Teenager’s push for more lights at park wins support - Plymouth Independent

Teenager’s push for more lights at park wins support - Plymouth Independent

For most 8th graders, a civics project ends with a grade. For 14-year-old Emma Dries it was the beginning of a months-long passion project to persuade Town leaders to install lights and extend hours at Stephens Field. When the incoming freshman stepped to the podium before the Plymouth Select Board on Tuesday, she wasn’t asking for permission to complete a school assignment. She wanted action. She asked town leaders to rethink how one of Plymout…