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Decisions, decisions: That’s the theme of this year’s Town Meeting for the voters of Duxbury.

Voters who show up to the Performing Arts Center on Saturday will be asked to make some big decisions on some big-ticket projects. Should the town build a new police station? Should the fire station be renovated, and how much should be spent? Where do renovations to the Percy Walker Pool and Chandler El-ementary School roof fit into

all this?“Therein lies the rub: can

we afford them all?” asked Board of Selectmen Chairman

Jon Witten.“There’s a lot of meat on

the bone here,” added Town Moderator Allen Borhneimer.

Forefront on the Town Meeting agenda is the issue of new public safety facilities. Al-though last year’s Town Meet-ing voters approved a plan for a new police and fire station, voters questioned the price of the proposal and the measure was eventually defeated at the ballot box.

“There was a demand at the last town meeting that we come back with a more cost-effective proposal,” said Witten.


The school start time change will remain in effect –– for now. However, the School Committee will revisit the controversial vote to “flip” the elementary and high school start times on April 4.

Parents packed into the School Committee meeting Wednesday night to express their displeasure with the start time change, a decision they said was made too hastily and did not take into account the effect on Alden students.

“This start time issue has

torn this community apart,” said School Committee mem-ber Maureen Connolly.

On Feb. 4, the commit-tee voted 3-2 to flip the start times of the Alden Elementa-ry School and Duxbury High School, citing mountains of scientific research saying teenagers are more likely to learn with a little extra sleep. Duxbury High School and Duxbury Middle School will now begin at 8:15 a.m. rather than 7:30 a.m., and the Alden School will now begin the school day at 7:30 a.m. rather


Voters at Town Meeting will only be asked to approve the design costs for a new po-lice station rather than the full construction cost, selectmen learned on Monday night.

A proposal to build a new police station on Mayflower Street and to rehabilitate the current main fire station are two of the highest priorities on Saturday’s Town Meeting warrant, according to town of-ficials.

But in a testament to the uncertain Town Meeting cli-

mate –– not to mention the in-stability of the economy –– the plans have been trimmed down in recent weeks so they might be more palatable to voters.

“We felt in this economic climate there was some risk by going for the entire amount,” Study Committee Chairman Neil Johnson told the select-men at Monday night’s meet-ing.

Although the Town Meet-ing warrant, which was print-ed in advance, asks voters to approve a debt exclusion for $7.75 million to build the new police station, Johnson said the amount will be amended

WHIZ KIDS: The Duxbury Education Foundation held its annual spelling bee fundraiser last Tuesday at the Performing Arts Center. Pictured are the winners in the middle school category, team “To BEE or not to BEE” from Bay Farm Montessori: Alyse Clinton, Skye Stanton and Morgan Williams keep up their winning ways.

S-U-C-C-E-S-S!Police station figure slashedTown Meeting will only be asked to approve design, bidding costs

Capital projects, CPA and zoning changes on tapTown Meeting agenda full Sleep times

stand –– for now

Photo by Karen Wong

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A benefit concert will be held on March 21 at 7 p.m. at the PAC, featuring TAB and State Radio, as well as local band The Dirty Hit. All pro-ceeds from the concert will benefit the foundation, Call-ing All Crows, which is help-ing women in Darfur, Sudan. On March 20 we will have the PAC open to the public, free of charge, to view the movie, The Invisible Children and other documentaries, some created by students at DHS.

The concert is part of a weekend-long event to raise awareness of the plight of women and children in Africa. Any donations from Friday night and the silent auction will benefit the Invisible Chil-dren of Uganda, children who are stolen from their homes and conscripted into a never-ending civil war. The group organizing the event, the Af-rican Service Project, is still looking for donations for the silent auction. Anyone wish-ing to help, please contact Su-san Sullivan at [email protected].

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Ellen Robinson RN, PhD., will be the second speaker of the three part series, End of Life Care. The series continues on Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Parish Center of Holy Fam-ily Church. Ms. Robinson is the clinical nurse specialist in ethics at Massachusetts Gen-eral Hospital, a position she

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than 7:30 a.m., and the Alden School will now begin the school day at 7:30 a.m. rather than than 8:15 a.m. Committee members George Cipolletti, Karen Wong and Anne Ward voted for the change, and Maureen Connolly and John Heinstadt voted against it.

The evening began on a cordial note, as many of the parents speaking out against the change thanked the School Committee for their hard work and volunteer efforts. Howev-er, things got more heated as the meeting went on and those in attendance realized that no vote would be taken to void the original decision.

Carolyn Loiselle of Sur-plus Street said she was not against the change at the high school level, but believed there was not enough infor-mation gathered from Alden parents. She pointed out that Wilton, Conn. one of the few other towns in the country that switched elementary and high school start times, did exten-sive community surveys. Dux-

bury held one public forum at DMS a few weeks before the vote.

“Many people still aren’t convinced the Alden change is the means to the high school change,” Loiselle said. “For the few to take away the voice of the many is a travesty.”

Christine McLaughlin said she felt parents were not in-volved enough in the School Committee’s decision.

“This has generated much debate and anger,” she said. “I feel I have been left out of a decision that will affect my family for years to come.”

Eric Doherty, a DHS se-nior, said he had gathered signatures from his fellow stu-dents who are unhappy with the change.

“They just don’t want it,” he said. “They feel like the decision has ... been jammed down their throats.”

Some parents said they were so upset at the change, if the School Committee does not change its position, they would petition the town for a special Town Meeting, which would cost between $10,000 -$15,000. Town Meeting can-not forcefully change a School Committee vote, so any action taken at the meeting would be advisory only.

One parent, Jen Klein, said she was in favor of the change.

“This is going to help my 13-year-old get out of bed,” she said. “I think it’s going to be better for our kids ... I want to give this a chance.”

Connolly asked Superin-tendent Susan Skeiber if she would change her recommen-dations.

“What happened to the in-clusive style of management?” she said. “Why was public opinion not solicited?”

Committee Vice-Chairman John Heindstat was even more direct.

“Why are we doing this?” he asked. He said he didn’t understand why the measure couldn’t be postponed for a year, and questioned what was the impetus for the change.

“I cannot understand where this came from,” he said. “This is not driven by high school kids saying we need more sleep or high school parents saying my kid’s not getting

enough sleep ... I don’t know why we’re running the risk of this divisiveness.”

Skieber defended her rec-ommendation to make the change, saying “I am an inclu-sive person, I am a collabora-tive person.”

She said she has been working with a team of admin-istrators on implementing the change, working with teachers at the Alden School, and the library, Before and After Dark group and the Duxbury Stu-dent Union on the after school issues.

“It is not my intention, never has been, to do anything that would be harmful to any student ... It is not who I am, it is not what I’m about.”

Cipolletti said that he heard the concerns of parents, but cautioned against voting on the issue again Wednesday night. He pointed to a School Committee policy that states the group does not vote on issues at the meetings where they are first raised.

“I think we need to chal-lenge the administration to answer the questions that have been raised,” he said. “If they’re not answered, I think we should reconsider.”

Wong also said she regret-ted not getting the informa-tion about the time change out sooner.

“I didn’t see this coming in the sense of the Alden families taking it this hard,” she said. “We have to take the hit for that.”

Most speakers asked the committee not to vote against the change, but to merely postpone the decision and gather more data about how the change would affect Alden students.

“We are putting an addi-tional tax on Alden students,” said Connolly. “This is not cost-neutral to families.”

“I’m not basing my deci-sion on how many people are for it or how many people are against it,” said Wong. “I’m making it for the students.”

Eventually, the board de-cided to postpone any revisit-ing of the sleep time vote until their meeting April 4.

“If you want a chance to change my vote you’re going to have to wait a month,” said Cipolletti.

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The change should not af-fect the total cost of the proj-ect, Johnson said, but it would allow the study committee to come back to next year’s Town Meeting with more concrete plans to ask for the rest of the construction funding. Johnson also said approving just the design costs this year should not significantly set back the timeline on the new police sta-tion.

Police Chief Mark DeLu-ca said his department would manage in the current station for the time being.

“We’ll be fine for another year,” he said. “We understand these are tough economic times.”

The 2008 proposal for the police station was an 18,000 square foot facility on a 9.74 acre parcel near the intersec-tions of Route 3 and 14, at a price tag of about $8.1 million. This year, after the idea of a combined public safety facil-ity started to lose steam, the study committee came up with a plan for a 17,320 square foot station on vacant, town-owned land next to the Transfer Sta-tion on Mayflower Street, with a total price tag of $7.75 mil-lion.

Selectmen also voted to support the full cost of the fire station renovation at $5.2 million, however there is a contingency plan to reduce the amount to $1 million, if it

appears voters cannot stomach the larger amount, to make sure essential repairs are made to the station.

The selectmen voted to support the full cost of the ren-ovation, saying they were con-cerned the study committee was trying too hard to predict

what would happen at Town Meeting.

“I’m concerned that we’re trying to second guess Town Meeting to the point where we’re not giving them a voice,” said Selectman Betsy Sullivan. “Trust them to make a thoughtful decision.”

Johnson said the study group’s concern was that the fire station renovations may pass Town Meeting but not the ballot box, leaving the depart-ment in the lurch.

“The chief can’t wait for work to start on the building, we need to do something – in a month,” he said.

“I think the voters will trust us, and will trust the chief,” said Witten.

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Selectmen had originally voted 2-1 to support the zon-ing change, with Andre Mar-tecchini and Betsy Sullivan voting yes, and Jon Witten opposed.

On Monday, ZBA Chair-man Dennis Murphy asked the selectmen to reconsider their vote. He presented a detailed analysis written by ZBA member Judith Barrett –- a document Martecchini and Sullivan both said they had difficulty understanding. What swayed their vote in-stead was Murphy’s conten-tion that his board had the

authority to allow limited commercial space inside the Island Creek development. Martecchini said the only reason he had backed the zoning change was that he believed the ZBA did not have that power.

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A study group examined the possibility of a combined police and fire station, but eventually settled on a plan to build a new police station on town-owned land next to the cemetery on Mayflower Street, and a rehabilitation plan the existing fire station. This proposal has changed several times, and although the printed warrant asks voters for $7.75 million for the police station and $5.2 million for the fire station repairs, the police station article will be amended to $435,000 –– the cost to de-sign and bid the project –– and the fire station may be reduced to $1 million, enough to make emergency repairs, if the larger number seems to lack support.

“If it looks like they’re not going to carry the day on the larger article ... any voter can get up and move to amend it,” said Bornheimer, who said he’d allow the article to be changed mid-discussion or re-considered if the larger amount failed.

Other large scale capital projects are on the Town Meet-ing agenda, a $2.2 million plan to renovate the Percy Walker Pool and two school projects, $200,000 for a building study on the future of the middle school and high school, and $1.5 million for the Chandler roof.

School Committee mem-bers said the feasibility study is important because it would give the district a plan for its larger, capital projects. Both the schools are nearing their 50-year life expectancy.

“Without the feasibility study I don’t think we can re-ally be clear on what is the best course for us,” said com-mittee member Karen Wong at a recent meeting.

There is one article on the warrant that would actually reduce residents’ taxes rather than increase them.

Article 13 would reduce

the town’s Community Pres-ervation Act tax surcharge, currently at 3 percent, to 0.25 percent. The act was adopted by Duxbury in 2001 and pro-vided matching money from the state for use on open space purchases and other commu-nity projects.

But even this is not a clear-cut article –– even if adopted by voters, tax relief would be a year or two away because of the the Community Preserva-tion Act mechanism.

One part of Town Meeting that shouldn’t be complicated is the budget.

“It looks like all of the committees and boards have reached a meeting of the minds on the operating and capital budgets,” said Bornheimer. “I think they looked around and realized ... we’re going to have to take our lumps.”

Witten credited Town Manager Richard MacDonald for keeping a close eye on the budget, protecting services while avoiding layoffs.

“He really has attempted to slash where possible and preserve where possible,” Wit-ten said.

Other items of interest are several proposed changes to the town’s zoning bylaws, including a change in lot cov-erage regulations. Currently, only 50 percent of a lot in a neighborhood business zone may be covered by either a building or a paved surface. The town meeting article as written would allow up to 80 percent of a lot to be covered (this is expected to be amended

on the floor to 70 percent) but only 20 percent could be from a building. Another change would update the town’s park-ing by law to require all park-ing surfaces to be paved.

Both Bornheimer and Wit-ten thought the meeting could last until Thursday as there are a number of heavy issues to be discussed. In a tough economy, each spending item will be put under a microscope.

“This budget may be scru-tinized more than most,” Wit-ten said.

“A lot of people are feel-ing very very strapped here,” added Bornheimer. “We have some expenditure items that might not be as popular as they have been in past years.”

At the end of the day, Bornheimer trusts the officials and voters of Duxbury to make good decisions for the town.

“I think the decision mak-ing is pretty darn good, we’ve got a savvy group of people here,” he said.

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MONUMENTAL: A plywood mock-up of Duxbury’s World War I monument was installed in front of the old Town Hall this week to give residents an idea of what the restored monument would look like. The original monument, now sitting in pieces at the DPW Barn, was located across the street at Boomer Square. It was dedicated in 1922 and removed in the late 1950s after being damaged by a truck. A proposal to restore the monument and return it to this site awaits action at this year’s town meeting. The plywood model was made by members of the restoration committee.

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See a plain english article-by-article explanation of the Town Meeting warrant, along with helpful charts and graphs in the special Town Meeting sec-tion on page 11.

A fitting tribute to the fallen


Jake Epstein ➢ , a senior at Boston College High School, has been named a semifinalist in the 2009 National Merit Schol-arship Competition. This means that Epstein and 16,000 other semifinalists throughout the na-tion, all academically talented high school seniors, now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33.9 million, that will be offered next spring.

Nathaniel Devnew ➢ is cur-rently studying in South Amer-

ica as part of an off-campus program of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. designed for students of Latin American studies, environmen-tal studies, economics, biology and Spanish language and cul-ture. During the program in Quito, Ecuador and Cuzco, Peru participants are immersed in the dramatic geography and rich history of the Andes, and in the culture of two of Latin Ameri-ca’s most intriguing societies. Devnew will analyze critical economic and environmental is-sues through coursework and a series of related excursions.

The following students ➢from Duxbury have been named to the honors list at Tabor Academy for the first semes-ter: Spencer Ash, high honors; Corinna DeCollibus, William Lannon, Alyson Metscher, Kelsey Mehegan, Sean Hogan, Brian Shropshire, honors; John Gagnon, Brendan Kil-larney, Robert Oliver, Kather-ine Boynton, Carra Kelly, and David Griffin, commended.

Congratulations to ➢ Chris-topher Rooney who has been named to the dean’s list at Ho-bart College in Geneva, N.Y. for the fall semester.

The Massachusetts College ➢of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass., is proud to announce that David Spolidoro was placed on

the dean’s list for the fall semes-ter.

Reader ➢ Steve Schroeder took this photo of a Red-tailed Hawk last week, after spotting the hawk lunching on a rabbit in his front yard. “It was an im-pressive reminder of the beauti-ful, if sometimes harsh, natural world that surrounds us here in Duxbury,” wrote Schroeder.

Nicole E. D’Alessandro ➢ and Gabrielle L. Purcell have recently been named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the fall semester.

John ➢ and James Higgins were at the Bass Master Clas-sic in Louisiana over February break with the debut of their company, ThinkTank Lures. The boys sold over 400 lures called Triggerfish, the first steerable bass fishing lure to the market. The trip was a huge success!

SEND AROUND TOWN ITEMS including births, anniversaries,

promotions and other life milestones to [email protected].

Ryan Smith and Chris-tian Petro, sophomores at Boston College High School will be hosting a Community Book Drop for the Duxbury Student Union. Please swing by the Student Union on Saturday, March 28 from

9 a.m.-3 p.m. with your used hardcover and paperback books. All books donated will go to local and inter-national school classrooms, hospitals, and libraries in need. Let’s keep books out of our landfills!

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FISHIng FoR BASS: John Higgins, James Higgins, Ian Scott (their uncle), and Derek Yamamotos at the Bass Master Classics.

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VOTE TO APPROVE RENOVATIONS AT TOWN MEETING

(Article 38 on March 14th)

A “YES” VOTE ON MARCH 14TH MEANS...

A ballot question to renovate the pool (to be voted on Question #1) will be placed on the Annual Town Elections on March 28th

A “YES” VOTE ON MARCH 28TH MEANS...

• Pool will close for renovations in July and remain closed until end of construction.• Pool will be able to attract more people and allow for more revenue• Pool staff will regain positions• Outside rentals will increase with ability to hold meetings, parties, etc...• Win Win for Duxbury and surrounding towns!!!

A “NO” VOTE ON MARCH 14TH OR MARCH 28TH MEANS...

• Pool will close permanently due to budget• Loss of revenue-generating asset• Building will become abandoned in the heart of town• Negative effects to property values in area• Loss of Members permanently to other facilities• Loss of important Pool Renters and lesson revenue• Valued employees will be laid off• Overall community resource extinguished• Deterioration of building will continue to a point of disrepair• High School Swim Team will lose training facility• 4th grade PE swimming class will be discontinued

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ObituariesSend obituary noticeS to [email protected]

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John E. McCluskey, MD of Duxbury, died on March 7, 2009. He was 99 years old. Dr. McCluskey was born and raised in Manchester, Conn. In 1927, he won the first Manchester road race. He practiced medicine in the Brock-ton area for many years. In his retirement he worked as a doctor at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. He was involved with Cardinal Cush-ing Pilgrimages, and was active in international charities with various Catholic associations. It was while involved with these charities that he visited Lourdes and Peru. He had been a resi-dent of Duxbury since 1976. He was the hus-

band of Helen M. McCluskey; father of Mary McCaffrey and her husband Larry of New York, and John McCluskey and his wife Robin of Duxbury; grandfather of Brigid McCaffrey of California, Nora McCaffrey of New York, Meghan McCluskey of S. Boston, and Patrick McCluskey of Duxbury. A funeral Mass was held at Holy Family Church on March 10. In-terment will be at the Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cranberry Area Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.

John e. McCluskey, M.D., 99, active in charities

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On Sunday, March 22, from noon until 4 p.m., artist and graphic designer Bryson Dean will conduct a Paste-Paper Intensive in which participants will learn how to create beautiful art or craft pa-pers using this centuries-old technique. $25

A 6 inch square mosaic will be made in Mosaics 101 with Lisa Houck on Saturday, March 28, from 10 am un-til 4 pm. Techniques such as cutting glass, placement and movement of tiles, value re-lationships, color choices and grouting will be taught. $100 plus $25 materials fee.

Sessions of Yoga are scheduled for four weeks from 8 until 9 a.m. on Wednesdays or from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays. It is taught by Kathleen Young who is certified to teach yoga and fit-

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Stories and Art for Pre-schoolers and Toddlers is held on the first Thursday of

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ObituariesSend obituary noticeS to [email protected]

tHe deadline is Monday at noon.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the First Parish Church for Robert Burnley Cutler. His sister-in-law, the Rev. Catherine Cullen, will officiate.

Mr. Cutler, a Duxbury resident for many years, died March 5 at the VA Hospital in West Roxbury following a brief illness. He was 67.

Born in Hanover, N. H., the son of the late John and Bobbie Cutler, he grew up in Duxbury and attended the local schools. He was a 1959 graduate of Groton School in Groton, Mass., where he excelled as a student and as an ath-lete. At Groton, he lettered in baseball and ten-nis and captained the varsity basketball team. Early in his senior year at Groton, Mr. Cutler was accepted at Harvard College.

For nearly 47 years, he waged a heroic battle against schizophrenia and was living at

a halfway house in Lowell at the time of his death.

He served briefly in the U.S. Army.Mr. Cutler leaves a brother, David Cutler,

of Duxbury; two sisters, Margaret (Meg) Cut-ler Chandler of Bethesda, M.D., and Abigail R. Cutler of Pembroke; two nephews, Joshua S. Cutler of Duxbury and Benjamin D. Cutler of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; and two nieces, Caro-lyn M. Cutler of New York City and Rebecca W. Cutler of Duxbury.

He also leaves his long-time guardian, Atty. Robert Forrest of East Kingston, N.H.

Burial will be in Mayflower Cemetery.In lieu of flowers donations may be made

to the Cutler Scholarship c/o the Trustees of Partridge Academy, Box 2552, Duxbury, MA 02331.

Mary E. F. Gistis of Duxbury died on March 3. She was 41 years old. She was born, raised and educated in Malden, and went on to gradu-ate from Boston College. She was involved in several local theaters, and was an avid photog-rapher.

Mrs. Gistis was the wife of Glenn Gistis. She also leaves her children, Alexandra and Nicholas Gistis: her parents, Thomas and Jan-ice Fallon of Medford; her in-laws, Christopher and Lindsay Gistis of Plymouth; her brothers, Thomas Fallon and his wife Kathy of Salis-bury, James Fallon and his wife Norellee of Salem, Michael Fallon and his wife Belmira of Malden, Matthew Fallon and his wife Suzanne

of Chelmsford, Daniel Fallon and his wife Julie of North Andover; her sisters, Deborah Fallon of Malden, Kathryn Manupelli and her husband Anthony of N.Reading, Christine Selmani and her husband Amin of Saugus, Bridget Cook and her husband Aaron of Dracut, and Erin Fallon of Washington D.C. and many nieces and neph-ews.

A funeral Mass was held at Holy Family Church on Saturday, March 7. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, family and friends may donate blood and platelets to the American Red Cross. You can learn more at www.give-life.org.

Robert Burnley Cutler, 67, served in US Army

Mary e. F. gistis, 41, avid photographer

Joseph “Al” Marshall of Duxbury died March 3 at the age of 82. Mr. Marshall was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Duxbury High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Marshall was a carpenter and a craftsman as well as an out-doorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and carving birds.

Mr. Marshall was the son of the late Ben-jamin and Mamie (Meyer) Marshall, and the brother of the late Lawrence Marshall and Benjamin Marshall, Jr. He leaves his children;

Robert A. Marshall and his wife Nancy of Sor-rento, Maine, Ronald E. Marshall of Duxbury, and Donna M. Marshall of Halifax; his brother, Richard Marshall of North Ft Myers, Fla.; and his grandchildren, Briana and Nicole.

A funeral service was held Monday, March 8 at MacDonald Funeral Home in Marshfield. Burial was at the Mayflower Cemetery in Dux-bury. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Audubon Society 2000 Main St., Marsh-field, MA. 02050 or to Ducks Unlimited, One Waterfowl Way, Memphis, TN. 38120-3251.

Joseph “Al” Marshall, 82, US navy vet

Ralph L. Sarro, 74, professor

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Religious ServicesDuxbury Houses of WorshipFirst Baptist Church of DuxburyDr. Kevin Cassidy2 Tremont St.Phone: 934-6095Website: www.fbcd.org, email: [email protected]

Holy Family ChurchChurch and CCD Center, Tremont StRev. Msgr. William Glynn, PastorRev. Francis Chase, Parochial VicarPhone: 934-5055 Fax: 781-934-5796Mass Schedule: Saturdays, 5 pm; Sundays, 7, 8:30,10, and 11:30 am, with babysitting available at 8:30and 10 Masses. Daily Mass: Monday-Saturday, 8:15.

Pilgrim Church United Church of Christ404 Washington St.Rev. Kenneth C. Landall, Sr. PastorPhone: 934-6591Email: [email protected]. Pilgrim Childcare and Preschool. Sunday worshipand Church school at 9 am.

New Covenant FellowshipTarkiln Community Center, Rte 53, Summer StDavid Woods, PastorPhone: 585-8628Sundays: Contemporary praise and worship at 10. Sundayschool and youth group after opening worship. Communionfirst Sun. of the month. Women’s Discovery and men ofPromise homegroups.

Church of St. John the EvangelistEpiscopal410 Washington St. Box 2893The Rev. William Eddy, Interim PriestPhone: 934-6523Service at 8 and 10 am.

