News across Plymouth County

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…

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,…

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 Selectman 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 voted…

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…

Nineteen homes sold for more than $1 million last month
This might not make for a gripping opening to a story, but the latest snapshot of the local real estate market is a mixed picture. August data show 123 homes sold in Plymouth, the same number as in July, according to Boston real estate tracking firm the Warren Group. The median…

Plymouth County District Attorney identifies man deceased in Lakeville officer involved shooting; more details released
BROCKTON – Massachusetts State Police Detectives are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Lakeville, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, a resident entered the Lakeville Police Department to request a…

Plymouth County woman granted parole with conditions after murdering and robbing elderly couple
A Massachusetts woman has been granted parole with conditions after murdering a Plymouth County couple. According to the Massachusetts Parole Board, on December 3rd, 1992, 40-year-old Katherine McGlincy robbed and murdered Eero Helin, age 72, and Lillian Helin, age 65, in the…

Magicians lose in stormy fashion to Scitutate, 42-21
With an early season nor’easter bearing down on the Bay State, the Marblehead Magicians took a tough 42-21 road loss to the twice-defending champion Scituate Sailors on Friday night. “We […] The post Magicians lose in stormy fashion to Scitutate, 42-21 first appeared on…