JAM SESSION: Two-way downtown
Wicked Local
Jam session is an opinion forum offering comments on issues from a group of Plymouth residents. It appears on the Forum pages in the Weekend edition of the OCM.
The newspaper poses a question to the group each week, and participants choose whether to comment. This column is designed to bring the voices of well-informed residents into the Forum page to address issues, one at a time.
Participants cross the local political spectrum and live throughout the town. Some are current or past Town Meeting representatives, and all are active in the community. We hope their diverse points of view will encourage discussion of the issues Plymouth faces.
Dwight ending long run on Northampton City Council
William H. Dwight pictured in 2017. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Published: 3/3/2021 8:10:45 PM
NORTHAMPTON After nearly 20 collective years of being on the City Council, at-large member William Dwight announced he’s not seeking another term this fall.
“It really is the most important thing I’ve done,” Dwight said in an interview Wednesday. “I’m a slacker and an aging hippie. This was the thing that gave me personal value. That sounds kinda selfish, but by and large the reason was, I was able to at least work toward what I consider to be best for everyone … all the constituency.”
Opinion/letter: Plymouth s form of government
Wicked Local
Paul Cunningham s recent letter on vaccine locations noted that Plymouth is the largest town in Massachusetts which still has the Town Meeting form of government. In actuality, Plymouth is the largest town in all of New England with the Town Meeting form of government. Per our town clerk, our population in 2021 is 63,042; the next nearest towns are Brookline (59,180) and Arlington (45,182). Not only are we the largest, but we are the fastest growing: Plymouth has grown by 11.9% from its 2010 population of 56,468. Brookline has only grown by .7% and Arlington by 5.4% over the same period. We are the largest in the commonwealth with a Town Meeting, and getting larger at a higher rate.
JAM SESSION: Should students return full time now?
Wicked Local
Jam session is an opinion forum offering comments on issues from a group of Plymouth residents. It appears on the Forum pages in the Weekend edition of the OCM.
The newspaper poses a question to the group each week, and participants choose whether to comment. This column is designed to bring the voices of well-informed residents into the Forum page to address issues, one at a time.
Participants cross the local political spectrum and live throughout the town. Some are current or past Town Meeting representatives, and all are active in the community. We hope their diverse points of view will encourage discussion of the issues Plymouth faces.
JAM SESSION: How are vaccinations going?
Wicked Local
Jam session is an opinion forum offering comments on issues from a group of Plymouth residents. It appears on the Forum pages in the Weekend edition of the OCM.
The newspaper poses a question to the group each week, and participants choose whether to comment. This column is designed to bring the voices of well-informed residents into the Forum page to address issues, one at a time.
Participants cross the local political spectrum and live throughout the town. Some are current or past Town Meeting representatives, and all are active in the community. We hope their diverse points of view will encourage discussion of the issues Plymouth faces.