First Church of Christ Scientist243 Parks St.Phone: 934-6434Sun.: Service at 10:30. Sunday school for youth to 20 at 10:30.Wed.: Service at 8 pm, readings from the Bible and Science andHealth. Childcare provided. Reading Room: 17 Standish St.,Hours: Tue. through Fri., 10-1; Sat., 9-3.

First Parish ChurchUnitarian Universalist842 Tremont StRev. Catherine Cullen, MinisterPhone: 934-6532Sundays: Worship service at 10:30, nursery and childcareavailable.

St. Paul’s Church of the Nazarene136 Summer St.Phone: 585-3419Monday-Friday: Noah’s Ark Day School for ages 2 yrs 9months to kindergarten. Call for information, 582-1778.Nursery is provided for all services.

High St. United Methodist ChurchHigh and Taylor Sts.Rev. Barbara Kszystyniak, PastorPhone: 585-9863Sundays: Worship service and Sunday School at 10,nursery care available.

South Shore Worship

Zion Lutheran Church386 Court St., No. Plymouth, Rev. C. Robert Stott, Phone: 508-746-3041

Congregation Beth JacobSynagogue: 8 Pleasant St. Plymouth, Community Center, Court/Brewster St. LawrenceSilverman, Rabbi, Phone: 508-746-1575.

South Shore QuakerPhone: 781-749-4383, Turkey Hill Lane, Hingham, (off Rte. 228 at the library/town hallcomplex off Levitt St., up the hill to Turkey Hill Lane).

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)379 Gardner St., So. Hingham, Bishop John Howe, Phone: 781-293-2520, Sundaysyear round: Family worship at 10 am.

St. Mark of Epheseus Orthodox Mission261 Main St., Kingston, Rev. Terrence McGillicuddy, Phone: 781-585-8907

Islamic Center of New England Mosques470 South St., Quincy, 671-479-8341, 74 Chase Dr., Sharon, 781-784-0434

Safe Harbor Church52 Main St., Marshfield, Pastor Mark Eagling, 781-837-9903

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Ralph L. Sarro, 74 of Kingston died on March 5. Mr. Sarro was an inspiring professor, coach, teacher, and a Navy veteran.

Mr. Sarro was the husband of Annette Sar-ro. He also leaves his sons, Steven R. Sarro and his wife Carol of Bedford, N.H., Scott E. Sarro and his wife Kyra of Bedford, N.H., David F. Jordan and his wife Kristine of Duxbury; his daughters, Pamela J. Fasciani and her husband Carlo of Duxbury, Tina M. Hone and her hus-band Robert of Kingston, Nicole A. Twomey

and her husband Matthew of Brockton; his sis-ters, Mary Bertolino of Newbury, Joan Keaney of Middleboro; 12 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Joseph Sarro, Francis Sarro, and John Sarro.

A funeral Mass was held on Monday, March 9 at Holy Family Church, and burial was at the Mayflower cemetery in Duxbury. Donations may be made in his name to Holy Family Par-ish, 601 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA 02332.

Moderator Allen Bornheimer has

welcomed voters to Town Meeting for the

past 27 years.

By SUSANNA SHEEHAN ANd Justin Graeber

It’s Town Meeting time! This Saturday Duxbury voters will engage in one of the oldest forms of direct democracy –– the town meeting. All registered voters are welcome to attend and vote on important matters for our town. We

have prepared this guide to help you navigate the details. Let’s face it, the actual Town Meeting warrant can be confusing, hard to follow and often out-of-date by the time it reaches you. To help voters

make sense of it all the Clipper has put together a plain-English summary of all the articles. It explains why

each article is important, who supports it, and how much it will cost. Articles which could impact your property tax are noted with extra details that will help you determine your bottom line. Articles which require two-thirds votes are also noted. The recommendations and dollar figures are up to date as of Tuesday.

By allen M. bornheiMer, town Moderator

One of my responsibilities as moderator is to assure that the proper quantita-

tive vote is applied to each of the articles which come before us at Town Meeting. For most of our business, a simple major-ity vote is all that is required. However, there are a number of situations where state law or our own procedural rules require a larger percentage vote.

For example, Massachusetts law requires a two-thirds vote: to adopt or amend a zoning by-law; to incur debt (other than temporary borrow-ing); to acquire or transfer land or easements, including leases and takings by eminent domain; and to transfer money from the town’s stabiliza-tion fund. Appropriations to pay unpaid bills from prior years require a four-fifths vote if taken at an Annual Town Meeting and a nine-tenths vote if taken at a Special Town Meeting, although I con-fess that I am at a loss to explain the logic or rationale for the unpaid bill requirements.

Under our procedural rules, the motion for the previous question (i.e., the motion to end debate) requires a two-thirds vote and the mo-tion for reconsideration requires the same quan-titative vote as the motion to which it applies. There are, of course, many other special circum-stances where a super majority vote is required by law, but these situations do not tend to come before us very frequently at town meeting.

Nonetheless, the moderator and town counsel need to be alert to these special requirements. So far as I know, we have not missed anything yet. Finally, I encourage any petitioners or other voters who are sponsoring, or who are otherwise inter-ested in, an article at town meeting to contact me if they have any questions about the quantitative vote which will apply to their article.

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W hen, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together

to a special town-meeting, to express their opinion on some subject which is vexing the land, that, I think, is the true Congress, and the most respectable one that is ever assembled in the United States.

ArticlE 1AppoinTMenTS

Article 1 is an annual article ap-pointing non-elected officials.

These include various committees ap-pointed by the town moderator, the se-lectmen and the town manager.

ArticlE 2reADing of reporTS

This is an annual article that allows the reading of re-ports by town officers and

town committees and the acceptance of the annual town report. The Council on Aging is expected to report on the progress of local bus service GATRA.

articlE 3coMpenSATion

of Town officiALS

This is a routine article that sets the compensation of elected

town officials: assessors, selectmen, town meeting moderator, and town clerk. (Those are the only elected town officials who get paid.)

The total amount requested is $77,040, the same as last year. This includes $67,000 for the town clerk’s salary and does not include a raise. An-nual salaries for se-

lectmen and assessors are $1,500 for board members and $2,000 for chair-men. The town moderator’s salary is $40. None of these have increased for many years. New this year: while this article includes these figures, the actual money will be voted as part of Article 5, the town’s operating budget. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 4highwAy fUnDing

Article 4 is the acceptance of state highway funding, or

Chapter 90 money, for FY2010. This annual article authorizes selectmen to temporarily borrow money for high-way maintenance and then accept the state reimbursement for this expense. The amount of state aid is expected to be $408,876, the same as the current fiscal year. Supported by Board of Se-lectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 5operATing BUDgeT

The fiscal year 2010 operat-ing budget for the town and

schools totals $56.45 million, a de-crease of $444,401 or 0.78 percent from the current year’s budget. This amount includes the operating budget and water department budget.

Notable expenses include $1.98 million for general government (a 4.3 percent increase from FY09); $ 27.64 million for education, (3.4 percent in-crease); $6 million for public safety, (0.6 percent decrease); $3.5 million for department of public works, (3.4 percent decrease); $1.33 million for library and recreation, (16.8 percent decrease); $466,840 for health and hu-man services, (2.1 percent decrease); $2.68 million for the water department, (4.7 percent decrease); $9.9 million for town and school employee benefits and insurance (.4 percent increase) and $3.4 million for town, school and water

department debt service (23 per-cent decrease).

R e v e n u e s come from these sources: $41.3 million from the town’s property taxes (1.5 percent increase); $5.37 million in state aid (5.79 per-cent decrease); $7.3 million in local receipts (0.26 percent increase); and

$130,091 in available funds. Last year there was over $2.1 million in free cash and most of it was used to balance the operating budget. In comparison, this year, free cash is just over $1.14 mil-lion. Of this amount, $332,618 will be used to fund articles in the special Town Meeting and $636,100 will be used in the annual Town Meeting for capital expenses and for the Fourth of July celebration. These figures are cur-rent as of publication, although they may change at Town Meeting. Sup-ported by Board of Selectmen

ArticlE 6cApiTAL BUDgeT

Article 6 is the FY 2010 capital budget totaling $728,740. This

amount includes $400,668 for school capital needs, including $193,768 for upgrading computers and technology and $206,900 for other school related items such as new classroom and cafe-teria furniture, new high school bleach-ers, renovating the DHS tennis courts, new drama scaffolding, and repairing the air conditioning at DMS. (See chart on facing page.)

Other capital expenses include $83,456 for public safety; $184,640 for public works; $5,931 for the Coun-

Special Town Meeting articles

Position SalaryModerator $40selectmen - chairman $2,000selectmen - member $1,500assessors - chairman $2,000assessors - member $1,500town clerk $67,000ToTAl $77,040

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SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 1 seeks to allow specific transfers of funds to and within different town budgets during the current fiscal year. It is expected there will be at least nine transfers totaling $293,000. These transfers include $100,000 for snow and ice removal; $60,000 for central fuel depot gasoline expenses; $35,000 for legal ser-vices; $28,000 for DPW admin-istration salaries; $25,000 for fire department expenses for vehicle repairs and salaries; $15,000 for DPW administration expenses; $12,000 for veterans services ex-penses; $10,000 for cemetery sal-aries to pay overtime; and $8,000 for cemetery crematory expens-es. All of these transfers, with the exception of $20,000 from fire department salaries budget, will come from free cash.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 2 is an annual article for paying unpaid bills that come into town hall after the close of the fiscal year on June 30. Currently, there are four unpaid bills totaling $4,617, although this amount could change by the meeting. All funds will be trans-ferred from free cash. Passage of this article requires a nine-tenths majority vote. Voting on this within the special Town Meeting allows the town to pay the bills immediately. If the vote was tak-en at annual Town Meeting, the town could not pay the bills until after the new budget year begins on July 1, 2009.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 3 is an annual article for funding collective bar-gaining agreements from any of the unions in town. This article will be indefinitely postponed since there are no contracts ready.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 4 for Chapter 90 Highway funds will be indefi-nitely postponed.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 5 requests $55,000 for a study of the Gurnet Road sewer system. The study is needed to see if there are any cracks in the pipe that are let-ting in storm water or seawater, which would artificially inflate

the amount of sewage being recorded at the Marshfield treatment plant. The entire pipe will be cleaned and a camera will be sent though

it to detect damage. This will give the town the information it needs for repairing the pipe. The money will come from free cash.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 6 requests ap-proval of a $50,000 transfer from the town’s health trust appropria-tion to the Stabilization fund for the FY09 budget. The Stabili-zation fund is a special reserve account created for any purpose that the town might have. Plac-ing money in the Stabilization fund helps the town build up its reserves, which in turn helps it receive favorable interest rates when borrowing money for larger projects. It takes a majority vote at Town Meeting to place money into the Stabilization fund and a two-thirds vote to take it out.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 7 asks voters to take $406,682 from the Com-munity Preservation Act undes-ignated, or general, fund to finish paying for the $1.04 million pur-chase of the 106 acre Camp Wing property approved by last year’s Town Meeting. The town did not receive a state grant of $448,200 that would have offset the pur-chase price, so the balance must be made up this year. Conserva-tion Administrator Joe Grady has said the town will re-apply for the grant. Short-term borrowing had to be used to close the gap between the CPA funds approved for the purchase and the amount the town had to pay for it when it bought the property in December. This article also amends the vote last year by deleting the authori-zation to borrow this amount and by substituting in its place autho-rization to transfer these funds from the CPA general account.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 8 amends the town’s FY09 Housing Allocation Plan. This plan outlines how the Affordable Housing Trust com-mittee can spend any money re-ceived by the town from its inclu-sionary zoning bylaw. The plan recommends that these funds, generated from new real estate development, be used for a first time home ownership program, the conversion of existing prop-erties into affordable units and the development of new afford-able housing units. This article seeks to clarify how the first time homebuyer program works.

Avg. TAx Bill (fy09)

duxbury $7,135

hinGhaM $6,518

scituate $5,182

kinGston $4,699

PeMbroke $4,238

Marshfield $4,066

PlyMouth $3,798

state Median $3,600

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This Saturday at 9 a.m., Moderator Allen Bornheimer will call the annual Town Meeting to order. He will then temporarily adjourn it in order to begin the special Town

Meeting. The purpose of special Town Meeting is to allow the town to spend money in the current fiscal year, before the new fiscal year begins in July. Once the special Town Meeting business is complete, the annual Town Meeting will resume.

–– Henry David Thoreau

ToWn MeeTIng Talk


cil on Aging; and $21,000 for library and recreation. Money for capital ex-penses will come out of the town’s free cash account, which, in previous years, had been used to balance the operating budget.

An additional $500,000 is request-ed for the water en-terprise fund. This includes $100,000 for PCE pipe replace-ment and $12,000 for leak detection. The water enterprise account is funded from water rates. Supported by Board of Selectmen.

ArticlE 7perSonneL pLAn AnD

non-Union rAiSeS

Article 7 is the Duxbury Per-sonnel Plan and Compensa-

tion Schedule, a routine article used to give raises to town managers and non-school and non-union town em-ployees as well as part-time or tempo-rary workers. Funded at $50,000, this article will also amend the Personnel Plan to replace it with a new revised bylaw. It includes a new compensation schedule with revised salary ranges to make Duxbury’s pay comparable with other communities. The positions that are now part of the professional man-ager’s union and the professional sup-port union formed in December have been deleted from the personnel plan. Supported by Board of Selectmen.

ArticlE 8Union conTrAcTS

This is an annual article for funding collective bargain-

ing agreements from any of the nine unions in town, including police, fire-fighters, teachers, and school and gov-ernment employees. It is not expected there will be any contracts ready for funding at Town Meeting. If any con-tract negotiations are finalized during the course of the year, they would be approved at next year’s special Town Meeting, according to Town Manager Richard MacDonald.

ArticlE 9reMoVe UnUSeD DeBT

Article 9 seeks to rescind autho-rized and unused debt. This

is a way for the town to clean up its books. The total debt to be rescinded is $13,000 for the completed Gurnet Road seawall project. When a project is approved by town meeting for a cer-tain dollar amount, it often costs less to complete. This article allows the town to take back the amount of debt that has been authorized but is unused. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 10reVoLVing fUnDS

Article 10 proposes to reau-thorize three revolving funds

for the Council on Aging, the Assess-ing Department, and the Conservation Commission. Revolving funds are ac-counts set up to receive fees for servic-es that are then used to pay for expens-es incurred to offer the services. The Council on Aging revolving fund can hold up to $70,000 generated from fees for senior center programs. The money in this account is used to pay instruc-tors or buy supplies. This amount is the same as last year.

The Assessing Department’s Geo-graphic Information System revolv-ing fund request is $6,000, a reduc-tion from the $40,000 from the last two years. This decrease is due to the fund not being used as much as ex-pected. Duxbury’s GIS is a computer-based system used for the creation and

maintenance of the town’s geographic features, infrastructure data and other related land-based information. The GIS revolving fund holds fees paid by users who request certain electronic data and/or plans from the town’s GIS system. This money provides a dedi-cated revenue source to upgrade and maintain the GIS system.

The Conservation Commission’s revolving fund request for $15,000 will contain money generated from the sale of Christmas trees on the town-owned West Street (Jaycox) Christmas tree farm. It is used to pay a forester to spray and shear the trees and mow the property. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 11BeAch LeASe

Article 11 requests $400,000 for the town’s annual lease of

Duxbury Beach from its owner, the non-profit, Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. This amount is the same as last year. The lease pays the Reservation’s costs of managing the part of the beach the town rents — the resident’s parking lot, beach, and the drive-on section. $110,000 comes back to the town to pay salaries of the har-bormaster’s endangered species officer and assistant. These funds also cover the costs of hiring piping plover moni-tors — summer workers who watch and protect these endangered shore birds, which nest annually on Duxbury beach. The lease also pays for dune re-pairs, new snow fence and cable fenc-ing, beach road maintenance, debris clean-up in the spring and fall, daily trash removal in the summer and geo-logical studies and Audubon Society oversight of migratory birds. Duxbury earns almost $1.5 million from beach stickers. The town has been leasing the beach since 1919. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 12JULy 4Th pArADe

Article 12 is an annual article asking voters to appropri-ate $10,000 for the July 4th

parade and celebration. On the chop-ping block this year due to budget cuts, these funds will remain in the FY2010 budget as town officials have decided to use free cash for this expense. The much-loved town celebration costs approximately $50,000 annually. The July 4th committee raises over $22,000 from donations each year and is able to use approximately $18,000 from a town trust fund to help pay for the Fourth of July festivities. Without pas-sage of this article, the 2010 parade or beach bonfire celebration could be cut. Supported by the Board of Selectmen.

ArticlE 13reDUce cpA SUrchArge

This article would roll back the Community Preservation Act

surcharge on real estate taxes from three percent to 0.25 percent. The CPA surcharge funds projects such as pur-chasing open space, preserving his-torical assets, and creating affordable housing. Three percent is the maximum surcharge a community could choose when approving the CPA. Duxbury adopted the CPA via initiative petition in 2001. Article 13 was placed on the annual Town Meeting warrant by citi-zen’s petition.

Proponents have said the motiva-tion behind the article was to alleviate some of the tax burden on residents during these tough economic times. Opponents of Article 13 say the proj-

ects funded by the CPA — includ-ing acquiring open space, building new affordable housing and preserving his-toric town treasures — have enhanced

the quality of life in town. Up until this year, the state has

matched Duxbury’s funds by 100 per-cent. This year, due to the economy, the match is 73 percent. Next year, the

CAPiTAl BudgeT iTeMSgeNeRAl gov.Police Mobile cruiser units (4) $14,730red alert software $5,315replace Pick-up truck $13,000geNeRAl gov. ToTAl $33,045

PuBliC SAfeTyrefurbish inflatable boat $40,000replace fire hoses $19,521replace breathing apparatus $8,000tires for engines $5,000harborm. aids to navigation $10,935PuBliC SAfeTy ToTAl $83,456

PuBliC WoRKSdPw Garage Metal walls $12,000reline crematory retorts $70,000replace 1995 toro workman $22,640design for new crematory $80,000PuBliC WoRKS ToTAl $184,640

HuMAN SeRviCeSreplace sr. center flooring $5,931HuMAN SeRviCeS ToTAl $5,931

liBRARy & ReCReATioNreplace Gas water heater $4,000replace carpet $2,000install Playgroung surfacing $5,000replace irrigation Pump work $10,000liBRARy & ReCReATioN $21,000

SCHoolSlibrary software upgrades $14,268network upgrades $10,000Mobile class comp. system $35,000replace computers $90,000wireless system Phase ii $12,000world language lab $32,500construct new classrooms $20,000new classrooms furniture $5,000replace classroom furniture $20,000cafeteria tables $12,000convert to Marker boards $9,000replace drama scaffolding $5,000air conditioning - dMs $10,000floor cleaner/Polishers (2) $11,990renovate dhs tennis courts $75,000repair bleachers - dhs $13,000replace 1998 utility van $25,910SCHoolS ToTAl $400,668

geNeRAl fuNd ToTAl $728,740

ToWN of duxBuRy oPeRATiNg BudgeT: 2000-2009

Fy09 Fy10Fy07 Fy08Fy06Fy05Fy03 Fy04Fy01 Fy02Fy00

$50M

$60M

$40M

$30M

$20M

$10M

$56.9M$54.6M

$51.9M$49.6M

$46.9M$45.9M$43.2M

$40.3M$36.9M

SCHoolS

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PuBliC SAfeTyPolicE, FirE, HArBor & iNSP. SErvicS

PuBliC WoRKSiNclUdES wAtEr ENtErPriSE BUdgEt

geNeRAl govT.MoSt towN HAll dEPArtMENtS & BoArdS

HuMAN SeRviCeSSENior cENtEr, vEtErANS SErvicES

liBRARy & ReC.iNclUdES Pool ANd golF coUrSE

tEAcHErS, AdMiN, SPEciAl Ed. coStS

$56.5M

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$9,000amount requested for schools to convert to white marker boards

Visit the Clipper Web site for updated coverage,

including live updates, of Town Meeting on Saturday.

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$13.4Mamount spent on cPa

projects since 2001 through state and local tax dollars

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1919year the town began

leasing duxbury beach

source: duxbury town warrants 2000-2009


By SUSAN SkEiBEr, ScHool SUPEriNtENdENt

Last year, the Duxbury School Committee charged the School Building Committee with (1) planning for the replacement of the roof on

the original sections of Chandler School and (2) determin-ing the most appropriate approach to future renovation or reconstruction of the nearly 50-year old Duxbury Middle School and Duxbury High School buildings. Back in 2000, the School Committee approved a Master Facili-ties Plan that addressed the immediate need for additional classrooms in the elementary schools and identified the need for renovation or reconstruction of the middle and high schools over the decade. In 2001, voters approved the Chandler and Alden school buildings projects. Both proj-ects were completed on time and on budget, and the town received a 67 percent reimbursement from the state.

The School Building Committee this year determined that a feasibility study, as proposed in Article 36, is neces-sary to identify the most cost-effective and educationally appropriate options for renovation or replacement of the middle and high schools. The new Massachusetts School Building Authority requires that Statements of Interest for facilities projects identify one building at a time for consideration for reimbursement. After its preliminary review of both buildings, the committee determined that the middle school project would be the first priority. The building is slightly older than the high school, has severely aged and deteriorating systems, has inadequate space for many school functions and does not adequately accommo-date the middle school team teaching model.

However, given the campus aspect of the two schools, their age and deficiencies and the complexity of staging construction to minimize disruption during school months, the committee believes that a feasibility study for both buildings will provide the most complete information to determine the long-range options and associated costs. The feasibility study is a first step in a lengthy process that will require significant community input and adherence to MSBA requirements. The school department recognizes the importance of long-range planning for maintenance, repair and capital needs associated with four large school buildings as part of a town-wide effort to manage resources responsibly.

The Chandler School roof project (Article 37) is critical for maintaining the structural integrity of the roof and ensuring a healthy and safe building environment. The project involves design services, bid documents, and construction work for the purpose of replacing the roof on the original sections of the Chandler School, excluding the 2002 additions. The MSBA has already granted approval of this $1.54 million project and has committed to a 40 percent reimbursement, a maximum grant of $620,000, un-der MSBA’s new approval and funding process. (Net cost to the town: $920,000.)

Two key school projects on tap

Money sought for chandler roof and feasibility building study

match is projected to decline to 35 percent, al-though because Duxbury has the full three per-cent surcharge, it is eligible for a second round match later in the year.

There is a two-step process for changing the CPA surcharge level. If Article 13 passes, the is-sue would be placed on the ballot and a majori-

ty of voters would have to vote in favor before the reduction could

take effect. Under Community Pres-ervation Act rules, the ballot question would have to wait until the 2010 town

election. If approved at that time, the change would take effect for the 2011 fiscal year bud-get. See sidebar for further explanation.

This is the first time a reduction in the CPA surcharge has been proposed. Duxbury has previously adopted exemptions to the CPA surcharge for elderly, disabled and low-income residents. Not supported by Board of Select-men. Not supported by the Finance Commit-tee. Not supported by the Planning Board.

ArticlE 14 ADMin. coSTS for coMMUniTy

preSerVATion coMMiTTee

Article 14 requests $78,000 in Com-munity Preservation Act funds for the

Community Preservation Committee’s operat-ing budget. This is $2,000 less than last year. This account pays for the board’s administrator and consultants, as well as engineering fees and legal costs. Any unused money is returned to the CPA general account. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Commu-nity Preservation Committee.

ArticlE 15 ALLocATe cpc fUnDS

Article 15 proposes to allocate the re-quired 10 percent of the Community

Preservation Act tax surcharge to accounts for each of its three purposes: open space protec-tion, historical preservation and affordable housing. This year’s allocation will be $156,000 for each account. Last year, the amount was $184,000. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Community Preserva-tion Committee.

