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SING OUT: The Duxbury Performing Arts Center hosted an a cappella performance on Saturday night that was presented by John Hancock Mutual Funds with all proceeds going to the Paul S. Fortini Foundation. Pictured is Northeastern’s a cappella group The Nor’Easters, which includes DHS grad Tom Fiset. For more pictures see page 28. Photo by Karen Wong

By Justin GraeBer, Clipper editor [email protected]

The warrant is shorter this year, and as annual Town Meeting approaches there are only a handful of articles like-ly to create controversy on the floor of Town Meeting.

“There aren’t a lot of ini-tiatives,” said Board of Select-men Chairwoman Betsy Sul-

livan.Sullivan also pointed out

the warrant also contains less money after some lean years for the town, and town leaders heard a message from voters last year to tighten belts.

“There’s a real push in Town Hall and in the town departments to use it up, wear it out and use it again, which


You might think your commute is tough, but Razia

Jan’s is much worse.She wears two hats, as the

head of the Zabuli School for Girls in Deh Subz, Afghani-stan and as the program direc-tor for the Arzu Foundation, a non-profit that works with women rug weavers known as the Hazara. It can sometimes take her 14 hours to get from one place to the other, across

Meeting to-do list shorter

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Razia Jan stopped by the Senior Center on Sunday to update resi-dents on her work in Afghanistan with the Zabul School.

A ray of hopeGirls school in Afghanistan still flourishing

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By susanna sheehan, Clipper staff [email protected]

Town Manager Richard MacDonald has announced the names of the three finalists he is considering for the job of Duxbury police chief.

They are Lieutenant Rich-ard F. Bates of the Worcester police department, Plympton Chief of Police Matthew M. Clancy, and retired Chief of Police in Londonderry New Hampshire, Joseph R. Ryan.

MacDonald made this an-nouncement Monday night at the Board of Selectmen’s

meeting. He said all three fi-nalists were involved in an all-day assessment center at the town hall Saturday. This intensive interview and test-ing process was conducted by BadgeQuest, the search com-pany MacDonald hired to find a replacement for Chief Mark Deluca, who left surrounded by controversy in October.

Over 50 applicants applied for the position, said MacDon-ald.

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Blooms at the Complex

The Duxbury Commu-nity Garden Club’s upcoming Blooms at the Complex at the Art Complex Museum is al-ways a sure sign that spring is in the air. The free event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, from 1-4 p.m.

Members of the club have visited the museum and care-fully selected an exciting range of paintings which are inspira-tions for their arrangements. The artwork is on exhibition in the Duxbury Art Asso-ciation Annual Winter Juried Show which is hosted by the museum. These works, in a variety of media, will be inter-preted with creative and col-orful floral designs. For over thirty years, this collaboration between the museum, garden club and art association has brought beauty and enjoyment to area residents.

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The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual Massachusetts Girls State at Stonehill College in Easton from June 13 though 18. Dux-bury girls in their junior year of high school (DHS or private schools) are encouraged to ap-ply if they are interested in politics and wish to learn more about state and local govern-ment.

Three hundred girls from all areas of the state will par-ticipate in the weeks’ study by establishing and operating their own city or town from two political parties, nominat-ing candidates for office, con-ducting campaigns and hold-ing elections. The girls will form a choir, enjoy sports and end the week with a musical revue.

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A majority of middle and high school teachers say their students are more alert at the beginning of the day since a later start time was instituted.

The results from a survey of teachers conducted by the school to examine the effects of the new start time were presented to the School Com-mittee on Wednesday night.

Although there were some negative comments, and some teachers said the change had a negative effect on their per-sonal life, teachers at DHS, DMS and Alden all said that they approved of the new times. 59 percent of high school and middle school teachers had a favorable view of the start time, as did 67 per-cent of Alden teachers.

This year, the Duxbury schools instituted new start times by essentially flipping the high school and middle school with Alden Elemen-tary. The move was driven by national studies saying that older children need more sleep and are less alert in the early morning. However, the move prompted outrage from parents at Alden, who said the change hadn’t been studied enough and felt their input was not solicited. The School Committee approved the change in a 3-2 vote.

The questions in the sur-vey included the teacher’s perception of the change’s effect on students, as well as their own personal lives.

School Committee Chair-man George Cipolletti said he was surprised to see positive comments from Alden teach-ers.

“I expected Alden’s re-sponses to be more along the lines of it didn’t matter,” he said. However, he pointed

out that parents and students themselves haven’t been sur-veyed yet.

Cipolletti also noted that most of the negative com-ments from teachers were more about their own per-sonal lives than the change’s effect on students.

The survey was done from Jan. 27-Feb. 5. The questions used were created by the Uni-versity of Minnesota and had been used to gauge reaction in a Minnesota town that under-went a similar change.

“I was looking at one that had been used so that it had been tested,” said Superinten-dent Susan Skeiber. “I think it asked appropriate questions of the teaching staff.”

The same questions were asked of teachers at all three schools. Teachers were asked to rate their answers from 1-5, 5 being “love it” and 1 being “hate it.”

Teachers had a negative response to questions about students seeking more help before and after school. How-ever, Skeiber said teachers had been told to discourage students from coming in early because it would have been counterproductive to the new start times, so this question may have been confusing.

Forty-three percent of high school and middle school teachers said they had heard more positive than negative comments from students about the change. However, only 25 percent said they’d heard pos-itive comments from parents.

School Committee mem-ber Maureen Connolly said she was more concerned with

the comments than the num-bers in the survey.

“I’m really interested in what the parents think about this,” she said. “I’m hearing a lot of negative things.”

Skeiber said a student/parent survey is the next step, and said she would try to bring the questions to the School Committee for review at their next meeting. She said results from that survey would be compared with baseline data collected last year, before the change was implemented.

Skeiber also gave the com-mittee a general update on the start time change.

She said the bus routes were the “most challenging” part of the change. She said moving the high school and middle school start time from 8:15 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. re-solved that problem.

“[Traffic on St. George Street] has been a problem for 15 years, this certainly didn’t change that,” she said.

The school is looking at creating a bus-only lane in the school complex. Skeiber said Duxbury is one of the only districts she knows of where parents’ cars mix with buses.

She also said students have been taking advantage of the after school opportuni-ties the district has been pro-viding.

“They have provided our kids with some great opportu-nities they haven’t had in the past,” she said. 250 children participated at programs rang-ing from choral group, debate club and solving mysteries with sciences run by Before and After Dark at Alden, and an additional 20-30 students a day went to the Student Union in the Wright Building.

Sleep survey results promisingCommittee members say data from parents is needed

First gallery talk at ACM

The Art Complex Mu-seum’s first gallery talk of the year is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, at 11 a.m. when Sculptor Jessica Straus will discuss her work. Her “Little Red Dress” se-ries has already generated much discussion among viewers. The program is free with registration required at 781-934-6634, ext. 15.

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Nationally, Lions Clubs support sight programs, assist the disabled, feed the hungry, and provide disaster relief assistance. Each individual Lions Club chooses their own projects and activities to benefit their own community as well.

The first informational meeting will be held at the Dux-bury Senior Center on Tuesday, March 16 from 7 – 8 p.m. Meetings will also be held on March 23 and March 30, and April 6 and 13.

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the diligent work of the police chief search committee that he appointed in November. Members include Chairwom-an Reverend Catherine Cullen, School Superintendent Sue Skeiber, Sandy Samela of the Personnel Board, Chris Bar-low, James Borghesani, Paula Harris, Sunny Steadman, Jerry Steinke and Phil Tortorella.

MacDonald said his next step is to meet with the com-mittee and begin the process of reviewing the qualifications of the finalists. He said it was too early for him to give a

time frame in which he would choose a new chief, a respon-sibility that lies solely with MacDonald.

“I don’t know how long it will take,” MacDonald said. “My goal is to be thorough, yet efficient and to get a chief in place as soon as possible.”

The final candidate will be subject to psychological and physical evaluations as well as a background investigation.

In November, MacDonald appointed retired Wakefield chief of police Stephen Do-herty to a term not to exceed six months while the town searched for a new chief.

Chief finalists pickedcontinued from page one

By susanna sheehan, Clipper staff [email protected]

Could there be a mountain lion roaming the woods off Keene Street in Duxbury?

According to Duxbury town manager Richard Mac-Donald, last week a person saw a “very large animal” in the Keene Street area and later, investigation of the footprints has led officials to believe the animal could be a mountain lion.

Department of Public Works Director Peter Buttkus said the witness was a carpenter working on a job in the North-west corner of Duxbury and he watched the cougar walk along a fence line. The witness esti-mated the big cat to be six to six and a half feet long.

Mountain lions, also known as cougars, pumas or catamounts, are large, brown-ish cats that generally weigh between 100 and 200 pounds. They are found mostly out West and in parts of southern Florida but hundreds of years ago they lived in all of North America. They were believed to be killed to extinction in New England in the 1800s. Since then, there have been various cougar sightings throughout all of the Eastern states and New York and Pennsylvania. In 1848, in Rhode Island, the last documented mountain lion was killed in West Greenwich. Its remains reside at Harvard University’s Museum of Com-parative Zoology.

MacDonald said that when the witness was shown photo-graphs of various animals, he identified the picture of the mountain lion as the animal he saw.

“There are footprints that seem to verify that they are from a mountain lion,” said MacDonald.

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taken of the footprints and sent to the state Division of Wild-life and the town is waiting to hear more information, Butt-kus said.

The pictures show paw prints in the snow and along-side a measuring tape showing the prints to be a little over 4” in diameter, said Buttkus.

MacDonald urged the pub-lic to be careful and said the town has sent out a reverse-911 announcement about the possible sighting to residents in the Keene Street area.

Buttkus said the location of the cougar sighting is a very large rural area along Dux-bury’s border with Pembroke and Marshfield. Duxbury of-ficials are working with the Pembroke animal control of-ficer and they have installed game cameras near the sight-ing area in the hopes of captur-ing the big cat on film.

According to Buttkus, the Pembroke ACO officer’s wife is a taxidermist who believes from seeing the footprints that the animal is a mountain lion, and she estimated it to be be-tween 70 to 100 lbs.

While Buttkus wants the public to be aware, he doesn’t want the situation to become “a circus.”

“These animals try to avoid people. They are shy and soli-tary and have a very large ter-

ritory. They can roam up to a 30-square mile area,” Buttkus said. “We want to let people know there could be one in the area, but it’s wildlife. It’s to be appreciated and avoided.”

There have been many sightings both confirmed and unconfirmed of cougars in all the New England states, including Massachusetts. In 1997, scat found near the re-mains of a killed beaver at the Quabbin Reservoir in Western Massachusetts was confirmed to be from a mountain lion, according to the Cougar Net-work’s Web site.

In 2004, The Boston Globe reported on alleged cougar sightings in Acton.

Mountains lions in the East are mostly believed to be in-tentionally released animals or escapees.

Residents wanting more information can call Animal Control Officer Ed Ramos at 781 934-5774.

Local mountain lion sighting

RTC to meet March 18

The Duxbury Republi-can Town Committee will hold a March meeting on Thursday, March 18 at the Cornerstone Lodge at 7 p.m. This is a date change from the original time, March 17. All local Re-publicans are welcome to attend. Visit duxburygop.org for more information about special guests as they are confirmed. RSVP to [email protected].

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is why we’re one of the few towns that isn’t laying people off,” she said. “We heard loud and clear [from residents], live within your means because we have to.”

This year, voters will de-cide on two temporary tax in-creases called debt exclusions. The first is a plan to replace the 30-year old crematory build-ing at a cost of $2.6 million dollars.

“The building is very anti-quated,” said Robert Hayes of the Crematory Building Com-mittee.

Hayes said the building’s equipment is outdated and in-efficient. In addition, where the building is situated isn’t optimal –– there’s no room for expansion, and the building is surrounded by graves, nega-tively impacting the privacy of visitors.

“It’s not located in the right place,” Hayes said. “You don’t want to go to a cemetery and drive by a crematory.”

He said the architects told the committee the new build-ing has a life of 50 years. It will have room for future ex-pansion, and will have a more discreet entrance off Mayflow-er Street.

The only other debt exclu-

sion on the warrant is for de-sign fees for renovations to the main fire station on Tremont Street. After plans for a new police station and fire reno-vation project were defeated at the ballot box last year, the Public Safety Feasibility Com-mittee scaled back their plans. In addition to the design fees, the committee is asking for money from the capital budget to pay for site testing on May-flower Street, a possible site for the new police station.

“Both of these buildings are woefully inadequate from a program point of view,” said Andre Martecchini, chairman of the committee.

He said that the buildings are continuing to “limp along” with temporary fixes, but he’s hoping residents will see the need for better public safety facilities in town.

“Building or no new build-ing, our service will continue,” he said. “The fire truck will arrive if you have a fire, the police will arrive if you have a break in.”

Sullivan pointed out that the crematory creates revenue for the town.

“It’s proved its worth to the town,” she said. “I think it’s a good town project and I think it makes financial sense as well.”

She said the public safety buildings are a more difficult question for voters, but she praised the feasibility group for their hard work over the past three years.

“These buildings are past their useful life, especially the police station,” she said. “We’re trying to get the money to get it right.”

Also on the warrant are several citizens petitions, in-cluding an initiative to in-crease the board of selectmen from three members to five, a move to bring a recall petition to Duxbury and changes to the town’s lot coverage rules. A similar measure was shot down at Town Meeting last year.

This year’s round of Com-munity Preservation Act ar-ticles is also scaled down from last year. The town is looking to purchase a defunct cranberry bog near Exit 11, and the Com-munity Preservation Commit-tee is supporting renovation projects at First Parish Church and the Issac Keene Barn at Camp Wing.

Town Meeting is this Satur-day, at 9 a.m. in the Perform-ing Arts Center. For a more de-tailed article-by-article look, see our Town Meeting supple-ment on page 11.

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Colleen Brayer of To-bey Garden Street announces her can-

didacy for school committee and the platform she will fol-low.

“As an active attendee and participant at school commit-tee meetings for the past eight years, I have a working knowl-edge of the issues that are facing our system,” she said. “There are three main prin-ciples that I believe must be in the forefront of all discus-sions and decisions about our schools: students first; fiscal clarity; and accountability.”

