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Birgitta Kuehn resigned from the Planning Board because of her move to Chicago.
I read with disappointment that another bright, savvy, assertive woman is leaving Plymouth. Birgitta Kuehn’s move to Chicago is a big loss for our town. While she often rubbed some people the wrong way, she kept those in the seats of authority and power on their toes. She was never afraid of speaking out. I would be remiss in not also mentioning two other exceptional women who have moved away: Evelyn Strawn and Henrietta Consentino. Evelyn was chair of the…
As concerns the [“We Have Questions”] article entitled “I Had a Vision of What Plymouth Could Be”: The buildings (The Armory, Mount Pleasant School, etc.) that have been renovated by [Rick] Vayo, et al, are beautiful. I love that they…
Kudos to Plymouth Planning Board member Birgitta Kuehn for standing up to behemoth Makepeace as it plays its dirty tricks to try to add another 113 market-priced homes to the Redbrook housing development. As a Carver resident living in a…
Will Plymouth to finally say no to A.D. Makepeace Company? Makepeace cloaks itself in cranberries while most of its profits are from mining sand on its 12,000 acres of land. Makepeace claims this mining is cranberry farming. The sand is…
This letter was written by citizens of three sovereign Wôpanâak communities; the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) in response to a July 13 letter by Richard Serkey. The…
Environmental leaders from nine countries in Asia and South Asia met with Sustainable Plymouth and other local environmental groups as part of a three-week International Visitor Leadership Program on Monday, July 8, to discuss community advocacy in areas such as…
Representatives of the Wampanoag Indian tribe have asked the Town to recognize their legacy by agreeing to recite a “Land Acknowledgement” statement at the commencement of all municipal meetings. I am opposed to doing so, not because I lack sympathy…
Self-proclaimed visionaries such as developer Rick Vayo, and disciples, should be regarded with severe skepticism. They are not here to save us or “polish” Plymouth. Developers so far have given Plymouth reckless absurd building, overcrowding, massive dangerous traffic, unenforced speed…
The Plymouth No Place for Hate Committee, a committee of the Town of Plymouth, presented its seventh annual Outstanding Citizenship Award to two Plymouth High School students at the July 9 Select Board Meeting. The purpose of this award is…
The family of Rodney Riviello thanks Plymouth residents and first responders for their support and efforts to locate their father, whose body was found on June 22 after a four-day search.
Dear Plymouth, This past Sunday, July 7, we brought our dad, Rodney Riviello, home to Clyde, NY, and had the most beautiful celebration of his life on what would have been his 70th birthday. Thank you for helping us reach…
As we celebrate the arrival of European pilgrims on this soil 400 years ago, and the subsequent founding of a new nation on this continent 156 years later, I would like to take a moment to recognize the people who…