Plymouth

Court says state can regulate how Plymouth nuclear plant sucks in water to stay cool

adamg — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:54:20 +0000

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today state environmental officials have the right to tell the owners of the Plymouth nuclear plant to take steps to protect fish and other animals from being sucked into the plant's cooling system.

State officials say they don't actually have any plans to order changes, but Entergy Nuclear Generation sued anyway, saying state law only gives the Department of Environmental Protection the right to regulate what comes out at the other end of the cooling process. A lower-court judge agreed, but the state's highest court said that was balderdash.

Leaky nuclear plant shut down in Plymouth

adamg — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:07:10 +0000

No threat to the public from the water draining from the cooling system, plant operators assure the Patriot-Ledger.

@USRep_Keating is now online

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:25:14 +0000

Follow USRep_Keating Bill Keating on twitter here.

The mark on Jeff Perry's record as Wareham Police officer

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:37:47 +0000

-On May 22, 1991, as the superior officer at a purported crime scene in Wareham, Sgt. Perry was present when Officer Scott Flanagan indecently strip searched and assaulted a 14-year-old girl

-At said time and place, Sgt. Perry was in a position to both see Flanagan's conduct and to hear the girl's loud protestations.

-There is no evidence that Perry ever reported Flanagan for his conduct with the 14-year-old girl, reprimanded him, disciplined him or took any other steps to correct him for that conduct.

Turkey growth hormone at work?

adamg — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:47:57 +0000

Greg Cook journeyed to Plymouth today for the annual pre-Thanksgiving parade (he took the above photo and posts more).

11/21/09 - 11:47 pm

World's most boring tourist attraction a bit more interesting from the air

adamg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:59:04 +0000

Third Decade photographed Plymouth's famed little rock while on his first helicopter ride.

Copyright Third Decade.

More dead cats in the freezer for the Ex-Cat Lady of Beacon Hill

adamg — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:06:07 +0000

Now she's Plymouth's problem.

Inside a Wampanoag wetu

adamg — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:52:37 +0000

Neal gaffey shares his trip to Plimouth Plantation.

World's most boring tourist attraction joined by world's lamest sign

adamg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:41:47 +0000

Tourists who look at Plymouth Rock and go "Huh! That's it?" can now look up and see a hillside sign reading "Hollywood East."

The Plymouth Bulletin reports that Plymouth County Commissioners agreed (2-1) to put the sign in front of the town's 19th-century courthouse as a way of convincing tourists to walk up the hill to downtown Plymouth from the waterfront, no doubt in a desperate bid to shake off the cobwebs of ennui that envelope them as soon as they realize the Rock is really just a rock, and despite the fact that Plymouth is not yet actually Hollywood East, since developers have yet to build their movie studio in town, which means that if they do climb up the hill, all they're going to do is get really annoyed when they realize there's no movie stuff at the top, just another Ye Olde New Englande Towne.

UPDATE: The sign will be coming down after this weekend. Passions are aflame in Plymouth; veterans are outraged at "the lack of sensitivity" the sign shows a veterans' memorial at the site.

Pilmouth, next elft

adamg — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:08:58 +0000

Somebody at MassHighway could use some spleling hlep.

Rockin' a box

adamg — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:52:49 +0000

The World's Most Boring Tourist Attraction will be put in a box while the portico surrounding it is repaired. A suggestion: Paint a picture of the rock on the outside of the box. Nobody will even notice.

Own a piece of the Rock

adamg — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:19:06 +0000

A Woburn resident claims she owns a chip off Plymouth Rock and is, of course, auctioning it off on eBay (and just in time for Thanksgiving, how thoughtful!). One argument in favor of the thing being real: It is incredibly boring, just like the actual Rock.

Via Ken, who files it under Scams.

The world's most boring historical site

adamg — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:05:19 +0000

Here's a photo in case you've forgotten just how truly boring Plymouth Rock is.