First of two parts Oysterman Don Wilkinson of Plymouth looks the part. The towering 83-year-old has been raising oysters in Cape Cod Bay for 16 years now and has the rugged, wizened look you might expect in a man who has spent many hours on the water in all kinds of weather. Piercing pale green […]
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Downtown sculpture garden unveiled
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. 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. This week, learn about New England Cryptids, watch Brendan Fraser play Eisenhower in “Pressure,” walk your […]
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Condos planned for old Salvation Army building
A deal is pending to convert the old Salvation Army building atop Coles Hill into condos, ending a local couple’s dream of creating a romantic wedding venue there. “We tried unsuccessfully for more than a year to find a buyer interested in a more public use of the building such as a museum site, a […]
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Grace Trail inspires introspection
During the darkest days of his life, Chris Carazas, 41, of Kingston found daylight while walking along Grace Trail in Plymouth. Grace Trail is a section of the rail trail variously known as the Seaside Trail, the Plymouth Seaside Grace Trail, and the North Plymouth Rail Trail, that runs from downtown north for about a […]
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Closed-door talks over land deal muddied by Select Board members’ link to developer
The Select Board on Tuesday held the latest in a series of closed-door meetings to consider whether it should recommend the town purchase 138 acres in Cedarville for about $5 million or allow a developer to buy the land and build homes on part of it. Under the best of circumstances, the decision would involve […]
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Plan could help fund busing costs
The town’s $6 million cost to take school kids to and from school each year could be getting a boost from taxpayers statewide next year under a new plan adopted unanimously by the state Senate. Under a budget amendment co-sponsored by State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, state lawmakers for the first time are considering the […]
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Two men arrested for attack on woman with mental illness
Two Plymouth men are facing criminal charges after a video appeared on the Facebook page ‘All Things Plymouth’ showing them allegedly punching and shoving a woman who is mentally ill and has no home. The alleged attack took place on April 8, but it wasn’t until May 20, when a caller alerted police to the […]
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The return of First Fridays
You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. 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. This week, revel in a Plein Air Day at Wildlands Trust, check out First Fridays Downtown, […]
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Tuscany Tavern ‘Party Girl’ turns 101
On Tuesdays, the phone at Tuscany Tavern starts ringing shortly after 5 p.m. “Will she be there tonight?” the callers ask. They’re hoping to be seated in the tiny North Plymouth restaurant next to the star attraction: Betty Thornton, a vivacious, comical, effusive and highly entertaining “party girl,” who just turned 101. “For the regulars, […]
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‘On the Road’ again: Select Board plans another series of neighborhood meetings
The annual election was supposed to be a reset for the politically fractured Select Board, but it didn’t take long for longstanding tensions to resurface Tuesday during its first full meeting with new chair Deb Iaquinto behind the gavel. The latest round of squabbling wasn’t set off by an overarching issue like the precarious state […]