ArticlE 16conSerVATion fUnD

Article 16 is a request from the Conser-vation Commission to add $77,450

in Community Preservation Funds to the con-servation fund to bring its balance back up to $100,000. The total amount added last year was $17,000. The Conservation Commission

uses the money to buy smaller parcels of con-servation land. In the past six years, it has ac-quired 37 acres, including 28 acres that were gifts to the town. The conservation fund also covers the costs of managing 2,300 acres of conservation land and 750 acres of town land. Management entails creating and maintain-ing trails, building boardwalks over wetlands, keeping up access ways, parking lots, fences, gates, locks, and signs, surveying parcels, find-ing old boundaries and installing new ones to protect from abutter encroachment, manag-ing wildlife such as building and maintaining platforms for osprey nests and boxes for wood ducks and swallows, protecting endangered species and eradicating invasive plant species. The fund also paid $14,000 to prepare the open space and recreation plan, which was recently approved by the state and selectmen. Support-ed by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee and Community Preservation Committee.

ArticlE 17hiSToric properTieS SUrVey

Article 17 asks for $9,000 in Commu-nity Preservation Act funds to pay for

a new phase of an ongoing historic properties survey. Over the last decade, the Duxbury His-torical Commission has been creating an inven-tory of all Duxbury’s historic homes and sites, such as cemeteries and landings. This work has been funded in the past by the CPC. All inven-tory forms are reviewed, approved and kept on file by the Massachusetts Historical Commis-sion and are available to the public. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee and Community Preservation Committee.

ArticlE 18TArKiLn renoVATion

Article 18 requests $435,720 in existing Community Preservation Act histori-

cal preservation funds to repair and re-open the historic Tarkiln Community Center on Summer Street (Route 53). The current plan is not the $1.55 million full-blown historic restoration proposal that Town Meeting voters rejected last year. Instead, it focuses on work that must be done in order to reopen the building that has been a community center since the 1950s. This renovation plan relies on pledged volunteer la-

Any reduction to Dux-bury’s Community Preservation Act tax

surcharge would not take effect this year. The act requires a two-step process to amend or revoke, accord-ing to Katherine Roth, associate di-rector of the Community Preserva-tion Coalition.

Changes to the surcharge must be approved at Town Meeting and then rati-fied by a majority of voters at a town elec-tion. However the CPA law requires 35 days between Town Meeting action and the town election. Since Duxbury’s town election is two weeks after Town Meeting, the rollback would not be on the ballot until the spring of 2010.

A spokeswoman from the Secretary of State’s office confirmed there must be at least 35 days between “final notice” of any bal-

lot questions and an election. In any other case, the posting of the warrant would suffice, however in the case of proposed changes to the Community Preservation Act, any election must be at least 35 days after Town Meet-ing.

The act does allow changes to the surcharge to be voted on at a state election, but there is no state election

scheduled until the fall of 2010. The act does not permit changes via a special town elec-tion.

According to experts the only remedy for proponents of a rollback would be to seek a change via the initiative petition process rather than Town Meeting. That would require signa-tures of 5 percent of the town voters. This is how the CPA was initially adopted in Duxbury eight years ago.

State: cpA change couldn’t take effect this year

read our readers’ views on this article on page 23


bor and materials to decrease overall costs. About $210,000 of the amount requested is for essential repairs like a new septic system, a new roof, handi-capped access, and new bathrooms. Another $150,000 includes repairs to the foundation and other repairs to the interior and exterior. Also included is a 20 percent contingency of over $72,000. It is projected that revenues

from renting Tarkiln will cover its oper-ating expenses and also provide a sur-plus. Tarkiln consists of two one-room schoolhouses built in 1871 and 1908

respectively. A connector housing bathrooms and a basement dates to 1926. Until October 2006, the building was used by a variety of community groups. It was shuttered when the heat-ing system failed. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Community Preservation Committee and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 19reSTore worLD wAr i

MonUMenT

Article 19 requests $75,000 in Community Preservation Act

funds to restore the World War I me-morial to the veterans from Duxbury. In 1922, the town erected a 12-foot high memorial to the 81 men and one woman from Duxbury who served in the Great War. It was located on the triangle of land at the intersection of Tremont Street and Depot Street in front of town hall. The land was called Boomer Square after Charles

Boomer, a WWI veteran. Sometime in the 1960s, there was an accident and the monument was removed from the site, where it was overlooked for more than forty years. The town manager appointed a committee to investigate the matter last year. By measuring the remains, committee members have pieced together what the memorial looked like and by culling information from town and veterans’ records and old newspapers, they were able to learn much about the veterans listed on the monument. The committee is propos-ing a new memorial on a 6-inch gran-ite base and standing twelve-feet high, with the 82 veterans names carved on

it. Many of the limestone pieces of the original memorial will be re-used. The committee would like to see the new memorial standing where plans show it was originally intended; at the top of the steps on a grassy area in front of the old town hall. The committee had requested $100,000 for the project and believe it will cost that amount to complete. Supported by Board of Se-lectmen, Finance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee and Community Preservation Committee.

ArticlE 20BiKe pATh DeSign

Article 20 requests $56,000 from the Community Preser-

vation Act’s general account to design a multi-use path for bikers and pedes-trians along Tremont Street/Route 3A from Chestnut Street to Depot Street. It is proposed by the Community Pres-ervation Committee and the Sidewalk/Bike Path committee. The funds would pay for a topographical survey, right of way plans, engineering, and public outreach. Passing by the senior center, fire station and ending at the town hall, the half-mile path would link with the Chestnut Street sidewalk for access to Hall’s Corner. It would also pass May-flower Street where travelers could connect with the town forest and other conservation land. Construction costs are estimated at $400,000 and the side-walk committee would seek funding from federal and state transportation funds and private sources. CPA funds can be used to design the path, which is a recreational project and is allowed under the law, but not for construction because this isn’t a new land acquisi-

tion. The sidewalk committee is also planning to use $14,000 of donated en-gineering time and $10,000 of donated outreach time from volunteers.

The project was supported by the CPC, but selectmen were skeptical that the amount would be enough to cover design and legal costs. There is also no guarantee the town would ever receive money for the construction of the path after the design money is spent. The path would also require an easement from the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society, which controls the forested land on Tremont Street, and the society has said in the past they are opposed to granting that. Not supported by Board of Selectmen. Supported by Finance Committee.

ArticlE 21TeMpLe STreeT

AfforDABLe hoUSing

Article 21 asks for $50,000 in Community Preservation Act

funds for creating plans for afford-able housing on three acres on Temple Street, which is part of the 106-acre Camp Wing property voters approved at last year’s Town Meeting. The Lo-cal Housing Partnership wants plans in hand before acquiring a developer so the town can control what the build-ings will look like. Six, two-bedroom units are being considered for this proj-ect. Whether the units will be rentals or condos has not yet been determined. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Fi-nance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Committee and Planning Board.

This is the only known photograph of the WWi monument before it was destroyed in a truck accident. it was originally located in Boomer Square. Article 19 proposes using $75,000 in CPA money to restore the monument.

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$10,000amount proponents say a renovated building will return in extra revenue

Re-ElectAndreMartecchiniSelectman

12 Years Selectman, 3 years Planning Board, Local Housing Partnership,

Alternative Energy Committee, Public Safety Building Committee, School Building Committee Economic Advisory Committee, CPZBIC Committee for Zoning Reform, Director of the Historic O'Neil Farm Corporation, Cell Tower Committee, Designer Selection Committee, and Liaison to Numerous Town Boards and Committees

South Shore Coalition, Route 3 South Land Development Task Force, MMA Policy Committee on Public Works, Transportation and Public Utilities, Director Vision 2020, MMA Policy Committee on Municipal and Regional Administration, MAPC Legislative Committee

29 Years of Experience Designing Complex Infrastructure, Historical Rehabilitation and Transportation Improvement Projects

Andre has demonstrated his commitment to the Town of Duxbury by working hard to develop consensus on many complex and controversial issues, being involved in all facets of Town government, and being a strong advocate for Duxbury's interests on state and regional committees. We need his institutional knowledge, commitment, consensus building skills, and experience to lead us in the challenging times ahead.

Re-Elect Andre Martecchini - March 28, 2009Paid for by Andre Martecchini, 110 Heritage Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332


ArticlE 22hoUSe recycLing progrAM

Article 22 requests $100,000 in Community Preservation Act funds from the affordable

housing account to create a house recycling program developed by the Local Housing Partnership. The program’s purpose is to save houses slated for de-molition, move them to another location and prepare them for re-use as below-market rate homes. There

have been two such homes offered to the Local Housing Partnership, and it was unable to take advantage of them because there was no money avail-able. The Afford-able Housing Trust will administer

this program and the town manager will decide how and when the money is spent. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Committee and Planning Board.

ArticlE 23hoUSing AcQUiSiTion progrAM

Article 23 seeks to use $300,000 in Communi-ty Preservation Act affordable housing funds

for a housing acquisition program to be administered by the Affordable Housing Trust. This money would be used to buy a low-priced home and turn it into affordable housing in perpetuity by placing a deed restriction on it. This would work with a foreclosed or smaller house. The home would either be rented or re-sold. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Fiscal Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Committee and Planning Board.

ArticlE 24TrAnSfer LAnD for AfforDABLe hoUSing

Article 24 looks for voter permission to trans-fer two parcels of town-owned land, each

less than an acre, to the control of the Affordable Housing Trust. One parcel is 0.70 acres on Lakeshore Drive; the other is 0.88 acres on Summer Street. Hav-ing town land available in case a home is offered to the town allows for the success of the house recy-cling program in Article 22. Supported by Finance Committee.

ArticlE 25Long TerM LeASe frAnKLin STreeT

This is a housekeeping article that authorizes selectmen to enter into a long-term lease for

the affordable housing unit that will be created from the abandoned town firehouse on Franklin Street. Habitat for Humanity is expected to renovate both buildings on the site for single-family affordable

homes. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Community Preservation Committee and Planning Board.

ArticlE 26fy10 hoUSing ALLocATion pLAn

Article 26 is an annual article to re-adopt a housing allocation plan for FY10. This plan

spells out how the Affordable Housing Trust commit-tee can spend any money that comes into an account set up to receive funds generated from the inclusion-ary zoning bylaw. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Community Preservation Com-mittee and Planning Board.

ArticlE 27increASe LATe noTice fee

Article 27 seeks to increase the fee the town can charge when people are late in paying

their taxes. A 2008 state law now allows towns to charge up to a $30 late fee on bills. Duxbury’s cur-rent fee is set at $5. Town Treasurer Beth Conway is recommending increasing the charge to $10 because it is in line with the town’s costs of sending out addi-tional bills without being too punitive. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 28MUnicipAL Lien chArge

This article asks voters to allow the town to impose a “municipal lien charge” onto real

estate tax bills for any unpaid fines, fees or permits. Allowed under state law, this provides the town an-other method to use when trying to collect fees. An example of how this could be used is when a devel-oper doesn’t pay fines assessed to him by the ZBA. Currently, the town’s only recourse is to deny per-mits or go to small claims court, according to Town Treasurer Beth Conway. Supported by Board of Se-lectmen and Finance Committee.

ArticlE 29creMATory STABiLiZATion fUnD

Article 29 proposes to set up a stabilization fund, or savings account, that will be used

to pay for a new crematory. A portion of the revenues generated by cremations will be deposited into this account and will then be used either as a down pay-ment on a new facility or to pay down the debt to save the taxpayers money on interest charges. The current amount attached to this article is $60,000. It would require a 2/3rd vote at Town Meeting to trans-fer or withdraw money from this stabilization fund. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Com-mittee.

ArticlE 30TrAnSfer LAnD To con.

coMMiSSion

The Conservation Commission is requesting the town transfer 12 parcels of salt marsh,

located in the Duxbury Marsh north of the Powder Point Bridge, from the care of the Board of Selectmen to the Conservation Commission. The land was taken for back taxes according to Conservation Agent Joseph Grady. By transferring the land to the Conservation Commission, the parcels will be held for conservation purposes and will be protected from sale or development. Supported by the Finance Committee.

ArticlE 31penALTieS for conSerVATion

VioLATionS

Article 31 will not impose any new penalties for violating the Conser-

vation Commission’s rules and regulations. Rather, the passage of the article would al-low the commission or police to issue non-criminal citations –– tickets, essentially –– for violating the rules. The penalties have been on the books since 2007. The fines are

$50 for a first offense, $75 for a second offense, and $100 for a third of subsequent offense, according to the commission’s bylaw. Examples of fineable of-fenses include dumping trash, lighting fires without permission, cutting or removing vegetation and pos-sessing alcohol on conservation land. Supported by the Finance Committee

ArticlE 32Bog MAnAgeMenT

This year the conservation commission will be seeking new management agreements for

two cranberry bogs the town owns, Cherry Lane Bog off Cherry Lane and Duxbury Bog off East Street. The article would authorize the commission to seek 10-year agreements for each bog. The article does not have a dollar amount, but merely gives the town the authority to put out a request for proposal. Sup-ported by the Finance Committee.

By FrANk MANgioNE, cHAirMAN FiScAl AdviSory coMMittEE

The Fiscal Advisory Committee has two charges. It reviews potential capital expenditures submitted by

the town manager and department heads and makes recommendations to the Special and Annual Town Meetings. It is also charged with reviewing town fees and making recommendations for any changes to the selectmen for their action.

This year in work-ing with Beth Conway, our treasurer/collector, we instituted a policy of reviewing annually in the spring, with the

cooperation of the department heads, all town fees, excluding school fees which are under the control of the School Committee. In the past, fees were reviewed at various times throughout the year. By reviewing fees annually at the same time, if any changes are to be made, the town manager and financial director will know what revenue they can expect from this source as they prepare the following year’s budget. This year after our review, some recommended increases were presented to the selectmen for their consideration.

As to the capital budget, the committee in the fall reviewed all town department’s capital requests and made our recommendations to the town manager. After it was determined how much free cash was to be allocated to the capital, we once again reviewed the capital requests as submitted by the town manager and our recommendations are contained in the war-rant. For the third year in a row, the town is probably underfunding its capital needs. This recognizes the fiscal restraints of the budget.

As was discussed at last year’s Town Meet-ing, we are concerned about the long range future of town wide capital purchases. We started work this year on a Long Range Capital Plan. Information has been gathered and at this year’s Town Meeting, hopefully, a draft report will be presented. The report will be a work in progress, and will be modified each year to reflect current conditions.

Spending is one thing, but we need to iden-tify a sustainable source of funds to support capital needs. Therefore, going forward, the real charge is to allocate funding to support the town’s capital needs.

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ArticlE 33coMBineD pUBLic SAfeTy

fAciLiTy BUiLDing

When an initiative to build sep-arate new police and fire sta-

tions was defeated in 2008, residents suggested the town seek less costly alternatives and consider a combined police and fire station that would share some facilities. The Public Safety Building Feasibility Study Committee came up with a figure of $14.3 million for a 31,000 square foot combined po-lice/fire headquarters.

However, the committee deter-mined the only piece of town-owned land that was large enough for a com-bined facility –– and was centrally located enough to satisfy fire cover-age requirements, was unused cem-etery land on Tremont Street. Here the proposal ran into opposition from the Board of Cemetery Trustees, who said taking the land may cause Duxbury to

run out of room for burials in the next 30 years. In recent weeks, the feasibil-ity committee has decided to abandon the combined station proposal. The committee is recommending the ar-ticle be indefinitely postponed in favor of separate proposals for a new police station and a renovation to the existing main fire station. Board of Selectmen recommends indefinite postponement.

ArticlE 34poLice STATion DeSign This article centers around a revised

plan to build a new police station. The proposal is for a 17,320 square foot sta-tion on vacant, town-owned land next to the Transfer Station on Mayflower Street, with a total price tag of $7.75 million.

However, days before Town Meet-ing, the Public Safety Building Feasi-bility Study Committee changed its rec-ommendation, deciding to seek design

but not construction costs. The move would not change the total amount of the project but would allow the proj-ect to be revisited at Town Meeting in 2010, when the study committee would have more detailed plans in hand. Last year’s Town Meeting article asked vot-ers for design costs only, and passed Town Meeting –– only to be rejected at the ballot box.

Since the article is printed in the warrant, it would have to be amended on Town Meeting floor to the amount of $435,000.

Supported by the Board of Select-men.

ArticlE 35fire STATion renoVATion

This is a revised plan to reno-vate the existing Central Fire

Station, rather than build a new one as was proposed last year. Part of the dif-ficulty in finding a new location for the fire station is that fire response times are regulated, and a town’s station has to be centrally located. The renovation and additions would cost $5.2 million. Fire Chief Kevin Nord said the build-ing would meet the department’s needs

for the next 30 years.This plan includes demolishing the

addition on the station’s north side and building a new 8,000 square foot ad-ministrative and crews quarters wing. It also includes adding 20 feet to the apparatus bays and a two-door resi-dential-style garage to the side of the building.

If voters reject Article 35 at Town Meeting, there is a $1 million back-up proposal. This includes a new roof, a new heating and ventilation system, a reconfigured bunk room, fixing base-ment leaks and bringing the building up to code where it is lacking.

These fixes will buy the town an extra five to ten years at the fire station, said feasibility committee Chairman Neil Johnson, but they will not provide for the fire department’s future expan-sion, calling it a “band-aid” fix until the economy recovers. Supported by the Board of Selectmen.

“Mr. Moderator, point of information!”

Because the warrant for Town Meeting must be printed in advance, and because the fate of the police and fire station projects have been in flux over the past several weeks, the three articles concerning the public

safety study committee may be confusing.Article 33 for a combined police and fire station on cemetery land is on the

warrant, even though the Board of Selectmen and feasibility committee do not support it, because the warrant cannot be changed once it’s posted. However, the selectmen will move that the article be indefinitely suspended, meaning no action will be taken and Town Meeting will move on to the next item.

Two different dollar figures have been discussed for the fire station renova-tion project, Article 35. The proposal is for a $5.2 million renovation, however, members of the Public Safety Feasibility Study Committee have said they feel

strongly about getting at least the basic repairs at the station, such as the roof, done.

Town Moderator Allen Bornheimer said he would allow the amount of the article to be amended. The dollar amount

of articles can be changed on the floor but not things that would alter the substance of the item, such as a change of location, according to Bornheimer.

The fire station renovation may be amended to the smaller figure of $1 million that would cover the most basic repairs at the station. Bornheimer said the article could be amended before the vote, or if the vote fails, the article can be reconsidered at the smaller cost. He cautioned, however, that if Town Meeting has voted to end discussion on the article at $5.2 million, the article could be re-voted but not discussed again at $1 million.

new police station

home value fy11 tax extra cost $400,000 $4,520 $12 $600,000 $6,780 $18 $800,000 $9,040 $24$1,000,000 $11,300 $30$2,000,000 $22,600 $60

debt exclusion amount: $435,000

what’s my bottom line?

here’s how much the Police station debt exclusion article would add to your annual

property tax bill at the assessed values listed below. the fy11 tax amount is based on the

expected rate of $11.30 per thousand.

Editor’s note: There is a possibility, according to the treasurer’s office, of doing the bond over two years instead of four, which would increase the extra cost

to homeowners.

This tax increase would last for four years.

The proposed location for a new, 18,000 square-foot police station is a parcel of town-owned land on Mayflower Street next to the transfer station (2) and just up the street from the Senior Center (1). The Public Safety Building feasibility Study committee decided to back the push for a separate police station after plans for a combined fire and police facility on cemetery land off Tremont Street fell through. They are only asking voters to approve design costs at Town Meeting.

Town meeting voters will be asked to consider a $5.2 million renovation to the main fire station that would add crew quarters and storage space, and would meet the department’s needs for the next 30 years. if that plan looks likely to fail on the floor, or if it gets voted down, proponents may suggest a $1 million emergency fix that would address the most serious issues, but would only be a five year solution, according to fire Chief Kevin Nord.

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ArticlE 36STUDy for MiDDLe AnD high SchooL BUiLDingS

This article seeks $200,000 to conduct a building feasibility

study on the Duxbury High School and Duxbury Middle School buildings. The study would make recommendations as to whether the buildings should be renovated, expanded or replaced. This is the first of two capital items for the school district in this year’s warrant.

The district’s School Building Committee was tasked with looking at the issue over the past year, and deter-mined that although the middle school is the priority due to its age (DMS was built in 1958, DHS in 1960) due to the

campus nature of the schools, a study should approach both buildings. The middle school is 215,100 square feet, the high school 150,200. The build-

ings are approaching their 50-year life expectancy and do not meet state building codes for energy efficiency, fire safety, structural integrity and dis-ability access, according to Superin-tendent Susan Skeiber.

Skeiber also said the study would provide backup to a statement of inter-est letter the district has already filed with the state’s School Building Au-thority.

If the study is approved, the School Committee would advertise, then pick the firm. The study would take approx-imately six months. In the second year, the district would have to get final ap-proval from the state building author-ity. Even by an optimistic time line, it would still be four or five years before construction begins.

This article is a debt exclusion un-der Proposition 2 1/2, which requires a two-thirds vote. If approved, the proposal would also require approval from a majority of voters at the town election in two weeks. Supported by the Finance Committee and the Fiscal Advisory Committee.

ArticlE 37chAnDLer roof

This article requests $1.5 million for a new roof for the Chandler

School. School officials had originally pushed for a fall special Town Meet-ing to fund $100,000 for the design of the roof, which would have made it possible to begin the actual roof con-struction, if approved, by this summer. However, the idea was voted down by selectmen, who said they preferred to see the matter discussed at annual Town Meeting. The warrant articles in-volve design services, bid documents, and construction work for the purpose of replacing the roof on the original sections of the Chandler School, ex-cluding the 2002 additions.

The state’s School Building Au-thority has committed to a 40 percent reimbursement of the roof project, said

Skeiber. The maximum reimbursement amount is $620,000, meaning the net cost to the town would be $920,000. However, the SBA procedure is that the town must appropriate the entire cost of the project in order to be eli-gible for reimbursement.

This article is a debt exclusion un-der Proposition 2 1/2, which requires a two-thirds vote. If approved, the pro-posal would also require approval from a majority of voters at the town elec-tion in two weeks.

The district has put a request for proposals for the roof project. The pro-posals are due in the school business office on March 11. Then the school committee will review proposals and interview designers so they’re ready to go if the project is approved at the annual election. Construction would begin in July or August. Supported by the Finance Committee and the Fiscal Advisory Committee.

ArticlE 38percy wALKer pooL

renoVATion

The pool’s long-range planning committee is seeking $2.2 mil-

lion to renovate the 33-year old pool. Proposed work includes: A new bank of large windows on the south side of the pool, along with a sun canopy to regulate the amount of heat and light the windows let into the pool in the summer. New lights will be installed in the lobby and locker rooms. Lighting around the pool building’s exterior will be upgraded.

The locker rooms would get a makeover with new individual show-

ers with temper-ature controls, new plumbing

fixtures, low flow toilets and auto-sensor sinks. The women’s locker room

would stay in the same location, but the men’s locker room would be new. Also included in the plans are a fam-ily changing room, an improved staff room and a multi-purpose room that could be used for lifeguard and CPR training, meetings and birthday parties.In addition, a spectator entrance at the rear of the pool off the parking lot is planned. This would be used for swim meets and would reduce traffic on the pool deck.

Last year, Town Meeting approved $163,000 for architect’s plans and con-struction documents for renovations to the aging municipal pool, which was giv-en to the town by an anonymous donor in 1976. At that time, voters were told the cost of the project would be $1.1 mil-lion, but additional upgrades brought the cost to $2.2 million. The architects said during a January presentation that they believe the renovations would lower the day-to-day operating costs of the pool.

Town Manager Richard MacDon-ald has been entertaining the notion of closing the pool for a year to save the town money. However, he said this week that if the renovation article passes, he will find the money to keep the pool open for the final months of the current fiscal year.

This article is a debt exclusion un-der Proposition 2 1/2, which requires a two-thirds vote. If approved, the proposal would also require approval from a majority of voters at the town election in two weeks. Supported by the Finance Committee and the Fiscal Advisory Committee.

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school was built

School building study




here’s how much the school building study debt exclusion article would add to your annu-al property tax bill at the assessed values list-ed below. the fy11 tax amount is based on the expected rate of $11.30 per thousand.

