He signed legislation allowing casino gambling in Massachusetts Tuesday, but Gov. Deval Patrick said the new law had nothing to do with his trip to the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth Plantation.
Though the new law will give Mashpee Wampanoags the chance to bid on a regional casino, the governor said his afternoon visit to the living history museum’s Native American village was purely coincidental.
In memory of Plymouth's Spc. Steven Gutowski of the 515th Engineer Company, there will be a holiday care package drive at the Plymouth South vs. Plymouth North Thanksgiving football game.
Join the interfaith community in worship at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, at First Parish (Unitarian Universalist) Meetinghouse in Town Square in Plymouth.
Pilgrim's Progress will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, leaving the Mayflower Society House on Winslow Street and follow the traditional route with one police cruiser in the front of the procession and another at the rear. There will be no street closings for this event. National Day of Mourning participants will form at the top of Cole's Hill beginning at noon Nov. 24. The march will begin at approximately 1:30 p.m.
The MBTA and Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company have announced that commuter rail service will be restored on the Old Colony (Plymouth/Kingston and Middleborough/Lakeville branches) and Greenbush lines for Thanksgiving weekend. A Sunday schedule will be in effect Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24.
Standing on Burial Hill at noontime Saturday, looking out over Plymouth Harbor towards Myles Standish on his perch in Duxbury, you might have thought it just another crisp autumn day in America.
Just below, though, hidden behind the rows of buildings lining Main Street, a long line of floats, bands, drum and bugle corps and militia groups was making its way into the historic downtown, to the delight of hundreds of thousands of spectators.
Start your Thanksgiving celebration by honoring our country at the America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration Patriotic Concert at Memorial Hall at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
Chefs from all over the region will battle for bragging rights the weekend before Thanksgiving at the New England Food Festival, part of the America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration. And the best part is that guests get to enjoy the fruits of those efforts by sampling all the entries for $12 ($7 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger).
While most people associate Thanksgiving with turkey and all the trimmings, many people in the Greater Plymouth area will go hungry this season, due to the economic climate. This year, the America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration will again work to ensure that food is available for the hungry with a 36-foot float collecting nonperishable goods all along the parade route.
Pegasus Elite Athlete Management, along with the Newfield House, the Cabby Shack and dozens of local merchants, will sponsor the fourth annual America's Hometown Thanksgiving 5K, with proceeds to benefit the Fragment Society. The race starts at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at Cabby Shack, on Town Wharf, Plymouth.
