News across Plymouth County
YOUR VIEW: ‘Preserve direct local democracy’
As rumblings grow about altering our form of government, a critical test is brewing at our upcoming Town Meeting: defending our legislative authority against a trend of citizen petitions being ruled out of order. Town Meeting is the supreme legislative authority. Under our…
Marcia J. Keen, 82, nurse and Carnegie Hero Medal winner
Marcia J. Keen, formerly of Plymouth, died on Sept. 14 after a battle with cancer. She was 82. Born Aug. 4, 1944, in Plymouth to Henry and Dorothy (Crane) Walton, she received a Carnegie Hero Medal at aged 14 after she saved a six-year-old boy from drowning at Manomet Beach. She…
Richard B. Keen, 93, lifelong electrician
Richard B. Keen, of Sagamore Beach, MA and founder of Keen Electrical Service, died peacefully on July 23. He was 93. Born Aug. 10, 1932, to Frank and Mildred (Cole) Keen, he grew up in Norwood, MA, and moved to Pembroke, MA in 1942, graduated from Pembroke High School in 1950,…
Massachusetts man, Rhode Island woman found guilty in murder of door-to-door salesperson Brima Koroma
BROCKTON – Two people were found guilty today in Brockton Superior Court on charges related to the murder of a 24-year-old in 2022, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced. 37-year-old Brendan Fernandes of Brockton, was found guilty of First-Degree Murder,…
Fashion show charts 250 years of style
They wore hoop skirts and bell-bottoms, flapper dresses and psychedelic prints. There was even an ’80s ski suit that should have come with its own warning label. Local elected officials, business owners and community leaders traded their usual attire for a trip through 250 years…
Three lawsuits alleging neglect at preschool settled
Three families who sued a private Plymouth preschool for alleged misconduct and child neglect have settled their cases against the school and its owner under undisclosed terms. They alleged a teacher at Starboard Academy traumatized toddlers in her care by yelling at them and…
YOUR VIEW: Vote for firefighter grant ‘ironic’
I find it ironic that Select Board member Canty took the opportunity to warn Plymouth of an impending operational override within the next three years as a reason to vote against the $300,000 road-acceptance study for the Shallow Pond Estates. In July, the entire selectboard…
Clancy trial raises new questions about mental health system inequities
Carla Monteiro (above) on the case of Latarsha Sanders, a mother of four from Brockton who was found guilty of murdering her two young sons and is currently serving a double life-sentence without the possibility of parole.
Brockton man on probation pleads guilty in Boston after violent shootout left Fall River woman with gunshot wound to the chest
BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession. The defendant participated in a violent shootout that left a female victim from Fall River with a gunshot wound to her chest. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice,…
Patricia J. Verre
Patricia J. (Cornell) Verre, formerly of Plymouth, died peacefully on Sept. 25, at UMass Memorial Hospital in Leominster. She was 97. Born May 6, 1929, in Boston, to the late Frank and Catherine (Dyke) Cornell, she graduated from Revere High School as a member of the National…
Mayflower Brewing closing at year’s end
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 was purchased last year by the owner of Orleans-based Hog Island Beer Company,…
Manhattan Short Film Festival returns
This week, Plymouth movie buffs can be part of an international jury when the Manhattan Short Film Festival returns to the Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court St., Wednesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 1. Audiences at venues around the world watch the same 10…