This tax increase would last for four years.

new chandler roof




here’s how much the chandler roof debt exclusion article would add to your annual

property tax bill at the assessed values listed below. the fy11 tax amount is based on the

expected rate of $11.30 per thousand.

This tax increase would last for 15 years.

pool renovations


debt exclusion amount: $2,200,000


here’s how much the Percy walker Pool reno-vation debt exclusion article would add to your annual property tax bill at the assessed values listed below. the fy11 tax amount is based on

the expected rate of $11.30 per thousand.

This tax increase would last for 20 years.

Town Meeting child care child care services for preschool – school age children will be available at a reduced cost for duxbury residents attending town Meeting on saturday. high school students will provide care in the extended day program classrooms at the alden elementary school. the service is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the exception of the lunch break, when parents are asked to pick up their children. the cost is $12 per child per day, or $6 per child for the morning session or afternoon session. the number of children attending will be limited to ensure proper staffing ratios. families must register in advance by calling the community education office at 781-934-7633 by thursday, March 12. registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This photo from the duxbury Rural & Historical Society shows the original duxbury High School, which was built in 1926. it later served as the home of the Alden elementary School. in 1997, the school was converted into the town library.

Article 38 asks for $2.2 million to reno-vate the 33-year old Percy Walker pool. unanticipated expenses raised the price tag of the project from $1.1 million.

The Chandler School was renovated and expanded in 2002. However, the older por-tion of the school requires a new roof. The cost of the project is $1.5 million, a portion of which the state will pay.

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ArticlE 39AMenD Zoning: open

SpAce AnD LoT coVerAge

This article would amend the town’s zoning bylaws regard-

ing lot coverage in business districts. Current rules allow 50 percent site

coverage, but don’t specify what per-cent could be building versus parking areas. This proposal would limit build-ing coverage to 20 percent and allow up to 80 percent of area of the lot to be covered by other impermeable sur-faces (parking lots, sidewalks, patios, etc.) The remaining 20 percent must be open space.

A study group composed of town officials and business community members studied this issue as well as the proposed changes to the parking bylaw over the past year and came up with the proposal.

If approved by Town Meeting vot-ers, the article would only apply to un-developed land in neighborhood busi-nesses zones, which represent about one percent of the town’s total land. Existing businesses would be grandfa-thered in.

It is expected that this article will be amended on the floor of Town Meeting to lower the maximum coverage from 80 percent to 75 percent.

Supported by the Board of Select-men. the Planning Board did not make a recommendation.

ArticlE 40AMenD Zoning:

pArKing regULATionS

Article 40 would update the town parking bylaw, a change

officials say is long overdue.Planning Board Chairwoman Amy

MacNab said the bylaw was written for a time when buildings were used differ-ently, and didn’t anticipate things like doctors’ offices where multiple patients are seen at the same time. MacNab said the Planning Board looked at other towns with more modern and compre-

hensive parking regulations.The article would also put to rest a

long-standing debate over what consti-tutes a pervious versus an impervious surface by requiring that all parking ar-eas in town be paved. Currently some businesses have parking areas with crushed stone, gravel or oyster shells.

This article is closely tied to the the previous item about lot coverage. Because of the 50 percent coverage rule, some businesses don’t have large paved parking lots, causing people to park on gravel, crushed stone, dirt or other material that makes it harder to control runoff and pollutants, MacNab said.

The Planning Board did vote to insert language into the bylaw about alternative paving technology to give the ZBA some wiggle room in case a surface with better drainage than pave-ment becomes widely available.

The article would make some other changes to the bylaw, including add-ing a “queuing” section dealing with drive-thru windows for things like banks, coffee shops and dry cleaners. It would also allow the Zoning Board to require developers building large multi-use commercial buildings, who may not know the nature of their future tenants’ businesses, to set aside addi-tional parking.

this article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board.

ArticlE 41STreeT AccepTAnceS

Article 41 asks Town Meet-ing voters to accept Hillside

Lane and Amado Way as public ways. When a developer builds a new subdi-vision, he is responsible for maintain-ing the street, sanding and plowing, resurfacing, etc. When a subdivision is completed and the street is accepted by Town Meeting as a public way, the town takes over maintenance duties for that street. While accepting the street has a cost, DPW Peter Buttkus said street acceptances are leverage for the town in getting a developer to adhere to all the Planning Board and ZBA stipulations. Buttkus said the added cost varies greatly from street to street, but he pointed out additional streets also bring in income for the town. State highway funds, also known as Chapter 90 money, are distributed based on the miles of roadway in a community. Sup-ported by the Finance Committee.

ArticlE 42reViSe Zoning MAp

Article 42 would update the town’s overall zoning map,

including the rezoning done at Bongi’s Turkey Farm. Also included is a minor language change in the map, chang-ing the date on the protective bylaw to read “Town of Duxbury, Massachu-

setts Zoning Map dated March 2007” to “Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts Zoning Map dated March 2009” in several sections. Supported by the Fi-nance Committee and the Board of Se-lectmen.

ArticlE 43AMenDing Zoning:

wireLeSS fAciLiTieS

Article 43 makes some changes to the town’s bylaw control-

ling wireless towers, the biggest of which is changing the “fall” zone for towers. This is designed to protect any neighboring property in the event that a tower collapses or is blown over. The bylaws original language said the dis-tance from the center of the tower base to any nearby dwelling should be 800 feet; the new bylaw changes that to 400 feet. Proponents of the change say it makes the bylaw more likely to stand up to a legal challenge under federal guidelines while still assuring a maxi-mum setback. Another change gives the Zoning Board of Appeals the au-thority to make decisions on wireless towers in wetlands protections districts without the approval of the Conserva-tion Commission. Supported by the Board of Selectmen. Supported by the Planning Board.

ArticlE 44Trench SAfeTy regULATionS

Adopting Article 44 would al-low the town’s Department

of Inspectional Services, under the authorization of Town Manager Rich-ard MacDonald, to permit trench ex-cavation and enforce state regulations regarding trench safety. The state law says the local permitting authority may charge a fee to cover the administra-tive costs of the trench excavation per-mitting process. It also states the town may impose fines of up to $100,000 a year if an excavation company leaves a trench unattended. Supported by the Finance Committee.

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ArticlE 45eASeMenT for DAMon

weLLS

Article 45 would grant Veri-zon an easement across land

on Church Street near the town’s new Damon Wells. Easements allow a util-ity company to cross town-owned land to install or maintain their equipment, such as poles or underground cables. Supported by the Finance Committee.

ArticlE 46AMenD Zoning: winD

fAciLiTieS

This article, proposed by the Al-ternative Energy Committee,

would set guidelines for the installa-tion of wind turbines on town-owned and private land.

A turbine could be no taller than 250 feet, and would have to be set back a distance of 1.1 times the height of the tower.

Proponent of the guidelines said Duxbury’s unique geography makes it possible to take advantage of wind power. They say establishing a set of guidelines would make it easier to reg-ulate the possible disruptions of wind power such as noise and wildlife dis-ruption.

Alternative Energy Committee Chairman Frank Duggan also said tur-bines on town-owned land could pro-vide a cost savings to the town, saying a $1 million investment would yield annual savings of $150,000 a year and would pay for itself in seven years.

Selectmen were concerned with the readiness of the proposal, however, as Duggan said it would need six amend-ments on Town Meeting floor. Select-man Chairman Jon Witten said he could not support the article because the approval criteria is too subjective and abutters would have a hard time fighting it. He added that it allowed commercial grade activity in residen-tial areas.

Turbines would be controlled by the Zoning Board of Appeals, which would grant a special permit.

this article is Not supported by the Board of Selectmen. the Planning Board does Not support the article.

ArticlE 47re-Zoning peTiTion: firST

BApTiST chUrch

The First Baptist Church of Dux-bury is seeking to have a parcel

of land they own on Tremont Street rezoned from residential to neighbor-hood business. The property abuts the Island Creek development, whose own-ers have also asked for a zoning change on their property. At a recent Planning Board meeting, a representative from the church said the motivation for the change wasn’t directly related to Is-

land Creek, where a 40B expansion is currently being considered, but that the church wanted to keep its options open.

Selectmen postponed taking any action on the article after they learned the article may be postponed on town Meeting floor. the Finance Commit-tee does Not support this article. the Planning Board does Not support the article.

ArticlE 48re-Zoning peTiTion:

iSLAnD creeK

As part of a plan to expand their Tremont Street development

to include 238 more housing units, including condos, apartments and an assisted-living facility, the owners of

Island Creek are seeking to change the

zoning of two areas of the project from resi-dential to ne ighbor-

hood business, or commercial, zoning.Ed Marchant, a 40B consultant

working with Island Creek, said the overall proposal includes a “modest” amount of commercial space, and that

rezoning the parcels would simplify the 40B process with the Zoning Board of Appeals. ZBA Chairman Dennis Murphy said making the change would take authority to control the com-mercial aspects of the proposal away from his board and would give it to the state. He said the town would lose the right to appeal the state’s decision, and wouldn’t be able to control what kinds of businesses went into the commercial space. this article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee. Not supported by the Planning Board.

ArticlE 49prohiBiT pUBLic USe of

MAriJUAnA

Article 49 would change the town’s bylaws regarding the

use of marijuana in public in Duxbury.Police Chief Mark DeLuca feels

amending the town’s bylaw is neces-sary to prevent public consumption of marijuana. In November, Massachu-setts voters approved a referendum de-criminalizing possession of an ounce or less of marijuana, enacting a $100 fine instead of misdemeanor criminal charges. The new law went into effect at the beginning of January.

If caught, a per-son would face a $300 fine. The new law is comparable to Duxbury’s by-law that forbids the public consumption of alcohol. DeLuca said some towns

have already adopted such a bylaw and other communities are consider-ing it. this article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.

ArticlE 50STABiLiZATion fUnD

Article 50 is an annual article that transfers money into the

town’s stabilization fund. The stabi-lization fund affects the town’s bond rating and its ability to borrow money. Last year, the town put $300,000 into the stabilization fund. This year, Town Manager Richard MacDonald said he wants to put $50,000 into the stabili-zation fund, but it will be done in the special Town Meeting, by transferring money from health appropriation for the current fiscal year.

ArticlE 51free cASh

Article 41 is a routine article that seeks to use money from certi-

fied free cash to reduce the tax amount. The amount will be determined at Town Meeting and can vary depending on which articles are approved or re-jected by Town Meeting voters.

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The developers of island Creek, a 106-unit development built under the auspices of the state’s “anti-snob” zoning law –– also known as Chapter 40B –– are proposing a 238-unit expansion that would include some commercial space. The development already has some space in the form of doctors and other office space. The developers are asking to re-zone two areas in the development from residential to neighborhood business, saying it would streamline the 40B process. opponents say the move would take control of what kind of businesses move into the site away from local boards.

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APPROPRIATION: An amount of money that has been authorized by vote of Town Meeting to be spent for a particular purpose.

AVAILABLE FUNDS: In Duxbury we use the term Avail-able Funds when referring to the Stabilization Fund, Library funds, cemetery funds and Free Cash left in articles voted at previous Town Meetings.

OVERLAY: The overlay is the amount raised by the As-sessors in excess of appropriations for the purpose of creating a fund to cover tax abatements granted and avoiding fractions in the tax rate.

FREE CASH: This is the amount certified annually by the State Bureau of Accounts. Town Meeting may appropriate from

Free Cash for any purpose. Often referred to as “Excess and Defi-ciency” or E&D.

TRANSFER: The authorization to use an appropriation for a different purpose, in most cases only the Town Meeting may authorize a transfer.

RESERVE FUND: The fund is established by the voters at annual Town Meeting only and is composed of an appropria-tion (not exceeding 5 percent of the tax levy of the preceding year). Transfers from the Reserve Fund are within the exclusive control of the Finance Committee and are for “extraordinary or unforeseen” situations, normally emergencies.

STABILIZATION FUND: This is a special reserve cre-ated for capital expenditures. The aggregate amount in this fund shall not exceed at any time 10 percent of the valuation in the preceding year. Money may be appropriated from the Fund only by a two-thirds vote at Town Meeting.

CHERRY SHEET: Also known as the state revenue dis-tribution and assessment sheets. Named for the cherry colored paper on which the state traditionally printed it, the cherry sheet carries the figures which must be used by the assessors in coun-ty tax and state assessments, as well as the estimated tax distri-butions from the State General Fund, reimbursements, agency funds, the sales and use taxes, lottery distribution and state aid to education.

MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: Motion to stop debate on the current article. Cannot be debated or amended. Requires a two-thirds vote to carry.

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By AMy MAcNAB old toBEy gArdEN StrEEt

Article 48, a petition article on the Annual Town Meet-ing warrant, has received

far too little attention from town boards and the press. Despite the Plan-ning Board’s well founded concerns, the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee decided to recommend ap-proval of Article 48 at Town Meeting on March 14. If the petitioners are un-willing to request indefinite postpone-ment, I believe Town Meeting should defeat this article.

The Zoning Board of Appeals is currently review-ing plans to expand Island Creek Vil-lage, a mixed-in-come development constructed in the early 1980s under

a Chapter 40B comprehensive permit. Chapter 40B enables developers of low income housing to avoid complying with a town’s zoning and other regula-tions. In addition, it allows developers to appeal a comprehensive permit deci-sion to the Housing Appeals Commit-tee, a state review board that usually favors the position of developers and overturns decisions made by a town’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

The Island Creek development is located on Tremont Street and in-cludes 106 apartments: 96 for seniors and 10 for families. A commercial de-velopment under the same ownership faces Tremont Street and contains ap-proximately 14,000 sq. ft. of office space. When the owners applied for their first comprehensive permit in the late 1970s, the Island Creek property was zoned for business development. However, the commercial space was neither requested nor approved as part of the comprehensive permit. The ZBA granted a special permit for the com-mercial space. The parties agreed to a deed restriction prohibiting future ex-pansion of the development.

In 2003, the Zoning Bylaw was re-vised to implement the new Compre-hensive Plan, prepared by the Planning Board in accordance with state law. Town meeting voted to rezone Island Creek from Neighborhood Business 4 to Residential Compatibility, the sin-gle-family zoning district that applies to most land in Duxbury.

In 2005, Island Creek with support from the Board of Selectmen removed the deed restriction to allow up to an additional 120 residential units. Three years after the restriction was lifted, in September 2008, the owners filed the comprehensive permit application that

is currently before the ZBA, propos-ing to build an additional 238 units and 28,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.

In December 2008, during their comprehensive permitting process, the owners petitioned for a town meeting warrant article to change the zoning at Island Creek to Neighborhood Business 1 (NB-1). If Town Meeting approves Article 48 at this time, any and all con-ditions placed on the commercial space can be appealed and overturned by the Housing Appeals Committee, even for permit conditions that would help to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people who already live at Island Creek and those who will live at Island Creek in the future.

Zoning should never be changed simply to accommodate a specific de-velopment, especially a development that is already in the permitting process. There were valid reasons for rezoning Island Creek from NB-4 to Residen-tial Compatibility in 2003. The 2003 rezoning was certainly not arbitrary or ill-considered. The Planning Board and

the Comprehensive Plan Zoning Bylaw Implementation Committee held many public meetings on the Zoning Bylaw in 2002-2003. The Planning Board did not make arbitrary or thoughtless rec-ommendations in 2003, and they are not making arbitrary or thoughtless recommendations in 2009.

The owners of Island Creek should request an indefinite postponement of Article 48 so the town can evaluate the rezoning proposal without the pressure of a comprehensive permit pending before the Zoning Board of Appeals. It may be more appropriate to create a new type of zoning district for Island Creek, with regulations specifically designed for mixed-use developments. Furthermore, it is inappropriate and unfair to pursue a zoning change at this time, knowing that it will severely erode the ability of the Zoning Board of Appeals to protect the Town’s inter-ests while the comprehensive permit is still under review.

Ms. MacNab is the chairwoman of the Duxbury Planning Board but this letter is her personal take and not nec-essarily the consensus of the Planning Board. -Ed.

By diANE BArtlEtt FrANkliN StrEEt

In an attempt to clarify the his-tory behind the current Island Creek proposal, I offer the fol-

lowing factual information.In 2004 the Community Develop-

ment Committee was appointed by the Board of Selectmen to survey and study the affordable housing needs in Duxbury. A major concern of the Com-mittee at that time was preservation of existing affordable units throughout the town, which included our largest de-velopment, Island Creek with 106 (set

to lose their affordabil-ity status in 2012). This loss would negatively impact the existing oc-cupants and the town’s count would drop to nearly 1 percent, a dou-ble loss for the town.

Given these con-cerns, selectmen ap-

proached the developers about expan-sion and the retention of the 106 units. The property owners of Island Creek, Mr. Keith and Mr. Duggan met with town officials to discuss such a possi-bility. Having been the original devel-opers of Island Creek for over thirty years, Mr. Keith and Mr. Duggan were very familiar with Island Creek’s man-agement and the need for more units, as was demonstrated daily with their waiting list for available units.

There was a catch to these discus-sions. A restriction, negotiated at the time of development, prevented any further development. Town officials agreed to have the restriction lifted by the Housing Appeals Committee to ad-dress the concern of maintaining the affordable units and possibly increase the number of affordable units. Know-ing the quality of the existing develop-ment, proper management, and atten-tiveness to their residents need, it was very clear to all involved that working with Mr. Keith and Mr. Duggan would be most beneficial to the town in the long run.

The town’s housing consultant, working with the Local Housing Part-nership, concurred that Island Creek is, without doubt, the ideal location for in-creased density. The land is abutted by Rt. 3 and Rt. 3A, as well as a cranberry bog and woods to the rear. No residen-tial properties directly abut the site and the impact on distance neighbors is vir-tually non-existent. The development of expansion plans originally looked strictly to housing, but market analysis uncovered the tremendous need for as-sisted living facilities and Alzheimer’s units in the area, hence the current ap-plication pending before the Zoning Board of Appeals. One should remem-ber that 94 of the 238 units are located

in one assisted living building on site and abutting Rte. 3.

Zoning changes made in 2003 by the Comprehensive Plan Zoning By-law Implementation Committee, or CPZBIC, had unintended results for Island Creek. One of the proposed re-zones from CPZBIC was the elimina-tion of commercial zoning along Trem-ont Street in the area of Island Creek. This change was an arbitrary decision, based on current information at that time. CPZBIC was simply cleaning up zoning at that time and felt with the restriction on the property there would be no further development. Therefore, CPZBIC decided to change the zoning to commercial in the front and residen-tial in the rear. The change was done out of good intentions. However, Island Creek always had the highest commer-cial zoning as part of their property classification, until the CPZBIC deci-sion. This article is restoring the intent of the pre-existing zoning.

You will be asked at Town Meeting to support a zoning change.

While some will claim this is spot zoning, it is not! Spot zoning is a change in a property standing that did not exist originally. Your affirmative vote to support this article will simply return the zoning status to its pre-exist-ing state.

The residents who live at Island Creek are eager for the expansion of the village. Should they require assist-ed living they will simply be moving from one building to another. Without this facility they will be forced to leave friends and loved ones close by.

Your support for the Island Creek expansion will be a vote to support your neighbor not a stranger. Island Creek is needed and the maintenance of the 106 units is imperative for the residents who live in them and Dux-bury’s subsidized housing inventory.

When you vote at Town Meeting try to think how you would feel if you had no options for housing. If you sud-denly find yourself unemployed, you can’t stay where you are and Island Creek became your only option, would you want to vote no on the change in zoning? I believe that if you were in-terested in the best for Duxbury, you would vote yes to restore the zoning back to its pre-existing status. Please vote yes and support your community and neighbors.

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while some will claim this is spot zoning, it is not! your affirmative vote to support this article will

simply return the zoning status to its pre-existing state.

the Planning board did not make arbitrary or thoughtless recom-

mendations in 2003, and they are not making arbitrary or thought-less recommendations in 2009.


Town pool is a valuable asset

The Percy Walker Pool has pro-vided a place for my two old-

est children who are 13 and 15 to build a foundation that led my oldest son to compete successfully as a freshman for the Duxbury High School swim team and a private USS Swim Team (Kingfish). It also led my oldest daughter to excel in her age group swimming with the King-fish. My youngest daughter, now 7, is on her way trying to imitate her older siblings by taking swim lessons at the pool. None of these accomplishments would have been started if not for all the programs from Dolphins-Aquadux-Ga-tors-Lessons, etc provided by the staff and private renters at the pool. In addi-tion to the structured learning environ-ment as mentioned previously, the pool has provided countless days of leisurely swimming whether celebrating a birth-day, getting in shape for a future triath-lon, maintaining an exercise routine,or just showing off your diving ability to your youngest child. People of all ages take advantage of what the pool has pro-vided for over 30 years. The pool is a valuable asset for the Town of Duxbury and should be afforded the renovations it so desperately needs. The pool has been there for many of its townspeople and others. Let’s bring it up to date as a facility and be successful once again. The pool is entitled to thoughtful con-sideration of its fate. Please let your thoughts be heard at the Town Meeting. Thanks for your attention.

Paul J. ZelvisKingstown Way

Tarkiln restoration project is win-win Article 18 for Tarkiln preserva-

tion is a win-win proposition. Tarkiln has been a vital part of the cul-tural fabric of Duxbury for 138 years. This historic twin schoolhouse is a unique and irreplaceable Duxbury as-set that urgently needs attention. The lives of thousands of Duxbury residents have been enriched from the public and private functions, classes, dances, and markets that have been held at Tarkiln since 1950.

The CPA funds will pay for essen-tial work needed to preserve Tarkiln as a functioning community center. The Tarkiln Study Committee has reduced the 2008 full historic restoration cost es-timate of $1,500,000 down to $435,720 by removing work not needed to open the building. The building needs a roof, insulation, a new septic system, some masonry work, ADA accessible ramps, fire sprinklers, and updates for building codes such as wider interior doorways and safety equipment.

Tarkiln Community Center rentals will provide the Town with a revenue stream that exceeds Tarkiln’s operating costs. In 2006, the building was 24 per-cent rented by community groups – at $4/hr. When re-opened and rented at established Town Building rental rates, a minimum of 10 percent occupancy will generate revenue that covers the estimated annual operating expenses. Letters of interest and statements made to the Tarkiln Study Committee assure us that rental beyond the 10 percent level will occur. Many future users of the building have come forward, rein-forcing the viability of the community center option.

The last remaining community meeting space available to the general public in Duxbury is at risk. The roof will not hold through another winter. Vote to save Tarkiln and restore a reve-nue-producing asset to the citizenry this year.

Tag CarpenterSummer Street

please support bike path projectGovernor Patrick has sent a pro-

posed bill to the state legisla-ture the purpose of which is to reform the transportation system in Massachu-setts. A major component of the plan is to develop “Complete Streets” by which is meant streets that work for all users. This would, of course, mean safe routes to school. The Duxbury Sidewalk and Path Committee has been working to move forward on such concepts for some time and, with encouragement from the Community Preservation Committee, is the sponsor of Article in the Warrant for the coming Town Meeting. This Ar-ticle encompasses the design tasks for a mixed use path along Tremont Street between Chestnut and Depot Street. The funds for these tasks are available and the CPC voted unanimously to endorse this concept. The Sidewalk and Path Committee is prepared to structure the work so that those immediately affected by the plan can endorse it as it progresses or provide their input for improvements. Householders have provided enthusias-tic initial comment. We urge a strong af-firmative vote for Article 20!

Jeff Lewis, Dick Rothschild, Nancy Johnson, John Edwards and

John Taft

Fully-funded cpA is a great matchBecause we adopted CPA early

and at 3 percent, Duxbury has received more in state matching funds than all but eight of 351 Massachusetts cities or towns. Let’s continue to take advantage – literally! - of the CPA at 3 percent, the only rate qualified for ad-ditional rounds of funding.

Kay FosterSurplus Street

Save our poolPlease vote on March 14 to keep

our Percy Walker Pool open. We think the pool is important because it is good for everyone. Anyone in Duxbury or from towns near Duxbury can swim

there. We have swim team, swim les-sons, and fun swimming there all year long.

