Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman cites fairness to brick and mortar businesses, as well as an additional $387 million in sales tax collected, as reasons to implement a state sales tax on online purchases.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has awarded Plymouth $135,000 to kick-start the town's planned curbside recycling program.
The Plymouth Town Manager’s Solid Waste Advisory Group will hold an educational forum to present information and solicit public input on the various solid waste disposal options the Town is currently exploring.
The medical marijuana ballot initiative passed last Tuesday, which means up to 35 medical marijuana dispensaries can open in 2013. Would you be OK with having one in Plymouth?
Plymouth has been promised another $1.5 million from the state for infrastructure improvements and economic developement in the Downtown/Waterfront district in preparation for the town's 400th anniversary in 2020.
The Registry of Motor Vehicles branch at the Liberty Tree Mall is closed on Friday because of computer problems.
Therese Murray defeats Tom Keyes for the Plymouth and Barnstable District in the Massachusetts state Senate.
State Rep. Tom Calter wins a third term against Plymouth's Debra Betz.
With 97 of 222 precincts reporting, Congressman Bill Keating has won his election bid to represent the 9th Congressional District.
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Take this quiz on Tagg Romney, Joe Kennedy III and Jeb Bush.
State Senate leaders announce public hearings to investigate the outbreak of meningitis and compounding pharmacies.
Entergy and the 67 technical employees represented by the UWUA Local 369 reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is implementing a National Academy of Sciences committee’s recommendations to perform a pilot study of cancer risk in populations around six U.S. nuclear power plant sites and a nuclear fuel facility.
Town Meeting got it done in one session Saturday with little controversy.
Articles involving open space, a moratorium on wind turbines and the purchase of the Congregation Beth Jacob Community Center are among the articles being debated today.
State Rep. Vinny deMacedo has joined a growing list of politicians, health care professionals, and religious leaders speaking out against Question 2, which would legalize doctor-assisted suicide in Massachusetts.
Republican candidate for state Senate Tom Keyes says his failure to report a mortgage on his candidate filings was a computer glitch on the State Ethics Commission's website.
The Boston Globe is reporting that disgraced chemist Annie Dookhan had an "unauthorized" and "personal" correspondence with a prosecutor in the Norfolk DA's office at the time Congressman William Keating held the office.
The recall of products containing peanut butter and other nut butters sold by many retailers under many labels has more than doubled to 240 products, with the FDA reporting a "fast-moving outbreak" of salmonella-induced sickness in 19 states.
Precinct caucuses will meet over the next two weeks in preparation for the Oct. 20 Annual Fall Town Meeting.
The first debate among the three candidates for the newly formed 9th Congressional District focused on the Affordable Care Act.
The recall is because of potentially-contaminated peanut butter sold in Starbucks Protein Bistro Boxes.
Check out these homes that sold recently in Plymouth.
Three Massachusetts activists have announced intentions to sue Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station owner Entergy Corp., for continuously polluting Cape Cod Bay over the past 16 years.
Get the details on the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan airing Thursday night.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued it's annual Top Crash Locations report this week, surprisingly not one intersection in Plymouth is among the top 208. So we ask, which intersections are on your list of the worst?
The Plymouth Area League of Women Voters is hosting a debate among Christopher Sheldon, Bill Keating, and Daniel Botelho Wednesday.
President of the University of Massachusetts Robert Caret and Senate President Therese Murray connect with growers and industry representatives at the internationally recognized UMass Cranberry Station as part of a statewide UMass bus tour.
If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.
Massachusetts expands its SHARP program with U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs funding to help end veteran homelessness
Old Sandwich Road is a four-mile stretch of potholes washouts, and people who drive on it every day invited to a meeting to discuss what to do about the road.
Patch will be joined by local Massachusetts party officials and you can take part in the conversation.
A Plymouth business owner has posted a Scott Brown campaign sign depicting Elizabeth Warren in an Indian headdress and face paint.
Sunland Inc. is recalling its nut and nut butters sold at several major grocery chains after salmonella has sickened people in 19 states.
The debate will be moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor David Gregory and will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1.
Mr. Johnson, a former Governor of New Mexico, is the nominee of the Libertarian Party for President of the United States in the 2012 elections.
Republican Christopher Sheldon will face Democrat Bill Keating in November to represent the 9th Massachusetts District in Congress.
Republican Debra Betz of Plymouth will face incumbent Democrat Tom Calter of Kingston in the race for the 12th Plymouth District in the State House of Representatives.