She's our hero of the year. Duxbury's youth have rallied around local hero Razia Jan over the last few months, learning about her efforts to provide education to young girls in Afghanistan, the dangers, challenges, and social implications changing the landscape for the future for women there. At DSU kids have been voting daily to help her win the $250,000 award to further her school.

The school committee has decided to pursue a proposal to push the date of the annual town meeting into April, more than a month later than its current date.

The recreation department is requesting Community Preservation Act funding to create more fields on land adjacent to the Chandler Elementary School. Recreation director Gordon Cushing explained his proposal to the Community Preservation Committee last week.

Friday With Heide. Virtual Trip to the Blackstone River Valley. Join Heide on Friday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. for the popular virtual tour of a different area of Massachusetts. This tour will be presented via slides and commentary. Learn about the place called the birth canal of the American Industrial Revolution and about America's hardest working river. This 'tour' is free and open to the public.

 The staff and advisor of Duxbury High School's literary magazine will hold a creative writing conference for middle school students from 3:00 to 4:30 on Tuesday, December 11.

In an about-face, the Board of Selectmen has named and appointed a town manager search committee, reversing the decision it made last month to rely on a hiring team made up of town officials, human resources staff, and volunteers.

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A Burlington developer has agreed to buy the 40-unit Brewster Commons and wants to drop the affordable housing development’s 55 plus age requirement.

The school department is requesting $1.3 million more for its budget next year.

The school department is considering cancelling February school vacation for the next two years in order to create an extra long summer for the move to the new middle and high school.

Join the Plymouth Philharmonic for a celebration of the season with Steven Karidoyanes conducting on Dec. 8 and 9 at Memorial Hall in Plymouth. 

This winter could be a difficult time for some of our neighbors to keep their homes heated.  Last year nearly 150 families in Duxbury asked for fuel assistance from the Duxbury Interfaith Council and the South Shore Community Action Council.   The DIC depends on donations to meet these heating needs.

Deborah Anderson, who served as the Clipper’s acting publisher for the past year has been named publisher on a permanent basis. Deborah will work with Editor-in-Chief David Mittell Jr., himself a Duxbury native and former Patriot Ledger and Providence Journal columnist.