted inSports
Team effort: A campaign is underway to let Plymouth North football games kick off after dark, despite EEE threat
Mosquitoes are not deterring a determined group of Plymouth North High School students and parents from trying to persuade town officials to bring back Friday night football. They’re calling for an exception to the closure of parks and fields from dusk to dawn to allow home games to start at 7 p.m. instead of 4 […]
Posted inBusiness
Planners to consider 34-acre business park for Cedarville
A proposal to build a business park on 34 acres off Hedges Pond Road in Cedarville is scheduled to come before the Planning Board for review on Wednesday, Sept. 11, but supporters and opponents are already weighing in on what would be a significant project in a part of town where commercial development has been […]
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Boston developer shuts the door on plans for apartments at Benny’s Plaza
The developer who hoped to build an apartment complex in the plaza where Benny’s department store once stood has scrapped the idea, bowing to fierce opposition from North Plymouth neighbors. “We reached out to see if our vision of that site was one that the neighborhood would work with us to achieve,” said Jay Doherty, […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
Recalling a time when Plymouth’s school system was bursting at the seams
The new school year in Plymouth started last week, with the number of enrolled students roughly the same as it has been for the last several years. And despite the current rate of home building, the number of students, according to the Massachusetts School Building Authority, is expected to stay relatively constant. That’s a very […]
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Muratore’s slim win over MacRae for Senate tops primary results
Matt Muratore squeaked by Kari MacRae in Tuesday’s Republican primary for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat, according to the unofficial voting results. With most of the votes counted, Muratore, a state representative from Plymouth, leads MacRae, a Bourne School Committee member, by just 50 votes, 6,978 to 6,928. That’s a margin of .4 […]