Archive - The Plymouth County Observer

MassDEP Issues Final Determination Denying Holtec's Application To Modify Its Permit

Discharge of Radioactive and Chemically Contaminated Wastewater Illegal Under Mass. Ocean Sanctuaries Act

Jul 18 •

"Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other...."

John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3rd, 1776

Jul 4 •

June 2024

Anonymous Whistleblower Raises Worker Safety Concerns at Pilgrim

May 14th Letter Comes as a Follow-Up to an August, 2023, Whistleblower Letter

Jun 20 •

MBTA Commuter Rail Workers and Keolis Reach Agreement on Contract; MBTA Extends Keolis Contract

The Plymouth County Observer, No. 137

Jun 13 •

May 2024

In Honor of Memorial Day, 2024, The Gettysburg Address

May 27 •

My Public Comment for Mass. NDCAP

Including a Reminder of Statements by Holtec CEO Dr. Kris Singh at the US Senate Hearing in Plymouth in May, 2022

May 20 •

Regulating 18th Century Pembroke's Herring Fishery

Evidence from Town Meetings in the 1760s and 1770s

May 9 •

Markey, Warren, and Keating Write to Holtec's Singh on Evaporation

Federal Delegation Asks for Holtec's Answers in Writing by May 31st

May 2 •

April 2024

The Failures of Privatization

A Look at Privatization, including Keolis and the MBTA Commuter Rail, and an upcoming proposal to privatize Duxbury Public School Custodial Staff

Apr 10 •

March 2024

"A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations": Examining Holtec's Public Conduct in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Beyond

[Readers, thank you for your patience. I kept getting close to completing an article on Holtec, when news came of still further violations by the…

Mar 25 •

January 2024

No Preemption: Massachusetts Laws Apply to Holtec

The Settlement Agreement between MA and Holtec; Evaporation; the Applicability of the Mass. Ocean Sanctuaries Act

Jan 29 •

Plymouth To Vote On Nip Ban Repeal

Special Town Referendum Election on Jan. 13th on Nip Ban; Ban Passed At Fall Town Meeting; Liquor Stores Lead Repeal Effort; The Plymouth County…

Jan 12 •

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