It would be sad if it turned into an empty building near our school and li-brary.

Thank you.Rachael Oliver, 3rd gradeLily Oliver, kindergarten

Fuzzy math on pool renovation project

I have read with interest the Clip-per’s articles and editorial on the proposed renovation of the

Percy Walker pool. I should disclose up front that I’m a non-swimmer. Since my ancestors spent several million years working their way out of the water, I fig-ure I owe it to them to stay dry. Howev-er, while recognizing that some folks are water bound, I believe the proponents of the Walker renovation as voiced by pool committee chair, Kathy Coghlan, have done themselves a disservice by over-selling it. Their claim that approxi-mately 110,000 people use the pool an-nually is ludicrous at best, and at worst, a deliberate distortion of the truth.

They then dismiss the $2.2 million renovation as “only costing the average taxpayer $37 per year”. Come on, say the proponents...we’re talking a dime-a-day! Billy Mays couldn’t be more con-vincing. But, whenever I’m offered a deal like this my first thought is, does that include shipping and handling? The estimated cost has already been revised from the original $1.1 million in ’08 to $1.7 million with add-ons and now an additional $500,000 before the work even begins.

They then go on to proclaim that my dime-a-day would be investing in a “revenue generating asset.” Is this the same facility that Finance Director John Madden says operates at an $85,000 loss to the Town? Maybe they’re con-fusing the Walker pool with the millions the town is reaping from the Perform-ing Arts Center. Remember that sales pitch.

Tell you what; why not offer a bar-gain to the 110,000 pool users; cut the charge to a nickel-a-day to them and you’ve paid the whole bill. Tell you what else; you do that and I’ll pay for the shipping and handling.

John BrittenUpland Road

DR&HS opposes cpA cutback

I write with regard to the Town Meeting warrant article which

proposes a drastic reduction of the Com-munity Preservation Act tax surcharge. This reduction would virtually elimi-nate financial support of the Commu-nity Preservation Fund which has been a vital tool for preserving open space, funding historic preservation and creat-ing affordable housing.

More than a century ago, Duxbury citizens and fledgling non-profit groups had the foresight to support such projects as the acquisition of Duxbury Beach, the Town Forest, the Round Pond Conserva-tion land, and the protection of the Blue-fish River Marsh. Thanks to the efforts of generation after generation of Dux-bury residents, we, the present residents of Duxbury, enjoy a community with a unique rural character and remarkable heritage. Duxbury must maintain this

spirit of stewardship.The Community Preservation Fund

is an irreplaceable component in fur-thering this tradition. Since it was es-tablished in 2002, the Fund has allowed the Town to acquire 447 acres of open space, balancing development and protecting our drinking water sources. The Fund saved the Wright Building, arguably the most historically signifi-cant public building in Duxbury and a structure that would otherwise still be in mothballs and possibly slated for demo-lition. Now, it is revived as the home of the DRHS Drew Archival Library and the Duxbury Student Union. The Fund has helped restore the Bluefish River Firehouse, the King Caesar House, the John Alden House and has funded plans and specifications for repairs to the Tarkiln School. The remarkable projects that have come out of the Com-munity Preservation Fund are a point of pride for the entire community.

In February, the Board of Trustees of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society voted unanimously to endorse maintaining the 3 percent Community Preservation Fund tax surcharge. We encourage Duxbury residents to vote against Article 13, the proposed reduc-tion, at Town Meeting on March 14. We acknowledge that these are difficult eco-nomic times. However a tax surcharge reduction would not take effect until next year. Further, there is a mechanism in place for hardship exemptions. Fi-nally, the median household surcharge is $117 per year (or $9.75 per month). Given the breadth of accomplishments made possible by this proactive pro-gram, we feel the Community Preserva-tion surcharge should remain at its cur-rent level.

Kenneth Johnston, presidentDuxbury Rural and Historical

Society Board of Trustees

coverage rules should be changed

The current site coverage in Commercial districts is 50 percent total coverage and

there is no limit to the building size as long as the building footprint doesn’t exceed 50 percent of the lot.

In order for a commercial building to be economically feasible the build-ing must have enough square footage to function with the intention of the build-ing and then the lot must provide enough off street parking for the customers and employees to park.

Fifty percent site coverage will not let that happen.

Commercial lots in Duxbury are 3 percent of the total land area and 1 per-cent of the land area could be affected when this passes.

Commercial property in Duxbury is important because that property pays 100 percent of its real-estate tax and has no kids in school. Two thirds of your tax dollars pays for the schools. Com-mercial property doesn’t have kids in school.

Remember that we are not really in-creasing current coverage. We are mere-ly allowing our current true coverages to be paved and we are ensuring that a minimum 20 percent of the commercial lot will be natural.

There will be an amendment on the floor of Town Meeting to make the min-imum open space 25 percent (1/4 of the site) and the maximum site coverage 75 percent.

Jackson S Kent, Jr.Tremont Street

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Regarding the recent School Committee vote (3-2) to change

not just the DMS/DHS start times but, more importantly to many parents, the Alden start time as well, I feel compelled to share the following.

Although I’ve tried to be civil and respectful about the whole decision, I am still very upset about it and dread next year. To think that the Alden student population will some-how go to bed at 7 p.m., wake up at 6 a.m., and keep it all to-gether is totally unrealistic and upsetting. Many children in town participate in extra-cur-ricular activities. It is only so early that these can start, with parent volunteers as leaders and coaches. I’ll be shocked if in-creased tardiness, increased ab-senteeism and lower test scores are not the result of this change. Some Alden-age children need

12 hours of sleep. Although the Sleep-Needs Committee assures us that younger chil-dren are able to get to sleep earlier, do they really envision a bedtime at 6 p.m.? Fam-ily events like last week’s DEF Spelling Bee start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m.

The Superinten-dent and the School Committee majority can extol the benefits to the DHS/DMS population, but to make this time change at the cost of the third-fifth grade population is a slap in the face no matter how many ways they defend the decision. Towns like Hingham are happy with a later start time for high schoolers, but their elementary kids weren’t affected by it since

they own their own buses and the change only applied to the older kids.

Added to the concerns above is the fact that the

Alden kids will now be home an hour before the older kids, creat-ing a whole host of

issues for people who work and now need child-care. One of the factors in this

decision was that it had to be done in a

way that would be “cost neutral”. The added child-care costs with this plan could be considered a hidden tax on working parents of Alden kids and is certainly an unfair bur-den. It is these parents who will be paying for the change in the form of new childcare costs.

To loosely quote John Hein-stadt who voted against this change “Why are we rushing this? Why can’t we try one year of a ‘Get-Your-Teen-to-Sleep’ initiative before making such a major change?” Let’s try to get our older kids to bed earlier before making such a drastic, possibly permanent, change that will benefit one population while negatively impacting an-other.

Selden TearseBay Road

The Community Preservation Act has been an enormous boon to Duxbury since its introduction seven years ago, and we believe attempts to throttle

it are unwise and short sighted.In Duxbury, CPA money has been used to preserve historic

sites, provide affordable housing and improve recreational facilities, with the lions share going toward buying land – about 447 acres since 2002. Along the way we have preserved a Christmas tree farm, saved a 145-acre dairy farm from certain development, protected our drinking water, rescued the Bluefish River Firehouse from collapse and helped provide housing for some of our neediest residents. And that’s barely the half of it.

We have done wonders, so much so that it is impossible to see the Community Preservation Act (CPA) as anything but an unqualified success. So why end it?

Why indeed? Yet that is the essence of Article 13 of this year’s town meeting warrant. If approved the reduced surcharge – from three to 0.25 percent – would take effect after July 1, 2010. Approval, of course, would effectively destroy the single best tool we have to protect and preserve Duxbury. One can almost hear the 40Bs gearing up.

Proponents of Article 13 cite the potential for reducing the tax burden in these harsh economic times and that seems a worthy goal. But is the reduction worth it when measured against the true cost of a crippled CPA? Aren’t there other places we can pinch pennies that make more sense?

Consider these numbers: This year the median CPA surcharge is about $177 per household and substantially less for those seniors and low-income homeowners who qualify for exemptions. Over the next five years that investment will bring in $2 million from the state in matching funds.

Since 2002, the state has contributed about $6.3 million in matching funds for Duxbury CPA projects. The town has spent about $6.7 million. Nearly $5 million more has come from other sources –– state and federal grants and private contributions. Were Article 13 to win approval, that kind of additional money would evaporate.

Far more difficult to calculate are the infrastructure costs –– school spending, fire and police protection, DPW costs –– that would have resulted had the 145 acres at the O’Neil Farm been developed or the 90 acres at Camp Wing, or the 33–plus acres at the Delano Farm. It is no secret that subdivisions, particularly when they’re built on one-acre lots in places like Duxbury, wind up costing more than they produce in property taxes.

Number crunching aside, there is the bigger picture, the reason why Duxbury voters took the lead in adopting the CPA eight years ago. They wanted to keep as much as they could of what they had –– the woods, the waterways, the crimson cranberry bogs and the shoreline, the sense that Duxbury is not “Anywhere, U.S.A,” that it is special because it retains some of nature’s wonder and allows us (with thanks to Robert Frost) to still take the road less traveled by.

But there is plenty of land still to develop and perhaps a few more acres that we can save from the bulldozer’s blade. The fight to keep the term “rural charm” a part of Duxbury goes on. To wage that fight we will need to keep the CPA intact, and that means a no vote on Article 13.

– D. Cutler

Don’t return to‘Anywhere U.S.A’

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Coffee with the editorCHAT WITH OUR EDITOR: Clipper Editor Justin Graeber will be holding a coffee hour at Foodie’s on Saturday, March 21 at 10 a.m. Stop by to pitch a story, give a compliment, air a grievance, or just to chat.


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I would like to commend Maureen Connolly and John Heinstadt for their

sensibility in voting against the change to school start times. However, I am con-cerned that the School Com-mittee did not take more time to gather input from a greater representation of the Duxbury population and truly consider the implications of their recent decision to alter the school start times.

The change wreaks havoc on a significant number of families and a decision of this magnitude deserves extensive consideration and community input and discussion. This de-cision has a far-reaching impact and more people should have been involved in the decision making process.

Where does this put fami-lies with both parents work-ing? How does this affect after school activities and sports pro-grams? What are some other options for working around the bus schedules? I am not neces-sarily against delaying the start time for the high school stu-dents but it is not worth making third, fourth and fifth graders start their school day at 7:30 a.m. Why should the younger kids be made to suffer because the older kids are sleepy in the morning?

As a community, there must be other options out there to consider. Before such a de-cision is implemented and be-comes a permanent part of our lives I think that the school committee should offer the peo-ple of Duxbury the opportunity to contribute and to be a part of a more practical solution.

I have friends in Wilton, Conn. who have dealt with a comparable change to their school start times and since Wilton has been brought for-ward as an example of a start time success story I was inter-ested to hear their thoughts.

One parent of a Wilton fourth grader said: “I hate it! It really screws up any family where both parents work. Our fourth grader has been doing the early route for that past year and a half and it is still a struggle. If your child is not an early riser, the entire three years is a battle. A lot of the kids are sleeping on the morn-ing bus, they are just too tired. Our child had about a month in January where she constantly couldn’t get up in the morning and complained at school that she was too tired. We make sure she is in bed between 7:30 and 8 p.m., (but she doesn’t fall asleep until much later.) I guess each year in Wilton, there are a group of parents who try and

fight it, but once something is adopted, it is virtually impos-sible to change.”

Another parent of a Wilton fourth grader and a high school sophomore said: “If you make a change in Duxbury, then based on what we have seen here in Wilton, I would recommend the start time be later for all the kids. I would have preferred if K-5 started at the same time (i.e., 9 a.m.) and the grades 6-12 at 8:15 a.m. This would have been a true win-win solu-tion. Having grades 3-5 arriv-ing at 7:25 a.m. is unreasonable and the kids are exhausted by 7 p.m. As for my high school student, she doesn’t get more sleep as a result. Why? Work loads haven’t changed so she’s up late. And, several formerly after school activities now take place early in the morning so she’s there at 7:25 a.m. every-day.”

Before Duxbury commits to such a drastic change, I implore the school committee to con-tinue the discussion and debate on this issue so that if we are to make such a drastic change to the lives of thousands of people, that is it implemented in a way that is a sensible improvement for people of this town, not just a convenience for some.

Jennifer Thorn Trout Farm Road

Bahá’í Faith Fast and New Year

By Sherry Murphy

Every year as spring draws near, over five million people of the worldwide Bahá’í [pronounced Ba-High] community partake in their annual period of

fasting. For nineteen days each year, March 2 through March 20,

Bahá’ís abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Before dawn, families awaken to pray together and have their morning meal. The obligation of fasting begins at age fifteen and continues until the age of seventy. Exemptions from the Fast are made for illness, pregnancy, nursing mothers, extended

travel and arduous physical labor.Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892), the

prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, wrote, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord My God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast, that through it they may purify their souls.”

Fasting is a spiritual exercise which has taken place throughout religious history. It has taken different forms at different times, but the principle remains the same. Like Lent in Christianity,

Yom Kipper in Judaism and Ramadan in Islam, the Bahá’í Fast is essentially a period of meditation and prayer when the individual reflects on his or her own spiritual life.

The Bahá’í writings further state, “Fasting is the cause of awakening man. The heart becomes tender and the spirituality of man increases. This is produced by the fact that man’s thoughts will be confined to the commemoration of God, and through this awakening and stimulation surely ideal advancements follow.”

“It is essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation, during which the believer must strive to make the necessary readjustments in his inner life, and to refresh and reinvigorate the spiritual forces latent in his soul. Its significance and purpose are, fundamentally spiritual in character. Fasting is symbolic, and a reminder of abstinence from selfish and carnal desires.”

The Bahá’í Fast symbolizes the importance of detachment and self-restraint and is used as spiritual preparation for the Bahá’í new year which begins March 21. Naw-Rúz [Naw-rooz] coincides with the first day of spring and is one of the nine Holy Days each year on which Bahá’ís suspend work. This year, Naw-Rúz marks the beginning of 166 B.E., standing for “Bahá’í Era” which dates from the time of the religion’s origin in Persia in 1844.

The Bahá’í year follows a solar calendar containing 19 months of 19 days each, with the required four (five in leap years) intercalary days, known as Ayyam-i-Ha [Ah-YAHM-ee-Hah], added between the 18th and the 19th months to complete the 365 or 366 day solar year. The days of Ayyam-i-Ha are devoted to spiritual preparation for the Fast, celebrating, hospitality, charity and gift giving. Every Bahá’í month is named for an attribute of God, such as Glory, Beauty, Perfection, Honor and Mercy.

The Bahá’í Faith is the second most widely spread religion in the world after Christianity with believers in more than 235 countries and dependent territories. The central theme of Bahá’u’lláh’s message is that of unity. Bahá’u’lláh taught that there is only one God, that there is only one human race, and that all religions represent progressive stages in the revelation of God’s will.

Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed that God has revealed Himself through a succession of Divine Messengers, all of whom have founded great religions which have prepared the way for the advancement of human society. Bahá’ís recognize Bahá’u’lláh as the most recent in this line of Divine Messengers of God which include Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

Details and information for this article were gathered from official Bahá’í Faith publications. For more information about the Bahá’í Faith, the official Web sites are www.bahai.org and www.bahai.us.

Sherry Murphy represents the Bahá’í Community on the Duxbury Interfaith Council. This column is devoted to perspectives and ideas on spiritual subjects from members of the Duxbury Interfaith Council. The ideas expressed here reflect the views of the individual authors and not necessarily the Council as a whole.

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Candidate QuestionsSchool-related capital improvement articles are on the Town Meeting agenda, one

for the Chandler roof and one for a study on the high school and middle school. Which of these projects do you believe is the higher priority? In terms of the high school and middle school, do you believe renovation or new facilities are the best long-term solu-tion?

Board oF SELECTMEN

SCHooL CoMMITTEE

What is your view on the Community Preservation act? Should the town consider ei-ther reducing or eliminating it?

Christopher donatoI support fully funding the Community

Preservation Act. I understand that in the current financial crisis maintaining the 3 per-cent surcharge to fully fund the CPA will be a burden on many Duxbury residents, however, lowering the surcharge to .25 percent is short-sighted and will cause the loss of thousands of dollars in state matching funds. Moreover, the CPA provides an exemption from the surcharge for seniors and low income property owners.

The CPA was originally signed into law on Sept. 14, 2000 by Governor Paul Cellucci. Its purpose is to help communities preserve open space and historic sites, create affordable hous-ing, and acquire land for recreational use.

The funds collected through the CPA are managed by the Community Preservation Committee, or CPC, a group of volunteer local residents. Duxbury’s CPC has used the CPA funds to purchase open space in order to pre-

serve the residential character of Duxbury, to maintain Duxbury’s numerous historical sites, and to identify land for housing for our seniors and the disabled.

As Holly Morris, chairwoman for the Com-munity Preservation Committee, points out in her recent letter, “The voters approved the ex-penditure of CPA funds to restore the Wright Building; preserve the 145 acre O’Neil Farm, one of the last working dairy farms on the South Shore; acquire Berrybrook which is hayed for the dairy farm and preserves an outstanding scenic view off Winter Street; acquire Delano Farm for open space, a wellfield, renovation of a single family home and construction of a group home for handicapped adults...And the list goes on.”

The CPA gives each community the op-portunity to determine its priorities, plan for its future, and have the funds to make those plans happen. For these reasons, I support fully fund-ing the CPA.

John HeinstadtI think that the projects are both high pri-

ority but the Chandler roof is of more urgency. Further delaying the Chandler roof replacement will result in deterioration of the sub-roof and more costly replacement in the future. Also, the town has a commitment from the School Building Authority for a 40 percent reimbursement.

It is extremely important that a feasibility study for the high school and middle school be done to the question as to what is the best long-term solution. There are many possible solu-tions from the modernization of both buildings, to building both new, to renovating both, to a combination. The feasibility study will answer important questions which will allow the town to make a decision as to the most cost-effective way to proceed.

Glenn ListernickThe voters of Duxbury will certainly face

some very difficult decisions at the up-coming town meeting. Our nation’s continual fiscal crisis, which includes uncertainties re-garding any/additional federal and state fund-ing for the town, has forced us all to reflect on our own personal financial situations.

The priority is clearly to replace the Chan-dler School roof (Article 37). Due to safety and health concerns for the students and staff this needs to be done quickly. The funding program offered by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) will be a non-entitlement, discretionary decision based on need. The town could receive up to 40 percent of eligible, ap-proved project costs.

I have spent a lot of time in both the High and Middle Schools and have seen the many fa-cility needs first hand. Both schools are in need of renovation, replacement, and/or moderniza-tion. Article 36 outlines a study for both facili-ties revealing the needs of both schools. The challenging decision faced by the school com-mittee will be to determine which of the schools needs are greater.

In a perfect world, building new schools would be the best long-term solution. Several local districts have completed new, state-of-the art facilities. Given this economic situation it is very difficult to expect maximum funding for building projects. The citizens of Duxbury have always been very supportive of the public schools but these articles will test their contin-ual generosity.

andre MartecchiniI have been a great supporter of the Com-

munity Preservation Act since Duxbury adopted it in 2002. With the exception of one project, I have supported all of the many won-derful projects which were made possible us-ing CPA funds. These projects protected open space, restored historical sites, created afford-able housing, and developed recreation fields. Over the first five years, money generated by the CPA surcharge was matched 100 percent by the state, and in year six at 73 percent. Many of the projects undertaken also generated addi-tional state grants or private fund raising which further increased the leveraging power of our contributions.

Today, however, we face an economic crisis which this country hasn’t seen since the Great

Depression. Most of us have friends and rela-tives who have lost their jobs or are struggling to make ends meet to live in Duxbury. We have numerous unfunded capital needs to maintain our infrastructure. At this year’s Town Meeting we will be asked to fund expensive, but critical, projects to replace the police station, repair the central fire station, renovate the Percy Walker Pool and put a new roof on a portion of Chan-dler School. All of these projects will require debt exclusion votes which, if passed, will tem-porarily increase your taxes.

Given the economic crisis, a declining state match to about 35 percent, and the many high priority capital needs that we face, I believe that it is time to ask the voters whether or not they still can afford to pay the 3 percent CPA sur-charge. Based on the many discussions I have had with people, I am afraid that the answer is that we can’t afford it at this time.

Kate Sturgis of Myles View Drive is running for Li-brary Trustee. “As a lifelong reader, supporting Duxbury’s most important community asset by being elected to serve as Library Trustee would be a privilege and an honor,” said Sturgis.

Kate is a marketing com-munications professional and dedicated volunteer. She worked in advertising in NYC for EB Wilson and at Arnold Advertising in Boston.

At Reebok International she built the public relations, corporate communications and investor relations departments over 12 years. She joined Summit Technology as part of a turn around team. After the sale of the company she has been in nonprofit management at the New Bedford Ocean-arium, New England Women’s Fund and Girl Scouts.

She has volunteered for her alma mater Wheaton College, Derby Academy and Middle-sex School, as well as for the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, the Duxbury Centen-nial, and the Cranberry Area Hospice and the MSPCC, and was on the Board of the Dux-bury Cultural Council. Previ-

ously, she was a member of the Junior League and the Vincent Club. She was a Board mem-ber of Big Brothers and on the Board of Trustees for Pilgrim Church and was Chair of the Board of Outreach.

She believes the com-bination of her professional background and volunteer experience make her a strong candidate for Library Trustee and she would be pleased to support the library using her skills and talents.

Kate has lived in Duxbury for 28 years and is married to Robert Mustard, Jr. She is the mother of Cameron Burnham.

Robert Mustard, Jr. is run-ning for Moderator again. He has garnered more support as he makes the case for change.

Our form of government, the Town Meeting, is the pur-est form of the democratic pro-cess. It was developed in co-lonial times to meet the needs of citizens then. Meant to be inclusive, it has become a fo-rum for a few, albeit active, citizens to make the decisions for the rest of us. If this is what we want, we might as well in-stitute a representative govern-ment.

Whereas the Town Meet-ing is broadcast and the war-rant published in advance, vot-ers should be able to watch the proceedings and vote either electronically or via physical means within a week of the meeting. It seems to Mustard that voters should not neces-sarily have to attend the meet-ing to cast their vote. Views expressed at the meeting could also be published. He believes we should explore electronic means of voting and proposes to chair a committee to de-termine the most appropri-ate means of making viable changes.

Finally, if elected, Mus-tard would appoint the incum-bent as assistant Moderator, to secure his counsel and aid in the transition. Further, he proposes the town change the election cycle for Moderator to two years and he will estab-lish regular hours to meet with citizens.

Mustard appreciates the service of all Duxbury offi-cials and would be honored to serve. He believes we should maximize participation.

If there are hot issues to be dealt with, shouldn’t Mustard be on it?

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Cutler to host coffee at Foodie’sPlanning Board candidate Josh Cutler of Vine Street is host-

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Zoning Board of Appeals: Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. in the Mural Room.

Board of Health: Thursday, March 19, 7:15 p.m. in the Mural Room.

Planning Board: Monday, March 23, 7 p.m. in the small conference room at Town Hall.

Board of Selectmen: Monday, March 23, 7 p.m. in the Mural Room.

Economic Advisory Committee: Wednesday, April 1, 8 a.m. in the Mural Room.

School Committee: Wednesday, April 1, 7 p.m. at the Alden School.

Community Preservation Committee: Thursday, April 2, 8 a.m. in the Mural Room.

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Business club: The En-trepreneurs will meet Mon-day, March 16 at 4 p.m. at The Blender Cafe. Please RSVP to Mrs. Jewell.

R.A.D: The Duxbury Police Department is once again offering their R.A.D. Program at the Duxbury Stu-dent Union. R.A.D. is a self-defense course specifically for women and girls 13 years and up. The program will run three (3) Monday evenings from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. on March 23, 30 and April 6. The cost of the program is $25 for all three classes. For further informa-tion, please contact Sgt. Kris-tin Golden or Paddi Donato at 781-934-5656, ext. 25. R.A.D. applications may be picked

up, filled out and dropped off at the Duxbury Police Depart-ment.

