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Local high school students will be the first in the state to be trained in emergency responses to traumatic injury. PLYMOUTH – Local high school students will be the first in the state to be trained in emergency responses to traumatic injury. By the end of the school year, students in the district’s Biomed program will have learned how to stop bleeding by applying tourniquets as part of a national Stop the Bleed campaign. The school district agreed last month to offer the training after meeting with representatives from the…

At last week’s League of Women Voter’s Candidates, Night four candidates for three open seats on the School Committee fielded 11 questions. Last week the OCM offered a summary of the first five and this week the candidates’ answers to the last six questions are presented. Part 2 of 2 PLYMOUTH – At last week’s League of Women Voter’s Candidates, Night four candidates for three open seats on the School Committee fielded 11 questions. Last week the OCM offered a summary of the first five and this week the candidates’…

Vedna Heywood had already finished nursing school and was working in an operating room when a doctor told her that her unusual first name was a variation on the Hindu word meaning to have knowledge and empathy. The doctor said it fit her perfectly. PLYMOUTH – Vedna Heywood had already finished nursing school and was working in an operating room when a doctor told her that her unusual first name was a variation on the Hindu word meaning to have knowledge and empathy. The doctor said it fit her perfectly.…

Organizers vow to remember the slain civil rights leader at a later date, even as they reaffirmed their conviction to honor King by following his example in their daily lives. PLYMOUTH – Frigid temperatures and icy streets forced the postponement Monday of the town’s day of service in memory of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But organizers vowed to remember the slain civil rights leader at a later date, even as they reaffirmed their conviction to honor King by following his example in their daily lives. “If we live a…