Plymouth to vote on all-way stop at Westerly and Liberty roads, new Court Street cantina license Nov. 10

PLYMOUTH Plymouth's Select Board votes Tuesday on making the corner of Westerly and Liberty roads an all-way stop, and it will hear liquor license requests for a new Court Street cantina and a State Road tavern.

The open session starts at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Great Hall on the second floor of Town Hall, 26 Court St., with a Zoom option, after the board meets behind closed doors at 5 p.m. to discuss strategy in a lawsuit listed as UAINE et al v. Town of Plymouth, et al., the agenda shows.

The meeting comes 16 days before Thanksgiving, the day the National Day of Mourning has gathered in Plymouth each year since 1970, The Plymouth Independent has reported, and three weeks before the board's Dec. 1 tax classification hearing, which sets how the tax load is split between homes and businesses.

A new stop at Westerly and Liberty roads

Under the traffic item, the board would replace all the existing signs at the Westerly Road and Liberty Road intersection, put stop signs on the two approaches that do not have them and repaint the crosswalk and every stop bar, creating all-way stop control at the corner.

Downtown, members will vote on a 15-minute parking space in front of 85 Sandwich St., with the limit in force from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., which the agenda describes as consistent with other time-limited spaces downtown.

Two liquor licenses

At 6 p.m. the board opens public hearings on two all-alcohol restaurant licenses, with votes expected on both. Tecate Corona Plymouth Ma Corp, doing business as Tecate Corona Mexican Kitchen Sports Cantina, is asking for a new license at 390 Court St., and the second hearing covers the transfer of the existing license at 739 State Road from Aroma Hospitality, doing business as Aroma Tavern and Grill, to Saltwater Tavern Inc., doing business as Saltwater Tavern.

Whoever holds those licenses next year will pay the higher fee the board approved Oct. 27, which raises the yearly all-alcohol license from $1,800 to $2,800 starting Jan. 1, as South Coast 360 reported Nov. 5.

Closed session on the Day of Mourning lawsuit

The 5 p.m. executive session is held under the Open Meeting Law exemption for litigation strategy, and the agenda gives only the case name, without saying whether it is the suit the group filed last year or a newer one. The United American Indians of New England and its co-leader, Mahtowin Munro, sued the town in Plymouth Superior Court in November 2025, saying new permit and insurance conditions broke a 1998 agreement that freed the Thanksgiving gathering from both, The Plymouth Independent reported at the time.

The two sides settled the next day after a hearing before Judge Joseph Leighton, the Independent reported. The town agreed to impose no new requirements for the 2025 event, the group released the town from responsibility for anything that happened during it, and both sides agreed to meet before Feb. 1, 2026, to negotiate terms for future Days of Mourning. Select Board member Kevin Canty, an attorney who attended the hearing, called the settlement "a significant step that helps address the town's liability concerns while still allowing the event to go forward," the Independent reported.

The gathering begins at noon on Coles Hill, overlooking Plymouth Rock, according to the Independent. This year Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Grants, complaints and a land gift policy

The board is also set to authorize applications for two grants: $20,000 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living's Title III nutrition program for the Center for Active Living's Meals on Wheels, and $70,000 from the state's Mosaic Municipal Matching Grant Program to set up a local workforce development and support program for people in recovery.

Members will acknowledge four Open Meeting Law complaints filed Oct. 26, Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 and are expected to hand the responses to Town Counsel. Michael Silveira, the deputy director of planning and development, will present an open space land gift policy for a vote, and See Plymouth President and CEO Keiko Orrall will give a tourism and economic development update.

Other votes on the list include naming Sean Mullin to the Cable Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2027, a special municipal employee designation for service technician Lawrence Murphy, and a vote under the state conflict of interest law on a financial interest disclosed by Conservation Commission member Walter E. Morrison. The agenda says the board will vote to determine that the interest is not so substantial as to be likely to affect the integrity of his services to the town.

Airport manager interviews Monday

A day earlier, the Plymouth Airport Commission meets at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the airport, 246 South Meadow Road, with a Zoom option, to interview two candidates for the vacant airport manager job, Edward Fitzgerald at 6:15 p.m. and Michael Crane at 6:45 p.m. The commission will take no public comment that night and will adjourn without deliberating, waiting until every candidate has been interviewed, its agenda says.

What comes next

The board's next meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 17, when its list of upcoming items includes a senior and veterans property tax work-off program and a policy on how town meeting warrant articles are handled. A level service budget presentation and the Plymouth 250 Commemoration Committee's final report are listed for Nov. 24, and the tax classification hearing and a follow-up budget presentation for Dec. 1, dates the agenda says can change.

How to watch or weigh in

Public comment comes before the board's main agenda items. The meeting airs live on The Local Seen, the town's government access channels, on Comcast Channel 9 and Verizon Channel 47 and on The Local Seen's website, and residents can attend in person or join through the Zoom link on the posted agenda. Deborah Iaquinto chairs the five-member board, and the Select Board office can be reached at 508-322-3383 or selectmen@plymouth-ma.gov.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.