Teach, Learn, Care: The DSU supports the Duxbury Interfaith Council’s Teach, Learn, Care goal to provide school supplies to students in need for the 2009/2010 school year. Your new donated school supplies can be dropped off at the DSU Monday through Thursday afternoons.

Pinch a penny: Our Mil-lion Penny Campaign contin-ues at the DSU. A million pen-nies can go a long way! Our goal is to raise one million pennies by June 1. Bring in your pennies or request a con-tainer and let’s see it grow!

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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra will be the topic of a three week book discussion group at First Parish Church (next to Duxbury Town hall) ALL ARE INVITED.

Day time sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:30 on March 25th, April 1st & April 8th. Evening sessions will be held on Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:00 on March 26,th April 2nd & April 9th.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success provides simple practical steps on living in harmony with nature and each other, and nurturing good health and fulfilling relationships. Originally published in 1994, the book remains a top seller in spiritual literature.

Copies of the book are held at the Duxbury Library under event coordinator Carol Jankowski’s name.

To enroll, call First Parish Office Administrator, Marty Kearns, at 781-934-6532 between 9:00 A.M. and 3 P.M. Monday through Friday. Please provide your name and telephone and/or email address when enrolling.

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It wasn’t just kids competing at the spelling bee: Adult hive winners “Sowers and Growers” are Joanne O’Regan, Sarah McCormick and Mariette Wooden.

dEF newsSpelling bee: Thank you to all the students, parents and

teachers who participated in the DEF Community Spelling Bee. The evening was a huge success and raised over $11,000 for future DEF grants. Congratulations to the fourth and fifth grade hive winners, “Secret Bees,” Brie Lawson, Mel MacQuarrie and Elizabeth Connolly, returning fifth and sixth grade hive winners, “To Bee or Not to Bee,” Alyse Clinton, Skye Stanton and Mor-gan Williams, and adult hive winners, “Sowers and Growers,” Joanne O’Regan, Sarah McCormick and Marriette Wooden.

Events: “Entertaining for Education” is taking place through March 15. For more information contact Jen Fallon at 781-934-9797 or Cattina Guimetti at 781-934-7871, or e-mail [email protected]

Postponed: DEF “Kick the Couch & Spring into Summer” 5K & Kids’ Fun Run Due to the economic challenges facing our potential sponsors, there is insufficient funding support to run the DEF 5K in 2009. Save the date for the DEF’s next fundrais-ing event, Divots for Duxbury on Sept. 21.

Grant Highlight: Second Step Program allows for the fund-ing of Second Step Violence Prevention, to our Alden fourth and fifth grade students. This proven program is designed to promote social competence and reduce children’s social and emotional issues. Students learn skills central to healthy social and emo-tional development, i.e., empathy, impulse control and problem solving, and anger management. The Alden guidance depart-ment and administration believe that the skills learned through this program will carry over into all areas of learning and be-come more of a philosophy than just a social skills program.

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Senior center news2009 Spring Basket Project… The Service Committee of

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Scam artists are at it again... Important message from Register of Deeds, John O’Brien, tells us that companies are again trying to take advantage of people during these difficult times by offering a homestead form for $15. The Registry of Deeds will provide the form at no cost! You can visit their web-site at salemdeeds.com and you can download this form free of charge. If you have any other questions, please contact the Cus-tomer Service Department at 978-542-1704, or send an e-mail to [email protected] .

Free Movies…Thursdays at 1 p.m. Feature on March 12 will be ‘Leatherheads’. Hard-nosed sports reporter Lexie Little-ton (Oscar winner Renée Zellweger) finds herself at the center of an acute 1920s love triangle when an aging football hero (Oscar winner George Clooney) and a rising college star (John Krasin-ski of “The Office”) go head to head to compete for her affec-tions. Clooney also writes and directs this romantic comedy with vintage flair, set at the dawn of professional football history.

S.H.I.N.E. (Serving Health Information Needs of El-ders)… Your questions about Medicare (including Part D) and Medicaid insurances will be answered by meeting with our S.H.I.N.E. Counselors. A counselor will be available at the Se-nior Center on March 13, 20 and 27. Call Julie at x104 to sched-ule an appointment.

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Members of the committee raising money for a turf field at Duxbury High School are hopeful the field will be ready for action this fall.

Kevin Mullins of PRIDE, which stands for promoting recreation investment to de-velop excellence, met with the School Committee on Wednesday. Mullins said his committee would be able to donate at least $1.25 million to the projects –– $850,000 in cash raised through private fundraising, and $400,000 through Community Preserva-tion Funds designated for rec-reational use.

He said there will be a pre-construction meeting with school and town offi-cials March 20, and work on the fields could begin shortly thereafter.

“Assuming the weather cooperates ... we think we

can put the first shovel in the ground March 30,” Mullins said.

The contract for the field says work should be complet-ed by Sept. 15, but that’s with 30-40 days of bad weather built in, Mullins said. An op-timistic deadline is Sept. 1 to have student athletes using the field.

The PRIDE committee is seeking to raise an additional $200,000 for the field’s final component – lights.

“We believe we have to have the lights to get the maxi-mum use of the field,” Mullins said, “and also to get the maxi-mum revenue.”

He said the committee would be going “all out” to fundraise, but there is a pos-sibility of financing the lights if they don’t have enough cash by the opening of the field. School Committee member George Cipolletti asked if this would be private financing,

and Mullins said the lighting company would hold the bond, with the lights themselves as collateral.

“If we defaulted on our loan they’d basically take their lights back and go home,” he said.

After several stumbling blocks, including slower than anticipated fundraising and a legal question over whether CPA funds could be used for the project, things are finally moving forward.

School Committee mem-ber John Heinstadt congratu-lated Mullins on his perser-vesence. “He’s been one of the real shakers and movers in this ... he never gave up,” Hein-stadt said.

“The contracts are signed, we’re ready to go, the town had been great to work with,” said Mullins. “Now we’re hoping for good weather and to move on.”

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Farmers market meeting

The next meeting for the Duxbury Farmers/Artisans Market will be held on Thurs-day, March 12, at 10 a.m. in the Setters Room of the li-brary. Topics to be discussed are survey of vendors, market-ing, fundraising and adminis-tration.

Community Gardens meetingThe Community Gardens movement, which seems to be

catching on all over the country, has recently spread to several communities in our area. As members of Sustainable Dux-bury, we are very much in favor of having such a garden in Duxbury. Community Gardens are usually on town-owned land and involve local citizens planting and working indi-vidual plots, although each garden usually works out its own organization and practices.

If you would like to participate, please call Anne Baird 781-452-7016 or Judi Vose 781-934-3283 and we will add your name to the list. If you would like more information first, please join us for a fuller explanation of Community Gar-dens and how they are organized and run at an information meeting to be held at the Duxbury Senior Center on March 13 at 9:30 a.m.

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Duxbury Beach Preser-vation Society announces its annual Education Night on Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center. Shore Gregory of Is-land Creek Oysters will pro-vide an enlightening presen-tation about how and why the oyster farmers and other em-ployees of Island Creek Oys-ters in Duxbury are providing

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Thursday Feb. 261:28 a.m. Officer reports suspi-cious motor vehicle on St. George Street.2:59 a.m. Officer reports vehicle running at Tobey Garden Pond.10:33 a.m. Person in station to report ex-wife making harassing phone calls.11:37 a.m. Owner of home on Bay Road gave codes for officer to open lock box to let animal out of home. Animal control officer removed a squirrel.2:12 p.m. Party called 911 to report motor vehicle with inju-ries on Franklin Street. Ambu-lance transported injured to South Shore Hospital.5:10 p.m. Caller reports all ter-rain vehicle on his property on In-dian Trail. Area search negative.6:20 p.m. Caller on Bow Street reports suspicious individual so-liciting gutter cleaning.

Friday Feb. 2712:29 a.m. Officer reports motor vehicle fire on Kingstown Way.1:46 a.m. Caller on Trout Farm Road reports person knocking on the door. Suspect shuttled home.11:22 a.m. Person in station to report home on Indian Trail he is watching for owners has a broken window.1:59 p.m. Tree branch fell on West Street and damaged two cars.3:13 p.m. Assisted Fire Depart-ment. Alarm box struck on Cedar Street.5:00 p.m. Off duty officer re-ports three boys breaking into pump house on East Street.5:03 p.m. Caller reports two sus-picious men going house to house on Harvest Drive. Area search negative.8:06 p.m. Suspicious motor ve-hicle parked in woods at Wads-worth Park. Owner called.9:00 p.m. Caller on Stagecoach Road reports sick raccoon in ga-rage will not leave. Animal con-trol officer called in.9:06 p.m. Assisted Marshfield police with cruiser standing by at exit ramp off Congress Street to watch for motor vehicle hit and run out of Marshfield.

9:21 p.m. Caller on Marshall Street requests police vehicle to check for someone knocking loud on door, then no one was there.9:43 p.m. Caller on Marshall Street reports knocking on door. Officer to stay in area and watch for kids.10:19 p.m. Caller on Soule Av-enue requests to speak with of-ficer regarding a child in need of services. One party arrested for assault and battery.11:35 p.m. Assisted transport of party to Jordan Hospital. Re-turned to station with prisoner.

Saturday Feb. 2812:59 a.m. Caller from Tremont Street reports people in her house. Officer reports fallen bookshelf. No sign of forced entry. All doors locked. Area search negative.12:30 p.m. Car on North Street struck a deer.2:10 p.m. Person stopping resi-dents at the entrance of the trans-fer station attempting to gather signatures for election campaign. Officer asked her to leave the area.6:19 p.m. Report of suspicious party walking on Lincoln Street. Party was resident walking to a friends house.7:32 p.m. Suspicious motor ve-hicle reported in bog area by Pine Lake.10:00 p.m. Caller from Standish Street reports garage window open. House appears to be se-cure.10:46 p.m. Motor vehicle stopped on Wadsworth Road. Ci-tation issued.

Sunday, March 11:35 p.m. Caller reports motor vehicle slid off the road on Birch Street. Two road signs down, but no injuries.2:32 p.m. State police report motor vehicle crash on Route 3 southbound. One minor injury transported to Jordan Hospital.4:56 p.m. Officer assisted with motor vehicle lockout on Gurnet road.7:04 p.m. West Street reported getting slick. Department of Pub-lic Works notified.7:40 p.m. OnStar reports mo-

tor vehicle accident on Route 3 North, north of exit 11. State po-lice request ambulance. Patient refusal.8:33 p.m. State police reports accident with injuries on Route 3 northbound, south of exit 11. Ambulance requested.8:36 p.m. Motor vehicle acci-dent on Congress street.

Monday March 212:37 p.m. Caller reports wire down on Washington Street by the gas station. Officer reports as telephone wire and notified Veri-zon.1:23 p.m. Officer reports dis-abled motor vehicle on Gurnet Road.

Tuesday March 32:59 a.m. Department of Public Works called to sand roads.6:21 a.m. Officer assisted with disabled motor vehicle on Kings-town Way.8:46 a.m. Disabled motor ve-hicle in snow bank on Mayflower Street. AAA notified.11:09 a.m. Suspicious acts re-ported on St. George Street.12:02 p.m. Resident in posses-sion of loaner car. Car owner left messages to return the vehicle. Officer checked welfare of resi-dent and found that the resident has left town.3:23 p.m. Suspicious motor ve-

hicle reported on Summer Street.

Wednesday March 41:49 a.m. Suspicious motor ve-hicle reported on Tremont Street.11:36 a.m. Caller reports sus-picious motor vehicle in area of Chandler Street. Sheriff was looking for an address.2:45 p.m. Minor motor vehicle with property damage reported at the corner of Bow Street.4:25 p.m. Caller from Tremont Street request help with special

needs son. Party transported to Jordan Hospital.4:53 p.m. Caller from Goose Point Lane reports dog fell through the ice. Animal control called in.9:01 p.m. Caller reports disabled motor vehicle on Tremont Street. Officer taking party to get gas.9:41 p.m. Caller reports suspi-cious motor vehicle parked across the street. Officer reports person in vehicle making phone call.9:23 p.m. Bomb threat reported.

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Section B • Wednesday, March 11, 2009

sports • calendar • classifieds

By Bruce Barrett, clipper columnist [email protected]

My notes are a mess, and Dick Rothmund doubtless knows everyone who ever

touched a pipe organ in Duxbury. My column a couple of weeks ago brushed a fast sketch of four Duxbury congre-gations and their instruments. Dick tried his best to keep me organized, but I skipped over a major player in the town’s pipe organ culture: Cathleen Morrison, Organist and Music Director at the Pilgrim Church on Washington Street.

I mentioned her instrument, Austin Organ Co. Opus # 2783, Duxbury’s largest. The Austin Web site lists the instrument as having two manual key-

boards and 20 ranks of pipes.“Over a thousand pipes,” Cathy

explained. “None of this is façade. These are all voiced pipes.”

I met with Cathy, as everyone calls her, on a Thursday evening before choir practice. A parishioner had e-mailed me to tell me about her, giving me the chance to fix an oversight and hear Duxbury’s largest pipe organ all at the same time.

“What would you like to hear?” she asked.

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One thing you have to like about Briana Connolly is that her wheels never stop turning. Wednesday night at The Bog the sophomore forward used her speed and skating ability to rescue her teammates by scoring the winning goal with 54 seconds left in the game to lift Duxbury to a 2-1 win over Dedham.

The victory over the ninth-seeded Marauders propels the Lady Dragons to the Division II State semi-finals on Thurs-day night at 7:30 against Font-bonne at the Gallo Arena in Bourne.

Being the top seed in the tournament is no easy chore for Duxbury, as they will get everyone’s best shot night in and night out. Playing against Dedham required an all-out ef-fort, as the Bay State League entry is a former Division I team that dropped down to Di-vision II.

Playing in the Bay State League is tough, and with a team of just 12 skaters show-ing up on Wednesday, it looked like Duxbury’s depth might present some problems for the visitors.

“They were a strong, well disciplined team,” said Coach Friend Weiler. “They had a lot of experience and played a lot of tough teams this year. They used to be a Division I program, now they’re down in Division II.”

It appeared early on that

Duxbury would test Dedham’s depth, as they dominated play in the first two minutes. How-ever, nothing came of it before the Marauders went on the power-play at the 12:28 mark and nearly pulled ahead when a shot from the high point was deflected over the Duxbury net.

Midway through the open-ing period momentum swung slightly to Dedham, as Dux-bury goaltender Julia Hannon was forced to make some key saves after some sloppy play by the Lady Dragon defense.

Another Dedham power-play with 7:12 to go forced Hannon to come up big once again with her teammates coughing up the puck in their defensive zone.

After killing off their third shorthanded situation in the first period, the Lady Dragons

broke out of their zone with senior captain Anie Grunwald combining with sophomore Molly O’Sullivan to give Dux-bury a 1-0 lead with 1:36 left in the period.

Despite holding the lead, Duxbury continued to play loose defense, as Hannon once again bailed out her teammates and stopped a pair of Dedham forwards who were left unpro-tected in the slot with 41 sec-onds remaining.

Dedham came out strong in the second period and tied the score at the 12:50 mark, as Meaghan Dwan broke over the blue line with Tyla Goyette and beat Hannon with a high shot that handcuffed the Dux-bury netminder.

The Marauders contin-ued to pressure the Duxbury defense with several man-ad-vantage breakouts throughout

the second period. However, the best chances of the period came off the stick of Connolly, who twice tried to stuff the puck past Dedham netminder Sarah Mosca.

“We were really pinching more than we should have,” said Weiler. “We knew they had a good goalie, so we want-ed to force the issue and get some scoring opportunities. I guess we were pinching just a little too much.”

With 15 minutes left in the season for one team, it was im-perative that both squads keep their errors to a minimum.

Fortunately for the Lady Dragons, Hannon was at her best as she stopped a point blank shot in the first two min-utes that came as a result of sloppy play in front of her.

Connolly rescues Lady DragonsGirls take on Fontbonne Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Bourne

girls’ hockeyDuxbury 2Dedham 1

oN To The seMis: sophomore Briana connolly knocks home a pass from kaitlin sullivan with 54 seconds remaining in the game to beat Dedham, 2-1, and move on to Thursday night’s Division ii semifinal game with Fontbonne. Photo by Mike Halloran

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First Baptist fbcd.org

781- 934-6095 Dr. Kevin Cassidy

Sun. worship, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school class, children through adult, immediately fol-lowing morning worship; 5:30 p.m., junior and senior high youth groups; 6 p.m., devotion and prayer time; Wed., 9:30 a.m., ladies’ Bible study, 6:30 p.m., Awana for children age 4 - 6th grade, 6:45 p.m., adult Bible study taught by Pastor Kevin.

Holy Family Churchholyfamilyduxbury.org

Rev. Bryan Parrish781-934-5055

Weekend Mass: Sat., 5 p.m., Sun., 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., family Mass, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. babysitting avail-able at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Daily Mass: Mon.-Sat., 8:15 a.m. The rosary is prayed after daily Mass. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Fri., 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Daytime Bible study Thurs., 9:30 a.m. Evening prayer group Wed., 7:30 p.m. Men’s prayer group Fri., 6:45 a.m. Daily mass during Lent will be held in the main church Monday through Friday at 7 and 9 a.m., and Saturday at 8:15 a.m.

Pilgrim [email protected]

Rev. Todd Vetter, Senior PastorRev. Eloise Parks, Associate Pastor

781-934-6591Sunday schedule: Worship

Service, 10 a.m., Teen Choir – 9 a.m., Junior Choir – 11:15 a.m., Sweet Chance Concert and reception, March 15 at 3 p.m., Senior Youth Fellowship – 5 p.m. Church office hours, Mon., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tues.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Pilgrim childcare and preschool, Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m-6 p.m. Ladies Bible Study is held on Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Wednesdays, at 9 a.m. Open Bible Study on Wednes-days at 10 a.m. Mass to Mis-sissippi youth supper, March 14, 6 p.m.

United Methodist Church

highstreetumc.orgRev. Barbara Kszystyniak

781-585-9863 Sunday, adult choir, 8:30

a.m., worship service and Sun-day school, 10 a.m., followed by fellowship. Tuesday morn-ing prayer, 6 a.m. Wednes-day, Wired Word Bible study, 7:30 p.m. Third Friday of each month dinner is served at Mainspring Shelter, Brockton. Last Wednesday of the month, ladies’ luncheon, 12 p.m.

Church of St. John the Evangeliststjohnsduxbury.org

Rev. Roy Tripp781-934-6523

Sunday services, 8 a.m., with music 10 a.m. Wednesday,

men’s Bible study, 6:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist and Healing, 10 a.m., children and youth choir rehearsal in the evening. Thursday evenings, adult choir rehearsal. Friday, AA meeting, 7 p.m. First Monday of each month, God On Tap, 7 p.m., at the Winsor House.

First Parish Churchduxburyuu.org

Rev. Catherine Cullen781-934-6532

Sunday worship, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Church school classes meet downstairs in the Parish House (rear entrance) at the same time. Junior Choir, 9:15 a.m., Senior Choir, 9:30 a.m., HIP youth group, 6 p.m., Buddhist group, first and third Sunday at 7 p.m. Book Group, Thursdays at 9 a.m.

St. Paul’s Church of the NazareneRev. David Troxler

781-585-3419 Sunday worship, 11 a.m.

Nursery is provided for all services. Sunday school meets Sunday morning from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Bay Path Nursing Home Ministry held Sundays at 2 p.m. at 308 Kingstown Way. Wednesdays the Sacred Youth Ministry will meet at the teen center at 6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible study is held on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. Divorce-Care and DivorceCare for Kids will continue to meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. each Thursday through May 14 at the church. Wednesdays at 6 p.m. during Lent, Soup and the Word, a Lenten devotional, in the At-kinson Fellowship Hall. Small groups meet during the week. Call the church office for infor-mation. Saturday March 14 at 9 a.m., How Money Works, with David Galbraith.

First Church of Christ Scientist

781-934-6434Sunday, 10:30 a.m., service

and Sunday school for youth to age 20, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., service.

Living Waters Community of Hope

LivingWatersCH.orgRev. Kendra Vaughan Hovey

[email protected] Box 1761 Duxbury, 02331

Worship services will be held at the Ford Center of the Miramar Retreat Center on Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. beginning on May 3.

Journey Community of Faith

www.journeyduxbury.com Rev. David Woods

781-585-8295Sunday, 10 a.m., Ford Cen-

ter at Miramar.

Thursday March 12Are You Smarter Than A Duxbury Fifth Grader. Join us as Duxbury fifth graders match wits with local community members from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the event are available in advance: $10 for adults, $5 for students (available at the door: $12 for adults, $7 for students). Tickets available in the Alden School office, at Westwinds Bookstore and at the door the night of the event. For event information contact Elena Zongrone 781-934-3298 or Marie Gill 781-934-7224.

Beyond basic e-mail. Duxbury Free Library’s Internet Skills Class will focus on setting up email groups, attachments and what to do with all your messages and pictures. Course is two classes long, and will be offered three times on Thursday mornings from 10:30 –11:30 a.m. beginning March 5. We require you be proficient with a mouse, have a valid library card and an active e-mail account. Advanced registration is recommended. To register for a course, sign up at the Reference Desk or call 781-934-2721 x100.

SAA Juried Show submissions. Artists entries for the Scituate Art Association’s Juried Show must be delivered to the Ellis House, 709 Country Way, Scituate on Thursday, March 12, from 6-8 p.m. or Saturday March 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The show will be held at the Front Street Art Gallery from Thursday, March 26 through Sunday, April 6. A reception and awards ceremony will take place on Friday, April 3 from 7-9 p.m. at the Front Street Art Gallery, 124 Front St. Scituate. For further details, contact Janet Cornacchio, at [email protected] or call 781-545-7613.

Friday March 13Fred Astaire ballroom dance lessons. The Duxbury Senior Center is host to the Fred Astaire Dance Studio from Plymouth’s Cordage Park on Friday mornings, March 13 and 20 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. for special ballroom dance lessons in conjunction with the Friends of the Duxbury Free Library’s ‘Night at the Sands’ event on Saturday, March 28. Call Linda Hayes to register for one or both at 781-934-5774, x103. Cost is $12 each.

saTurday March 14Collage Cards. In Collage Cards with Lisa Houck at the Art Complex Museum from 10 a.m. - 2 pm, participants will make patterned papers using watercolors to make landscape and animal imagery. The cost is $75.

Annual Town Meeting. To be held 9 a.m. at the Performing Arts Center.

How Money Works. St. Paul’s Church of the Nazarene at 136 Summer St. will hold an informal presentation on How Money Works with David Galbraith, from 9-10:30 a.m. Coffee and donuts will be served. Following the presentation, Mr. Galbraith will be available for individual consultation. Call 781-585-3419 to pre-register. No charge.

sunday March 15Eat Your Words. The Duxbury Free Library and Foodies Duxbury Market hosts the next Eat Your Words at 2 p.m. There will be a discussion of Kabul Beauty School: “An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil” with Georgina Chanatry at the Library, followed by a tasting of a Middle Eastern dish at Foodies. For more information, call the Library at 781-934-2721 x100 or e-mail [email protected].

Monday March 16Issues and Answers. The Duxbury High School PTO welcomes you to discuss any high school issues with Principal Andrew Stephens at 7 p.m. in the DHS Library.

Tuesday March 17Line dancing is back. At the Senior Center with Dottie Belanger every Tuesday, beginning March 17, from 1-2 p.m. Call Linda at 781-934-5774 x103 for further information.

Wednesday March 18Clipper Candidates night. Located in the Town Hall, Mural Room at 7 p.m.

Thursday March 19Science fair deadline. All application for the Duxbury Science Fair for students in grades kindergarten through five are due by March 19. The Science Fair takes place on April 4. For more information, contact Joan Lynn at 781-934-7630 or [email protected].

