https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefsThe daily local brief for Plymouth, MA.en-ushttps://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-09https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-09Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Massachusetts Appeals Court has dismissed Michael Walsh's $2.5 million excessive-force lawsuit against four Plymouth police officers, who shot him during a 2018 gunfight outside his home after answering a 911 call from his wife. Walsh pleaded guilty in 2023 to 18 firearms-related charges and is serving five to seven years at Old Colony Correctional Center; claims against the town were dismissed shortly after he sued in 2021. In January 2025 a Plymouth Superior Court judge let the case against the officers proceed, citing factual disputes, a ruling Police Chief Dana Flynn called "outrageous" at the time.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-08https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-08Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000One corner of the Plymouth Waterfront Visitor Center on Water Street appears to have dropped nearly 2 inches, and a 3-foot-deep sinkhole opened Oct. 2 in the Memorial Hall parking lot behind it. The trouble is near the last 70 feet of sewer pipe, which contractor Northern Construction is replacing because it settled more than expected into unstable soil. "We are still evaluating what is going on," Public Works Director William Coyle said, and ground-penetrating radar is planned for Friday.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-07https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-07Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Town Meeting representatives for Precincts 6, 7, 8 and 14 meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Manomet Elementary School, 70 Manomet Point Road, with a Zoom link available. Members will hear presentations on Fall Town Meeting warrant articles and ask questions after each one, followed by public questions and comments. Each precinct will then convene separately to approve minutes and take up old and new business before adjourning at 9 p.m.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-06https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-06Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Developer Rick Vayo's Megryco Inc. is proposing Darby Farms, a 392-unit Chapter 40B apartment complex on a former farm off Carver Road in West Plymouth, across from the Cranberry Crescent shopping plaza. Officials have so far greeted it with enthusiasm, largely because a quirk in state law would count all of its apartments toward Plymouth's affordable housing stock, pushing the town above the state's 10% threshold. The plan includes payments toward water, sewer, fire services and recreation, and 67% of the parcel would stay open space.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-05https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-05Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 6 p.m. tonight in the 1820 Court Room at Town Hall, 26 Court Street, to consider a special permit request from Scranton Holdings Corp. for 101 Carver Road. The applicant seeks to use 23,000 square feet of existing space for a retail store, add 15,600 square feet of outdoor storage in the existing parking lot, and allow a parking deficit of 72 or more spaces. The request would also modify a vegetated buffer along Carver Road between adjacent residential properties and change a prior special permit to remove its restriction on heavy commercial uses.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-04https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-04Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Resurfacing of Cardinal Drive, Gull Lane, Oriole Way, Pheasant Avenue, Sandpiper Lane, Scarlet Drive, Skylark Avenue and Swan Avenue is expected to begin the week of October 5 and take four to six weeks. Contractor Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt will grind and repave the roads from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays if needed. Residents are asked not to park on the street in the work zone during work hours and should expect minor delays and possible daytime detours. Driveways should stay accessible except when crews are working right around them.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-03https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-03Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Some Plymouth Municipal Airport commissioners spent the first 15 minutes of their October 1 meeting criticizing a Sept. 25 Plymouth Independent report detailing how four current or just-replaced commissioners hold businesses or planes at the airport through leases or subleases. Vice Chair Thomas Hurley, who was not named in the report, called it "a hatchet job, pure and simple." Commissioner Karin Goulian, who with her husband owns and operates multiple businesses at the airport, said the Select Board members who appointed her in 2019 were fully aware of her financial interests there.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-02https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-02Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Downtown galleries, museums, shops, restaurants and historic houses open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight for October's First Fridays, a free arts and culture program. First Fridays sets aside six evenings a year to support the arts, culture and small businesses in downtown Plymouth. Funding comes from the Town of Plymouth Promotions Fund, the Mass Cultural Council and First Fridays participants.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-01https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-10-01Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Marcia J. Keen, formerly of Plymouth, died Sept. 14 at 82 after a battle with cancer. At age 14 she received a Carnegie Hero Medal for saving a six-year-old boy from drowning at Manomet Beach, and she later spent more than 20 years as a nurse at Plymouth County Hospital and Cranberry Specialty Hospital. Visitation is 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 17 at Cartmell-Davis Funeral Home in Manomet, followed by a joint memorial service with her husband of 45 years, Richard Keen, who died July 23.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-30https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-30Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Holtec International, owner of the closed Pilgrim nuclear plant, says it may go to federal court for authorization to release radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay after losing a state Department of Environmental Protection appeal earlier this month. The company has opted against appealing in Massachusetts Superior Court, where the case would have hinged on the Ocean Sanctuaries Act protecting the bay. Holtec initially sought to discharge up to 1.1 million gallons, though evaporation has since reduced the volume below 800,000 gallons.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-29https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-29Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Mayflower Brewing Company, the town's oldest craft brewery, will close its Resnik Road brewery and tasting room on Dec. 31 after operating there since 2007. Mike McNamara, owner of Hog Island Beer Company, bought Mayflower last year. He said the space is far larger and costlier than needed, and the brand will now be brewed at the Cape Cod Beer brewery in Hyannis. The seasonal beer garden on the green in Pine Hills will remain open while the company looks for a new tasting room location, and McNamara is talking with the five full-time employees about how many can stay on.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-28https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-28Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The National Weather Service has a flood watch in effect through 2 a.m. Tuesday and a coastal flood advisory through midnight Monday, warning of possible flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas. Monday's forecast calls for showers and possible thunderstorms with patchy fog, a high near 64 and a northeast wind of 10 to 14 mph. New rainfall is expected to total a tenth to a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-27https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-27Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Grammy-winning blues, soul and R&B artist Robert Cray performs tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Plymouth Memorial Hall, rescheduled from February 25. Tickets are available via AXS Marketplace.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-26https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-26Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Plymouth officials report high-wind, high-surf, and coastal-flood warnings through Sunday. The Swap Shop, Manomet Transfer Station, Energy Education Expo, and outdoor municipal recreation programs are canceled or closed today, Saturday, September 26.https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-25https://nanopress.net/plymouth-ma/briefs/2026-09-25Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000A rare September nor’easter is expected to hit the coast today, bringing 5 or more inches of rain and winds up to 60 mph. The storm will intensify overnight and continue through the weekend, posing risks of erosion, flooding, downed trees, and power outages. Officials are urging boat owners to remove vessels from the water.