Students first is the top pri-ority in her campaign. Brayer understands our district contin-ues to have students who are underachieving, and is com-mitted to implementing ini-tiatives that meet the children where they are, and guide them to achieve their best.

Fiscal clarity has been high on Brayer’s radar. She believes that, “having a clear picture of the total costs of running our schools only improve the re-lationship between the schools and the community, and will lead to the best education for our students.”

Accountability is the third priority in Brayer’s platform. She knows that open com-munication is the hallmark of a good organization, and that open meetings are the com-mittee’s obligation to the tax-payer.

Brayer says, “I am ready for the workload and respon-

sibility that being a school committee member brings. I am confident my experience on the Finance Committee and background in accounting and small business management will benefit the town. There is nothing more important than the hiring of the right superin-tendent. We need to make sure that this person cannot only lead, but can also collaborate with all the stakeholders. Our new superintendent will not only control the quality of our schools (which directly effects our home values), but also more than half of the town’s budget. Our children’s fu-tures rest upon a thorough and thoughtful search, and I will be an asset to that process.”

In addition to her appointed position on the Finance Com-mittee, Brayer is also a trustee of the Duxbury Beach Res-ervation, Inc., member of the Duxbury Beach Preservation Society, active in the Pilgrim Congregational Church, was a Chandler School Council member, runs the Alden Chess Club she founded, and is a reg-ular volunteer in the Duxbury Middle and Alden schools.

Brayer has lived in Dux-bury for 18 years with her hus-band, Tom, and has children in the Duxbury school system in the eighth, sixth and fourth grades.

Brayer urges all citizens to attend Town Meeting on March 13 and respectfully asks for your vote on Saturday, March 27. She encourages anyone who would like to ask her questions or discuss the issues to contact her at 934-6474 or at [email protected].

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The School Committee an-nounced Wednesday night that they had come to an agreement with the cafeteria workers af-ter a dispute over lost health benefits.

The board unanimously voted to ratify a settlement agreement with the cafete-ria workers union, AFSCME Council 93, AFL-CIO. How-ever, the agreement did not satisfy resident Jim Sullivan, who has been speaking out on behalf of the cafeteria workers since it came to light several months ago that workers had their hours reduced, resulting in a loss of benefits.

Sullivan called the agree-ment a “deficient and long-overdue arrangement” but said that it was a “further insult” to the workers because it did not include retroactive compensa-tion.

“Some of these employees have had to go without any medical coverage since Sep-tember,” he said.

He also claimed that the agreement is only good through June 30, and expressed a fear that the district is looking to privatize the school lunch ser-vice.

“Lower paid carpetbagger workers will replace these lo-cal loyal long-term employ-ees,” he said.

Committee members did not respond to Sullivan dur-ing the meeting, and the settle-ment agreement was approved without comment.

After the meeting Superin-

tendent Susan Skeiber said the district had put out a request for proposal just to explore the possibility of outsourcing the cafeteria program.

“We’re just trying to see what that would look like,” she said.

She stressed that nothing is concrete at this point and any such proposal would have to come back before the School Committee.

Also at Wednesday’s meet-ing:

• The board read a letter from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office and apologized for breaking the Open Meeting Law by asking a Clipper reporter and a cable access worker to leave a Sept. 23 workshop meeting. Chair-man George Cipolletti said that the board had misinter-preted advice from legal coun-sel about whether or not they could ask that the meeting not be videotaped. He promised that the committee would keep the doors open for future meet-ings.

• The committee voted to approve a school calendar for the upcoming year that would see school start before La-bor Day, similar to this year’s schedule. Teachers will come in Aug. 30-31 for professional development, and students will start school on Wednesday, Sept. 1. The last day of school will be June 23. The motion was approved by a 3-2 vote.

• The board voted not to participate in school choice.

• Anne Ward updated the board on the superintendent

search process. The super-intendent search committee will consist of three teachers, one support staff member, two principals, one central office staff (Assistant Superintendent Edwin Walsh), two parents and one community member (Fi-nance Committee Chairman Kenneth McCarthy). There was some discussion about the makeup of the committee –– Maureen Connolly pointed out it was heavily weighted towards staff –– and if the members should be Duxbury residents. The board will make a final choice on members dur-ing a meeting on March 17.

Caf workers contract resolved

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE: Wednesday night was the last School Committee meeting for Karen Wong and Chairman George Cipolletti. They have both served six years on the board, but decid-ed not to run for re-election in the spring. Photo by Justin Graeber


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David King ➢ , (DHS’08) has been placed on the dean’s list for the fall semester at the State Uni-versity of New York at Fredonia. David was recently featured on “Preview,” a cable TV program hosted by Boston TV veteran Guy Giampapa and Boston ra-dio personality Don Latulipe and seen in 38 communities south of Boston in a TV version of “In One Era and Out The Other, An Historical Survey of Classical Music and Personalities.” David and his father, Larry King, clas-sical radio announcer and host, presented this musical program about two years ago at the Dux-bury Free Public Library as part of a town-wide reading program for the book “The Soloist.” Da-vid is the son of Larry King of Autumn Avenue and Jane Mur-phy of Halifax.

Tabor Academy announced ➢its High Honors, Honors, and Commended students for the first semester. Katharine Boynton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Free-man Boynton, and Kelsey Me-hegan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jed Mehegan were named to the High Honors list. Spencer Ash, son of Mrs. Robert Ash, Carra Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly, Sean Golden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Golden, and Brian Shropshire, son of Ms. Linda Shropshire and Mr. Doughlas Shropshire, were named to the Honors list. David Griffin, son of Mr. Brian Grif-fin and Dr. Kelli Armstrong was named to the Commended list.

The American Association of ➢Medical Colleges has announced that Dr. Michael J. Garrity of West Street is one of the distin-guished faculty members rec-ommended by Harvard Medical School students as a 2010 Har-vard Medical School Nominee for the AAMC’s National Humanism in Medicine Award. Every year, each u.S. medical school is al-lowed to nominate one individual finalist to compete for this pres-tigious award. Dr. Garrity has been teaching medical students and residents in his Adult Medi-cine practice at the Charlestown Health Center for 18 years.

Kevin P. Shea (DHS ‘07) ➢ was placed on the deans list for the fall 2009 semester in the Isen-berg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Andrea Looney ➢ of Depot Street (DHS ‘07), was named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire for the 2009 fall semester.

Neil P. O’Connor ➢ (DHS’08) was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bates College in Maine. Neil is a member of Bates varsity lacrosse team and completed a Russian studies program at the Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Conor Demers ➢ , Sacred Heart High School. ‘06, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2009 semester at Wash-ington and Jefferson College in Washington, Penn.

Dan McSweeny (center) will be performing in Wakefield Repertory Theatre’s production of “Evita” on March 12-14 and 20-21 at the Wakefield-Lynnfield United Methodist Church in Wakefield. As part of the ensemble, Dan plays several characters throughout the show. He has performed locally with the a capella group, the UMASS Dartmouth Spinners. Dan also performed in the ensemble in high school productions “Anything Goes” and “Lil’ Abner.” He was the cantor for Xaverian Brothers High School Masses. Some of his all-time favorite roles include: Danny Zucco in “Grease” and “The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera.” This is his first time performing with WRT.

Former Duxbury resident James Quine of Phoenix met newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown at an Arizona fundraiser for John McCain. When Quine told Senator Brown he was from Duxbury, the new star of the Republican party remarked that he did “really well” with Duxbury voters.

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Jan recently returned to Duxbury, a place she consid-ers a second home and where she ran a tailor shop for years, on Sunday to update residents on the school’s progress and her other work.

“I’m in Afghanistan ... but my soul and heart is here,” she told the crowd at the Senior Center on Sunday.

March 6 was the start of the school’s third year. There are now over 300 girls en-rolled in grades K-6, and Jan says the school can stand tall with any private school in the region.

She showed a video of the young girls reciting English and practicing reading in Ara-bic.

“They don’t want a day off,” Jan said. “They want to be there all the time.”

Patty Quigley, who runs Razia’s Ray of Hope Founda-tion also spoke on Sunday and told the crowd of the tremen-dous work Jan is doing in Af-ghanistan.

“Her daily life ... it’s not easy,” Quigley said. “She is making a huge difference. She’s quite a role model for the girls and the women when she stands up to the men.”

Jan’s work, especially with the school, requires some deli-cate cultural balancing. Across the street is a boys’ religious school called a madrasa, and while not the terrorist hotspot some remote madrasas are, all it would take is one incident to destroy the fragile peace. Instead, Jan has cultivated a good working relationship with the schools head imam, supplying him with books on international religion and buy-ing supplies for the school.

Yet, only a few days ago another girls school in the re-gion was attacked by a gun-

man, who killed all the stu-dents and teachers and then burned the building down. It’s a reminder of what the girls and staff risk to bring edu-cation to the village of Deh Subz.

To that end, Jan is seeking to raise funds to finish build-ing a wall around the school. When the building was first built, they did not have enough money to complete a proper wall and had to make do with wood beams –– a structure that is now falling apart.

“Security is the most im-portant thing to take care of,” Jan said. “If they don’t see, maybe they don’t react.”

Jan also sits down with the local leadership every six months to make sure the school is not stepping on any toes.

“Razia’s trying to go with the system that’s in place,” said Quigley.

At the beginning of this year, some fifth grade girls said they would not be return-ing to the school because their fathers were insisting on them wearing traditional Islamic veils to cover their faces. Jan told them it was a worthy sac-rifice to make to get an edu-cation and convinced them to come back.

“Five minutes you’re wearing a veil to school, but you get seven hours of joy,” she said.

Despite working within the system, Jan is far from a pushover. When the Zabuli School first opened, a local man told her she should be admitting boys, because men are “the backbone of Afghani-stan.” Jan turned around and said: “Well, I say the women

are the eyes and you all are blind.”

She told the crowd, which included members of the Dux-bury Rotary Club who helped raise the funds to build the school, how happy she was to have the support.

“I don’t think we could have survived without your support,” she said. “You are making a big difference.”

Zabuli School still growingcontinued from page one

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Antique show celebrates its 29th yearThe two-day antique show will be held Saturday, March 27

from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. and Sunday, March 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Duxbury High School. To highlight this event, we will be holding Duxbury’s own version of “The Antiques Road show.” Judy and Norman McCullough of Antiques of Hingham and Willis Henry of Willis Henry Auctions, Inc. of Marshfield have generously donated their time to appraise your family heirlooms and art work. Appraisals will be held on Sunday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Duxbury High School Student Lounge. Appraisals are $5 per item/3 for $10. Proceeds will be used to improve both the quality and quantity of athletic programs of-fered at the high school. Admission to the show is $7 or $6 with a card available at many local businesses or can be downloaded from www.duxburyboosters.com For more information about the show please visit the Web site or call Joanne Williams at 781-934-0111.

Interfaith spring basket project

The Service Committee of the Duxbury Interfaith Council is making plans for the Spring Holiday Basket Project to benefit our less fortunate neighbors.

Donations of food are needed such as canned goods; packaged dessert mixes such as brownie, cake and frosting, quick bread, muffins and cookies; or hommade goodies. Do-nations of money are also needed. The council’s finan-cial needs continue to grow each year.

Please make check pay-able to the Duxbury Inter-faith Council and mail to P.O. Box 1161, Duxbury, MA 02331. Drop off loca-tion is Holy Family Church Parish Center at 601 Trem-ont Street.All donated baked goods and non-per-ishable food items should be brought to the Holy Family Parish Center from March 27-29 by 4 p.m.


ObituariesSend obituary noticeS to [email protected]

tHe deadline is Monday at noon.

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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.

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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

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Directors: Joseph L. Davis, Richard W. DavisJeanette E. Tamagini -McCue (Enguanti), age 79, of Duxbury, died Feb. 27 at Newfield House in Plymouth after a long illness. She grew up in great-er Boston and later lived in Needham and Medfield before moving to the Vil-lage at Duxbury.

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McCue received a BS from Boston Teachers College in 1951, an EdM in counselor education from Boston university in 1962 and an EDD in counselor education from Boston University in 1968.

Ms. Tamagini-McCue was a licensed psy-chologist in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She was an ardent swimmer, gardener and golf-er. She wrote and co-authored several books.

She was the mother of Joan Sullivan of Duxbury and the late Lynn Tamagini. She was the widow of Wallace R. Tamagini and Francis T. McCue. She was the sister of Irene Conte of Danvers and Dot Baker of Duxbury. She also leaves many nieces and nephews.

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C. John Corr of Kingston, formerly of Dux-bury, died March 4 suddenly at age 68. He leaves his wife of 37 years, Jane (Candito); his daughter, Amy Corr Amoroso and her husband Anthony of Plymouth; his son, Timothy John Corr and his wife Keryn of Kingston; a sister, Ann Hammond of Southport, Australia and her husband Donald; his grandchildren, Anthony and Andrew Amoroso, Taylor Corr, and a new grandson expected in April. Mr. Corr was a

devoted Red Sox and Patriots fan as well the treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Kingston and Duxbury. Visiting hours were held at the Shep-herd Funeral Home in Kingston, and a funeral Mass was held at Holy Family Church in Dux-bury. Mr. Corr is buried at the Mayflower cem-etery in Duxbury. In his memory, donations may be made to the American Heart Assoc. National Center 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. .

C. John Corr, 68, treasurer of Kiwanis Club

Florence B. Hammond, of Duxbury, died March 2. She was 89 years old. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Hammond and mother of the late Christopher J. Hammond. She leaves her daughter in law, Mayre of E. Weymouth; her grandchildren, Kate Hammond and Liz Hammond, both of Calif.; her nephew Francis Golding of Hingham; and her nieces Florence

Shea of Melrose, and Elizabeth Berg of Wash. Visiting hours were held at the Shepherd Funer-al Home, Kingston, and a memorial Mass was held on Friday, March 5. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Miramar Retreat Center, 121 Parks St, P.O. Box M, Duxbury, MA 02331.

Florence B. Hammond, 89

John F. Joline III of Wayne, Penn. died March 2 after a battle with emphysema. He was born in Philadelphia in 1925, the son of John F. Joline Jr. and Alice Key Pendleton Brice. He attended Episcopal Academy and was in the class of ‘47 at Princeton university. He served in the Navy from 1943-46. He received an MA in English from university of Wisconsin and studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England.