Hearing screening. Mass Audiology will be at the Senior Center from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Call Julie at 781-934-5774 x104 to schedule an appointment.

Friday March 20Fred Astaire ballroom dance lessons. The Duxbury Senior Center is host to the Fred Astaire Dance Studio from Plymouth’s Cordage Park on Friday mornings, March 13 and 20 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. for special ballroom dance lessons in conjunction with the Friends of the Duxbury Free Library’s ‘Night at the Sands’ event on Saturday, March 28. Call Linda Hayes to register for one or both at 781-934-5774, x103. Cost is $12 each.

Shabbat Across America. On Friday night, March 20, hundreds of synagogues across the continent will take part in an historic national Jewish event to celebrate Shabbat! Congregation Shirat Hayam, in Marshfield cordially invites you and your family to join our congregation as we celebrate Shabbat with dinner and a service. For more information and reservations please e-mail [email protected] or call 781-582-2700.

The Invisible Children. The African Service Project of Duxbury High School will show this free movie along with other documentaries raising the awareness of the plight of women and children in Africa at the PAC. There will also be a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit the Invisible Children of Uganda, children who are stolen from their homes and forced to serve in civil war.

saTurday March 21Concert for African Service Project. A concert featuring TAB and State Radio, as well as local band, the Dirty Hit will be held at the PAC at 7 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the foundation, Calling All Crows, which is helping women in Darfur, Sudan.

sunday March 22The Sunday Salon Series. On March 22 at 2 p.m., the Duxbury Free Library and Westwinds Bookshop present Jennifer Haigh, author of Mrs. Kimble and Baker Towers. Ms. Haigh has re-scheduled her cancelled January presentation. She will read from and discuss her newest book, The Condition, at the Duxbury Free Library. Books will be available for purchase and signing through the courtesy of Westwinds Bookshop. Tickets for the cancelled Jan. 11 program will be honored. Additional free tickets will be available at both locations two weeks before the event. For more information call the library at 781-934-2721 x108 or visit duxburyfreelibrary.org

Paste-Paper Intensive. On Sunday, March 22, from noon until 4 pm at the Art Complex Museum, artist and graphic designer Bryson Dean will conduct a Paste-Paper Intensive in which participants will learn how to create beautiful art or craft papers using this centuries-old technique. The cost is $25.

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Spring Has Sprung art show. Area artists are invited to take part in “Spring Has Sprung,” the early spring theme art show at the Plymouth Center for the Arts. Artists may drop off their work on Sunday, March 22 from 12- 2 p.m. and Monday, March 23 from 3 -7 p.m. Work should reflect the title of the show. For additional information, call the center at 508-746-7222.

upcoMingRape Aggression Defense Program. Duxbury Police Department is offering the R.A.D. self-defense course specifically for women and girls age 13 and up. This course will be held at the Student Union located at 147 St. George St. Monday evenings from 6-9 p.m. on March 23, 30, and April 6. $25 per person for all three classes. For further information, please contact Sgt. Kristen Golden or Paddi Donato at 781-934-5656 x25. R.A.D. applications may be picked up at the Duxbury Police Department.

Reverse mortgage. Rockland Trust is hosting a free Reverse Mortgage Focus Day at its Duxbury branch, located at 27 Bay Rd. on Wednesday, March 25 from 1 - 3 p.m. Peggy Whalen, Senior Reverse Mortgage Advisor for Rockland Trust will speak with interested customers about the reverse mortgage process. For more information call 508-732-3800.

An evening with the Kents. The Drew Archival Library in the Wright Building invites you to come on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. for the fourth letter reading program featuring letters from the family of Rev. Benjamin Kent, who served as an associate minister at the First Parish Church here in Duxbury from 1826 until 1833. The event is free of charge. Any questions, call the archives at 781-934-1382 or the DRHS main office at 781-934-6106.

Archive tour. Duxbury Council on Aging Genealogy Club is planning a trip and tour to the Massachusetts State Archives on Friday March 27. For more information or if you would like to join us call Linda Hayes at the

Duxbury Council on Aging, 781-934-5774.

Duxbury town elections. Elections will be held March 28 at the Duxbury Middle School starting at 8 a.m. If unable to vote in person, acquire an absentee ballot from Town Hall.

The 28th Annual Duxbury Spring Antique Show. Will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 29 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Duxbury High School to benefit the Duxbury High School Athletic Program. Appraisals of artwork and antiques will be offered on Sunday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $5 per item or 3 for $10. Admission to the show is $7 or $6 with a card available at many local businesses and other community venues. Please contact Joanne Williams at 781-934-0111 for more information or to volunteer.

Mosaics 101. A 6 inch square mosaic will be made with Lisa Houck on Saturday, March 28, at the Art Complex Museum from 10 a.m - 4 p.m. Techniques such as cutting

glass, placement and movement of tiles, value relationships, color choices and grouting will be taught. $100 plus $25 materials fee.

Recycle your books for literacy. The community comes together for a book drop outside the Duxbury Student Union on Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring by your used books and they will be donated to local and international school classrooms, libraries and hospitals in need.

Vacationer’s paradise. The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert of splashy, orchestral delights. Audience members are encouraged to contribute non-perishable food items to benefit the Food Warehouse of Greater Plymouth. This event takes place in Plymouth’s Memorial Hall on Saturday, March 28 at 8 p.m. A pre-concert talk by Conductor Karidoyanes begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are now on sale.

Book discussion. “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” by Deepak Chopra will be the topic of a 3-week book discussion group to be held on Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on March 25, April 1 and April 8. Sessions will be held on Thursdays March 26 and April 2 from 7:30-9 p.m., and Thursday, April 9 from 8-9:30 pm. Rev. Catherine Cullen and Liz Polvinen will facilitate the discussion. To enroll, call First Parish Church Administrator, Marty Kearns, at 781-934-6532 between 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday- Friday.

1950’s gala fundraiser. Friends of the Duxbury Free Library 1950’s Gala Fundraiser will take place Saturday, March 28 from 6:30 -11 p.m. at the Library Lounge, 77 Alden St. Celebrate a Night at the Sands with hot food and cool jazz. Try your luck in The Sands Casino. Vintage 1950’s attire, black tie optional. Tickets are $75 per guest and are available at the library’s circulation desk and Westwinds Bookshop until sold out. All proceeds benefit the library.

The Sunday Salon Series; Great Whales and Historic Shipwrecks of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. On Sunday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library, meet Dr. Craig MacDonald, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary superintendent, who will take you up close and down deep with scientists who study great whales and maritime archaeologists who use robots to investigate nationally significant shipwrecks. Free tickets

are required for admission and will be available two weeks before the event. For more information about this program and other library activities, visit duxburyfreelibrary.org or call 781-934-2721 x108.

ongoingFood drive. Sponsored by the Youth Faith Formation and all youth ministries of Holy Family Church, March 1-31, to benefit the food pantries at: Plymouth Coalition for the Homeless, St. Edith Stein of Brockton, Fr. Bill’s Place and the Duxbury Interfaith Council. We request that all religious education students select a nonperishable food to bring to each class throughout the month of March.

Caregivers’ support group. Meets the third Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center. Open to all South Shore residents caring for family or friends (non-disease specific.) Facilitated by Norwell VNA and Hospice. Call Renee McInnes, RN, or Joan Wright at 781-659-2342.

Through the Camera’s Lens: William Facey’s Duxbury. The Drew Archival Library in the Wright Building is proud to announce their newest photographic exhibit. The photographs in this collection were taken in Duxbury, between 1895 and 1910. The exhibit is free and will run until the beginning of April. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Drop in storytimes. At the Duxbury Free Library. Programs include: Toddler Tales, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., age three and under, Drop In Story Time, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., age three and under and Gather ‘Round Story Time, Fridays, 10:30 a.m., for preschoolers. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required. For more information, go to duxburyfreelibrary.org.

Storytime openings. There are still some spaces available for the Tuesday morning storytime at the Duxbury Free Library. This program for children ages three and a half to four will run Tuesdays until April 14, 10:15–10:45 a.m. This is a stay alone storytime but adults must stay in the library while children attend. Registration must be done in person by visiting the children’s department. For more information, call 781-934-2721, x115.

Question of the Week

What is your favorite place to shop and why?

“I’ve cut down so much on my shopping but I love the availabili-ty of all the Duxbury shops. They

have everything that I need.”shirley Marble

Bay Farm

By sarie Booy

“My favorite store is French Memories because everything it

offers is so unique.” Jim Doyle

Union Bridge road

“Foodie’s! Because it is so convenient and it has fabulous

produce!”Nancy scheerer harrison street

French Memories...because the bread is so fresh, the people

are nice and I love going to the harbor.”

Martha Prosl Franklin street

“I live close to Kingston so it is easier to shop there, but I do all

my banking on Depot Street.”Bob Jones Park street

A Sweet Surprise: Dean Makes the Scene

Dean Martin stopped in at The Duxbury Senior Center and charmed the ladies with a bouquet of roses! On this recent visit, Dean was delighted to discover that The Fred Astaire Studio will be offering dance lessons at the Senior Center in March

in conjunction with The Friends of the Library’s next gala, “A Night at the Sands,” on Satur-day, March 28. Do you want to perfect your FoxTrot, Rumba or Jitterbug? You’re guaranteed an unforgettable evening dancing to the jazzy strains of the Pete Collin’s Band at this elegant celebration of the 1950’s. Refer to the Calendar section of the Clipper for upcoming dates and times of lessons.



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DBMS rowers competed at CRASH-B’s World Indoor Rowing Sprints.

On Sunday, Feb. 22 the Duxbury Bay Maritime School Rowers traveled to the Aggan-is Arena at Boston University to compete in the CRASH-B’s Sprints, the world’s largest indoor rowing competition. High school teams, college teams and master rowers from around the country competed as well as international teams from Mexico, Spain, Germa-ny and China.

The high school team has been training all winter at DBMS and Evolution Sports Performance and all the hard work paid off with 11 of 14 rowers scoring their personal records for a grueling 2,000-meter distance. On the girls’ side Captain Natalie Bowen scored her best time ever of 8:06.8. Junior Marley McDer-mott also competed (8:20.5). Hannah Murdock (9:10.0) and Emily Hansman (9:25.2 PR) competing in the light-weight category. Emma Ther-rien (9:50.0 PR) and Caroline Hickey (10:06.0 PR) both competed in the coxswains event (under 120lbs). DBMS

alumnus and current UMass rower Amanda Doolin posted her personal best of 7:24.0 in the women’s open event.

In the junior men’s di-vision, Captain Sam Hab-good posted a personal re-cord of 6:50.0. Nick Mulone (6:55.0), Mark Passeri (7:00.8 PR) and Captain Alex Ko-sharek (7:01.2) also rowed in the heavyweight division. In the lightweight junior men’s division, Captain Ben Potash posted the best score over-all for the team with a PR of 6:46.4. Nick Tinkham (7:16.0 PR), Chris Scavongelli (7:32.1

PR) and Max Wheeler (7:37.6 PR) also had strong showings for Duxbury. Lightweight Freshman Davis Muller broke the Duxbury freshman record with a time of 7:17.1.

Many adult DMBS row-ers competed as well. Mitch Hunt, Chris Lee, Karen Shus-terman, Aggie Coleman, Gail Clougherty all participated in the event. The adults have been training all winter at DBMS with coaches Shuster-man, Coleman and Mary Fran Grossman.

DBMS rowers compete at indoor rowing sprints

DUXBURY YOUTH FOOTBALL The Tradition Continues...40 Years of Teaching Football to the Youth of Duxbury

2009 Online Registration is Now Open for Players in Grades 2 Through 8

Go to Duxburyyouthfootball.com to Register

Come to a Meet and Greet Session with the Duxbury Youth Football Board & Head Coaches

in the Merry Room in the Library on Monday March 16th 6-8PM and

Saturday March 21st 2-4PM

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I named a couple of favorites, and sat as directed in the center of the sanctuary, an advantage lost to Cathy. The con-sole sits “stage right” in front of the congregation, putting half of the pipes directly into her ear. The choir, stage left, hears the other half. She never gets to sit in the sweet spot where she can hear the whole instrument, pedal notes and all. Pedal notes are the deepest of the deep, the floor-shaking bass notes played by the organist’s feet.

She built each verse on the foundation of the last, adding power and tone as each hymn allowed. With no choir on hand, Cathy played concert-style, adding the melody and harmony usually sung to the organ’s accompanying parts.

Cathy started piano lessons at age seven. Then she met Sister Donata, a St. Joseph’s nun at Sacred Heart Church in Weymouth.

“She taught me to play the organ,” Cathy said. “Then she became my friend, my friend until she died.”

Sister Donata passed away years before Stan Merry led the way for Pilgrim Church’s expansion to include the splendid new instrument now at the front of the sanctuary.

By the time she played a third hymn for me, heads were popping through the door. Cathy’s music program includes five choirs, and a Bell Choir led by Sue Homan. The Senior Choir was ready to practice. I stayed to watch part of the re-hearsal in the choir room. A sturdy upright piano replaced the pipe organ.

Cathy directs the choir, with all its voices and range, some-thing like an organ. Her fingers clutch and release the notes in the air. They bend with 34 years experience. They touch each note softy as a rose. Cathy plucks each chord’s end with the same clarity that she used to toss the notes out; it’s easy for her group to start and stop with precision.

But I was filled with echoes. That last hymn before choir practice, “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” still rang in my ears, my tears still glistened. Like the other hymns, Cathy built from verse to verse. Then she went beyond. She cut me down.

“What was that? What did you do?” I asked between my stifled sobs when she finished, as more choir members popped heads through the door. I thought she would name some stop, some tone from her keyboard.

“Oh, that,” she answered. “That was the full organ.”

captain sam habgood races to a personal record.

Community Gardens in DuxburyThe Community Gardens movement, which seems to be

catching on all over the country, has recently spread to several communities in our area. As members of Sustainable Dux-bury, we are very much in favor of having such a garden in Duxbury. Community Gardens are usually on town-owned land and involve local citizens planting and working indi-vidual plots, although each garden usually works out its own organization and practices.

If you would like to participate, please call Anne Baird 781-452-7016 or Judi Vose 781-934-3283 and we will add your name to the list. If you would like more information first, please join us for a fuller explanation of Community Gardens and how they are organized and run at an information meeting to be held at the Duxbury Senior Center on March 13 at 9:30 a.m..

captain Natalie Bowen races with Margot De Deyne as her cox-swain.


Dragons’ DenSports Editor Mike Halloran • [email protected]

Continued from page 1The pace picked up with

Duxbury getting a 3-on-2, and Dedham coming right back to test Hannon on her right side. However, the best chance of the period may have been when O’Sullivan crossed the blue line and ripped a shot at Mosca, who made the save but dropped the puck by her side as O’Sullivan skated by.

With 3:15 to go in the game, Duxbury almost committed its

biggest mistake of the night, as Weiler went to change up five players as Dedham scoped up the puck at center ice.

What looked like a 4-on-0 break-in was suddenly squashed when the Dragon de-fense rushed off the bench to break up the play and preserve the tie.

As the game approached its final minute, Connolly and Kaitlin Sullivan broke out of the Duxbury zone with a pass from Taryn McCall. As the

two crossed the blue line, Sul-livan held the puck and waited for Connolly to clear the de-fense before sending a cross-ing pass to her left that Con-nolly knocked home for the game-winner.

“The girls dug deep, nev-er gave up, and kept going to the net just like we asked them,” said Weiler. “I was very pleased with the way they played tonight.”

Spring sports will start on Monday, March 16. As we enter the third sports season of the school year, some families may have reached the financial cap

for Duxbury High School student-athletes.

There are three fees that go towards the high school cap:

Athletic fee ($210 per sport)Parking fee ($50 per spot)Co-curricular fee ($100)

If these fees add up to over $800, a family will be is-sued a refund at the end of the school year. The cap is only in place for high school fees, so it is impossible for a family with only one student at the high school to reach the cap.

If a family believes that it has already reached the cap or will reach the cap with fees paid for spring sports they should contact me by e-mail ([email protected]). I will not charge a family a spring fee if they have already reached the limit, or I will only charge them the amount they have left to reach the cap. Obviously, some families may have already paid over the cap amount or may pay over the cap. In all cases the business office will send a refund for those families that have paid over the $800 cap.

Even if a family has reached the cap, they are required to hand in a permission slip for the spring season.

All students that plan to play a spring sport must hand in the following paperwork to be cleared to tryout/practice:

User fee of $210 (unless cap has been reached)Signed permission slip/consent formPhysical within 13 months of March 16 on file in DHS

nurses’ office. If you have a question about the date of the physical on file please contact my office or the nurses’ of-fice. All physicals are kept on file in the DHS nurses’ of-fice.

All cleared students are placed on ‘The Green List’. This list is given to all spring coaches. Coaches will not allow a student to tryout or practice if their name is not on the list.

Please pass in the necessary paperwork to the DHS front office or directly to my office before March 16. Students who wait until March 16 run the risk of not being cleared to participate on the first day of tryouts/practices.

Feel free to e-mail my office with any questions.

Family sports cap

FromTheAD

By tHom HoldGate dHs atHletic director

Spring Sports Start March 16thAll tryouts and practices start on Monday

Connolly rescues Duxbury

come out on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at the gallo Arena in Bourne to watch the Duxbury girls’ hockey team take on Fontbonne in the Division ii state semi-finals.

sites and Times: First Day of Practice (weather permitting)girls’ Tennis - 2:30 p.m. tennis courtsBoys’ Tennis - 3:20 p.m. - HS trackBoys & girls’ outdoor Track - 2:30 p.m. - HS trackgirls’ golf - 2:45 p.m. - DYC coursesailing - 2:45 p.m. - DBMSgirls’ lacrosse - All Levels - Fields Behind library - 2:30 p.m.Boys’ lacrosse - All boys interested in trying out for the V & JV team - 3:00 p.m. Pool Field Boys’ lacrosse - Freshmen - TBABaseball - Freshman - DHS Gym - 2:45 p.m. (plan to go outside afterwards)sophomores - Seniors - Train Field - 2:45 p.m. (plan to be inside afterwards)softball - All levels - 2:45 p.m. onion hill Field - If inside, 5:00 p.m.

1. User fee - $210 2. signed permission slip3. Updated physical (within 13 months of March 16)

All paperwork is due before March 16. Please hand it in to the athletic department or high school front office:

All schedules are weather permitting. Changes will be posted outside athletic de-partment office.

Check the athletic department website for changes to the opening day schedule. Also, please complete the survey that is geared to-wards parents and students on perceptions of scholarships on the collegiate level.

The Web site can be found by going to the district web page: www.duxbury.k12.ma.us. Then scroll down and click athletic dept.

One win away from state finals


COLLEGE CORNER By mike Halloran sports editor

[email protected]

Freshman Mike Slattery (DHS ‘07 and Northfield Mount Hermon ‘08) is currently on the Southern New Hampshire hock-ey team. St Mike’s beat SNHU, 4-2, in a NE-10 semifinal match, ending the SNHU season. Slattery assisted on SNHU’s first goal… Freshman Mike Baran (Thayer ’07) and his Amherst College hockey team knocked off Trinity, 3-0, on Friday night in the semi-finals of the NESCAC Tournament. On Saturday night Amherst beat Middlebury, 5-2, to win its first NESCAC championship… Sophomore Terry Woods (DHS ’06) and his Babson College hockey team beat UMass-Boston, 4-3 in OT, to win the ECAC East Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament championship game at New England College on Saturday afternoon. Woods scored the third Babson goal and was named to the ECAC All-Tournament team. Woods also scored a goal in Babson’s 3-2 semifinal win over

Skidmore and Phil McDavitt (Nobles ’04) … Senior pitcher Peter Bizinkauskas (DHS ’05) and his Babson College baseball team head to Fort Meyers, FL this Friday to start their season with a seven-game road trip… Freshman Trish Babson (DHS ’08) had a sensational start to her collegiate lacrosse career, scor-ing 3 goals and registering 4 assists in the Beaver’s 22-3 trounc-ing of Plymouth State… Junior captain Kevin Gould (DHS ’05) had a goal and 2 assists, but his Bentley College Falcons dropped an 18-7 decision to #3 ranked C.W. Post in their home opener on Saturday afternoon in Waltham. Chris Woods (Sandwich ’05) also had a goal for Bentley … Bowdoin sophomore Molly Nestor (Notre Dame ’07) and

her Polar bear softball team will play a 16-game schedule in Flor-ida starting on Thursday… Senior shortstop Rachael Sprague (DHS ’05) and junior pitcher Jamie Ducinski (DHS ’06) opened their season with the Bridgewater State softball team in Florida over the weekend… Sophomore Grant Bowen (DHS ’07) and his Carlton College baseball team split their doubleheader with Grinnell College over the weekend in the Metro Dome in Minne-apolis… Senior Tim Daniels (Milton Academy ’04) had a goal and an assist, but his Dartmouth College lacrosse team squan-dered a 4-0 lead in an 11-9 loss to Lehigh on Saturday in NH… Junior Max Quinzani (DHS ’06) had a season-high 6 goals in

Duke’s 16-7 win over Holy Cross last Tuesday in Durham. Quin-zani followed that with a 3-goal effort in Saturday’s 11-9 win over Loyola… Junior Betsey Sauer (DHS ’06) and her Duke Univer-sity lacrosse team knocked off Princeton, 13-12, on Saturday in Durham… Fairfield senior Chris Ajemian (DHS ’05) was cred-ited with an assist in the Stags’ 5-4 win over Rutgers on Satur-day… Junior defenseman Chris Nixon (DHS ’06) was credited with 2 groundballs as his Hoya lacrosse team fell to #2 Syracuse, 8-5, on Saturday in Washington, DC… Senior Steve Caramello (DHS ’05) scored a goal in Hartwick’s 12-5 win over Cobleskill on Wednesday… Senior attack Alec Siefert (DHS ’05) scored 3 second-half goals to lead Ithaca to a 12-7 come-from-behind win over Oneonta on Wednesday. Siefert leads the team in scoring with 12 goals in three games… Sophomore defenseman Rian Kearney (DHS ’07) was credited with 3 groundballs in Roger Williams’ 12-3 season-opening

win over Lasell… Senior Tom Levesque (DHS ’05) was credit-ed with an assist in Skidmore’s 8-5 win over Hartwick… UMass sophomore defenseman Kara Oloskey (DHS ’07) and her wom-en’s lacrosse team won their second straight game with a 13-10 over Dartmouth last week… Junior Matt Fuchs (DHS ’06) scored 3 goals and added a pair of assists in Yale’s 11-10 OT win over Providence on Saturday in West Haven, CT… Holy Cross sophomore Sam Lenhardt (DHS ’07) and her Crusader softball team ended their trip to the Rebel Spring Games in Kissammee, FL with a 5-7 record. In a 7-4 win over Youngstown State, Len-hardt laid down a bunt for a base hit, stole second base, advanced to third on a ground ball and scored on a wild pitch. Lenhardt

went 3 for 3 and scored two runs in the win… Sophomore de-fenseman Sam McMahon (Groton ’07) was credited with 3 groundballs in Harvard’s 15-10 win over Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon in Cambridge… Freshman John Keating (DHS ’07 and Northfield Mt-Hermon ’08) and his Wheaton College baseball team opened their season in Phoenix, AZ with a 6-1 win over RIT… Freshman Gus Quin-zani (DHS ’08) is a member of the St. Joseph’s University la-crosse team in Philadelphia… Dave Hill (DHS ‘05) finished his fencing career at Johns Hopkins University with a 12- 4 win. The Blue Jays placed 3rd overall at the MACFA competition with Hill coming in 4th as a sabre.

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Do you have a son or daughter who plays or coaches in college? We’d like to know about it. Just e-mail their name, school, and sport to: [email protected]. We’ll do the rest.

