Your opinions are an important part of the Plymouth Independent. We welcome your letters and commentaries. All we ask is that you follow some commonsense guidelines.
For starters, we need to know who you are. Any submission must include the author’s full name, an email address, and a phone number (for verification purposes only). If you’re writing as a representative of a group or organization, please state that. Standing behind your opinion gives it heft and credibility. You can even share links to pertinent sources if it helps make a point or bolster your position.
But while we encourage a robust exchange of ideas, we don’t have the resources to fact-check letters and essays filled with speculative statements and assertions that venture beyond the realm of opinion. We also won’t accept political endorsements, local or otherwise. Anything that even hints of discrimination or hate will be rejected outright. Good taste is a good thing. Brevity is an asset – getting right to the point saves us from cutting your copy, and helps to ensure that people will read what you have to say.
Put simply, we’ll show as much latitude as possible, but we reserve the right to not publish any submission that doesn’t meet those modest standards.
Now, with that out of the way, let’s hear from you. Send your letters or commentaries to: letters@plymouthindependent.org. We’re looking forward to it.
I have just finished reading Andrea Estes’ piece from the Plymouth Independent on the Plymouth school district budget shortage. Superintendent Campbell mentioned a $2 million shortfall and a “reduction in force.” From where will those reductions come? Eliminating 30 jobs (“about $1.3M from those reductions”) but no use of the word, “layoffs” seem like conflicting concepts. So, let’s play the transparency game and let the public know from where those cuts are coming without impacting students, staff, and parents who…
I have been a resident of Plymouth, specifically Summer Reach, since June 2019. Several weeks after arrival we went shopping for furniture and were referred to the Plymouth Furniture store in North Plymouth. Several months later, I was referred to…
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There is so much hatred toward the homeless immigrants being housed in and around Plymouth and volumes of misinformation being generated, that an article exploring the truth, especially about what’s being spent and by whom, would be exceedingly useful. So…
Many of us take for granted that the Town of Plymouth is endowed with an array of natural resources that other towns can only dream about – 35 miles of picturesque coastline, as many as 450 sparkling ponds, restored herring…
Let’s face it: bees have historically gotten a bad rap. Sure, their stingers are something to be aware of, particularly if you’re allergic, but generally speaking, a bee’s stinger is only a weapon of last resort. Especially hesitant to sting…
The great horned owlet pictured here was orphaned by highly toxic chemicals pest management professionals and homeowners use to target rats and other rodents. Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, or SGARs, were developed in the 1970s as a more potent successor to…
The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth area is pleased to announce two candidates forums at the end of April. They will showcase the local town elections that are contested. These forums will help the Plymouth Voter decide on…
Editor’s note: The writer is referring to Article 16C on the April 6 Town Meeting warrant, which calls for spending $4 million in Community Preservation money to subsidize developer Grantham Group’s construction of 62 affordable one-bedroom apartments for people age…
When Article 16C: Affordable housing – Cranberry Commons at Redbrook comes before Town Meeting this Saturday, April 6, Town Meeting should enthusiastically vote to support this project. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding this project – much of it…
Plymouth needs to simplify its process for renewing routine annual permits. Years ago, I approached [then-Select Board member] Patrick Flaherty about the inconvenience of renewing annual passes. He informed me that the town was reviewing processes and there would be a better…