As a child, Mr. Joline spent many summers at Suquehannock Camp which lead him to teach English and coach baseball and football. He taught at the Solebury School, St. Louis Country Day School, Pomfret School and spent a year on a Fulbright Teaching Exchange in England. During the summers, he led groups of students biking and hiking through Europe and England. In 1961, he became headmaster of the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., Mr. Joline shifted gears in 1975 and went to New York City and became Executive Director of the Edward John Noble Foundation, making grants to environmental, educational and arts programs. He was a loyal and active member of his Princeton Class, serving as president from 1982-1987.

Mr. Joline left New York in 1990 and with his late wife, Jean Stebbins Joline, settled into an active retirement in Duxbury. He was an avid sailor and raced catboats in Duxbury Bay. He also enjoyed hiking, skiing, playing bridge, reading and traveling. He was on the Open Space and Recreation Committee from 1989 - 1995 and was instrumental in the completion of the southern end of the Bay Circuit Trail. In 1998, he received the Conservationist of the Year Award, given for “his years of dedicated service in acquiring and improving conserva-tion land.” He married Marjorie Battles Baird in 1999 and began splitting his time between Duxbury and Wayne, Penn., which was his boyhood town.

Mr. Joline leaves his wife Marjorie Battles Baird Joline; a daughter Helen Sirois Joline of Durango, Colo.; a son John F. Joline IV of Norwich, Vt.; and two grandsons, Eric and Ben Sirois of Durango, Colo.

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Cutler memorial service A memorial service in celebration of the

life of Clipper Publisher David Cutler, who died last week at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer, will be held Saturday, Mar. 13 at 5 p.m. at First Parish Church, Duxbury. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cutler Family Scholarship in care of the Trustees of Partridge Academy, P.O. Box 2552, Duxbury, MA 02331.

After 28 years behind the podium, Moderator

Allen Bornheimer is hanging up his

gavel after this Town Meeting.

By SuSanna Sheehan and JuStin GraeBer

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

gate the details. The Town Meeting warrant can be confusing, hard to follow and often out-of-date by the meeting. 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, how much it will cost and who supports it. Articles that could impact your property

taxes are noted with extra details that will help you deter-mine your bottom line. Articles which require two-thirds votes are also noted. The recommendations and dollar figures are up to date as of Tuesday. Any changes made after that time will be reflected on our Web site.

By Allen M. BornheiMer, Town ModerATor

One of my responsibilities as moderator is to assure that the proper quantitative vote is applied to each of the articles

which come before us at Town Meeting. For most of our business, a simple majority vote is all that is required. However, there are a number of situa-tions 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 ratio-nale 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 motion for reconsideration requires the same quantitative vote as the motion to which it ap-plies. There are, of course, many other special circumstances where a super majority vote is required by law, but these situations do not tend to come before us very frequently at town meet-ing.

Nonetheless, the moderator and town coun-sel 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 interested in, an article at town meeting to contact me if they have any questions about the quantita-tive vote which will apply to their article.

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What: duxbury Town Meeting

Where: Performing Arts Center

When: Saturday, 9 a.m.

Who: All registered voters

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Special Town Meeting articles

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 1 seeks to allow specific transfers of funds to and within different town budgets dur-ing the current fiscal year. It is ex-pected there will be at least seven transfers totaling $380,995. The transfers include $176,400 to the unemployment trust fund to cover unemployment compensation; $80,000 to the DPW snow and ice removal budget; $44,750 for pool salaries; $21,125 for pool expens-es; $10,000 for fire department emergency overtime; $15,000 for ambulance supplies and billing; and $33,720 for veteran’s services bills; Money for these transfers will come from the town’s free cash ac-count. Other transfers may also be included in this article. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 2 is an annual article for paying unpaid bills re-ceived by town hall after the close of the fiscal year on June 30. Cur-rently, eight town departments have submitted bills to be paid and they total $6,667.34; however this amount could change at the meet-ing. All funds will be transferred from free cash. Voting on this is-sue within the special Town Meet-ing allows the town to pay the bills immediately. If the vote was taken at Annual Town Meeting, the town could not pay the bills until after the new budget year begins on July 1. Passage of this article requires a nine-tenths majority vote, rather than the four-fifths majority vote required at Annual Town Meeting. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLE 3 is an annual article for funding collective bargaining agreements from any of the unions in town. This article currently con-tains $95,000 to fund contracts for these four school-related unions: teachers, instructional assistants, secretaries, and custodians. There may be two other union contracts that could be included in this ar-ticle depending upon whether they are settled in time for Town Meet-ing. Supported by Board of Select-men and Finance Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 4 asks voters to approve an intermunicipal agree-ment among Duxbury, Kingston and Marshfield to own a share of a used ambulance. Housed in Kings-ton, this extra ambulance will be used as a back-up to Duxbury’s

two main ambulances when one of them is being repaired. The first year cost is $3,000 and is included in the fire department budget.

Annually, the agreement will cost $1,500, which will be held in a re-volving fund by Marshfield with the money only being spent on ambulance upkeep and supplies. Scituate, Hingham, Hull, Norwell and Cohasset have had a similar agreement for the past seven years. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 5 looks to es-tablish an enterprise account for the operation of the town-owned Percy Walker Pool on St. George Street. The 33-year old pool, which is currently undergoing a $2.2 mil-lion renovation, will re-open by May. With this type of account, fees collected from pool users will go toward operating the pool and paying all related expenses. Any additional funds in the enter-prise account can be set aside and used for capital expenses when needed. It is expected the town will fund this enterprise account at $377,531, the estimated FY11 pool expenses. Pool renovations include state-of-the-art heating and cooling systems, new mechanical systems, lighting and plumbing fixtures, a new men’s locker room and a renovated women’s locker room. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Fiscal Ad-visory Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 6 proposes to add $200,000 to the unemploy-ment trust fund in anticipation of additional unemployment costs the town must pay due to the bad economy. Currently, there is a $176,500 deficit in the unemploy-ment trust that will be taken care of in STM Article 1 for departmental transfers. Finance Director John Madden is hoping to avoid running a future deficit by adding to this ac-count. Supported by Board of Se-lectmen and Finance Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 7 seeks to use $29,000 in water department re-tained earnings to pay off the left-over debt for the Birch Street water tank, which became operational last November. In 2006, residents approved borrowing $250,000 for engineering costs and $3.15 mil-lion in 2007 to construct the new tank. The $29,000 was required for additional engineering and instead of borrowing and paying interest on this amount, the town wants to pay it off. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Commit-tee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 8 asks residents to retake their vote of 2007 STM article 5 so the town can petition the state legislature for authority to impose betterments on Gurnet

Road residents in order to recoup the costs of rebuilding the seawall in that area. The original article was approved three years ago, the repairs completed, and the state reimbursement paid, but the town was never able to get the state leg-islature to grant it authority to as-sess betterments on Gurnet Road residents. This article is necessary because last January, the state leg-islature dropped the ball on approv-ing Duxbury’s betterment bill and now the issue must be re-voted by town meeting before the state will consider acting on it. The amount area homeowners will pay in bet-terments will be determined after a hearing process. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 9 is a proposal by Finance Director John Madden for a salary reserve account to be used by the town to fund union contracts settled after the close of Town Meeting. Union contracts that are settled and ratified before Town Meeting are funded through a warrant article either at the spe-cial Town Meeting or the annual meeting or both, depending upon the time periods the contracts cov-er. However, union contracts are often settled between town meet-ings with pay raises being retroac-tive. Having a salary reserve ac-count would allow town officials to fund that retroactive portion. The alternative is to call a special Town Meeting and this costs the town money. There is no funding associated with this article. Sup-ported by Board of Selectmen 2-1; Finance Committee seeks indefinite postponement.

SPECIAL TOWN MEET-ING ARTICLE 10 requests a transfer of $300,000 from free cash to the Stabilization fund to help the town maintain the triple-A bond rating it has received for the past three years. The Stabilization fund is a special reserve account cre-ated for any purpose that the town might have. Placing money in this fund helps Duxbury 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. With this addition, the stabilization fund will have $1.347 million as of June 30. The town’s goal for this fund is $2.5 million, or five percent of the total operating budget. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Fiscal Advisory Committee.

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. –– Susanna Sheehan

Meeting 101Some of the terms used at Town

Meeting can be confusing. Here’s the low-down on common Town Meeting lingo.

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

AVAILABLE FUNDS: In Dux-bury we use the term Available 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 Assessors in excess of appropriations for the pur-pose 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 Bu-reau of Accounts. Town Meeting may appropriate from Free Cash for any purpose. Often referred to as “Excess and Deficiency” or E&D.

TRANSFER: The authoriza-tion 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 com-posed of an appropriation (not ex-ceeding 5 percent of the tax levy of the preceding year). Transfers from the Reserve Fund are within the ex-clusive control of the Finance Com-mittee and are for “extraordinary or unforeseen” situations, normally emergencies.

STABILIZATION FUND: This is a special reserve created for capital expenditures. The aggregate amount in this fund shall not exceed at any time 10 percent of the valua-tion 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 distribution 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 county tax and state assessments, as well as the estimated tax distribu-tions from the State General Fund, reimbursements, agency funds, the sales and use taxes, lottery distribu-tion and state aid to education.

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

Welcome class


article 1 AppoinTMenTS

Article 1 is an annual article ap-pointing non-elected officials. These include various committees appointed by the town moderator, the selectmen and the town manager. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Com-mittee.

article 2reADing of reporTSArticle 2 is an annual article that

allows the reading of reports by town officers and town committees and the acceptance of the annual town report. It is expected that the School Build-ing Committee will discuss the eight options they have researched for im-proving the middle and high schools. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

article 3coMpenSATion of Town officiALS

Article 3 is a routine article that sets the compensation of the following elected town officials: assessors, se-lectmen, town meeting moderator, and town clerk. The total amount requested is $79,040. This includes $69,000 for the town clerk’s salary, a $2,000 in-crease over last year when there was

no pay raise for this position. Annual sal-aries for selectmen and assessors are $2,000 for chairmen and $1,500 for board members. The town moderator’s salary is

$40. None of these have increased for many years. While this article includes these dollar figures, the actual money will be voted as part of Article 5, the town’s operating budget. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Com-mittee.

article 4highwAy fUnDing

Article 4 is the acceptance of state highway funding, or Chapter 90 money, for FY2011. This annual article autho-rizes selectmen to temporarily borrow money for highway maintenance and then accept the state reimbursement for this expense. The amount of state aid is expected to be $408,895, about the same as the current fiscal year. Sup-ported by Board of Selectmen and Fi-nance Committee.

article 5operATing BUDgeT

Article 5 is the fiscal year 2011 op-erating budget for the town and schools totaling just over $54 million, which represents a 1.3 percent increase over the current FY10 budget of $53.3 mil-lion. Most town department budgets show small increases of just over one percent, although others, such as pub-lic safety and the library and recreation budgets, show decreases.

Notable expenses include $2.049 million for general government (a .8 percent increase from FY10); $ 27.9

million for education, (1 percent in-crease); $5.8 million for public safety, (2.6 percent decrease); $3.6 million for department of public works, (1.1 per-cent increase); $1.32 million for library and recreation, (.7 percent decrease); $489,714 for health and human services (1.5 percent increase); $2.6 million for the water department, (2.7 percent de-crease); $377,531 for the Percy Walker pool enterprise account: $179,000 for salaries and $198,531 for expenses; $9.8 million for town and school em-ployee benefits and insurance (4.8 percent increase) and $2.4 million for town and school department debt ser-vice (2.3 percent increase).

Revenues come from these sources: $43.1 million from the town’s property taxes (4.27 percent increase); $4.68 million in state aid (12.77 percent de-crease); $7.2 million in local receipts (7.3 percent decrease); and $180,000 in available funds (7.16 percent de-crease). These figures are current as of publication, although they may change at town meeting. Supported by Board of Selectmen.

article 6cApiTAL BUDgeT

Article 6 is the FY 2011 capital budget totaling $1.47 million.

This amount includes $250,000 for school capital needs, including $211,500 for upgrading computers, printers, networks and technology, and $38,500 for other school related items, such as new carpeting, new classroom furniture, and white marker boards.

Other capital expenses include $40,373 for general government, in-cluding $30,000 for a technology mas-ter plan; $404,532 for public safety, in-cluding $200,000 for a new ambulance and $30,000 for a police station site feasibility study; $445,367 for public works, including $175,000 for a new bucket truck and $153,000 for a new six-wheel dump truck; $9,200 for the Council on Aging, including $6,375 for new dining chairs; and $6,900 for li-brary and recreation, including $4,400 for a new telephone system for the pool. Funding for capital expenses will come out of the town’s free cash account, which, in previous years, had been used to balance the operating budget.

In addition, the water department capital expenses equal $174,000, in-cluding $100,000 for PCE pipe re-placement. These are funded through

water rates. Supported by Board of Se-lectmen.

article 7perSonneL pLAn AnD

non-Union rAiSeSArticle 7 is the Duxbury Person-

nel Plan and Compensation Schedule, a routine article used to give raises to town managers and non-school and non-union town employees as well as part-time or temporary workers. Fund-ed again this year at $50,000, this arti-cle will also amend the Personnel Plan to replace it with a new revised bylaw, which is on file at the town clerk’s of-fice. The changes to the Personnel Plan consist of adding a new section entitled “Family Sick Time,” which al-lows employees to take up to 40 hours of their available sick time per fiscal year to care for an ill member of their immediate family. Currently, employ-ees are only allowed to take sick time when they themselves are ill. Another change makes part-time employees working less than 20 hours a week eli-gible for paid vacation and personal and sick days. However, part-time workers hired after July will not be eligible for this time off. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

article 8Union conTrAcTS

Article 8 is an annual article for funding collective bargaining agree-ments from any of the nine unions in town, including police, firefighters, teachers, and school and government employees. Currently, there are no con-tracts to be funded through this article, so it may be indefinitely postponed.

article 9reMoVe UnUSeD DeBTArticle 9 seeks to rescind autho-

rized and unused debt. This is a way for the town to clean up its books. When a project is approved by Town Meet-ing for a certain dollar amount, it often costs less to complete. This article al-lows the town to take back the amount of debt that has been authorized but is unused. As there is currently no debt to rescind, it is expected this article will be indefinitely postponed. Indefinite postponement supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

article 10reVoLVing fUnDS

Article 10 requests reauthorization

of three revolving funds for the Coun-cil on Aging, the Assessing Depart-ment, and the Conservation Commis-sion. Revolving funds are accounts set up to receive fees for services that are then used to pay for expenses 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 ac-count is used to pay instructors or buy supplies. This amount is the same as last year.