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If you still have not reg-istered your son or daughter for Duxbury Youth Baseball’s spring baseball leagues, there are still some slots available. Visit www.duxburyyouthba-seball.com and register online in one of the following spring leagues:

Tee BallGrades Pre-K - K AA Grades 1 – 2 AAAGrades 3 - 4 MajorsGrades 5 - 6 Jr. BabeGrades 7 - 9

Note that those partici-pating in the AAA and Major leagues are required to attend a workout on Saturday March 14th at the Duxbury High School Gymnasium. All kids registered to play in these two leagues are required to attend these workouts, regardless of whether they have previously played in these leagues. These workouts are not tryouts – its purpose is to evaluate skill levels so there is a fair and equitable distribution of tal-ent among the teams in both leagues. All players will be placed on a team – there will be no “cuts.” Players should attend workouts, (which will

last approximately one hour), in accordance with the follow-ing schedule:

AAA Workouts9 & 10 year olds whose last name begins with: A-E 8 a.m. F-J 9 a.m. K-O 10 a.m. P-Z 11 a.m.

Majors Workouts11 & 12 year olds whose last name begins with: A-E 1 p.m F-J 2 p.m. K-O 3 p.m. P-Z 4 p.m.

If you are unable to attend the workout at your assigned time, please attend one of the other time slots allocated for your league. For instance, if you are a Majors player and cannot attend at the time indi-cated above, please attend one of the other afternoon sessions (not a morning session). Like-wise, if you are a AAA player and are unable to attend your allocated time slot, please at-tend a different morning time slot (not an afternoon ses-sion).

Youth baseball registration

Reminder to all Duxbury High School athletes and their parents of freshman, JV and varsity players.

We need your help! All athletes need to please donate at least one item for the bake table at the Duxbury Spring Antique Show. The proceeds will be used to support athletic programs at the high school. We are in need of fancy des-

serts: pies, cakes, bars, breads, squares, tarts or puffs. Place baked goods in disposable containers and be sure to label everything you bring. Your item may be dropped off in the Teacher’s Lounge at the fol-lowing times: Friday, March 27, 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, March 28, 9-10 a.m. Call She-lia Tenaglia at 781-934-7225 for more information.

Bake sale reminder

The 28th Annual Duxbury Antique show will be held March 28-29 at Dhs. The event is sponsored by the Duxbury Boosters club and proceeds will benefit the Dhs athletic program. Pictured are carolyn harasimowicz, karen griffen and Donna owen who have secured 50 quality dealers for the show. call Joanne Williams 781-934-0111 for more information or to volunteer.

Antiques for athletes

Recreation program registrationRegistration for spring pro-

grams at the Duxbury Recre-ation Department will be held from March 2-13, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Checks only, cash will not be accepted. Make checks payable to “Town of Duxbury”

There will be a non-refundable $10 late fee charged for all reg-istrations taken after March 13. Late registrations are accepted only if there is space in the pro-gram. All registrations will be take place in the Recreation of-fice in the Girl Scout House.


Lady Dragons compete in Division II State championshipPhotos by Karen Goldberg

emily hutchinson turns it on in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

kaitlin Buckley leaves the platform in her attempt to win the 100-yard freestyle

(middle).Freshman sam Tougas represented Duxbury in the diving competition.

Avery riddle lunges forward in the butterfly. krista librette gives it her best in the 100-yard backstroke.

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Southern Island ParadiseExperience private island vacationing on beautiful Kiawah Island, SC. A spectacular beach, 5 championship golf courses, 2 tennis villages, fine dining and more...2 BR condo with picturesque views of lake and island wildlife. Across the street from the beach. Available year round by calling 781-585-6203 or 781-331-5654.

House For RentDuxbury. 3 BR close to schools. Recently renovated. Dining room, front porch, hardwood floors, fireplace, W/D hookup, 1 car garage. No pets. Available April 1. $1875/mo. Call 508-747-3814.

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Summer House SwapSeeking 3-4 BR home in Duxbury- July 4 week. 7-10 days.Daughter of Susan/Tony Harris, sister of Jim/Lisa Badeau, niece of Jim/Sid McClure. We own 4BR/2 bath modern home on golf course/waterview, 25 minutes north of San Francisco, 45 min. from Napa and 1/2 hour from the coast. Had successful Duxbury swap last 2 years. Please e-mail: [email protected] or call 415-457-5918.

Duxbury Summer Rental3 BR house. Large yard and deck. July or August. $1500/week. 781-934-0365.

Home For RentAdorable Duxbury house for rent. Three bedrooms, 2 full baths. Large yard, convenient location. $1800/month plus utilities. Please call 781-934-9898.

April Vacation FL Timesharefor sale. Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa, Orlando. Sleeps 10-12. Could be locked off to accomodate two families. W/D, kitchen, jacuzzi, swimming pool, water sports on lake. Between Sea World and Universal Studios. Reasonably priced. Call 781-837-957/781-964-4736-cell. westgateresorts.com

August Rental WantedFormer Duxbury resident living in London needs 4 BR house. Has family members currently living in Duxbury. Please e-mail [email protected]

Commercial Office SpaceFirst floor commercial office space and office suites available. 33 Enterprise St. (Rte 3A) Duxbury. 781-934-5900

�Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage

Unique Opportunity to rent Gurnet Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage. Completely renovated; Cottage provides 4 bedrooms, two-full baths, and accommodates up to 14 people. Short walk to beaches. No phone/internet. For information visit www.buglight.orgFor availability contact Dolly, [email protected].

�Galway, Connemara, Ireland

4-BR home located in picturesque setting w/mountain views. All modern amenities. Located on a lake minutes from Connemara Golf Course, 5 minutes to beach, fishing, sightseeing, shopping. $1000/ week. Off-season rates available. Gerry, 781-934-2642 or 617-584-9183


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Handyman On Call30+ years in building trade. Small jobs - I will either do the job for you, or guide you through it. All types of projects and repairs. Free estimates. Also offering housecleaning services. Matt Lopes, 508-830-0082.

Bettencourt’s Walls & CeilingsPainting, drywall finishing, sheet-rocking, water damage, wallpaper stripping. Specializing in interior work. Skim coating over horse hair plaster and textured ceilings a specialty. 25 years experience. Call Steve, 508-833-0546 or 617-922-0944 (cell).

Eldercare Registered NurseI will care for your family member with love and dignity. Experienced in dealing with Alzheimer’s or people in need of rehab services. I live locally and have excellent references. Very reasonable rates. 781-585-8005 / 781-223-5239 (cell).

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Advanced LandscapingLandscape services include: Pristine lawn maintenance, Immaculate Spring Cleanups, Chainsaw work and brush disposal, Pruning and hedge trimming, Contoured edging, Mulch and stone, organic and chemical fertilizing, and compost top-dressing. Dependable and professional service, excellent communication, and competitive prices, all with a smile! Call Paul and ask about our all-inclusive seasonal maintenance program. Fully insured, free estimates. 617-877-7524

Custom Interior WoodworkingSeamless creative design from conceptual drawings and elevations to completion. Alterations, historic restoration, customized living spaces, interior finish. Call Dave Drew, 781-545-4246 or cell, 617-835-9044.

Home ImprovementSemi-retired remodeling contractor with 25 plus years experience. Design and build. Bath, kitchen, family room, etc. Your problems, our solution. Call Larry McCarthy, 508-746-7829.

Professional Window CleaningPrices start at $5.00 We are fully insured. No job too big or small. 10% off when you mention this ad. Please call for free estimate. Mike 781-789-3612

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The Paint SaintProfessional interior/exterior painting, gutter cleaning, power washing and window washing. Best prices and service always with a smile. Will paint your home like it was our own. Call Andrew for your free estimate. 781-264-3628.

C&M Painting DuxburyInterior painting. No job too small. Call Conor, 781-834-9709.

Interior Finish Work SaleMention this ad and receive 20% off all interior finish work including kitchens, baths, etc. Decades of experience. Licensed, insured and registered #104457. Call Desmond, 781-654-1465.

Have Truck! Recession prices!College students have truck and

will help move or dispose of household items. Need help cleaning out basement, attic, garage, bedroom? How about dump runs, stacking wood, cleaning yard or interior painting? Call Shawn. 339-933-0804, 781-934-9449.

Come Stroll With Joe50s and 60s DJ for hire for all occasions. Original hits, original artists. Low rates. One call does it all. 774-826-8062. Call anytime.

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Home Repair TechI stay small and can do most work one man can do. Finish Carpentry, Painting etc. I’m above a Handyman and below a General Contractor. Equipped to handle almost anything and will call you back. Duxbury references. Steven, 508-498-7899.

Window And Gutter CleaningLet local firefighters brighten your day! Residential and storefront. Pressure washing - house, patio, deck, etc. Spring clean up. Free gutter cleaning with every full house window job. Reasonable rates. References available. Fully insured. Keith McWalter. 781-340-5183 or cell-781-690-2000.

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student, looking to tutor and or babysit. Has own car. Call Jen 781-834-4044.

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Specializing in cleanouts of basements, garages, attics, yard debris, and odds and ends. We also specialize in carpentry, painting, gutter work, and window washing. Best prices, free estimates. Please call or leave a message for Mike, 781-789-3612.

Junque RemovalClean-outs, appliances, furniture. Ask about our yard debris specials. Same day service. Book for Tuesdays and receive a 10% discount. Call Chuck Teravainen at 781-582-9512.

Home & Office CleaningAffordable home and office cleaning. NO job too small, 15 years experience cleaning on the south shore. Reasonable rates and free estimates! Let us do your dirty work! call 781-754-0322.

Rute CleanerMany years of experience with excellent references. Specializing in home and office cleaning. Call anytime for free estimate. Ask for Humberto, 508-732-0182.

Shamrock Hardwood FloorsInstall, sand and finish. 20 years experience. Call Dan 339-832-3996 (local).

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Trial Music LessonBerklee College of Music graduate offering person-alized drum or guitar les-sons in the convenience of your own home. First les-son is free of charge. Rea-sonable rates, references available upon request. Call 508-583-8503, email: [email protected]

Unseasoned FirewoodAll maple. Good for next year’s burning season. Cut, split and delivered, $200. Stacked for an additional $50. Call Jay, 978-985-3362 (cell).

B & B FenceAll types of installations. Wood, vinyl, chain link, ornamental. Also install mailboxes and clotheslines. Free estimates, local references, prompt service. Call B & B Fence, 781-291-9684.

Painting PlusSpecializing in interior/exterior painting, power washing, gutters, carpentry, dump runs, and window washing. Free estimates, best prices guaranteed. Save 50% on interior painting booked this winter. Fast and reliable service. Please call Mike, 781-789-3612.

A Couple of CleanersResidential, commercial and one-time cleaning. Experienced, thorough and dependable. Free estimates, excellent references. Call SueAnn or David, 781-582-2167.

Odd JobsCollege student available for odd jobs, landscape work, dump runs, moving furniture, and anything you need help with. Call 781-837-8144 and ask for Tim.

Handyman ServicesBig jobs, small jobs, odd jobs.

Experienced in carpentry, painting, small electric and plumbing jobs. Installing storm doors, windows, decks, home repairs. Completing to do lists. Positive attitude, easy to talk to. Call Rick Shea. 774-454-7548 or 508-224-9036

Math Makes SenseExperienced math tutor will help your child turn the tide of math anxiety. One-to-one tutoring promotes math achievement, confidence, motivation and success. Elementary and Secondary Math, Algebra I and II, Geometry, SAT prep and Pre-Calc. Call 781-834-3340.

Housekeeping in DuxburyResidential Cleaning. Safe, secure and reliability is priority. I am the one person you need to call. Your home will look great and smell terrific! One available opening. Excellent Duxbury references provided. Call Cindy, 508-574-8330.


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Gutter and Yard Cleanup We specialize in raking and removing leaves, small trees, branches and yard debris. Any and all junk removed, inside and out. We also clean gutters, install gutter guards, and wash windows. Please call Mike at 781-789-3612.

Clean RiteSpecializing in residential. Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Move ins, move outs. 18 years experience. Reliable. Reasonable rates. Local references available. Call 617-957-4365.

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A year-round local service. Window prices start at $5/each. We also repair loose and leaking gutters, and can install highly durable and effective gutter screens/guards. We also can repair your worn/torn window and door/slider screens. I always answer my phone! Please call cell # 508-523-9927.

Carpentry Services Former carpentry teacher experienced in all phases of building construction available for home repairs, additions, kitchens, windows, bathrooms, playrooms, decks and doors, custom built-in cabinets, and home building projects. Have a home building project and questions? Call Jerry Morse at 508-353-7350 for a free estimate or energy-saving ideas.

Piano/Keyboard LessonsBA Music. All ages. 20+ years experience. Classical or chord/pop lessons include theory, ear training, rhythms applicable to all instruments. Let’s have fun with music! My home or yours. Linda Robinson, 781-789-6140.

2008 Carmate TrailerBrand new - never used. Carmate enclosed 6’x12’ cargo trailer. Single torflex axle, spring assisted ramp, vent, electrical outlet, LED lighting, jackstands, radial tires. Great for landscapers, builders, toy haulers. Kingston. $3900. Greg, 339-832-1986.

Sea Pro W/Free Winter Storage 2005 20.6’ Sea Pro. 140HP Suzuki; 4-stroke, low hours. Full canvas, swim platform, bait live well. Matrix 27 Fishfinder. Professionally maintained. 2005 Venture trailer included. Boat is currently on Duxbury Bay mooring. Free Winter Storage. $28,500 or BRO. 781-934-7731 (evenings) or 617-696-6900 (days).

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1992 Jeep Wrangler Sahara4.0 litre, 6 cyl - automatic 4x4. Hard top, soft top, bikini top, no top. Great vehicle. 169K. Runs great. $2500. Call 617-967-0303, Greg.

“Consider the wheelbarrow. It may lack the grace of an airplane, the speed of an automobile, the initial capacity of a freight car, but its humble wheel marked out the path of what civilization we still have”.-Hal Borland

1985 BMW 535i Classic New Price - $3000. First year of 535i. Original owner. 5-speed shift. Power everything, new on-board computer. New: front-end strut housings, brakes, catalytic converter, exhaust assembly. Fully serviced, have maintenance records. recently inspected. Body in great shape. 172,000 miles averaging 1000-2000/year the last 7-8 years. Wonderful driving car! Call 781-934-9867


2000 Mazda Millenia SMillenium Edition. 6-cyl., power everything. 127K miles, 18-22 mpg. Great driving car. Good condition. New tires, brakes, timing belt. All records. Small dent in trunk lid, CD changer needs repair. Kelly value approx. $4900, selling for $4300. 781-585-8886.

2006 Jeep LibertyMint condition. Inferno red. Limited edition. All factory options. 30K miles, leather, moonroof, etc. Great price at $13,600 or best offer. Call 781-934-2037 or 617-240-3181.

Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD1994. Black exterior, V8, AWD, leather, towing. New brakes, rotors, shocks, tires and tuneup. Reduced price, asking $2900. Call 781-934-0705 or 617-650-0070.

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Experienced PainterThirty years experience. Average size ceilings, $90; 10’x12’ room, $200. Wallpapering and custom finishes. Senior discounts. Inte-rior and exterior painting. Excel-lent references and free esti-mates. Call Matt, 508-746-8115.

Spring CleanupsRaking, mowing, dump runs and more. Call Aaron for all your lawn care needs. 781-264-0588.


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2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Special Edition. Fully loaded, including tow pkg., heated seats, 10-disc CD, moonroof. Dark metallic gray w/dark leather interior. V8 with 78.7K miles. One owner. Great condition. $11K. For more information, call 781-424-5834.

1995 V6 CamryAutomatic V6 Toyota Camry. 185,000 miles. Excellent mechanical & visual condition, tan interior/exterior, V6, automatic, sunroof, security system, A/C, power everything, new tires with less than 1000 miles on them, CD/AM-FM/cassette. Well maintained. $4000 or BO. Call 781-254-0055.

Quarter Horse for LeaseWestern pleasure quarter horse for lease. Two riding rinks and miles of trails for riding. $250/month. Also, 2 stalls available for lease as well. Call 781-934-2642.

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Lost - One custom made ski. Fits fat front bicycle tire. Color black.Two straps. Last seen Alaskan wilderness. Contact Alec or Arnold.

Everything ElseUnder the Sun

AFS Fruit Sale!Currently underway. Purchase top quality Florida navels and grape-fruits. Profits help support local AFS chapter, and international high school exchanges. Order to-day. Connie Dennis 781-585-0198 email [email protected]

TOWN OF DUXBURY

BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall, Mural Room, on March 26, 2009 at 7:45 p.m.

to consider the application of Nancy R. Herndon TT, Herndon Realty Trust for a special permit under Articles 400 and 900, Sections 401.2 (4), and 906.2 of the Duxbury Protective Bylaw.

The project is located at 34 Friendship Lane, Parcel No.192-185-000 of the Duxbury Assessors’ Map, consists of 14,470 Sq. Ft., is zoned for Residential Compatibility and is owned by Nancy R. Herndon TT, Herndon Realty Trust, 23 Friendship Lane, Duxbury, MA 02331.

The applicant proposes to demolish and rebuild a pre-existing, nonconforming, two story structure. A Special Permit is required.

The application may be viewed in the Inspectional Services Department between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. or by appointment.

The Board of Appeals will accept written comments on this application.

Dennis A. Murphy, ChairBoard of Appeals

Adv: 03/11/09 – 03/18/09Case # 09-02

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BOARD OF APPEALS


The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall, Mural Room, on March 26, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. to consider the application of Hummock LLC, M.W.C. Emerson, Manager, for a special permit under Articles 400 and 900, Sections 401.2(4), 404, 410.4 and

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2005 Jeep Wrangler-XRocky Mountain Edition, red with grey/black interior, 4X4, 6-speed manual, cruise control, power steering, 15 inch aluminum wheels, fog lamps, A/C, 6-disc CD changer, premium sound system w/ 7 speakers,18K miles, looks new. $14,000. 781-834-2688



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2004 Pursuit 2270 Center console. Low hours, T-Top, 225 Yamaha 4-stroke, color fishfinder, GPS, live bait well, brand new aluminum Venture tandem trailer with disc brakes. $39,500. Call George, 781-603-5640.

2002 40' Beneteau First 40.7A sleek and sophisticated racer with all the comforts of a luxurious cruiser. Extra-roomy cockpit, fiberglass hull, single diesel engine, full sail inventory, Profurl roller furling, pear interior, deep draft 7’9, custom handrail, full electronics, and more… $165,000. St. Petersburg, FL 727-214-1590 for more information.

88 Jeep Wrangler4.2L 6-cyl 5-spd manual 1988 Wrangler 4x4. Green w/tan. Three tops. 149k. Lots of updates. $2200. 781-834-2066, Chris.

2002 Chevy Trailblazer92,000 miles. 4WD. New brakes, new battery, new sticker. Excellent condition. All power. CD, A/C. Tow package. $7800 or best offer. Call John, 617-827-3984 (cell) or 781-934-9138 (home).

2004 Kia SorrentoAutomatic, CD player, power locks and windows, roof rack, trailer hitch, new brakes and tires. 60,000 miles. Very good condition. $8500. Call 781-293-9222.

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906.2 of the Duxbury Protective Bylaw.

The project is located at 213 & 219 Gurnet Road, Parcel No. 211-939-094 and 211-939-095 of the Duxbury Assessors’ Map, consists of 35,276 sq. ft., is zoned for Residential Compatibility, Wetlands Protection and is owned by Hummock LLC, M.W.C. Emerson, Manager, P. O. Box 2132, Duxbury, MA 02331.

This is one of two related applications of Hummock LLC, and this hearing will be consolidated with the hearings on the other applications.

TOWN OF DUXBURY

BOARD OF APPEALS


The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall, Mural Room, on March 26, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. to consider the application of Hummock LLC, M.W.C. Emerson, Manager, for a special permit under Articles

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400 and 900, Sections 401.2(4), 404, 410.4 and 906.2 of the Duxbury Protective Bylaw.

The project is located at 71 Ocean Road, North Parcel No. 211-939-091 of the Duxbury Assessors’ Map, consists of 23,016 sq. ft., is zoned for Residential Compatibility, Wetlands Protection and is owned by Hummock LLC, M.W.C. Emerson, Manager, P. O. Box 2132, Duxbury, MA 02331.

This is one of two related applications of Hummock LLC, and this hearing will be consolidated with the hearings on the other

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applications.The applicant proposes to

remove an existing structure and to replace it with a single family dwelling. A special permit is required.



Dennis Murphy, ChairBoard of Appeals

Adv: 3/11/09 and 3/18/09

Case #08-04

The applicant proposes to remove an existing structure and to replace it with a single family dwelling. A special permit is required.



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3/18/09Case #08-04


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Duxbury Custom built Colonial with over 5,000 sf of living space amongst three floors. Designed for entertainment, with a spacious kitchen and cathe-draled family room with floor to ceiling stone fireplace. Spectacular sunroom overlooks the in-ground pool. MLS#70849013, Chris Daley, $1,195,000

Duxbury Stately custom built Colonial with exquisite architectural detail, and spectacular state-of-the art kitchen. Nine foot ceilings, cathedral family room with hardwood floor, glass doors to deck and dramatic floor to ceil-ing fieldstone fireplace. MLS#70883693 Marcy Richardson & Renee Hogan, $1,289,000

Duxbury Entertain in style in your spacious ten room, four bedroom Colonial. Commercial grade kitchen, amazing great room and four decks. Windows galore offer natural light and views of built-in pool/brick patio and outdoor fireplace. MLS#70864705, Renee Hogan, $875,000

Duxbury Over 3,400 sf of luxurious living. Newly updated 27’x13’kitchen opens to fireplaced cathedral ceiling in the family room. Very private back yard. Beautifully decorated living and dining rooms for formal entertain-ing. MLS#70840946, Mark Wenham, $755,000

Duxbury Fabulous location on Captains Hill with 1.24 acres. Dateboarded 1,870 sf Cape with multi-purpose two-story barn. Gas heat and central air. Preliminary work has been done for a 3, 4, or 5 bedroom system. New septic must be installed. MLS#70854324, Mark Wenham, $825,000

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Carriage Lane, DuxburyBeautiful free-standing condo on private lot. Be a part of Duxbury’s new Active Adult Community. Enjoy the stunning clubhouse, fitness center, walking trails and more! Monthly condo fee is $250/month. www.DuxburyEstates.com. MLS#70825275, Danielle Delagrange, $619,900

KingstonThis luxury home overlooks the tenth fairway of the eighteen hole pri-vate golf course, and is bursting with dramatic features including: two-story family room, grand foyer, and private master suite. The seller will purchase buyers’ home with acceptable terms. Make an offer! MLS#70870361, Marcy Richardson, $1,245,000

651 Tremont Street, DuxburyCharm, condition and a great location! This Duxbury Cape has it all and offers front to back living room with fireplace and built-ins. Eat-in over-sized kitchen with cabinets and counter space galore! MLS#70874597, Marcy Richardson, $499,900

SandwichEmbrace the true Cape Cod experience with sweeping panoramic views of the water from this five bedroom beachfront home. Perfect for enter-taining and family living, this custom designed Contemporary includes five bedroom suites with full baths, fireplaces and waterviews from most rooms. Marcy Richardson, $1,950,000

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Duxbury Tucked away down a quiet side road off historic Washington Street sits this exquisite Gambrel Cape! One house from the water, creating scenic water views from numerous points in the home. Enjoy mornings on the balcony overlooking the bay from your master suite. MLS#70854079, Chris Daley, $1,399,000

Duxbury Dreaming of Summer??? This home has it all!!!! DOCK, WATERFRONT, ACREAGE, INGROUND POOL plus OVER 3,000 SQ. FEET OF LIVING SPACE. What’s your pleasure?… Swimming, boating, running or simply relaxing by the ocean! Make your dream come true! Chris Daley, $2,495,000

Duxbury On Abrams Hill overlooking the Duck Hill River, this distinctive Contemporary Cape offers panoramic views of the Back River, Duxbury Beach and beyond. Watch sandpipers and herons from the wrap-around deck. MLS#70870392, Marcy Richardson, $1,295,000

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