Town & County of Plymouth News

We all need something to look forward to again. And nothing is more exciting than planning that next perfect getaway. The one that can’t get here soon enough. Because the journey begins the moment we decide to go somewhere. It’s time to feel that feeling once again. So let’s get inspired. Let’s save a date. Let’s book a trip. And...

Journalist Rich Warren visited Plymouth for a Familiarization Trip prior to COVID hitting in the Spring. He really knocked it out of the park with his coverage of Plymouth. Read it here.

America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade has been cancelled due to COVID according to an article published September 16, 2020 on WCVB.com. Read the article and view the video featuring Olly DeMacedo, executive director of America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration parade here.      

Tripstodiscover.com has named Plymouth, MA one of the Best Places in the U.S. to Spend Thanksgiving Weekend. Read the September 9, 2020 article here.

A September 2, 2020 article written by Emily Clark appeared in metrowestdailynews.com as well as other Wicked Local sites and features See Plymouth Executive Director Lea Filson discussing Plymouth’s response to COVID as well as current state and local advertising efforts to reinvigorate tourism. Read the article in its entirety here.

After a 3 year multi-million dollar restoration, the Mayflower II, returned to her home birth in Plymouth, MA. This wooden sailing vessel, a re-creation of the original Mayflower that carried the colonists to the New World serves as a floating classroom for people from around the world. Learn more about her restoration and historic journey home. Produced by Creative Media...

The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism has launched the My Local MA campaign. The initial campaign launch includes digital billboards, social media, and website ads, with radio ads starting soon, and TV following later in the fall. This statewide campaign encourages consumers to support their local economies by spending their money at Massachusetts businesses and attractions, safely – in...

The coronavirus pandemic has shifted the life of every American, upending all normalcy—and from a business perspective, the travel industry has been one of the hardest hit. The latest travel data reflects the dire situation our industry continues to face, but it is our day-to-day realities that underscore the true impact of the coronavirus pandemic on our companies, our communities,...

August 26, 2020 Pilgrim Hall Museum, in partnership with the Plymouth Area League of Women Voters, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Indivisible Plymouth, the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, and Plymouth 400 Inc., has released a flashmob video commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women’s right to vote in America. The Amendment to the US Constitution was certified and...