The Assessing Department’s Geo-graphic Information System revolving fund request is for $6,000. Duxbury’s GIS is a computer-based system that contains, manages, and presents maps and information about the town’s geo-

Position SalaryModerator $40Selectmen - chairman $2,000Selectmen - member $1,500Assessors - chairman $2,000Assessors - member $1,500Town Clerk $69,000ToTAl $77,040

By The nuMBerS

$14est. hourly rate for a

selectman. (Based on 35 3-hr. meetings a year)

ToWn of DuxBury oPerATing BuDgeT overvieW

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

eMPloyee BenefiTSincludeS deBt Service & Shared coStS

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

Source: duxbury Town warrants 2000-2009

cAPiTAl BuDgeT iTeMSgenerAl gov.Assessing Printer/Copier $7,373Building floor Plan $3,000Tech. Master Plan $30,000generAl gov. ToTAl $40,373

PuBlic SAfeTyreplace 2005 Ambulance $200,000defibrillators (3) $50,000replace Chief’s vehicle $30,000Turnout Gear Pants and Coats $12,000eMS Training Mannequin $5,000renovate Station 1 Bunkroom $10,000replace harbormaster vehicle $31,666replace harborm. expedition $31,666harborm. Phone upgrade $4,200Police Station Site Testing $30,000PuBlic SAfeTy ToTAl $404,532

PuBlic WorkSTown hall reconfiguration $5,065replace 1998 Bucket Truck $175,000replace 2001 Backhoe $153,000replace 1997 Power Plow $15,202replace Transfer Station fence $17,100reline Crematory retorts $80,000PuBlic WorkS ToTAl $445,367

huMAn ServiceSThere are no capital expenditures for human Services.

liBrAry & recreATionlibrary Carpet replacement $2,600Phone System upgrade $4,300liBrAry & recreATion $6,900

SchoolSnetwork upgrade $10,000Mobile Class Comp. System $30,000replace Printers $13,000replace Computers $110,000Projectors $38,500wireless Tech. Phase ii $10,000Carpet replacement $24,000Classroom furniture $6,500white Marker Boards $8,000SchoolS ToTAl $250,000

generAl funD ToTAl $1,147,172Figures are Finance Committee recommendations.

By The nuMBerS

$30,000Amount requested for site

testing at the proposed new police station


By roBert hayeS

Duxbury’s Mayflower Cemetery is one of the finest examples of rural cemeteries in the state, and contains the graves of town citizens from

the mid-1700’s.We only need spring to renew the beauty of the cem-

etery grounds. However, cemetery infrastructure is tired. The current public office of the cemetery department is in need of drastic renovation. Further, the crematory facility at the cemetery has reached the end of its useful life.

The existing crematory is a modest facility that has steadily grown in activity over the years and is now the busiest crematory in New England. In each of the last two years, it has performed over 3,400 cremations. The cemetery has returned the crematory’s annual net income directly to the town, as general town revenue, to assist in providing other town services; in recent years, that annual contribution has been over $600,000.

However, the crematory facility, now over 30 years old, needs to be relocated and replaced. The building and its equipment are old and inefficient and do not meet cur-rent applicable environmental, safety, or workplace stan-dards. Furthermore, the facility is squeezed into a small portion of the cemetery, surrounded by burial lots, and the current footprint is too small for modern equipment or for expansion of the facility.

The town’s Crematory Building Committee is propos-ing a new facility, to be located at the back of the cemetery, abutting Mayflower Street and across from the transfer station exit. Under the proposal, a new cemetery office will be attached to the crematory, since it is critical to the busy cemetery that management and record keeping be located adjacent to the crematory operations. Access to the cemetery office and the crematory for visitors can be made through the cemetery, and access to the crematory for fu-neral home personnel can be made off Mayflower Street so as not to impact the cemetery.

Following completion of the new facility and the planned relocation of the cemetery’s maintenance build-ings to be adjacent to the crematory/office facility, the existing buildings in the main cemetery would be demol-ished, and the old site reclaimed as burial lots, thereby enhancing the beauty and tranquil surroundings of the main cemetery. The estimated cost of the crematory/office facility, including site work, is $2.6 million, with the pro-posal to be structured as a debt-exclusion item. A 15-year bond period is contemplated. If approved at the annual Town Meeting and by voters by ballot at the town elec-tions, the new crematory/office facility would be expected to be operational by early 2012.

Consultants were hired by the town in the fall of last year to help in the planning, and extensive work has been done on cost and market projections. The consultant’s pro-jections conclude that the project is viable, and indeed, that the new crematory is projected to operate in a non-deficit condition from its inception and will at the end of a 15-year bond period, have amortized the bonds and interest, and provided to the town a cumulative net income of $5.5 million.

Cremations are projected to increase significantly in the coming years. Competition, as well as opportunity, should therefore be expected to increase, although the town’s experience and low costs should put it in a strong competitive position. However, the Crematory Building Committee believes that if the town wishes to continue to provide cremation services, it needs to build a new crema-tory now. It is believed that the proposal is advantageous to the town and should be approved.

Mr. Hayes is the Chairman of the Crematory Building Commitee. The Committee is the proponent of Article 14.

graphic features, infrastructure and other relat-ed land-based information. The GIS revolving fund holds fees paid by users who request cer-tain electronic data and/or plans from the town’s GIS system. This money provides a dedicated revenue source to upgrade and maintain the GIS system.

The Conservation Commission’s revolving fund request for $20,000 is $5,000 more than last year. This account contains money generat-ed from the sale of Christmas trees on the town-owned Jaycox Christmas tree farm on West Street. A forester is hired 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 previous years. The lease pays most of the Reservation’s costs of managing the part of the beach the town rents — the residents’ parking lot beach and the four-wheel drive-on section. Last year, it cost the Reservation $327,000 to maintain this sec-tion. From the lease funds, the Reservation pays the salaries of the harbormaster’s endangered species officer and his assistant, as well as the costs of hiring piping plover monitors — sum-mer workers who watch and protect these feder-ally endangered shore birds, that nest annually on Duxbury beach. The lease also helps pay for dune repairs, new snow fence and cable fenc-ing, beach road maintenance, debris clean-up in the spring and fall, daily trash removal in the summer, geological studies and Audubon Soci-ety oversight of migratory birds. 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 for a $10,000 appropriation for the July 4th parade and celebration. The much-loved town parade and weekend bonfire and beach party costs over $50,000 annually. The Fourth of July committee raises more than $23,000 per year in donations and is able to use approximately $18,000 from a town trust fund to help pay for the Fourth of July festivities. The contribution from Article

12 allows the committee to book bands and acts early in the season, making for a fun, festive Fourth.

article 13hoUSing ALLocATion pLAn Article 13 is an annual article that seeks

adoption of the FY2011 Housing Allocation Plan. This plan outlines how money in the Af-fordable Housing Trust Fund can be spent for affordable housing. The article states that these funds can be used for a first-time home owner-ship program, or to convert existing properties into affordable units or to acquire or build new affordable housing units. Supported by Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.

article 14creMATory DeSign

Duxbury’s crematory was one of the first in the region and is the busiest in New England. However, the building is now over 30 years old and officials say it has reached the end of its useful life.

Article 14 is asking voters to approve a debt exclusion to design and construct a new crema-tory/cemetery facility at a cost of $2.5 million (see sidebar for the effect of the exclusion on the average tax bill.)

The current crematory, built in 1979, is inef-ficient and does not meet current environmen-tal, safety or workplace standards, say members of the Crematory Building Committee. Where the building is located is surrounded by burial lots, preventing expansion.

The new facility would be located at the back of the ceremony, abutting Mayflower Street across from the transfer station exit.

The new crematory would be 3,000 square

creMATory DeSign concePTThis is a 3D rendering of the proposed new $2.6 million crematory.

replace crematory

home value fy12 Tax extra cost $400,000 $4,754 $30.16 $600,000 $7,131 $45.25 $800,000 $9,508 $60.33$1,000,000 $11,885 $75.41$2,000,000 $23,771 $150.82

debt exclusion amount: $2.6 million

what’s my bottom line?

here’s how much the

new crema-tory building debt exclusion article would add

to your annual property tax bill at the assessed values list-ed below. The fy12 tax amount is based

on the rate of $11.81 per thousand.

This tax increase would last for 15 years

crematory is a financial boon

15Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Duxbury Clipperfeet and would include a new office measuring 1,300 square feet. This is larger than the current 2,000 square foot crematory and 1,000 square foot office.

Drawings presented at a recent Board of Se-lectmen meeting show a natural shingled Cape

Cod-style, dormered office attached to a larger shingled building. The crematory would have four retorts, or machines into which a casket goes for cremation. It would be ex-pandable to six in the future.

Cemetery visitors would access the facility from Tremont Street, while employees would enter from Mayflower Street to limit impact on the cemetery.

The plan is to bond the debt over 15 years. The facility, if approved, is slated to be opera-tional in early 2012.

The crematory is a financial boon to the town, and has contributed $600,000 in recent years, said building committee members. They pointed out that competition will increase with demand (Plymouth recently built their own cre-matory) and a new complex would put Duxbury in a good position moving forward. Supported by the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Fiscal Advisory Committee.

article 15fire STATion DeSign

Article 15 requests $292,000 to pay for de-signing an upgraded fire headquarters on Trem-ont Street. The money would buy architectural, engineering and design services and prepare contract bid documents. The Public Safety Fea-sibility Committee is looking to design a project similar to the plans presented to town meeting

last year but this station is smaller — 7,200 square feet vs last year’s 8,000 square feet— and is 14 percent less expensive —$4.47 million

vs. last year’s $5.2 million price tag.Initial plans indicate that the current fire-

fighters’ crew quarters on the building’s north wing would be demolished. In its place will be a two-story addition with administrative offices on the lower floor and new crew quarters on top. The existing apparatus bay will remain but will gain an additional 20 feet.

The $292,000 will be on the March election ballot as a debt exclusion override, or a tax in-crease.

If the design funds are approved, the com-mittee plans to bring an article to next year’s Town Meeting for construction funding, which would also be funded as an override. The reno-vated station could open in August 2012. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committe and Fiscal Advisory.

article 16LoT coVerAge chAngeS

This article, coming to Town Meeting by citizen’s petition, is a revisiting of a similar pro-posal floated last year and defeated on Town Meeting floor. That petition sought to ease what local business owners consider a restrictive lot coverage bylaw in Duxbury that stipulates only 50 percent of a property can be “covered.” This means all buildings, parking lots and other paved areas can only take up half of a lot, and the other half must remain open space.

Last year’s petition sought to increase the amount of space that could be covered to 75 percent. That was defeated at Town Meeting.

This year, proponent Dr. Scott Oliver tried to soften the proposal by staggering the changes to the bylaw according to how big the property is.

For example, the ar-ticle proposes that three acres or less can be 80 percent covered by structures and parking. For three to five acres parcels, the coverage would be 65 percent; for land over five acres, the coverage would be set at

50 percent. Proponents say the change would af-fect less than one percent of the land in Duxbury and would not have an aesthetic impact.

By The nuMBerS

3,400Cremations performed

in duxbury over the past two years

home value fy12 Tax extra cost $400,000 $4,741 $17.33 $600,000 $7,112 $25.99 $800,000 $9,483 $34.65$1,000,000 $11,853 $43.32$2,000,000 $23,707 $86.63

debt exclusion amount: $292,000

what’s my bottom line?

here’s how much the fire Station rehabilita-

tion design costs debt exclusion article would

add to your annual prop-erty tax bill at the assessed

values listed below. The fy12 tax amount is based on the rate of $11.81 per thousand.

This tax increase would last for two years.

coverage rule needs updating

By dr. Scott oliver

This year the Town of Duxbury has an opportu-nity to help out our environment and our small business community in one Bylaw change,

Article 16. Over the years, because of our antiquated bylaws, many commercial lots have been allowed to use gravel coverage for parking. The Environmental Protec-tion Agency has recently declared that the major concern for our environments is not factories’ contaminants or failure of septic systems, but runoff from storm water. The EPA has now recommended that all parking be paved to allow for control of this storm water runoff and that this water be contained and treated in water treatment systems before release into our wetlands and waterways. This concept is supported by the Duxbury Conservation Commission and our top environmental official. To ac-complish this, an increase in our commercial coverage is necessary.

Every town must have some commercial enterprise for the needs of citizens: for food, healthcare and some retail stores. The entire commercial lands in Duxbury cover less than 2 1/2 percent of the entire town. Cur-rently our bylaw allows for only 50 percent coverage of a commercial lot; this means that only half of the lot may be covered by building and paving. This old bylaw is one of the most restrictive in the Commonwealth. The new bylaw proposal allows for small lots of up to three acres to be covered by 80 percent, and lots from 3 to 5 acres to be covered by 65 percent. Any commercial enterprise of five acres or more would still have the restrictive bylaw of 50 percent (last year’s proposal did not have this “cap”). This bylaw change affects less than.78 percent of one percent of land in town since it affects only those smaller commercial lots. This bylaw proposal would allow those lots that have gravel coverage to have paved parking with the required satisfactory water treatment facility for the storm water.

The Town Moderator and Town Counsel have noted that this bylaw proposal is unique from a proposal last year. This bylaw is the first to promote a sensible re-sponse to our changing environmental requirements, and should be followed in the future by more bylaws concern-ing parking. The proponents would accept the elimina-tion of the “3 to 5 acre” clause and even accept reducing the commercial coverage of the small lots of less than 3 acres to 75 percent or 70 percent. In this small town, it is important to work together on local issues that affect all of us.

Dr. Oliver is the proponent of Article 16

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The Planning Board opposes the article because members claim it is too similar to the article defeated at Town Meeting last year. There is a state law that says any petition defeated at Town Meeting has to wait two years before it can be resubmitted. The Finance Com-mittee supports this article. The Select-men voted 2-1 not to endorse it.

article 17green coMMUniTieS AcT

In 2008 Governor Deval Patrick signed the Green Communities Act, a comprehensive energy reform bill. The act was designed to encourage energy efficiency and green power at the state level but has benefits for cities and towns as well.

