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The No Place for Hate Committee will confront the issue of bullying in an assembly on Sept. 7 at the Middle School. 16-year-old Brigitte Berman, author of the book “Dorie Witt’s Guide to Surviving Bullies,” will be the featured speaker. Berman will also speak to interested parents and students at 7 p.m. that evening in the Middle School Auditorium.
The Clipper will be closed on Labor Day, Monday Sept. 6. Because of the holiday, we will be on an early deadline for Clipper content. All advertising copy, letters to the editor, announcements and calendar items for the Sept. 8 issue must be submitted by Friday, Sept. 3 at 12 noon.
This week the School Building Committee told Duxbury selectmen they want to call a special Town Meeting this fall to fund a feasibility study and schematic design for a new combined middle and high school in order to present the entire project to the March 2011 Town Meeting for approval.Please login or register to see the full article
Students in Duxbury will head back to school on Wednesday, and there will be some changes for the district –– including a new face in the corner office.
Dr. Benedict Tantillo sat in on his first School Committee meeting last Wednesday, and he was eager to get to work.
“I’m happy to be here,” he told the committee. “I appreciate the warm welcome from the staff and the community members I’ve met so far.”
It’s a simple message, but one that a Duxbury-based company hopes will resonate –– that it’s OK to feel like a million bucks.
The fledgling t-shirt company’s recent launch has been bolstered, in addition, by the inclusion of their products in the “swag bags” given out by the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills to celebrities during the Emmy awards.
All funding request applications to the Community Preservation Committee must be filed with the CPC no later than Oct. 15 if the application is to be considered for the annual Town Meeting in March. The scope of the project must be discussed in detail, allowing the CPC sufficient time for review before the December closing of the annual Town Meeting warrant. Applications are available online at the town of Duxbury Web page under Community Preservation Committee or at the Conservation Department on the second floor of Town Hall. The CPC encourages anyone with potential proposals to contact the committee early in the process to begin preliminary discussion. Any questions, call 781-934-1100 x134.
The South Shore is suddenly bustling with new and improved places to eat, drink and relax. Alongside the tried and true haunts, a few new spots, and lots of new ideas are cropping up, offering food-lovers a whole new range of choices.
Beachgoers over the end of last week/weekend were greeted by a stretch of red seaweed on Duxbury Beach. We'll have a story about what this is and what causes it in Wednesday's Clipper, but here's a color shot of the beach on Saturday morning. – Justin Graeber
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) previously announced that EEE mosquitoes have been detected in Duxbury. EEE is a rare but serious illness spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
The Duxbury Board of Health had previously suspended all outdoor activities on town property from 7:30 p.m. until 8 a.m. until further notice, according to the town Web site.
Due to sunset currently being at 7:30 p.m. and setting earlier each night, the Board of Health has changed the time for outdoor activity ban on town-owned property to 6:30 p.m.* until 8 a.m. until further notice. (*Note: earlier time effective Aug. 24.)
By taking a few common sense precautions, people can help protect themselves and loved ones, be aware of peak mosquito hours and apply insect repellent.
Although the Town of Duxbury was included in the aerial mosquito spraying the risk still exists and therefore, the ban must continue.
It’s official: The Tarkiln twin schoolhouses are now a historic landmark.
Last Wednesday, amid the bustle of the Duxbury Farmers and Artisans Market that now occupies the front lawn of the school, a plaque was unveiled stating that the school, along with 12 other sites in Duxbury, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
At their first strategic planning workshop this week, the Board of Selectmen tried to identify the core values they felt would ultimately be incorporated into a plan to guide Duxbury’s town government into the future.
At a meeting led by Zoning Board of Appeals member Judi Barrett, a professional planner, selectmen brainstormed words they felt represented the core values of town government. Each board member volunteered his or her ideas and Barrett wrote them on an easel.
Question about jurisdiction led to some heated words at Monday night’s Planning Board meeting, although a subdivision off High Street was eventually approved unanimously by the board.
