In a three-way field including Cynthia Alvidrez, no candidate garnered 50% plus at least one vote to avoid a runoff. The polls closed at 7 p.m. on Saturday. As of then, 3,964 or 5.78% of Taylor ...

A major item on the agenda is a vote on Local Law No. 2 of 2025, which would enact a 5% occupancy tax on short-term lodging in the city. This applies to hotels, motels, and vacation rentals, including ...

“And I’ve shed a lot of tears. We’ve all shed a lot of tears, and we owe you a debt of gratitude as well as your fellow officers.” Plymouth Public Safety Director Erik Fadden provided protection for ...

Largely symbolic, the vote sees New Plymouth join Whanganui and South Taranaki district councils in formally opposing seabed mining. Taranaki Regional Council, meanwhile, has retained a neutral stance ...

A person who threatened a Devon council leader has been issued with a community resolution, police have said. An investigation was launched after Tudor Evans, leader of Plymouth City Council, said ...

The Mayor for Plymouth (MfP) campaign says it will take the government to high court over an announcement there will no be a directly-elected mayor for the city.

ACT Local has selected Damon Fox an Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) clinician and community advocate, as its candidate for the Kaitake-Ngāmotu Ward in the upcoming New Plymouth District Council election ...

There will no longer be a directly-elected mayor for Plymouth, the government have confirmed. The change comes just three weeks before Plymothians were due to go the polls on the issue of whether or ...

Downham House, Plymstock. Image courtesy: Google Street View (Downham House, Plymstock. Image courtesy: Google Street View) Plymouth City Council is finding it challenging to acquire properties to use ...

McMahon said 13 current legacy directly-elected council mayors, and current Plymouth Lord Mayor Kathy Watkin, would continue in their roles, but a more "consistent approach" would be adopted in ...