This coming Saturday the June 1st Plympton Public Library Speakers Forum will be on hiatus. In its place there will be a community discussion on “Accessibility at the Library”.
The Plympton Public Library was recently awarded a grant for $20,000 from the American Library Association. This grant is intended to help make the library more accessible for visitors with disabilities. The community will help decide how to spend this funding most effectively.
Please join us on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. for our monthly First Saturday program and to participate in the decision-making on how this funding will be spent! This meeting will take place at the Plympton Town House. Refreshments will be provided.
This is an important meeting that I hope you will attend.
John
John Traynor • 62 Crescent Stree • Plympton, MA 02367 • 781-585-6617 cell
[email protected]

KINGSTON,- Do you have a story about what it was like growing up in Kingston? Does the house you live in have an interesting history? Do you have an old photograph of a special event from decades ago?  Maybe you know an artisan or a businessperson with a story to tell. Perhaps you would like to share your recollections of our town with a larger audience?

“Tales of Jones River Village: Kingston’s 300 years” will celebrate and commemorate Kingston’s 300th anniversary and will be available for purchase in the fall of 2025, ahead of Kingston’s 300th anniversary in 2026. There has been strong support from the community in the way of articles and photographs, and the publishers are still actively seeking additional community contributions.
This new illustrated history will feature short narratives and fresh accounts which will add to established town histories, chronicling the town and its people through different eras. Contributors to the book have come from the community, and the publishers are seeking additional contributions from interested parties.
“We want to hear from anyone who may have a story to share about life in Kingston,” said Ken Brack, a director and the project’s Managing Editor, who added, “These could be ‘then and now’ items from a neighborhood, snapshots of family histories, postcards or other historical items.” He added, “You don’t need to be a professional writer to be a part of this book. We have an editorial team that will work with contributors.”
The publishers anticipate that the book will be approximately 250 pages in length, and approximately 9.5 by 12 inches in size. Because of the length of time required to design and print a book of this size, the publishers are asking that all material for possible inclusion in the book be submitted by the end of June.
Whether it’s an article on a family business, a family history, a story about veterans and first responders, an interesting story about a house, the publishers want to hear from you.
The publishers of this book are not affiliated with the town’s 300th committee; this is a separate venture. To learn more about the book, please visit http://www.kingston300book.com). To inquire about submitting an article or a story idea, please contact Ken Brack, managing editor, [email protected]. You could also contact directors Tom Vendetti, [email protected] , Jan Guidoboni, [email protected], or project editor Jim Farrell, [email protected].

Learn how to prevent mosquito and tick-borne diseases from Erin Morrill and Blake Dinius on Wednesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at the Adams Center, 33 Summer Street, Kingston.
The program will discuss mosquito and tick-borne bites, life cycles, effective repellants, eliminating stagnant water, and how to reduce the insect population. The pair will also present informative tick and mosquito myth busting nuggets during their presentation. Morrill, is the Community Liaison for the Plymouth Mosquito Control Project, which educates the public about mosquito resources and services available to the community. Dinius, an Entomologist from the Plymouth Extension, will address the tick population.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at [email protected].

In the public participation segment of the Silver Lake Regional School Committee meeting April 9, two parents addressed the board seeking explanations and assurances that their young children were safe at the Kingston Elementary School. George Egan from Kingston said in light of the reported assault by a student on a kindergarten student in the bathroom, he is against laying off any staff. The incident took place in 2022 but is just now coming to light.
The victim was using the bathroom when an assailant came into the stall by climbing under the door. He reportedly pushed the girl down and kissed her. Egan claimed that the incident was brushed under the rug by the school and was not made public. He also stated that the same two students were later involved in a similar assault, and a third incident took place with the first victim’s sister, also a kindergarten student. The assailant is in school, “two doors down” from the victim.
The mother of the victims was distraught, saying that she just found out that that someone else went up to her kindergarten daughter under the stall door in the restroom. Both parents said that incidents are also happening at the middle and high school levels. Egan stated that as a parent, he wants to have a reasonable expectation that we are going to be told if there’s an issue or a reasonable expectation that our kids are being supervised properly in school.
Superintendent Jill Proulx said that disciplinary actions are private and handled according to state law and the student handbook.
“Where is the line?” Egan said, pointing out that if there was a gun or knife incident at school parents are made instantly aware, but yet if there is a sexual assault it’s a privacy matter.
Proulx replied that the incidents were properly handled and reported.

The Kingston Public Library will host a poetry reading night, featuring local poets Noah Brown and Sheila Lynch-Benttinen at the Faunce School, 16 Green St., on Thursday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m.
After Brown and Lynch-Benttinen have read selections of their own poetry, the program will feature an “open mic,” where attendees have three minutes to read a favorite poem or their own poetry. Patrons may sign up the night of the program, with a minimum of 10 spots.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at [email protected].