On June 8, 1957, the Mayflower II was nearing the end of her transatlantic journey from England to America. Near Bermuda, she encountered a fleet of international warships, which cruised near the full-scale re-creation of the Pilgrim vessel, loudly blasting horns while sailors waved and cheered from the decks. Four American destroyers then approached the […]
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Posted inEnvironment & Health
Stephens Field remake is on track for a July finish
Most of Stephens Field is torn up, but the outlines of the reimagined waterfront park are emerging as the long-anticipated $5 million project moves toward a planned mid-July finish. Signs of progress at the site are obvious as work – which began in October – picks up steam with the arrival of warmer weather. […]
Posted inCulture
Inspired by TikTok, she ditched the corporate scene to pursue her art
Plymouth resident Nikki Packard, a long-time creative designer, quit the corporate world and reinvented herself as a mural painter. This is part of an occasional series of short “as told to” profiles by Plymouth resident Carl Mastandrea, who describes himself as a “photographer, teacher, and storyteller.” It has been edited for clarity and length. I […]
Posted inGovernment
Helm says Community Preservation chair made ‘egregious’ mistake in detailing affordable housing project
A vote approving funding for affordable housing on Court Street is in question after it came to light that two officials misspoke when they described the scope of the project at Town Meeting earlier this month. Meeting representatives overwhelmingly approved an article to spend $960,000 in Community Preservation funds to subsidize the construction of six […]
Posted inEducation
Superintendent warns of layoffs, citing a $2 million budget shortfall
Campbell says non-teaching positions and ‘redundancies’ will be targeted.
Posted inEnvironment & Health
The town’s water supply is fragile. Is enough being done to protect it?
Everyone can agree that Plymouth’s precarious aquifer, which supplies the town’s drinking water, needs to be protected. But local activists warn that an increasing number of industrial, commercial, and residential development projects, as well as sand-mining operations, are putting the quality of our water at increasing risk. Town officials say they are trying to […]
Posted inHistory & Architecture
Do you know where Plymouth’s Tweenit section is?
A few years after my graduation from college in 1986, the Massachusetts economy sputtered and died. I decided to follow in the steps of my grandparents and seek my future in California. In 1959, my grandparents had moved to San Diego; just over 30 years later I found myself in San Francisco. I took a […]
Posted inCulture
Pilgrim Festival Chorus goes deep with Brahms’s operatic ‘Requiem’
How to submit a listing for this column:It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at robert@plymouthindependent.org. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We’ll accommodate as many listings as possible. The Pilgrim Festival Chorus will present a single work in its spring concert, Johannes Brahms’ “Ein […]
Posted inGovernment
Town says the nonprofit Farmhouse violates rules, lacks permits
The town has ordered the owner of a nonprofit known as The Farmhouse to stop using buildings on his 10-acre property to run educational programs, saying he lacks proper permits and violates the state’s fire code. In recent weeks, Plymouth South High School, MAP Academy, and EdTV, the Plymouth Public Schools’ video education production program, […]
Posted inWe Have Questions
Patty Cho knew nothing about running a restaurant. Nine years later, she’s learned a few things.
Patty Cho is in between jobs. Not that she’s unemployed. Hardly. It’s early afternoon on a spring Tuesday and Cho is making the walk from her Kogi Bar and Grill to Shikku Hot Pot, the restaurant she and her husband, Thuyet Phan, are scrambling to open in May. It’s a few doors away at 18 […]