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Display to be installed Sunday at Mashpee Commons. MASHPEE — An interactive educational exhibit about the history and culture of the Wampanoag people is coming to Mashpee Commons for the month of July. Plymouth 400′s “Our” Story Wampanoag exhibit will be installed inside a store within the commercial district on Sunday. The display comprises various […]

Plymouth Harbor in Massachusetts, which has filled with silt preventing many vessels from entering and exiting, recently received $13.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging. Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Rep. William R. Keating (D-MA) sent a letter to Ricky James, assistant secretary […]

Sen. Edward Markey: “Mainsails and masts may have given way to cargo and cruises, but Plymouth Harbor’s esteemed position in American history lives on.” PLYMOUTH – Let the dredging commence! Early Monday afternoon U.S. Sen. Edward Markey’s office confirmed that the Army Corps of Engineers will dedicate $13.5 million dollars to the dredging of Plymouth […]

If you ask about improving the harbor you usually hear two things: Dredging is key, and don’t get your hopes up, it’s expensive. Suddenly this past Thursday those hopes went up PLYMOUTH – If you ask about improving the harbor you usually hear two things: Dredging is key, and don’t get your hopes up, it’s […]

PLYMOUTH – Congressman Bill Keating says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has committed to spending millions of dollars on a long-awaited dredging project that will deepen a channel into Plymouth Harbor just in time for the town’s 400th anniversary, which organizers hope will draw wooden boats and small cruise ships from around the world. […]

Not to rain on our Thanksgiving Day parade, but the story of the first Thanksgiving, as most Americans have been taught it, is not exactly accurate. Blame school textbooks with details often so abridged, softened or out of context that they are rendered false; children’s books that distill the story to its most pleasant version; […]

License plates are major moneymakers and marketing tools in Massachusetts, raising more than $5 million a year for various nonprofit groups across the state License plates are major moneymakers and marketing tools in Massachusetts, raising more than $5 million a year for various nonprofit groups across the state. “I view these funds as absolutely essential,” […]

That moment would be the start of an unlikely friendship between Barnicle and Husk and their adventures together. The brave little mouse shouted “Stop” as he saw the scrawny orange cat eating his adopted family’s food. That moment would be the start of an unlikely friendship between Barnicle and Husk and their adventures together. In […]