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12/26/2025

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12/25/2025

‘It may be cold, but a lot of warm hearts help out.’ With the support of local groups and individuals, Holiday Care and Comfort for Heroes dishes out food and thanks to hundreds of veterans.

For many veterans, the year-end holidays can be a time of financial strain and emotional need. That’s why Michael Duggan helped to hand out free meals and heartfelt thanks yesterday to those who served. Upwards of 500 veterans and their families were registered to receive food and cheer today at t...

12/24/2025

No surprise: Pinehills deals topped November homes sales. It accounted for six of eight transactions priced at more than $1 million.

As the town seeks to fend off a looming budget crunch, November’s home sales numbers serve as a reminder of why Pinehills taxpayers are so important for Plymouth’s fiscal stability. Of the eight sales that topped $1 million last month, six were in the upscale neighborhood that collectively is th...

12/24/2025

Driver in alleged North Plymouth hit-and-run turns himself in: Police say the victim, who is hospitalized, was in a crosswalk at the time he was struck.

A North Plymouth man was severely injured Saturday evening after being struck by a driver who allegedly stopped briefly before fleeing the scene. The victim, a 54-year-old North Plymouth man who has not been named by police, was treated at the scene before being MedFlighted to a Boston hospital with...

12/23/2025

Case of man who allegedly posed as town manager to go forward: Judge denies motion to dismiss. Suspect accused of sending an email complaint to police using Derek Brindisi’s name.

A Plymouth district court judge has refused to dismiss identity fraud charges against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent who filed a strange traffic complaint with the Plymouth police last year posing as Town Manager Derek Brindisi. With two words — “motion denied”— Plymouth District...

12/23/2025

Harvard study finds proximity to nuclear plants increases cancer risk: Researchers looked at data related to seven facilities, including Pilgrim.

A new Harvard University study has found that cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants, including the now shut down Pilgrim station in Manomet. “We found that living near nuclear power plants increases the risk for cancer,” said Petros Koutrakis, professor of environmental...

12/22/2025

This Your Art Here submission is a photograph by Carol Jankowski. “It was taken right out my door,” she writes.

12/22/2025

We’ve got some suggestions for New Year’s: Plus, Eagles and U2 tribute bands at the Spire, Legos fun at the library, a John Prine doc at Plimoth Cinema, and many more happenings around town.

You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to [email protected] at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. Yes, we know it’s not quite Christmas yet, but we’re ...

12/21/2025

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12/20/2025

Select Board rejects proposal that could help rein in healthcare costs: Some town employees will pay as little as 10 percent of their insurance premiums upon retirement. Iaquinto wants to change that provision.

By a 3-2 vote, the Select Board has decided not to put a proposal before Town Meeting that would address one of Plymouth’s costliest expenses at a time when it faces a budget crunch. Town employees currently pay for 30 percent of their health insurance premiums. But upon retirement they are allowe...

12/18/2025

In a 3-2 vote, the Select Board decides not to support modified e-bike regulations.

Plymouth electric bike riders can keep cycling freely after the Select Board Tuesday rejected proposed regulations that would have set conditions on the bikes’ use. The board voted 3-2 against submitting an e-bike bylaw to spring Town Meeting — even after proponents offered a watered-down versio...

12/18/2025

With tax revenues flattening, is Plymouth facing a looming budget crisis? Rising costs - including for health insurance and GLP-1 drugs - prompts mention of potential layoffs and maybe even an override.

Whenever discussion of a budget includes the mention of potential layoffs and an tax override, alarm bells sound. That’s what happened during Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, where members and Town Manager Derek Brindisi raised the specter of a Proposition 2 1/2 override and layoffs within one or...