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Derailed citizens’ petitions prompt tense debate plymouthindependent.org/dera…

Derailed citizens’ petitions prompt tense debate - Plymouth Independent

The barring of two citizens’ petitions as “out of order” at Town Meeting prompted a heated floor debate Saturday, with proponents arguing Town Moderator Steve Triffletti overstepped his authority in...

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One citizens’ petition will go to Town Meeting plymouthindependent.org/one-…

One citizens’ petition will go to Town Meeting - Plymouth Independent

At least one of the three citizens’ petitions ruled “out of order” for Saturday’s Town Meeting is back on the agenda after its supporters agreed to drop a late change to their original petition....

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Citizens’ petitions denied hearing at Town Meeting plymouthindependent.org/citi…

Citizens’ petitions denied hearing at Town Meeting - Plymouth Independent

Saturday’s Town Meeting could turn especially contentious after all three citizens’ petitions were barred from consideration as improper and out of order by Town Moderator Steven Triffletti. The...

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Controversial condo project abandoned by Pulte Homes plymouthindependent.org/cont…

Controversial condo project abandoned by Pulte Homes - Plymouth Independent

Pulte Homes has backed out of its plan to build a condominium project near the North Plymouth waterfront — a proposal that sparked fierce opposition among neighbors and town officials. “Pulte does...

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Long neglected, Training Green getting a makeover plymouthindependent.org/long…

Long neglected, Training Green getting a makeover - Plymouth Independent

The chain-link fencing that recently went up around the town Training Green might make it look like an EPA hazardous waste site to passersby. But while they and neighborhood dogs deprived of a...

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Van Cott gets prison for theft scheme at schools plymouthindependent.org/van-…

Van Cott gets prison for theft scheme at schools - Plymouth Independent

The former Plymouth Schools food service director caught in a decade-long scheme to steal equipment and food from the students’ lunch program was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison by a...

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Plymouth teenager gets probation in Harvard explosion plymouthindependent.org/plym…

Plymouth teenager gets probation in Harvard explosion - Plymouth Independent

The Plymouth teenager who set off fireworks at Harvard Medical School on Halloween night was sentenced last week to three years of probation and ordered to pay about $28,500 in damages. Logan...

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Select Board backs proposed 392-unit West Plymouth apartment complex plymouthindependent.org/sele…

Select Board backs proposed 392-unit West Plymouth apartment complex - Plymouth Independent

How can the town stop the proliferation of affordable housing complexes that have strained services and roiled neighborhoods over the last decade? By building more affordable housing. That was the...

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Mayflower Brewing closing at year’s end plymouthindependent.org/mayf…

Mayflower Brewing closing at year’s end - Plymouth Independent

Plymouth’s oldest craft brewery is closing its doors at the end of the year, the latest casualty in a nationwide decline in the popularity of independent breweries. Mayflower Brewing Company, which...

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A rare storm is bearing down on Plymouth. Here’s what you need to know. plymouthindependent.org/a-ra…

A rare storm is bearing down on Plymouth. Here’s what you need to know. - Plymouth Independent

This time, there was no calm before the storm. Thursday afternoon, more than a day out from a rare September nor’easter expected to pummel the Massachusetts coast, Plymouth Harbor already was...

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Flying under the radar plymouthindependent.org/flyi…

Flying under the radar - Plymouth Independent

Airport Commissioner Karin Goulian showed up at a Select Board meeting earlier this month with an unusual request. Goulian, who along with her husband runs aviation businesses at the Plymouth...

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RV crashes through downtown seawall plymouthindependent.org/rv-c…

RV crashes through downtown seawall - Plymouth Independent

A recreational vehicle plowed through the seawall on Water Street Wednesday morning, leaving a gaping hole town officials say could take several days to repair. In the meantime, with a potential...

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Iaquinto scolds board for bad behavior plymouthindependent.org/iaqu…

Iaquinto scolds board for bad behavior - Plymouth Independent

Select Board Chair Deb Iaquinto admonished her fellow board members Tuesday about their continued bickering from the dais, announcing a ban on them directly addressing each other at their weekly...

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With The Drew, downtown finally gets the hotel it needed plymouthindependent.org/with…

With The Drew, downtown finally gets the hotel it needed - Plymouth Independent

Why didn’t somebody do this sooner? That was my reaction last year when I heard about a boutique hotel planned for the heart of downtown. It’s no surprise the man behind it is Rick Vayo, a developer...

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Select Board flaps continue despite conduct policy plymouthindependent.org/sele…

Select Board flaps continue despite conduct policy - Plymouth Independent

Just a month after the Select Board passed its new conduct policy mandating civility on the dais, another episode of incivility erupted at this week’s meeting at West Elementary School. This time it...

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Embattled Pulte Homes condo project could be history plymouthindependent.org/emba…

Embattled Pulte Homes condo project could be history - Plymouth Independent

Faced with an uprising of outspoken neighbors, a deadline quickly slipping away, and talk of the land going back on the market, Pulte Homes may have abandoned its plan for a condo project in North...

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Public parking at school called ‘win-win’ plymouthindependent.org/publ…

Public parking at school called ‘win-win’ - Plymouth Independent

Town officials are calling a planned $1.5 million transformation behind Nathaniel Morton Elementary School a creative solution to a growing shortage of downtown parking during the summer season. The...

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State denies Holtec’s appeal of ban on wastewater discharge at Pilgrim plant plymouthindependent.org/stat…

State denies Holtec’s appeal of ban on wastewater discharge at Pilgrim plant - Plymouth Independent

In a widely expected ruling, the state on Tuesday rejected Holtec International’s appeal of an order preventing it from discharging treated radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay as the company...

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Schools audit suggests oversight reforms in wake of Van Cott lunch program fraud plymouthindependent.org/scho…

Schools audit suggests oversight reforms in wake of Van Cott lunch program fraud - Plymouth...

The bizarre story of Plymouth Schools’ former food services director, who dragged heavy refrigerators out the back door and stole food from the kids’ lunch program as part of a decade long larceny...

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Chronic sewer line failures bring Water Street barricades … again plymouthindependent.org/chro…

Chronic sewer line failures bring Water Street barricades … again - Plymouth Independent

For the fourth time in as many years, construction is once again disrupting Water Street, one more last-ditch effort to build a new sewer line to replace the aging pipe running under a portion of the...

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