If voters approve Article 17, it will insert “renewable and alternative ener-gy research and development” into the approved uses of property in a Neigh-borhood Business District 1.

Proponents of this change, at a re-cent hearing before the Planning Board, said adopting the act could make grant money available to Duxbury. Support-ed by the Finance Committee and the Board of Selectmen.

article 18winD fAciLiTieS

Article 18 asks voters to adopt a by-law that would clear the way for mu-nicipal wind turbines in Duxbury.

The Alternative Energy Committee, which is sponsoring the article, says that such a turbine would supply clean, inexpensive electricity to municipal de-partments within the town such as the schools, Town Hall, pool, library, golf

course, police and fire stations, etc.According to the Web site duxbury-

wind.com, a $1.25 million investment in a wind turbine would yield $150,000 in annual savings and would be paid back in approximately six years.

A similar measure was proposed last year, but that bylaw included wind tur-bines on private land. That article was not supported by the Planning Board, but this year’s proposal is.

The proposed bylaw would allow turbines only in the town’s Publicly

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Child care services for preschool – school age children will be available at a reduced cost for duxbury residents at-tending Town Meeting on Saturday, March 13. 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 town meeting 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. families must register in advance for the child care service during Town Meeting. registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis, and the number of children attending will be limited to ensure proper staffing ratios. Please call the Community education office at 781-934-7633 by Thursday, March 11 if you wish to register your child for the reduced cost child care service.

Owned Land Overlay District, excluding the Dunes Protection and Wetlands Protection dis-tricts. The bylaw would give the Zoning Board of Appeals the power to issue a special permit.

The maximum height of a municipal tur-bine would be 250 feet, and any turbine would have to be set back a little more than twice its own height from any surrounding property. A community-scale wind facility would also not be allowed to add more than 10 decibels to the ambient sound level, in accordance with exist-ing state regulations.

The Alternative Energy Committee hasn’t identified any specific sites for a future turbine, but chairman Frank Duggan said three parcels being considered are a large plot off Mayflower Street, one site close to the DPW yard and an-other near the North Hill Golf Course.

The proposed bylaw will also allow the funding of a comprehensive wind resource fea-sibility study, including the construction of a temporary meteorological tower that will help gather data.

The bylaw will also help Duxbury become eligible to receive funds through the Massachu-setts Clean Energy Center (previously known as the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust). This article is supported by the Finance Com-mittee. The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 to en-dorse it.

article 19SiTe USe ByLAw chAngeS

This article is a housekeeping article that cleans up language in the town’s site use bylaw, striking references to “religious” and “educa-tion” facilities and adding a sentence at the be-ginning of the article that clarifies the purpose of the bylaw. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Commit-tee.

article 20ByLAw VioLATion fineS

Article 20 increases the town’s ability to penalize non-criminal violators of the town’s bylaws. Specifically, this article affects the Conservation Commission’s ability to issue fines. Previously, the penalty was $100 for the first offense, $200 for the second and $300 for the third. This change would strike all that lan-guage and simply make all fines $300. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.

article 21cpc: ADMiniSTrATion

Article 21 requests $76,405 in Communi-ty Preservation Act funds for the Community

Preservation Committee’s operating budget. This is $1,595 less than last year. This account pays for the board’s administrator and consul-tants, as well as other fees. Any unused money is returned to the general account. Supported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Community Preservation Committee.

article 22cpc: ALLocATe fUnDS

Article 22 proposes to allocate the required ten percent of the Communi-ty Preservation Act tax sur-charge to accounts for each of its three purposes: open space protection, histori-cal preservation and afford-able housing. This year’s allocation will be $152,810

for each account. Last year, the amount was $156,000. Duxbury residents pay a three per-cent surcharge on their real estate taxes to fund projects recommended by the Community Pres-ervation Committee and approved by Town Meeting. The surcharge is expected to net al-most $1.2 million with a 28 percent match from the state of $334,000. Currently, there is a $1 million balance in the CPA undesignated funds account; $67,000 in historical preservation; $169,000 in affordable housing; and $81,000 in open space. These account balances are totals before this year’s ten percent allocation. Sup-ported by Board of Selectmen, Finance Com-mittee and Community Preservation Commit-tee.

article 23cpc: firST pAriSh winDow

reSTorATionThe First Parish Church on Tremont Street

has applied for $50,000 in CPA funds to restore the ten huge double hung 36-over-36 pane win-dows that line the church’s sanctuary. The win-dows measure 8 feet wide by 14 feet high and there are four on each side of the building and two in the back. The total cost of the project is

Fire station work a must

By andre Martecchini

Why do we need to renovate the station? Based on a fea-sibility study prepared by the Carrell Group, an architectural firm specializing in public safety buildings, the station has numerous deficiencies, including:

• The crew quarters are in very poor condition and are inadequate to meet current staffing requirements for 24-hour shifts. There are no separate facilities (toilets/showers) for our female staff.

• The administrative offices are inadequate to meet cur-rent program and document storage needs and the offices are not handicap accessible for the public.

• There are numerous building and safety code violations throughout the facility.

• The mechanical/electrical/HVAC systems have reached the end of their useful lives, and are in poor condition, energy inefficient, and expensive to maintain and operate.

• There are a number of leaks throughout the building envelope (roof, walls, foundations) that affect the usability of the facility.

• There is inadequate storage and maintenance space for specialized turnout gear, breathing apparatus and communi-cations equipment.

• There are no proper decontamination facilities for gear and clothing exposed to hazardous and infectious materials.

• Medical equipment and drugs cannot be properly stored due to lack of space.

• The mission and size of the department has changed greatly since the building was built 43 years ago from just fire fighting to a full-service fire fighting/paramedic/hazard-ous materials response team.

The proposed project includes demolishing the north wing and replacing it with a new two-story wing with fully accessible administrative offices and storage facilities on the first floor and crew quarters on the second floor. The existing apparatus bay will be retained, except that it will lengthened in the rear by about 20 feet to accommodate all the required apparatus. Other than some code-required MEP work, the emergency operations center will not be modified. Based on the latest conceptual plans, the estimated total project cost is $4,500,000 which is approximately 14 percent less than the $5,200,000 project cost presented at the 2009 annual Town Meeting. Every effort will be made to further reduce the construction budget during the final design process.

The town has invested millions of dollars in personnel, equipment and training to maintain a first-rate fire department. Although renovating the station is an enormous expense, it is imperative that we provide a safe facility that meets the opera-tional needs of the department so that we protect our invest-ment and continue the excellent service that we demand. I urge you to support this important article.

Mr. Martecchini is the chairman of the Public Safety Build-ing Committee

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$106,000. The church is raising the other $56,000.Built in 1840 by Duxbury shipwrights, the First

Parish Church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Most of the windows retain their original or early glass with its irregularities, but the wooden sills, sash-es, frames and muntins all have deteriorated and the windows don’t operate. To fully restore each window to its original condition, the sashes must be removed and each individual pane of glass must be taken out and re-glazed. The windows will be stripped to the bare wood and repainted.

Community Preservation Committee Chairman Holly Morris said the church is eligible for CPA funds because it serves a public benefit as a place for the town’s annual Memorial Day services and for the Duxbury High School Baccalaureate ceremony. Also, the church will give the town a preservation restriction in exchange for the money.

There has been some discussion about separation of church and state issues with using town money to rehabilitate a church. Town counsel Robert Troy believes that the two public events that take place at the church do not show enough public benefit to jus-tify using CPA funds; he requested more information on this or else the town must make a determination that using the building for these two events meets the required level of public benefit. Community Preser-vation Act funds have been used on churches in other communities, although there have also been legal challenges to this use of CPA funds. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen but not by the Finance Committee.

article 24cpc: iSSAc Keene

BArn reSTorATionCrossroads for Kids is asking the Community

Preservation Committee to grant $85,000 (the CPC will add $5,000 to cover legal expenses) to begin

the first restoration phase of the Issac Keene Barn at Camp Wing, which is owned by the town. The barn was built in 1870, and at the time was the biggest barn in Dux-bury. Crossroads has only been able to use the barn for storage but feels there is potential for program

space. The grant would cover repairing the founda-tion –– including a large granite pillar in the rear of the building that was removed years ago –– looking at what’s needed to bring the building up to modern codes, and developing comprehensive plans for his-toric preservation of the building. Crossroads repre-sentatives told the CPC there will be a capital fund-raising campaign to offset some of the costs of the next phase of restoration. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen but not by the Finance Com-mittee.

article 25cpc: hiSToricAL SUrVey

The surveying of historical properties in town has been an ongoing project of the Historical Com-mission, and this grant of $55,000 would fund three

years worth of work. The first year is for the survey of 47 dateboarded but not yet inventoried properties. The second year is for barns, stables and outbuild-ings. The third year would see the inventory of 86 properties within the Shipbuilders District. This ar-ticle is supported by the Board of Selectmen, the Fi-nance Committee and Fiscal Advisory.

article 26cpc: crAnBerry Bog pUrchASe

This article would allow the town to purchase 60 acres of former cranberry bog off Route 14 near Exit 11 for open space and passive recreation pur-poses. This article was under wraps until recently, as the Community Preservation Committee couldn’t

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going green: one of the community Preservation Act articles this year asks voters for funds to purchase this former cranberry bog off route 14 near exit 11. community Preservation committee members say the town had wanted to buy the land as a working bog, but the farmer instead worked out a deal with the federal government so that the land will remain unused, even though the town will own it. The 60-acre area contains at least one lot that could have been used for housing and connected to other walking trails in town.

Duxbury was one of the first towns in Massa-

chusetts to adopt the Com-munity Preservation Act in 2001. The act is a state law that gives matching funds, raised through fees at the Registry of Deeds, to communites for three core purposes: Acquisition and preservation of open space, creation and support of af-fordable housing and acqui-sition and preservation of historic buildings and land-scapes.

By adopting the act, towns agree to a property tax surcharge of up to 3 percent. Duxbury is at the maximum.

A minimum of 10 per-cent of the annual revenues of the fund must be used for each of the three core com-munity concerns, and up to 5 percent may be used for ad-ministrative expenses of the Community Preservation Committee. The remaining funds can be allocated for any combination of the al-lowed uses, or for land for recreational use. This gives each community the op-portunity to determine its priorities, plan for its future,

and have the funds to make those plans happen.

Duxbury’s Community Preservation Committee hears pitches for potental projects during public hear-ing throughout the year. They then sponsor articles at Town Meeting, and resi-dents vote the projects up down.

In the past, the state had provided a 100 percent match, but as more and more towns join, that num-ber is dipping. Community Preservation Committee Chairman Holly Morris said that this year, Fiscal Year 2010, the town received a 38 percent match from the state. Next year, she is hear-ing that the number will be closer to 28 percent. There is legislation working its way through Beacon Hill that would guarantee the number at 75 percent.

20 Wednesday, March 10, 2010Duxbury Clippermake the deal public until a purchase and sale agreement was signed by the Board of Selectmen. The land used to be an active cranberry bog, but the for-mer owner made a deal with the fed-eral government that stipulates there will be no farming activity on the land. CPC members say the land will be pro-tected from future development (there is at least one useable house lot on the property) and called it a “gateway to Duxbury” that connects to other walk-ing trails and conservation areas in town. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen.

article 27cpc: coMMUniTy hoUSing

This article would have asked for $225,000 from Community Preserva-tion Act funds to purchase a one-acre lot for the purposes of developing community housing, but it is being in-definitely postponed.

article 28cpc: grAnge properTy

Article 28 asks for $150,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to construct two affordable housing units at the former Grange property on Franklin Street.

The Grange building has been abandoned for years, and previous at-tempts to develop the site in partner-ship with Habitat for Humanity have fallen through due to the economic downturrn. The Grange and an un-used fire station (which has since been torn down) were purchased using CPA funds in 2008. The town’s Local Hous-ing Partnership hopes to build two units on the site, either both in the Grange building or through the construction of a new dwelling on the fire station site. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen but not the Finance Com-mittee or Fiscal Advisory.

article 29increASe BoArD of SeLecTMen To fiVe

Article 29 is a citizen’s petition to increase the number of selectmen from three to five members. Paul McCor-mack of Partridge Road submitted this article. McCormack’s reasons include the following: the need to have more than two decision makers when a se-

lectman has to excuse himself because of a conflict of interest; fewer conflicts with the open meeting law; easing the workload; a greater variation of expe-rience and opinions; and an increased representation of voters. According to McCormack, in Massachusetts, there are 135 towns with five selectmen and 162 with three member boards.

A similar ar-ticle presented to town meet-ing in 2003 was approved with a two-thirds vote. However, the state’s at-torney general later disquali-

fied it. A second attempt to enlarge the board at Town Meeting in 2005 was postponed until the town could hear the recommendations from the Town Government Study Committee.

In 2006, this committee rejected the idea of more selectmen for mul-tiple reasons. It found that with a larger board there was an increased possibil-ity of factions and divisiveness and more of a chance of slowing down the decision-making process. With a three-member board, each member has more responsibility to attend meetings and keep current, and there is more ac-countability. The committee also cited a lack of good candidates.

If voters approve Article 29, then a petition will be sent to the state legis-lature, where it could be approved by June. In November, Duxbury voters would have to approve the change at the annual election, and then additional selectmen would be elected at the town election in March 2011. The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 to approve this article. The Finance Committee Rec-comends disapproval.

article 30recALL peTiTion

Article 30 proposes adding a recall

petition to the town’s bylaws to allow voters a way to rid themselves of an unwanted elected official by means of a special election.

The article lists the process to follow: to begin, a registered Dux-bury voter must file an affidavit with the town clerk listing the name of the

elected official considered for recall and the reason. This must be signed by 100 regis-tered voters.

The town clerk will then issue the recall

petition blanks, which must be signed by ten percent, or 1,094, of the town’s

registered voters and be returned to the clerk within 30 days. The town clerk must then certify that the signatures are valid within five business days and then notify selectmen, who will alert the official in question about the recall petition. The official can then choose to resign immediately or face a recall election to be held within 90 days.

The official under the recall petition can choose to place himself on the bal-lot for the election to succeed himself. If he is not recalled, he will continue to serve in his office for the remainder of his term. If the recall is successful, the official will be removed and the elected successor shall hold the office for the rest of the unexpired term. The recall petition cannot be used against any of-ficial who has been in office less than

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21Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Duxbury Clippersix months, nor can it be filed against an official who has six months or less to serve on his term.

