Currently in his eleventh year working in Duxbury schools, Jim Donovan is enjoying his new role as DHS assistant principal. We recently caught up with Jim and discovered how much he cares about and appreciates his students.

Duxbury residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to cast their ballots.  Town Clerk Nancy Oates expects a large turnout due to local races.

Jack Conway Realtor’s Duxbury office on Rte. 3A is a new drop-off site for donations for the “Lion’s Share” Food Pantry on Summer Street. “Our late founder Jack Conway left an extraordinary legacy of community service and philanthropy on the South Shore,” said Conway Duxbury Manager Janet Pistone. “We want to follow his lead by helping the Duxbury Lions Club to feed needy residents in our town.”  The Duxbury Lions Club established the “Lions Share” Food Pantry in June and has already helped serve so many members of our community.

A garrulous widow who brokers marriages, dancing and other wicked dealings in turn of the 19th century Yonkers, New York turns a day in New York City into a comical adventure.  This ageless American comedy is the basis for that favorite musical, “Hello, Dolly.”

Duxbury Before and After Dark will be offering their Winter Session of Driver’s Education during the February school vacation week. 

Get the jump on the holiday season by finding a unique gift for that special someone.

Donate Halloween Candy for the Troops.  The DSU is sponsoring a Halloween candy giveback event for one day only, this Thursday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Duxbury Student Union. Bring your unopened leftover Halloween candy to DSU and receive a gift from Duxbury Children’s Dentistry.  All Duxbury residents are encouraged to participate.  Letters, cards, and children’s artwork is encouraged as well. Candy donations, art and letters collected will go to Cape Cod Cares for our troops where the items will be packaged and sent to soldiers serving overseas.

This week, the solar farm slated to be built on the town’s capped landfill on Mayflower Street gained site plan approval from the planning board, getting it one step closer to construction.

The annual MCAS results have been tallied and, as a district, Duxbury schools have improved their performance overall – with the number of students in the “advanced” category increasing and the number of students in the “warning” category decreasing.

For those who are new to it, Montessori education is best stirred, not shaken; absorbed, not memorized -- sort of like the Montessori teaching method itself.

This week the planning board finalized its special permit for the land clearing at 16 Hounds Ditch Lane but neither the entire board nor the homeowners came away satisfied with the decision.

Get the jump on the holiday season by finding a unique gift for that special someone.

The Duxbury Planning Board invites all residents to a Storm Water Education presentation to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, Mural Room, 878 Tremont St.