In 2021, CLWC exposed Plymouth was allowing AD Makepeace to mine with an expired permit, 72 missing inspection reports CLWC brought zoning enforcement action, Makepeace suspends mining operation but watchdog […]
June 10, 2024: The Wareham Planning Board denied site plan approval and special permit extensions for two solar proposals, one at 27 Charge Pond Road and the other at 150 […]
January 17, 2023 — ZBA issues Decision in Case No. 4077, refuses to enforce the Bylaw despite credible evidence of violations – decision below. Save the Pine Barrens has appealed. […]
Plymouth's Conservation Commission was recently stacked with developers by the Selectboard. In September 2022, the Commission was off and running rubber stamping permits, issuing permits and opinions in violation of the Wetlands Bylaw and state wetlands law. We are pulling back the curtain on the Commission's violations and disregard for our wetlands, drinking water and wildlife.
Texas based PowerPlus is proposing a 150 MW lithium ion storage battery system in a residential neighborhood in Carver MA. Governor Baker calls this clean energy-it will store electricity from fossil fuel plants until maybe some day in the future there is renewable electricity in SE MA that needs storage. Carver already has 19 large ground mounted solar projects with battery storage. We've done our part. Put it elsewhere.
On August 16, 2022, the Plymouth Conservation Commission held a public “discussion” via Zoom and voted 5-2 to throw out the “Rules and Regulations for Plymouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw” that […]
In 2015, Emily Clark, writing for the Old Colony Memorial, warned that America’s hometown, Plymouth, was leveled by sand and gravel removal. Today, the crisis is worse: Plymouth is at […]
Another case of Bylaws or Why Laws? So many zoning waivers why have Bylaws at all? Plymouth Planning Board releases developer, Pyramid Mall, from protective covenant; allows 5 acres of […]
Town of Plymouth drops plan to expand parking in Town Forest In mid-2023, amid rising concern about the threats to the South Ponds complex from misuse of the Town Forest, […]
More dense development is being proposed on land in Colony Place The original “Commerce Way” project as this was called, is governed by a state environmental review under MEPA In […]