Standish Street resident David Lowry presented the recall petition ar-ticle to selectmen, who chose to spon-sor it and place it on the warrant. The Selectmen voted 2-1 to reccomend the article. The Finance Committee sup-ports this article.

article 31reSoLUTion on wATerArticle 31 is a citizen’s petition sub-

mitted by Washington Street resident Nancy Landgren. This article is a non-binding resolution that states that water should be considered a “a basic human right” and therefore Duxbury’s water system should be held “in public trust for the benefit and use by the residents … and should be operated by the Town of Duxbury for the greater good.” The article also seeks to prohibit the town from privatizing or outsourcing its wa-ter and its maintenance and delivery systems. Landgren’s article stems from her concern that the town may one day privatize its water service to save mon-

ey. She wants to raise awareness of this topic and get residents thinking about the water they drink and how the town manages its water system. According to town officials, Duxbury has no cur-rent plans to privatize the water depart-ment. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen but not the Finance Committee.

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STATion MoniToringArticle 32 is sponsored by the Dux-

bury Nuclear Advisory Committee. This article’s purpose is to tell Pilgrim’s owner, Entergy, that Duxbury residents

are unhappy with the current inspection system and ground water well monitor-ing system near Pil-grim in Plymouth and that they want an improved system

with better monitoring wells to detect radioactive chemicals in the ground water. The article states that the current four-well monitoring system at Pilgrim

does not meet reasonable standards. The article also seeks to have Entergy send ground water samples to the Mas-sachusetts Department of Health and make all reports available to the pub-lic as well as to the state and affected communities like Duxbury.

According to Nuclear Advisory Committee chairman Mary “Pixie” Lampert, the chemical tritium was de-tected in the three monitoring wells near Pilgrim in November 2007 but nothing has ever been done about it. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hy-drogen and is a byproduct in nuclear reactors producing electricity. Tritium is dangerous if inhaled or ingested in drinking water and exposure to tritium can increase the risk of developing cancer. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.

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froM enTergyAlso sponsored by the Nuclear Ad-

visory Committee, Article 33 would require Entergy to fairly compensate surrounding towns based on their geo-graphic proximity to the nuclear power station and their affected population. According to Nuclear Advisory Com-mittee chairman Mary “Pixie” Lampert, Entergy needs to pay more compensa-tion to Duxbury than it currently does because of its proximity to Pilgrim. Duxbury receives less money than Marshfield from Entergy but it is clos-er to Pilgrim and has a higher number of people who would be affected dur-ing a nuclear emergency, said Lampert.

Marshfield received $100,000 more from Entergy this year than Duxbury did, but Duxbury has 15,000 people in the Emergency Planning Zone around Pilgrim, while Marshfield has 1,500. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Commit-tee.

article 34STABiLiZATion fUnD

This is an annual article to trans-fer money into the town’s stabiliza-tion fund. This article will be indefi-nitely postponed because a transfer of $300,000 from free cash to the stabi-lization fund is requested in special Town Meeting Article 10. This article is supported by the Board of Selectmen. The Finance Committee reccomends indefinite postponment.

article 35free cASh

Article 35 is a routine article that seeks to use money from certified free cash to reduce the tax amount. As the town is no longer using its free cash to balance the operating budget, but is using it to pay for one-time expenses such as capital items, this article will be indefinitely postponed.

By The nuMBerS

1972The year Pilgrim nuclear Power Plant opened in

Plymouth

When, 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. –– Henry David Thoreau

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Take action at Town MeetingThis year’s Town Meeting features a shorter

warrant, perhaps a reflection of the tough economic times and the message of “Enough!”

town officials are hearing from voters. But still, there are several important issues the town needs to take action on ...

• Leave the board the way it is. When the idea of increasing the Board of Selectmen from three to five was first proposed, we were intrigued. A larger board would reduce the risk of running afoul of the Open Meeting Law, and might bring a greater range of perspectives. But upon further consideration, we believe the three member format is what’s best for Duxbury. This setup has served the town very well in the past. In addition, in a strong town manager system, the selectmen serve as an advisory, policy-setting board, rather than day-to-day management. More selectmen may only serve to muddle the waters and inject more politics into the running of the town. Duxbury is an extremely professionally run community. Let’s not mess with a good thing.

• Recall at your peril. The idea of instituting a recall petition has been gathering steam over the past couple of months. While it can be a good check and balance on the power of elected officials, it’s not something that should be undertaken lightly. There should be fail-safes in place to ensure it’s not merely used to remove people who have made unpopular decisions. Such a procedure should be reserved for people who have abused their station and are doing damage to the town. The petition as currently worded seems confusing and vague. Perhaps it will be clarified on Town Meeting floor, and maybe it really is needed, but this is something residents should not be voting for lightly.

• Let’s get something done on lot coverage. Most people in town don’t care about parking regulations. The words “impermeable surfaces” probably sound like gibberish. But to the local business community, these words are at the center of a difficult debate. The 50 percent coverage rule certainly seems restrictive, especially to smaller businesses. But this is a change that should be coming from the Planning Board –– it shouldn’t be run through over their objections. Still, a solution is needed. We’d like to see the Planning Board make a promise to local merchants: next year, at Town Meeting, there will be a parking bylaw change, sponsored by the board, that makes everyone happy.

– J. Graeber

It has been, for the past 11 years, my dis-tinct honor and privilege to have worked with David S. Cutler at Stonebridge

Newspapers, based in Southbridge. I say “with” because David never made anyone feel like they worked for him. To anyone who ever came un-der his employ as a part of the editorial staff, he truly was “one of us” - a newspaper man with an honest love for what he did. Of course, he was much more than just a newspaper man - husband,

father, grandfather, brother, friend, son, Vietnam veteran. The list is long and filled with folks whose lives are the richer for having known Da-vid. His passing leaves a void, but he will never truly be gone. He left behind so many people who will ensure that his legacy and memory live on.

Walter Bird Jr. Executive Editor

Stonebridge Press Newspapers

By GeorGe Cipolletti

There is no debate that we must endeav-or to provide a high quality education for the children of Duxbury. We must

find and retain high caliber administrators and teachers that will be able to make the most of any environment, in good economic times and bad.

Our teachers are the heart and soul of the system, and strong administrators will put them in the best position to succeed. We also need a competent School Committee that understands its role and works to promote the District and provides the re-sources needed for continuous

improvement. We have to hire talented profes-sionals and we must let them do their jobs.

An unfortunate atmosphere of distrust has evolved in Duxbury that is poisoning the environ-ment and making it impossible for our top man-agers to be effective. Whether it’s the Selectmen undermining Mr. McDonald’s authority as Town Manager or the School Committee virtually har-rassing Mrs. Skeiber, elected officials have in-jected themselves into the day to day operational decisions of the town and the schools. This is very dangerous. School principals and teach-ers need to know that they are supported by the Superintendent and the School Committee. The citizens of Duxbury must have confidence that their town and school system are run efficiently and at the highest level. In my view, we have lost sight of the big picture and have become caught up in minutia. Public bickering over small details like bus schedules leads to the conclusion that our elected officials lack confidence in the ad-ministration. We cannot move forward until this behavior ends.

We must make sure that our decisions are based on the best interests of the students at all times. I think the decision to move the high school to a later start time is a good example of this. We started looking at the effects of early start times when I was on the DHS Council with Wayne Ogden in 2001. Over the years, we con-tinued to amass data from all over the country

that supported the earlier findings. In the spring of 2008 I asked Mrs. Skeiber during a School Committee meeting to formally investigate the implications of implementing a later schedule on our schools. This was done during the fall of 2008 and we heard her recommendation in December of that year. Why didn’t we survey the commu-nity before making a decision? Because the sci-entific data is sound enough that it is not a matter of opinion: teenagers do better in school with a later start time. Younger children are unaffected by earlier start times. Of course there are excep-tions. The fact is that a community survey would have perhaps given insight into what parents pre-fer or what they believe, but it would not change the facts. Many parts of this country would ban the teaching of evolution if it were put to a vote.

I find it disturbing that many towns are not changing start times because their surveys indi-cate that parents don’t like it. They’re worried about after school activities, about child care, about themselves. How it inconveniences them. It’s really sad that elected officials who should be advocates for education don’t have the political will to do the right things for the kids.

I urge everyone to consider what they want in our schools, and how to get there, when voting for the School Committee or Selectman. Is this individual going to move us forward? Do they have a vision or are they a one issue candidate with a personal agenda? Are they qualified for the job? This town doesn’t need nitpickers who only know how to tear things down. We need leader-ship that will build upon our strengths and ad-dress our weaknesses in a professional manner.

Duxbury is at a crucial turning point in its evolution as a community. We have historically been strong supporters of education, but for the last six years we have been starving the District. The numbers I shared earlier don’t lie. We are go-ing to have to decide if we want to continue to be known as a great seaside town with a great beach and great schools or as a great beach town that you move to when the kids are out of school. It won’t be cheap to get from “good to great.” But it will be a good investment.

Rebuilding trust is our biggest challenge –––––

Thanks, AllenThis Town Meeting will be the last for Moderator Allen Bornheimer after 29 years at the podium. We thank Mr. Bornheimer for his out-sanding service and wish him well.

Cutler’s legacy will live on ––––––––––––––––


Next week’s question:One of the biggest questions facing Duxbury right now is the need for new police and fire

facilities. Do you agree that this is a pressing need for the community? What do you think the best solution is, and how, as a selectman, would you provide leadership on this issue?

BoaRd of SeleCtmenDuxbury has been fortunate to avoid layoffs and large-scale budget cuts during the last few

lean fiscal years. However, we seem to have reached the point where we are cutting close to the bone, and several large projects loom such as the police and fire station work, and whatever form the school projects take. Would you ever support an operational Proposition 2 1/2 override to help balance the budget and save jobs? Why or why not?

Candidate questions

The challenges that the Town Manager, finance director, Finance Committee,

and Fiscal Advisory Committee have faced to bring balanced operating and capital bud-

gets to residents at town meeting are the same challenges facing many of our residents. The last couple of years have made us all worry about our personal economic situation, both day to day and into retirement. We are all facing the same realities: we need

to match our spending with our revenues and at the same time plan for the future.

The town’s financial team has done an outstanding job at balancing this fine line while at the same time earning the com-munity an AAA bond rating. According to the finance director’s five-year forecast, the operating budget is balanced or in the black through fiscal year 2014, based on reasonable assumptions for revenues and expenditures. That’s the good news. Now for the not-so-good news: Although the operating budget is working for us, the capital budget is not.

Two years ago, at the recommendation of the finance director, the town stopped using free cash (end-of-year surplus) to balance the operating budget, and instead chose to ear-mark those funds on a year-to-year basis to

fund annual capital expenses. In addition, the town has adopted a new policy to no longer use debt roll-off to help balance the operat-ing budget but instead earmark these funds for future capital debt. These are good moves in the right direction, but they are not enough to properly fund significant costs such as ma-jor building maintenance and capital build-ing costs. By under-funding building mainte-nance costs we have allowed our school and town buildings to fall into disrepair, creating even larger repair or replacement costs to the town down the road. Most of us would not let this happen to our own homes. There is no simple solution for funding needed capi-tal improvements. There are minimal funds within the levy limit to annually pay new debt. Therefore any major projects proposed can only be funded through a debt exclusion override, adding to our already significant taxes.

Maybe I am wrong, but I believe there is little appetite for more taxes during the cur-rent economic situation. We are a communi-ty of residents journeying through our lives at different phases. It’s important to remem-ber that as a community we need to provide the opportunity for all residents to enjoy our town. At the current time I would not sup-port an operating budget override. I believe there is no demonstrated need. I also believe there are opportunities to provide additional savings within the operating budget by con-solidating services.

No. We do not need operational over-rides of Proposition 2½. We need

to stop raising taxes on Duxbury’s citizens every year at rates well above 2.5 percent

and the US rate of infla-tion. Duxbury’s tax levy in fiscal 1990 was $17.9 million. By 2000 it was up $7.9 million to $25.7 million, a 44.0 percent increase over 1990. Be-tween 2000 and 2010, Duxbury taxes soared another 60.7 percent by $15.6 million, to $41.4

million. Remember, Duxbury’s entire tax levy in 1990 was just $17.9 million.

So over the past twenty years, while U.S. inflation grew only 2.6 percent a year and in-creased by 70.1 percent Duxbury taxes rose on average 4.3 percent every year, racking up a whopping 131.4 percent total increase. If that continues Duxbury’s tax bill will hit $51.0 million by 2015 and $63.0 million in 2020.

We do not need higher taxes. We need more efficient and effective use of resources. We need fiscal restraint. We need responsi-ble judgment. We need to spend our money prudently and wisely. And we need contin-

ued professional management of the sort we have enjoyed these past few years.

Duxbury’s tax levy increased only 1.5 percent this year (FY2010). Town Man-ager Richard McDonald, Superintendent of Schools Susan Skeiber and their staffs have done an excellent job developing a balanced operating budget for FY2011, within Prop 2½ limits, and without layoffs or cuts in es-sential services. Given responsible choices by voters at this year’s annual Town Meeting and election, Duxbury taxes could increase 2½ percent or less an unprecedented two years in a row. That is a good start.

The best government is the least govern-ment: sufficient to provide education, public safety, and essential services; but no bigger than necessary. It is minimally intrusive in the lives of its citizens. It exists to serve all the people fairly, justly, and impartially. It is not a self-perpetuating organism consuming an ever-growing share of society’s resources. It is not a mechanism to fund and advance private interests or personal pet projects, ei-ther.

Good government for the town of Dux-bury does not require permanent Proposition 2½ operational overrides. Even mislead-ingly so-called “temporary” debt exclusions should be considered only in cases of dire need or exceptional investment opportunity. Otherwise these, too, should be rejected.

Shawn dahlen

Will Zachmann

David Cutler will be missed. He often referred to life on

the South Shore and in Dux-bury, in particular, as the “road less traveled” and recognized that effort was required in pre-serving that road. His editori-als both educated and persuad-ed many of the importance and wisdom in protecting open space. His efforts were criti-cal to many of the town’s larg-est acquisitions, such as Camp

Wing, Delano Farm, O’Neill Farm and Berrybrook. He was also a man of great integrity, warmth and wit. I feel fortu-nate to have known him and appreciate all he did to pro-duce a high quality newspaper that we enjoy each week while using its positive influence to help make our town the spe-cial place it is today.

