ELOPEMENT BEGINNING OF 64 YEARS THIRD Edition

• Published in: The Boston globe
• Main Author: Susan Hagstrom, Paysha Stockton, Peter Schworm, Matt Carroll, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Emily Sweeney, Robert Knox, Sandy Coleman, and Robert Carroll
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 28.07.2005
• ISSN: 0743-1791

The Zoning Board of Appeals will continue a hearing on a proposed Walgreens store at the intersection of Route 139 and Route 3A on Aug. 9. The drug store plan calls for a 14,000-square-foot store where the Midas and Jack Conway Realty buildings currently stand and would require a variance from the zoning board because the area is zoned for stores smaller than 8,000 square feet, said Assistant Town Planner Jill MacLean. The Planning Board unanimously opposes the project because of traffic concerns. A study completed in February found that the intersection where the Walgreens would be built is the most dangerous along Route 139. The Walgreens would also sit within a half-mile of three other pharmacies, raising concerns about a drug store glut, MacLean said. - [Carolyn Y. Johnson] High school principal Stephen Mahoney has decided to take the position of principal at a new high school in Springfield, and plans to leave Norwell on Oct. 1. School Superintendent Donald Beaudette told the School Committee on July 11 that Andrea Keating, the assistant principal at Norwell High, will take over as interim principal, and dean of students Michael Devine will serve as interim assistant principal. Mahoney, who served seven years as principal, will stay on through September to help in the transition. Beaudette said the search for a new new principal will begin this fall, to have someone in place by next July 1. - Susan Hagstrom The Plymouth Area League of Women Voters is planning to hold a series of forums on nuclear power issues this fall, with the first event slated for Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Plymouth Community Intermediate School on Long Pond Road. The subject of the forums will be the relicensing of the Pilgrim nuclear power station in Plymouth. The league has raised concerns about Plymouth residents' lack of awareness of the relicensing issue, saying most people are unaware that the power plant's current owner intends to apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the aging plant's operation for 20 years. The owner, Entergy Nuclear, has announced its intention to apply for a renewal of its license but has not formally filed. The Board of Selectmen scheduled a discussion on relicensing, including a presentation by Entergy, earlier this month, but cancelled the session when several board members could not be present. The board has said it will reschedule the meeting for next month. - [Robert Knox]