21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (191+ words) Plymouth Independent We believe that journalism as a public service should be free to the community. Thank you so much to Julie Davis for her expansive and thoughtful article on The Gregory Peace Prize and our upcoming Plymouth, City of…...

21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (377+ words) Plymouth County jury has issued a decision that is directly relevant to Plymouth and the sand and gravel mining operations occurring in the town, including the Industrial Park along Route 3 and the proposed development on 71 Hedges Pond Road. The current…...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (447+ words) A new $6 million project to make downtown Plymouth safer and more climate friendly could start before the end of the year after the Town recently received a state grant for half the improvements. Downtown work will include a tripling of…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (259+ words) Jacqueline “Jackie” Margaret Ahola Keane, who had a 32-year nursing career, died peacefully at her home after an unexpected illness. She was 87. Born Feb 15, 1939 to the late Alice & Theadore Ahola, she was raised in Quincy with her twin sister, was…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1125+ words) This is the second installment of a two-part opinion column on nuclear power in Plymouth. How soon we forget. Or maybe we didn’t know much to begin with. Holtec International is in the process of decommissioning the plant, which opened…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (536+ words) In announcing an upcoming “Freedom of the Press Gala” fundraiser, Executive Editor of the Plymouth Independent David Kidwell extolls the virtue that credible, fact-based reporting and informed citizens make stronger communities. Agreed, but is that what we are getting from…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (93+ words) The good news is that citizens are pushing back. These efforts include organizations such as The Commonwealth Coalition for Democracy and Safe Energy (CCDSE). CCDSE is a collaborative effort of more than 15 groups, including Mass. Power Forward, Sierra Club, Clamshell…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (370+ words) The Plymouth Waterfront Festival will take over Water Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting at 130 Water St., bringing more than 230 arts and crafts exhibitors to the waterfront, along with food vendors, live entertainment and local nonprofit organizations. The Rivals of Amziah King…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1251+ words) Peace is an ambitious word. Peace can mean the end of a war, reconciliation between nations or the resolution of conflicts that seem impossibly large. But for Dick Gregory, the famed civil rights activist, comedian and lifelong advocate of nonviolence…...

6+ day, 51+ min ago   (1297+ words) Millions of dollars in community preservation projects around town were completed over the past two decades despite a “systemic” failure to follow required steps designed to protect historic buildings. As many as 40 publicly funded projects since 2000 were completed despite a…...