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A widening of the intersection at Libbey Parkway and Pleasant Street is expected to improve traffic flow and encourage commercial growth.

A widening of the intersection at Libbey Parkway and Pleasant Street is expected to improve traffic flow and encourage commercial growth.

Long-awaited Weymouth billboard lowering underway Wicked Local An electronic billboard near Route 3 that raised concerns about nighttime glare among Century Road residents is being lowered under a remediation agreement between the homeowners and Cove Outdoor Advertising.  Ultra Lum Services employees removed the digital sign at 611 Pleasant St. on July 22 to lower the billboard’s metal support pole by 20-feet, under the agreement and a special permit issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals last month. “Everything is going as good as planned,” said Gregg Ziomek, owner of Ultra Lum Servi...

Wicked Local Purchases at the weekly Weymouth Farmers Market by residents with SNAP or Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program cards have soared since the seasonal open-air shop opened at Weymouth High School on June 20. Market Manager Casey Tocchio said there was a 68% increase by customers with SNAP or Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program cards on June 27. “It was our best day in SNAP sales since we began the program in 2015,” she said. The SNAP or federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program helps residents with low to moderate incomes to buy food at the Farmers Marke...

Retired Weymouth cop seeks Council seat Wicked Local Retired Weymouth Police Officer Edward Hancock said he wants to continue his lifelong commitment to public service by getting elected to the District 6 Town Council seat on Nov. 2. “After serving the town for over 23 years, I want to see some changes in the district," he said. Hancock retired from the police department in March 2020; his duties included 16 years of service as a K-9 officer. The National Association of Police Organizations awarded Hancock an honorable “Top Cop” honorable mention in March 2008 for his arrest of 20-yea...