Town clears 10 percent affordable housing mark
From Plymouth News
- Finance panel leaves Shallow Pond road funding rejection intact. Plymouth's Finance Committee left a disputed $300,000 Shallow Pond Estates road-funding rejection in place after dozens of residents turned out urging reconsideration, then took up a one-year data center moratorium and new Visitor's Center construction bids that came in higher than an earlier round.Plymouth News
- Select Board takes up 392-unit Carver Road housing deal. Plymouth's Select Board weighed a memorandum of agreement for developer Rick Vayo's 392-unit Carver Road project, which carries a multimillion-dollar mitigation package for fire staffing, recreation space and water and sewer upgrades and could push the town's affordable-housing stock past a long-sought threshold.Plymouth News
- Select Board sets decorum rules, closes for litigation. Chair Deb Iaquinto imposed new rules requiring board comments to route through her, with no interruptions or personal attacks, after public friction among members, then the board took up clean energy grants, foreclosed-property sales and nor'easter prep before closing for four pending lawsuits.Plymouth News
- Zoning Board approves Drew Road lift, homeless housing plan. Plymouth's Zoning Board approved raising a flood-prone Drew Road house and converting a vacant Spooner Street building into two-family homeless housing, but pushed a historic Carver Street church conversion and an Asiaf Way parking dispute to October 19 after inspectors flagged undisclosed structural issues.Plymouth News
- Residents press Select Board on airport oversight issues. At a West Elementary town hall, residents pressed the Select Board on the Plymouth Municipal Airport's underground storage tank, a cited sole-source aquifer and who funds the airport's legal fight against the town, as two selectmen sparred publicly over West Plymouth tax tracking.Plymouth News
Plymouth on Tue, Oct 6
- Select Board chair details affordable housing milestone. Select Board Chair Deb Iaquinto published an update explaining how a new "friendly" 40B development will push Plymouth over the 10 percent affordable-housing threshold while delivering $2.5 million in community benefits, following the board's vote to support the 392-unit Carver Road project.Town of Plymouth
- Plymouth sets dates for 2026 Harvest Festival. Plymouth Patch reports the town has set the dates for its 2026 Harvest Festival, ending months of anticipation from residents, according to the outlet.Plymouth Patch
- Schools salute custodians, maintenance staff this week. Plymouth Public Schools released a video from Director of Facilities Matt Durkee thanking the district's custodians, maintenance workers and skilled tradespeople for National Custodian Day.Plymouth Public Schools
Coming up
- Wed, Oct 7, 5:30 p.m.: Plymouth North hosts Scituate in JV field hockey. Plymouth North's junior varsity field hockey team hosts Scituate in a non-conference game Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
- Thu, Oct 8, 3:30 p.m.: Plymouth North hosts Whitman-Hanson in JV volleyball. Plymouth North's junior varsity volleyball team hosts Whitman-Hanson Regional in a conference match Thursday, Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
- Sat, Oct 10: Spire Center puts three new shows on sale Friday. Plymouth Patch reports tickets go on sale Oct. 10 for three new Spire Center shows: Carpenters Legacy's Christmas tribute Dec. 2, the Corvettes Doo Wop Revue Jan. 24 and the Wolff Sisters March 18.Plymouth Patch
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