Tagged: Plymouth

Plymouth Select Board member David Golden gives WATD’s Dan McCready a recap of Tuesday night’s meeting.

Plymouth Town Moderator Steven Triffletti gives WATD’s Dan McCready a recap of Saturday’s Special and Annual Town Meeting.

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 Board has received model tobacco regulations from the Massachusetts Association of Health […]

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 include municipal buildings.  But Police Chief Dana Flynn wants […]

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 of others as well. This, at the direction of Christian […]

In Plymouth, Education Secretary Dr. Patrick Tutwiler visits Manomet Elementary School Thursday in celebration of Civic Learning Week. The Secretary met with students, sat in on classes, and made an announcement about bold stories and bright legacies.  WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more… Dr. Tutwiler told students about his excitement in being able to announce an […]

In Plymouth the Board of Health recently announced a ban on the use of polystyrene takeout containers to go into effect next year. This action has prompted questions about the power and authority of the Board of Health. Town Manager Derek Brindisi, prior to coming to the Town of Plymouth, served as Director of Public […]

In Plymouth this week, on the 3rd, State Senator Dylan Fernandes spoke at the Center for Active Living or CAL, the town’s senior center, and seniors in attendance raised many concerns, one of them: 40B developments in town. WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more… State Senator Dylan Fernandes: “It was a great discussion.  I think people […]

In Plymouth, what began as a trial run of three cruise ship visits to Plymouth  in the summer of 2023 increased the next summer to twenty-four visits, part of a one year agreement and the Town then worked with American Cruise lines to develop a contract.  Article 8 will go to Town Meeting to set […]

In Plymouth, joining more than 60 other communities in the Commonwealth, there will be a ban on the use of  polystyrene or Styrofoam takeout containers, by food service establishments, but it will not go into effect until next year.  This, the result of the vote of the Board of Health at their meeting this week […]