Frederic Thys

Local Eats Week on the menu for restaurants - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – ...

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Out cold: One of Memorial Hall’s boilers has failed - Plymouth Independent At what point do you stop pouring money into a car with sentimental value and a growing list of problems? It’s not a perfect analogy, but close enough to apply to Memorial Hall. The century-old downto...

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Prospective Costco gas station decision delayed by zoning board - Plymouth Independent As Plymouth and Kingston jockey for position in the race to attract a new Costco, the owner of the potential Plymouth site hoped a green light from the town to build a gas station on its land would ac...

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For once, All Things Plymouth was more than an online cage fight - Plymouth Independent Facebook’s All Things Plymouth page can feel more like a toxic waste site than community gathering place. With a purported 150,000 “members” – exceeding by two times the total of every adult and child...

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Philharmonic will play to the stars - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – ...

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The editor’s humble apology - Plymouth Independent Click the button below to register for the March 11 “Meet the Editor” event, where Kidwell will be on hand to answer all your questions about the Independent, our coverage and his “curse of the Windy ...

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Power restored, roads open - Plymouth Independent Five days after a historic storm blasted through Plymouth, paralyzing most of the town for days, officials on Friday announced reopenings and a slow return to normal. Schools are set to reopen Monday....

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TOWN DIGS OUT - Plymouth Independent Four days after a historic storm with hurricane-force winds dumped nearly three feet of snow on Plymouth, residents and emergency workers were still struggling to dig out. Utility workers expected to ...

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Thousands remain without power days after storm - Plymouth Independent Three days after Monday’s powerful blizzard blanketed Plymouth with 30 inches of heavy snow, causing widespread power outages and stranding thousands of residents in their homes, a return to normalcy ...

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Blizzard blitz aftermath: Power outages, drifts, impassable roads - Plymouth Independent Plymouth began recovering Tuesday following Monday’s blizzard, which dropped 30 inches of snow, causing widespread power outages, creating massive drifts, and virtually paralyzing the town. Power was ...

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Select Board recommends bylaw to restrict ICE - Plymouth Independent Unsatisfied with a decision to leave the town’s immigration enforcement policy solely in the hands of police, a group of Plymouth citizens is petitioning to enact a new bylaw at Town Meeting. More tha...

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Rep. Keating urges EPA action on Pulte project - Plymouth Independent U.S. Rep. William Keating has joined an intensifying effort by some North Plymouth residents to halt plans for a controversial 163-unit condominium development next to a Superfund site. In a Feb. 12 l...

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When a private property becomes a public problem - Plymouth Independent Almost every Plymouth neighborhood has a home or business in disrepair no one seems to care about. From trash-strewn yards to sagging siding to rusting cars propped on blocks, they are the definition ...

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IndieFerm to offer fermented brewing classes - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – ...

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Pulte condo project faces a new wave of opposition - Plymouth Independent North Plymouth residents are asking state and federal regulators to investigate a controversial affordable housing proposal, arguing the 163-unit Pulte Homes complex poses serious risks to people and ...

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Golden announces Republican bid for state representative - Plymouth Independent Less than two years after his election to the Select Board, David Golden is looking ahead to the next step in his political career. He is running in the Sept. 1 Republican primary for state representa...

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Pilgrim Hall Museum to host 1621 militia reenactment - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – ...

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Study to measure radiation levels around Pilgrim site - Plymouth Independent A Harvard University professor whose team recently published a study on the cancer risks near nuclear plants has been tapped to conduct a federally funded effort to measure radiation surrounding the d...

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Plymouth preps for the Super Bowl - Plymouth Independent Here’s a Super Bowl bet you can’t count on: Late Sunday afternoon will be a good time to shop at Market Basket. Like most of Massachusetts and New England, the buzz over the Patriots return to the big...

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Plymouth state trooper charged with kidnapping girlfriend - Plymouth Independent It is an ugly, high-stakes case of she said, he said. Either a Massachusetts state trooper brutalized his girlfriend, holding her captive and threatening her with knives — or the alleged victim made u...

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Select Board rejects advisory committee on wastewater plan - Plymouth Independent The recommendation of a citizens advisory committee to torpedo controversial plans to change the way Plymouth disposes of its wastewater was itself rejected by the Select Board on Tuesday. The Wastewa...

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Sandwich St. gas station complex getting overhaul - Plymouth Independent There’s a little more space on Sandwich Street these days – temporarily. The Canaan Fuels gas station/convenience street complex at the intersection of Lincoln and South streets has shuttered as a com...

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Former Boys & Girls Club staffer indicted on assault charges - Plymouth Independent A former employee of the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth has been indicted on four felony charges after being accused of touching and photographing a partially-nude 7-year-old boy. Bradley Collins, 21, ...

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Humor author Liz Gotauco presents ‘Anti-Valentine’s Date Night’ - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to  listings@plymouthindependent.org  at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image ...

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Troubled Plymouth preschool changes ownership - Plymouth Independent Starboard Academy, a for-profit Plymouth preschool accused of misconduct, child neglect, and wage and hour law violations, has been sold to an education company looking to expand in Massachusetts. The...

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Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

ICYMI: Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

At 95, Charlie Vandini remains the ‘Mayor of North Plymouth’ - Plymouth Independent For years, Charlie Vandini held court regularly from a bench inside his North Plymouth store. Along with Gus, an exuberant golden retriever with the same upbeat personality as the shop’s owner, he gre...

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Wandering kindergartner prompts tighter security - Plymouth Independent Plymouth school officials say they have increased staff monitoring after a kindergartner was inadvertently allowed to walk away from a before-school program at Nathaniel Morton Elementary School earli...

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Let me introduce myself - Plymouth Independent In my two weeks as the new editor of the Plymouth Independent, I have been to a Select Board meeting, met dozens of residents, edited more than a half dozen stories and begun to furnish our sparkling ...

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Comedians to raise money for toddler facing cancer - Plymouth Independent You’re invited to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Email your information to listings@plymouthindependent.org at least 10 days in advance. A good quality photo without type on the image – ...

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