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Gov. Charlie Baker addresses steps to mosquito control in Mass. to prevent spread of Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water Sunday in Plymouth and at a Cape Cod beach after sharks were detected, as the number of shark sightings continues to climb as the summer progresses.

A shark was seen in the area of White Horse Beach Saturday afternoon in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The Plymouth Harbormaster says crews went over to check the area after the shark sighting was confirmed.  Lifeguards ordered people out of the water. Red flags will fly at all town beaches. 

Shark Tales is back again this year to bring you more shark news, updates and behind-the-scenes interviews with Cape Cod shark researchers, even while we’re all social distancing.

Maynard Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman who was reported missing since Saturday afternoon.  Betty Thorndike recently moved to Maynard from Plymouth. Police encountered her at 3:45 p.m. Saturday when she asked an officer for directions to an address in Plymouth. Thorndike suffers from memory impairment.  Police issued a Silver Alert yesterday in efforts...

Plymouth 400, Inc., the Massachusetts-based nonprofit which since 2009 has led the planning and execution of programs and events commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony in 1620 is adjusting to the oft-discussed “new normal.” Pandemic or not, the Plymouth 400 commemoration has begun and will continue, albeit in different ways, through 2021,…

The Plymouth 400 Commemoration Ceremony has been revised after spending 11 years planning to mark the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims arrival in Plymouth.

Venessa Hinchcliffe never thought she’d say goodbye to her grandmother over FaceTime. “When I saw her on the iPad…that look will haunt me forever,” Hinchcliffe said. The mother of two from Plymouth, Massachusetts, said her 80-year-old grandmother, Francella McFarlane of Brockton, was quarantined and alone before she died of the new coronavirus in a nursing home more than two...

Thousands of people have been lost due to the coronavirus in Massachusetts. One local family describes the sacrifices they had to make when planning their loved one’s funeral due to rules now in place amid the crisis.

Shine bright! Inspired by the annual Illuminate Thanksgiving, Plymouth 400’s #IlluminateNOW campaign encourages people to shine light on all the positive in their communities. To get involved post on social media someone who has made your day brighter and use #IlluminateNOW.

Dirty Water Distillery is making their own hand sanitizer to help “get people through” the coronavirus outbreak.

All public schools in Plymouth, Massachusetts, were closed on Friday so every building and bus in the system could be disinfected over concerns about the possible spread of coronavirus. However, the Plymouth High School student whose illness, after a class trip to coronavirus-hit Milan, Italy, prompted the deep-cleaning has tested negative for the virus, COVID-19, the school district’s superintendent...

Following the closure of Plymouth’s public schools on March 6, a student who had exhibited flu-like systems has tested negative for coronavirus.

Almost 300 million kids around the world are not able to go to school due to coronavirus concerns, with schools in Plymouth, Massachusetts, closing Friday.

A baby was grazed by a bullet this weekend in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Police said Monday that an 11-month-old child suffered a minor injury after a gun was accidentally fired through the wall of a duplex on Forest Avenue. According to the Plymouth Police Department, a 22-year-old man was trying to set the trigger lock on his gun, but he...

Fire officials say that oil soaked rags from woodworking stain were the cause of a house fire in Plymouth, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning.  The Plymouth Fire Department says painters were conducting woodwork in the home and disposed the oily rags inside a trash bag and the rags spontaneously combusted causing the fire.  The call came in at 2:41 a.m....

Residents in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are heartbroken after discovering Sunday that the town’s 9/11 memorial was vandalized, just days after Plymouth Rock was vandalized in an apparent graffiti spree.

Jay McMahon, a candidate for the Massachusetts Senate, is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of the vandals who defaced Plymouth Rock and other objects on Monday, according to WJAR. The rock, which commemorates the 1620 arrival of the Mayflower carrying Pilgrims, was found tagged with red graffiti. The other objects found defaced…

The restored reproduction of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower is ready to make its debut in Boston Harbor in May at the Mayflower Sails 2020 festival, and tickets are now available. If you want to board the ship and take a tour, you can get a free ticket at MayflowerSails2020.com. The free six-day maritime festival from May 14-19 celebrates the 400th…

An elderly man doing work on a boat’s fuel tank on his property was thrown about 12 feet through the air in a fiery explosion in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Monday, fire officials said. Firefighters found the wounded man, 83, with serious injuries to his head and other parts of his body after the blast was reported to the Plymouth Fire…