The Recreation Department’s Turkey Trot race takes participants from the Duxbury Middle School to the Powerpoint Bridge and back. But runners on Saturday may have thought they were headed to the South Pole, as freezing temperatures and biting winds made the 4.3 mile course even more difficult.

The Duxbury High School girls’ soccer team finished the second half of its regular season schedule with a 3-5-1 record in its last nine games; a sign that an early exit in post-season play was a strong possibility.

In what is fast becoming a holiday tradition, the Duxbury Business Association’s annual Holly Days event will take place Sunday, Nov. 30, from noon until dusk.

As the Duxbury Public Schools go about planning their budgets for the next fiscal year, several large capital projects are on the horizon, including a new roof for the Chandler Elementary School and a study that will look at the future of the middle and high schools.

Historically, Thanksgiving has been about commemorating the first collaborative meal between the European settlers and the Native American Indians; a time to reflect on an important part of our heritage, to honor family and to reflect on all there is to be grateful for.

The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society announces availability of prepublication orders for its forthcoming new publication “Duxbury…Past and Present.”

War Memorial Committee –– Monday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m. in the Mural Room at Town Hall.

Thursday, November 13

6:53 a.m. Caller requested an ambulance for a psych evaluation on Tremont Street. Ambulance transported patient to Jordan Hospital.

The Duxbury Fire Department received a donation of $15,000 in the name of Paul Greeley, who died in an ice fishing accident in February.

In the good old days Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day game between Duxbury and Marshfield would have been for the league title. But with the league champion Rams (9-1) now playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Dragons waltzing through the Patriot League undefeated at 10-0 after winning the inaugural Patriot Bowl (47-13), the Turkey Day battle boils down to bragging rights on the South Shore.

Ravenous holidays bring ravenous people home, and stir the ones already there into action.  No holiday is quite as food-centered as Thanksgiving.  How is it this year?  How’s your gratitude?  How’s your dinner?  How are your leftover turkey sandwiches?

Senior Stacia Boynton scored with 10 seconds left in regulation to give the DHS girls' soccer team a 3-2 victory over Belmont on Wednesday night at Cawley Stadium in Lowell.

Bay Farm on the Duxbury/Kingston line is a haven for dog lovers, but a recent Board of Selectmen decision to bar professional dog-sitting services from using the land has the park buzzing.

Three Duxbury women were honored at the Senior Center on Saturday for their commitment to community, career and family. Anne Antonellis, Holly Morris and Elizabeth Sullivan were this year’s recipients of the “Speak for Thyself” award, given out Saturday evening in a ceremony at the Senior Center.

The Duxbury High School girls’ soccer team finished the second half of its regular season schedule with a 3-5-1 record in its last nine games; a sign that an early exit in post-season play was a strong possibility.

In the good old days Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day game between Duxbury and Marshfield would have been for the league title. But with the league champion Rams (9-1) now playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Dragons waltzing through the Patriot League undefeated at 10-0 after winning the inaugural Patriot Bowl (47-13), the Turkey Day battle boils down to bragging rights on the South Shore.