David HinesScreenhouse Lane

article 29: Change number of Selectmen from 3 to 5 ––––––

During the past few years, Duxbury’s three member Board of Selectmen have done a reasonably good job in performing the time critical portion of their du-

ties. They have worked diligently with the town manager and gotten the budget ready in time for Town Meetings. Each year, the warrant for the annual Town Meeting appears on schedule. They also have managed to vote on various time sensitive issues, such as one time liquor licenses, in a timely manner. Addition-ally, the Selectmen have done a fair job in managing the far too many boards and committees which report to the board. All of this takes a great deal of time.

The current board and its recent predecessors also share one other thing. They have all failed to perform their number one responsibility. In 1987, the act which provided Duxbury with a town manager also listed the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen. Number one reads “The Board of Select-men shall serve as the goal setting, long range planning and pol-icy making body of the town...”

Goal setting and long range planning requires that the Board determines the needs of the town, figures out a solution, priori-tizes these needs and solutions, convinces the relative parties (in many cases the voters) and finally gets things implemented.

This is a daunting, time consuming task which often does not have a drop-dead date by which it must be done and therefore can be easily put on the “back burner” or even totally ignored. This apparently has been the current procedure of the Board of Selectmen.

A five person board of selectmen would provide the resourc-es to spread the workload of each member, allowing the board to address the goal setting and long term planning part of their job. Additionally, these areas would certainly benefit from the greater variation of experience and opinion a five member board could provide.

There are other benefits to having a five person board: such as dealing with the “Open Meeting Law”.... a straight jacket for a three-member Board and something which can be as easy to violate as by having two of the selectmen speak which one an-other on the phone concerning a subject before the board. While a five person board must also be very careful, a simple conversa-tion between two members would not automatically count as a violation.

Since this is Article 29, I suspect that it will be addressed late Saturday or more probably on Monday evening. I encourage all Duxbury voters to attend, ask questions, state your opinions and vote.

This is your board.Paul McCormack

Partridge Road

the ‘road less traveled’ –––––

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From April 1 to June 30 the priests, brothers, staff and supporters of the Miramar Retreat Center in Duxbury will be hitting the streets, malls and pools in the area to walk, run, swim and cycle for the cause. Those who want to support the participants are encouraged to donate $2 per mile for their ef-forts. Friends and neighbors are invited to participate by sign-ing up for as many miles as they think they will go by June 30, and perhaps by lining up their families and friends to support them on behalf of Miramar. Participants and donors can con-tact the Center at 781-585-2460 or at [email protected]. Donations can also be sent to Miramar Retreat Center, PO Box M, Duxbury MA 02332-0614. Please note that you are supporting Miles For Miramar on your check.


Candidate QuestionsOver the past year, the School Committee clashed with parents and mem-

bers of the public on several controversial topics, such as the school start time and the high end learner project. A common theme was that of com-munication. As a School Committee member, what would you do to improve communication between the district and the town?

SChool Committee

First, I would welcome and thank people for attending the

School Committee meetings. I want to help bring our schools to the highest level and believe input from parents

and members of the public is cru-cial to make that happen.

Second, I would improve communication by following the existing policies and implement a “planned, sys-

tematic, two-way process of commu-nication.”

In this plan, any new or possibly contentious programs would require a public forum with the School Com-mittee present. This would allow citizens to discuss their views and ask questions. The high-end learner pilot was controversial for many parents – a forum early on would have identified their concerns, and improved imple-mentation.

Conducting surveys would be another part of the plan. This would help the School Committee under-stand concerns parents and taxpayers have with new initiatives. Any time problems can be anticipated, a better plan can be developed. If the Alden parents’ concerns regarding the start time had been ascertained, there may have been a better outcome.

This plan would also have a com-plete organizational chart that lists all school employees and their contact information. Currently, many peo-ple are unsure who to contact with a concern and go straight to the School Committee, rather than through the proper chain of command. Having an organizational chart would help them start at the right place, and if needed, guide them to the next step.

Dissemination of information is important for open communication. Providing the public with the same documents available to the School Committee before a meeting would make it easier for the citizens to par-ticipate. This is especially true during the budget process. By policy, a bud-get should be available in advance of any budget hearing.

Finally, updating Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the schools’ Web site would keep the public informed, while a report of emails received from the public by the School Committee, would keep the administration in-formed of any potential issues as they develop.

One of the School Committee’s values in their Policy AE states, “We practice clear, honest and direct com-munication.” A comprehensive com-munication plan that includes con-ducting surveys, holding open forums, developing a clear organizational chart, and providing the taxpayer with information in a timely manner is cru-cial to help the district become the best it can be.

Colleen Brayer

This is a challenging and excit-ing time in education and in

Duxbury – my enthusiasm will be evi-dent in all aspects of my communica-tion.

As part of the School Committee I would encourage the board to adopt some new communication strategies. Each School Committee member, ex-

cept the chair, should act as liaison to one of our schools, rotating schools each school year. The liaisons would interact regularly with the school coun-cils and parent

organizations. This would ensure that parents of all schools will understand how a particular issue will impact their children.

While multi-media communication is often highly effective, sometimes face-to-face conversations are benefi-cial and appropriate, further encourag-ing communication. School Commit-tee members attending school council and PTA meetings several times each year will build personal relationships, leading to more honest feedback.

In addition, I propose increasing our frame of reference beyond Dux-bury’s borders. Let’s look at the com-munication standards of school dis-tricts near and far and encourage the administration to adopt techniques that have demonstrated success. Perhaps, for example, the district Web site could be streamlined and a question-of-the-month survey posted on the front page.

Perhaps there could be communication from the district specifically targeting residents who do not have children in one of our schools. This type of news-letter could highlight projects com-pleted by our teachers and students so that all residents learn the meaning of a 21st century education. There are end-less possibilities.

I have learned from my years in the classroom that it’s not just about the message you send, but also how that message is heard: communication needs to be assessed to judge its effec-tiveness.

Duxbury Public Schools uses vari-ous technologies to send messages; but communication should also provoke response. Lack of response should not be taken to mean lack of concern. Just as in my classroom if students aren’t asking questions it doesn’t necessar-ily mean they understand the lesson. Communication is a two-way street—but we need to create two-way path-ways.

As an individual member of the committee I will listen effectively. As a mother of four I understand the sig-nificance of questions and concerns raised by community members; as a teacher I have the professional under-standing to effectively articulate those concerns to administration. Because I am in the trenches every day strug-gling with the same issues as all educa-tors, I have a unique ability to evaluate programs and policies without hurting morale. I can ask administrators tough questions – questions only another ed-ucator would think to ask. My personal communications will be more than in-formative, they will motivate, engage and perhaps persuade.

mary lou Buell

It’s unfortunate that the high end learner program and school start

time change became so polarizing, as they resulted from earnest efforts to

solve a problem. More thoughtful-ly planned two-way communica-tion would have diminished much of the controver-sy. Like many topics that the School Commit-tee is presented

with, there were passionate supporters on both sides of the issues. The differ-ing opinions are valid, and had the right to be considered in a respectful discus-sion in an appropriate timeframe.

The administration and School Committee make sincere efforts to communicate through multiple media channels. However our busy lives can result in much of this communication going unnoticed. Topics that have the potential to be controversial or that involve significant change need to be “over communicated” over a long period of time, and through different means. A well-thought out communi-cation plan including goals and strat-egies to effectively communicate the real issues in a direct manner with all stakeholders using multiple channels should be used in these situations. It can be time consuming and unpleasant to take these steps; the administration

and School Committee needs to have the courage to recognize troublesome issues, anticipate adverse reactions, and take action to communicate clear-ly, early, and often. Avoiding difficult messages just compounds the problem. This will not necessarily lead to con-sensus, but it does ensure that issues are fully vetted. For example, school start times were under consideration for several years, allowing time for a better planned two-way 12-18 month meaningful communication program which would have helped alleviate some of the tension.

In our search for a new superin-tendent some of the most important attributes to consider will be the can-didate’s ability to communicate on dif-ficult topics, to be a great listener and the willingness to engage stakeholders for feedback and advice. The new su-perintendent might consider the forma-tion of an advisory group composed of a cross section of parents. This would provide a forum to test new ideas, lis-ten, and learn from parents in a non-confrontational fashion.

In order for the School Commit-tee to be effective, they have to com-municate with each other. While we may not always agree, we should seek to understand, appreciate, and value other points of view. This will require a shared commitment to open and hon-est dialogue, respect for differences, and compromise, while remaining ac-countable to the students and parents and true to our individual beliefs.

Gary magnuson

This issue of communication is both important and com-

plicated. It is obviously critical to keep the community informed and

to solicit opin-ions. However, the committee also needs the ability to move with some speed and efficiency. It is clear, how-ever, that over the past couple of years, the

School Committee has failed to bal-ance these competing needs in a man-ner that satisfies the community.

To address this problem, commit-tee members will need to recognize likely “hot button” issues and stay ahead of them with extra efforts to give information and get feedback. I can do this. Having grown up here and lived here for nearly 20 years, I know the fabric of this community. I understand the things that people care about and I respect their passion.

As I think about improving com-munication, I see three levels to con-sider: between School Committee and community; School Committee and superintendent; and communica-tion among the committee members.

Between the School Committee and the community, we need to de-velop improved methods for deliv-

ering information and for soliciting opinions. We then need to consider how best to use the information we gather to guide our decisions and ac-tions. Over the next three years, these improvements will be my primary focus. The School Committee is the voice of the community. In order to fulfill this mandate, we must un-derstand the community’s priorities and goals before voting on policies. Simply put, I will ask you what you think.

The School Committee also needs open and effective communication with the superintendent. This will be one of the qualities that I will priori-tize when considering candidates for superintendent. Communication is essential for good leadership, and I expect our new superintendent to be a great leader.

Finally, effective communication among School Committee members is critical. All of our deliberations are in public view. Therefore, we need to be able to explore issues, define our differences, and work toward deci-sions respectfully. As an assistant district attorney I learned the value of strong, direct, but respectful, dia-log. These are the skills that I intend to bring to the School Committee. As we deliberate, we need to remember that each person on the committee shares a common goal – to provide the best education possible for our children.

Christine mclaughlin

Next week’s question:Duxbury is in the process of looking for its next superintendent. What

qualities do you think the town should be looking for when choosing the next person to run the Duxbury Public Schools?


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The Duxbury Beach Res-ervation Inc., owner of Dux-bury Beach, has funded the purchase of a 2010 Kawasaki 4x4 utility vehicle for use by the Town of Duxbury’s Har-bormaster/Coastal Natural Resources Department. This vehicle, which will replace a 13-year-old all terrain vehicle, is an essential component of the Endangered Species Pro-tection Program, also funded by the reservation. The new “mule” will also be available to patrol difficult over-sand areas on the beach, locate lost children and transport medi-cal personnel in case of emer-gency.

Duxbury Beach thrives on a strong foundation of team-work between the reservation, which cares for the physical beach, and the town of Dux-bury, which manages activi-ties on the beach. The reserva-tion leases most of its beach property to the town, using the income for dune maintenance, fencing, beach grass and the endangered species program. The town sells permits for parking at the east end of the bridge and oversand permits for access to the outer beach, using the income for the lease payment and for beach-related work by the Harbormaster/Coastal Resources Depart-ment. Harbormaster personnel manage visitors to the beach,

their vehicles, and a host of recreational activities on the beach and surrounding waters, in addition to conducting the endangered species program for the reservation.

Since its incorporation in 1975, the Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. has taken its mission seriously: to re-store and preserve Duxbury Beach in its natural state as host to marine life, native and migratory birds, indigenous vegetation; as a barrier beach for the protection of Duxbury and Kingston; and as a price-less environmental asset to the Commonwealth. Our endan-

gered species program, now a model for other beaches, is what allows Duxbury Beach to remain open during the piping plover nesting season, when many Massachusetts beaches are closed. Thanks to the com-bined efforts of the town and the reservation, plus the coop-eration of people who use the beach, we can all anticipate another great summer on Dux-bury Beach.

For more information on the Duxbury Beach Reserva-tion. Inc., visit the reserva-tion’s Web site at duxbury-beach.com.

Pictured with the harbormaster’s new ATV are Operations Officer, Michael Pforr, Town Manager Richard MacDonald, Maggie Kearney and Shawn Dahlen of the Beach Reservation and Harbormaster Donald Beers.

New wheels for harbormaster

BRUSH STROKES: Artist Vincent LoPiccolo demonstrated his oil painting technique at a reception held for his exhibit currently on display at the Helen Bumpus Gallery at the Duxbury Free Library. The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours through March and April.

amC class openings

Openings remain in the class, Basic Portrait Oil Painting for Beginner to In-termediate, with nationally known artist Laura Tryon Jennings. It will be offered for six weeks on Wednes-days, March 10–April 14, from 4–6:30 p.m. The classes will be taught in a relaxed encouraging envi-ronment with individual attention. The cost is $165 with all supplies provided.

Photo by Julius A. Prince, Jr.


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An annual Town Meeting article to adopt a recall petition met with mixed support from the Board of Selectmen this week.

On Monday, selectmen voted 2-1 to endorse Article 30, a proposal to add a recall petition to the town’s bylaws to allow voters a way to rid them-selves of an unwanted elected official by means of a special election.

Selectmen Chairman Bet-sy Sullivan and Selectman Chris Donato voted to support Article 30. Selectman Jon Wit-ten voted against the motion. However, he said he wanted residents to debate the merits of the proposal on Town Meet-ing floor.

“I’m not supportive of the article but the voters should have a free shot at it,” said Witten, who voted previously to have selectmen bring the ar-ticle to the annual Town Meet-ing March 13.

Last year, Standish Street resident David Lowry present-ed the recall petition article to selectmen and asked them to sponsor it and place it on the warrant. Selectmen agreed and made a few changes to the ar-ticle.

Witten worried that adopt-ing a recall option could be misused and cause irreparable harm to an individual and his reputation.

“Image the damage that could be done if this was abused,” said Witten.

He said he would feel more comfortable with the article if there was a higher level of dif-ficulty to begin the recall pro-cess.

“The higher the bar, the more comfortable I am,” he said.

