by Bobbi Clark | Jun 23, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, the big news at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital is that the crew building the expanded Emergency Department placed the final beam onto the framework of the new construction—and the forecasted completion is late summer of 2028. Built in 1993, BID’s...
by Bobbi Clark | Jun 16, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, close to four million dollars –that’s the big number the town is projected to receive. This is an allotment from opioid remediation funding by the State of Massachusetts, according to Plymouth’s Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Michelle Bratti. ...
by Bobbi Clark | May 30, 2025 | News
In Plymouth: So at the very end of the Select Board agenda for the meeting of May 27th, an item is routinely listed on the agenda as: New Business/Letters/Old Business. This is when Selectman Chair Kevin Canty chose to announce that he has set up what is labeled...
by Bobbi Clark | May 27, 2025 | News
In Plymouth: The kick-off for the tourist season nationwide seems to be Memorial Day— and that’s also true for the Town of Plymouth. But some analysts are predicting a downturn in international tourism because of threats of tariffs and other unpopular policy...
by Bobbi Clark | Apr 30, 2025 | News
In Plymouth—although there may be more than just a few proposals for overrides in surrounding towns, such as Duxbury, where voters turned down a $5.8 million Proposition 2 ½ override last month, and Hanson, last week, proposing a $3 million tax override to avoid...
by Bobbi Clark | Apr 22, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, “Not in the best interests of the United States”— that‘s the phrase used by a Trump Administration official to justify the cut-off of a $200,000 grant previously committed to Pilgrim Hall Museum—this to be used for a higher level of care and organization...
by Bobbi Clark | Apr 4, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, the Board of Health wants to prevent teenage nicotine addiction. Although amendments to the town’s tobacco sales regulations was on the agenda for their meeting on April 2nd, no amendment was proposed. But, Board of Health Chairman Barry Potvin says the...
by Bobbi Clark | Mar 31, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, right now, if a person wanted to carry a gun, loaded or unloaded into a municipal building such as Town Hall, according to state law, passed last year, it could not legally be done. The legislative ruling expanded prohibited areas to carry firearms to...
by Bobbi Clark | Mar 20, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, there’s a new dog in town, a black Lab named Rio and he serves as the first comfort dog for the town’s Fire Department—a department that includes seven fire stations manned by 139 firefighters. Rio’s primary role is firefighter wellness, but the wellness...
by Bobbi Clark | Mar 18, 2025 | News
In Plymouth, celebrations of Irish heritage were plentiful on St. Patrick’s Day in the area—befitting the fact that some of the most Irish towns in America are considered to be on the south shore of Boston. And Plymouth celebrated as well. Maureen Haley of the Haley...
