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Students push for later school hours plymouthindependent.org/stud…
Students push for later school hours - Plymouth Independent

Students push for later school hours - Plymouth Independent

Parents have long struggled with the morning ritual of dragging their teenagers from bed as they plead for just five more minutes of sleep. Now, the teenagers have research to back them up. Armed...

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Scammer targets developer by posing as town official plymouthindependent.org/ai-s…
Scammer targets developer by posing as town official - Plymouth Independent

Scammer targets developer by posing as town official - Plymouth Independent

Even before the email popped up on his computer screen, Monday, Oct. 19, was bound to be a fateful day for Richard Rosen. In a few hours, the Whitman developer’s plan to transform the former Salvat...

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Airport commissioner steps down amid scrutiny plymouthindependent.org/airp…
Airport commissioner steps down amid scrutiny - Plymouth Independent

Airport commissioner steps down amid scrutiny - Plymouth Independent

A Plymouth Municipal Airport commissioner whose family operates several businesses at the airport has resigned, acknowledging she may have inadvertently run afoul of state conflict-of-interest law....

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Reducing the costs of living tops agenda in Nov. 3 election plymouthindependent.org/redu…
Reducing the costs of living tops agenda in Nov. 3 election - Plymouth Independent

Reducing the costs of living tops agenda in Nov. 3 election - Plymouth Independent

As the Nov. 3 election nears and early voting is in full swing, local political candidates are campaigning on everything from affordability to school busing. There are three local races on the...

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Plymouth man gets 10 to 14 years for fatal car crash plymouthindependent.org/plym…
Plymouth man gets 10 to 14 years for fatal car crash - Plymouth Independent

Plymouth man gets 10 to 14 years for fatal car crash - Plymouth Independent

A Plymouth man was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for his role in a widely publicized, high-speed car crash in 2024 that killed a woman described as his “soulmate.” Anthony Bradley, now 32,...

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Town Meeting warned of dire budget forecast plymouthindependent.org/town…
Town Meeting warned of dire budget forecast - Plymouth Independent

Town Meeting warned of dire budget forecast - Plymouth Independent

Select Board Chair Deb Iaquinto opened fall Town Meeting with a warning to members about a five-year budget forecast projecting growing deficits starting in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2028....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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