Sewer Main Break Displaces Two Pleasant Street Families

PLYMOUTH — A malfunctioning sewer main lining forced two households on Pleasant Street from their homes Tuesday, and crews remained on-site into the evening working to fix the line and determine how bad the damage really is.

TOWN HALL

The Town of Plymouth said the two Pleasant Street properties were temporarily displaced after the sewer main lining malfunctioned, prompting an emergency crew response. As of Tuesday afternoon, crews were still on-site working to repair the lining and investigating the full extent of the damage to the affected homes. The town did not give a timeline for when residents could return.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"Mistrial denied in Lindsay Clancy trial after dramatic turn over 'inappropriate area of testimony'": a Plymouth Superior Court judge rejected the defense's latest bid to halt the high-profile murder trial after a prosecution witness's testimony strayed into contested territory, according to tag24.com (read it at https://www.tag24.com/en/justice/murder/mistrial-denied-in-lindsay-clancy-trial-after-dramatic-turn-over-inappropriate-area-of-testimony-3526890).

"Lindsay Clancy murder trial closing arguments expected": the trial reached its 21st day this week with prosecutors' final witnesses pushing back on claims about Clancy's mental state, and closing arguments could follow soon, Quartz reports (read it at https://qz.com/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-closing-arguments-082526).

"MA Colleges Make Princeton Review's 2027 Best List": several Massachusetts schools were among the 392 colleges nationwide named to the annual guide, per Plymouth Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/plymouth/s/ko05w/massachusetts-colleges-make-princeton-review-s-2027-best-list).

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.