Harry Helm News Today

A charter review committee is being formed to review charter tweaks following failed vote May 20.

Charter commission members have disputed several items included in an estimate from the town of what implementing the proposed charter would cost.

The town continues to offer an energy-saving discount program at nearly a third of Eversource rates.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous six town meetings in Plymouth have been held virtually using an online voting system.

“Levon Helm: Rock, Roll & Ramble” is an intimate portrait of the musician’s final years, written by Woodstock-based music writer John W. Barry.

The Select Board authorized the Charter Commission to hire a law firm to answer questions and review the draft charter ahead of a Sept. 16 due date.

A recent letter sent by the Select Board to the Mass. Gaming Commission, stated its opposition to the idea of a horse track at the Couny Wood Lot.

The Special Town Meeting scheduled virtually for June 21 includes a proposal to buy 25 acres of land in Chiltonville for $3.75 million.

Questions abounded, but answers were scarce at two recent gatherings to discuss a potential horseracing course on county-owned land.

The Select Board voted to hold a Special Town Meeting in June to consider purchasing land long held by owners of the power plant.