Plymouth
A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts — population 64,269 as of 2022.
stops being your city.
Plymouth takes over news, events and the map.
News in Plymouth
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…
Creatives & Arts
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,…
Local Business
Plymouth Seafood Festival to celebrate town’s history
Plymouth is known around the world for its history. But for generations, much of the town’s identity – and its survival — came directly from the sea. Fishing and shipping helped Plymouth thrive through the 19th century, as fisheries and seafood played a key role in the town’s…
Events
YOUR VIEW: Recognizing the sacrifice of those relocated by The Drew
Mr. Antall gave a lovely and forward-looking description of the gentrification of Plymouth. With lifelong friends and acquaintances in town I’m always vested in its progress. You may wonder at another aspect of Mr. Vayo’s project. I did, as a Planning Board member, when Mr. Vayo…
General
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…
Government & Civic
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…
ObituariesIn and around Plymouth
See & do
+193 more on the mapEat, drink & stay
+342 more on the mapShops & services
+556 more on the mapMusicians & bands near Plymouth →
Explore the Greater Boston metro →
Plymouth changes faster than we can keep up.
Something opened, closed or moved? Tell us and we'll put it right. Our editors review submissions before they publish — you'll need an account with access to send one.
Plymouth by the numbers
- Median age
- 47.4
- Households
- 26,563
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $116,941
- Median house value
- $527,400