The article spells out the entire recall process. To begin, a registered Duxbury voter must file an affidavit with the town clerk listing the name of

the elected official considered for recall and the reason. This must be signed by 100 regis-tered voters. Witten felt that increasing the required num-ber of signatures would make it more difficult to begin a re-call.

The town clerk would then issue the recall petition blanks, which must be signed by ten percent, or 1,094, of the town’s registered voters and be returned to the clerk within 30 days. The town clerk must then certify that the signatures are valid within five business days and notify selectmen, who will alert the official in question about the recall petition. The official can then choose to re-sign immediately or face a re-call election to be held within 90 days.

The official under the re-call petition can choose to place himself on the ballot for the election to succeed him-self. If he is not recalled, he would continue to serve in his office for the remainder of his term. If the recall election is successful, the official will be removed and the elected suc-cessor would hold the office for the rest of the unexpired term. The recall petition can-not be used against any official who has been in office less than six months, nor can it be filed against an official who has six months or less to serve on his term.

Sullivan said she had heard from many residents about the recall article. Some were wor-ried that Duxbury currently has no recourse if it needs to re-move an unfit elected official, while others were concerned that the recall could be used as a threat or a public embarrass-ment.

Sullivan said that this was possible because the article did not list specific reasons for in-stituting the recall. For exam-ple, if an elected official was sentenced to jail time or just never showed up for meetings,

the town does not have a way to get rid of him and move on, she said.

“It has been an issue in neighboring towns,” said Sul-livan. “An elected official was arrested and refused to re-sign.”

Donato agreed, saying he felt the recall election could impede people from running for public office.

“In viewing this, it’s obvi-ously something we don’t want used as a way to attack an in-dividual,” Donato said, adding that he wondered if the recall article was brought forward because of him.

“If it was specifically meant for me, I’m not sure,” Donato said.

He said that without a re-call, Duxbury residents had the option of waiting a year and then electing a different person who better represented their views on an issue.

Selectmen mixed on recall

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Offering courses to adults of all ages from Duxbury and beyond!

What classes would you like in the future?Come visit our table at Town Meeting

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The first annual Inter-faith Council sponsored event in recognition of Earth Day and the first day of spring will be held March 21 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary at First Parish Church.

Composer, guitarist and singer/songwriter, Jim Scott will perform.

All proceeds from the concert will assist in fund-ing both the Council’s annu-al Campership Program and the TLC Backpack Project. All donations to the Council go back to the community 100 percent.

Advance tickets are available at Westwinds Bookstore $8. Tickets will also be available the day of the event for $10. Children’s tickets are $5 at the door.


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Girl Scout newsGirl Scout Week: Girl Scout Sunday marked the begin-

ning of Girl Scout Week here in Duxbury and across the coun-try, celebrating 98 years of Girl Scouting. Juliette Low started the first troop in Savannah, Georgia in 1912 with a group of girls in her Sunday School class. She modeled the program after the programs being offered to boys and girls by Lord and Lady Baden Powell in England. While the program origi-nally centered on skills such as sewing, cooking, reading and some camping, today’s Girl Scouts have the opportunity to explore interests in space exploration, auto mechanics, com-puter technology, the law and money management, to name a few, all the while learning valuable leadership skills they can carry with them for the rest of their lives. Here in Duxbury we have a total of 271 girls registered in Girl Scouts and 129 adult members in grades kindergarten through grade 12. To all of them we say “Happy Birthday!”

Easter Bags: If you have not picked up your Easter bag kits for the Interfaith Council Service Project, please plan to stop by and get them from Joan’s box. Remember, they are due at Holy Family on March 27-28.

TLC Backpacks: We are still hoping to have a few more troops sign up for the TLC Backpack project. The Service Unit will pay for the backpack–your troop simply needs to provide the school supplies (we have a list) to go into it. Thus far we have six backpacks being donate--can we make it 10? Let Joan know if your troop can help.

Troop Happenings: Big thanks to Lori Mullin for put-ting together a terrific maple sugaring outing to the South Shore Natural Science Center in Norwell for Daisy Scouts in Troop 80464. The girls had a great time and earned their Use Resources Wisely petal.

MAPLE SUGAR TIME: Daisy Troop 80464 shown during an outing to the South Shore Natural Science Center from left to right: Tierney Regan, Mary Gandt, Ian Every, Elizabeth Mullin, Sydney LeClaire, Harper Segall, Libby Hunt, Ana Leto, Isabelle Every and Sawyer Jane Segall.

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The greener side of politics

Republicans from Dux-bury along with the GOP will be hosting the first annual St. Paddy’s Day breakfast at the Scituate Country Club on March 14. The event will be emceed by Fox News Corre-spondent and Scituate resident Joe Malone. Boston’s witti-est comedian, Steve Sweeney will also be chiming in.

In attendance will beGu-bernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and his running mate Richard Tisei, State Senator Bob Hedlund, Congressio-nal candidate Representative Jeff Perry, Representative Dan Webster, District Attor-ney Tim Cruz, Sheriff Joseph MacDonald, Congressional candidate Don Hussey, and Congressional candidate Ray Kasperowicz. Please join the towns of Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate and Wey-mouth for an Irish breakfast on March 14 at the Scituate Country Club from 9:30-12:00. Cost will be $20. Con-tact Bill Harris at 781-934-8788 for any questions.

Seeking stories of TarkilnDid you attend school at Tarkiln? Then the Friends of

Tarkiln want to hear from you! The Tarkiln School on Summer Street opened during the

Civil War Reconstruction era in 1871 and operated as a Dux-bury school until 1950. Tarkiln’s two halls were the last of Duxbury’s one-room schoolhouses to close. Tarkiln has been part of the fabric of Duxbury for over 130 years.

Recently, the building has been closed and has been un-dergoing some needed upgrades. This summer, Tarkiln will be returning as a meeting place for townsfolk once again.

In celebration of Tarkiln’s partial restoration, we are reaching out to all alumni who attended school here. We want to hear your recollections of your time at Tarkiln.

We’d like to know the dates when you attended, what you learned, how you were taught, and the names of your class-mates and teachers. We are also keen to hear your stories about what it was like to attend Tarkiln and we would love to see your old photographs. We are composing a stories of Tarkiln history and photograph album. (All original photos will be duplicated and returned.)

We also hope to see you at a multi-year school reunion at Tarkiln later this year!

Please drop us a note at The Friends of Tarkiln, PO Box 1296, Duxbury 02331 or e-mail your information to [email protected].


a mazing a Cappella: Skidmore, trinity, northeastern and nYU

Mass Transit from NYU sing some of today’s biggest hits. David Chang, Steve Estes, Jayson Smith, Steve LaMorte, Richie Barrella and Jordan Jones-Resse. Paul Fortini was a student at NYU.

Members of the DHS Pac Men; Pat Dauwer, Billy Jewell, Mike Cheal, Roman Perry, Ryan Hendrickson and Zach Zahnzinger.

The Skidmore Dynamics: Julia Flasphaler, Garett Weinstein, Brandon O’Sullivan, Eli Dreyfus, Alexander Greaves, Diego Reinero, Nicholas Williams (DHS grad), Andrea Vince and soloist Kimberly Lai.

The NYU Mass Transit a cappella group gets started with “Closer,” by NeYo.

Kathy and Ken Fortini, the parents of DHS graduate Paul Fortini who passed away in 2008, started a foundation to raise money that ben-efits performing arts and artists in Duxbury.

Duxbury High School’s own Pac Men wow the crowd with “Stand By Me.”

The Trinity Pipes sing a Coldplay song. Back row: Jake Miller, Seth Hull, Griffin Keady (director) and Thomas Weir. Front row: Ashley Ardinger, Cristen Koufakis, Kate Coughlin, Brooke Teittinen (Duxbury grad 2007), Sarah Millar, Portia Smith and soloist Nikki Carrido.

There was nearly a full house of all ages at the PAC Saturday night. There were tee-shirts and refreshments for sale as well as great music.

Photos by Karen Wong


High HonorsGrade 12

Barletto, Renata Jean Blanchard, Mary Katherine Burke, Caitlin Christian Cote, Marc Reno Day, Stephen Nicolay Gibbs, Abigail Elizabeth Guilfoile, Thomas William Hannon, Julia Evelyn Kelso, Grace Annabel LaTorre, Michael Edward Leonard, Julia Fulton McLaughlin, Laura Jean Nelson, Erin Meredith Nelson, Meghan Elizabeth Nissi, Cassandra Mary Pattinson, Catherine Seward Potash, Benjamin Richard Ronne, Andria Jean Simons, Michelle Elizabeth Steele, Anne Marie

Grade 11Betteridge, William Woodruff Casey, Kevin Alan Cipolletti, Charlotte Anne Feeney, Lauren Elizabeth Kuckuk, Kevin Woodrow Mahony, Kevin Patrick Meehan, Brendan Gerard Moore, Jennifer Irene Nee, Julia Marisa Reinhart, Casey Anne Riccio, Tessa Nicole Shaughnessy, Alexandria Marie Su, Barry

Grade 10Angell, Jason Philip Buckley, Erin Elizabeth Dennison, Catherine BryceHanrahan, Nicole Elizabeth Hansman, Emily Jean Johnson, Robert Forrest Jordan, Lindsay Catherine Marino, Justin Anthony Muncey, Peter Naylor Munson, Emilie Calvin O’Keefe, Connor Richard Powell, Wilson Hunt Rourke, Timothy Edward Therrien, Emma Rose

Grade 9Allen, Katherine Ann Balzotti, Christina Marie Blanchard, Thomas Paul Boothman, Callum Aiden Buell, Patrick John Butler, Greyson Murphy Caliendo, Drew Philip Carpenter, Analee Jayne Coakley, Kevin Christopher Connolly, Michael Charles Conway, Madeline Newman Cook, Max Louis Crandon, Earl Nguyen-Rand Daly, Caitlin Elizabeth Davis, Alenni Jane Farquharson, Madeline Priscilla Feeney, Lindsay Marie Fitzgerald, Luke Volgenau Gallagher, Erin Elizabeth Gibbs, Gabrielle Susan Griffin, Christine Grant Guilfoile, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Joseph Michael Lawless Kite-Powell, Johannes Ludwig Lampert, Sarah LeightonLawrence, Drew Fitzgerald Leaverton, Alexandra Elizabeth Lloyd, Carson Channing Lynch, Brianna Ashley MacLennan, Patrick Ryan McLaughlin, Hannah Louise Murphy, Ryan Patrick Mutkoski, Emily Anne Nee, Laura Michelle North, Michela Jane Palfrey, Alexander Gorham Phelan, Hana Lea Puopolo, Michelle Marjorie

Ronne, Deanna Lynn Roveto, Matthew Hosom Sahlberg, Linnea Jean Shane, Emily Paige Stewart, Alexander Michael Stinebiser, Chloe Logan Thompson, McKenzie Rae Vicario, Kristina Louise Wolff, Alyson Elizabeth Yanulis, Sarah Grace

Honor RollGrade 12

Aldrich, Natalie Roveto Allen, Julia Marie Antaya, Matthew Douglas Auda, Gregory Stephen Bahr, Jenna Marie Beattie, Samuel Tyroler Blout, Jeffrey Allen Bowen, Natalie Grace Brady, Mark Joseph Brockwell, Daniel James Brovitz, Sarah Catherine Buchanan, Kayla Maria Buckley, Kaitlin Elizabeth Buonvicino, Cara Virginia Calabro, Christopher John Cheney, Devin Thomas Clark, Collin Webber Cline, Nickolas Bailey Clough, Arielle Elizabeth Coghlan, Katelyn Ann Colangelo, Sarah Graham Cornelius, Margaret Jean Cronin, Julie Lynn Croteau, Connor Steven Crowley, Micaela Joy Davidson, Brendan Tyler Desmery, Virginia Claire DeVellis, Krista Averi Devereaux, Monica Lee Donovan, Laura Marie Drummy, Thomas Patrick Edgar, Duncan James Ellis, Hannah Jessica Fallon, Christine Elizabeth Files, Samuel William Forlizzi, Cara ElizabethGoodless, Mark Christopher Lee Gould, Morgan Murphy Goyette, Christie Lynne Granger, Katherine Marie Gregg, Kimberly Marion Griffin, Kathryn Elaine Grossman, Brian Patrick Haffey, Lila Claire Hemingway, David John Hendrickson, Ryan Jesse Hennessy, Kellie Ann Hickey, Matthew John Holland, Toni Lee Holt, William Ross Inglis, Connor William Johnson, Kendall Ruth Johnson, Meghan Lynn Jones, Caitlin Elizabeth Katz, Gabriella Theresa Kazanowski, Thomas Robert Kearney, Stephen Wallace Kent, Brooke Ashlyn Kimball, Benjamin James Kimball, Christopher James Kosharek, Alexander Paul Kozmiski, Therese Marie Lake, Darci Ann Locke, Paige Elizabeth Lynch, Nicholas Alexander Mackin, Riley Elizabeth MacLennan, Kerri Rose Magnuson, Ashley Jenna McCall, Taryn Stevens McDermott, Marley Branin McElduff, Justin Alexander McWilliams, Patrick MichaelMechak, Lauren Elizabeth Merlin, Emily Catherine Miller, Patrick Lane Mulrenin, Rachel Colley O’Brien, Hunter Fenton O’Donovan, Lance Ryan O’Neal, Gregory Matthew O’Toole, Elisabeth Anne

Padula, Christina Grace Payne, Zachary Tyler Pierce, Andrew Russell Piesco, Ryan Mark Porter, Catharine Lord Reinhart, Samuel Austin Richard, Kourtney Leigh Ryan, David Conroy Savard, Matthew Evan Schmitt, Julia Neave Schneiderhan, Matthew James Schroeder, Ryan Paul Schupp, Alexis Renee Schwanke, Kayla Rose Scorza, Matthew John Segalla, Emma Marie Slechta, John Miller Smith, Heather Nancy Smith, Jillian Marie Smith, Madeline McIntosh Soldi, Sarah Elizabeth Strand, Christian Robert Sullivan, Kaitlin Elizabeth Sullivan, Michael Francis Tarbox, Elise Marie Tenaglia, Peter Francis Trevisani, Jaclyn Christine Tucker, Caroline WelchTurok, Kerry Siobhan Varonko, Maria Lorraine Violandi, Alexandra Mari Vuilleumier, Chandler Reid Walter, Laura Kristen Waltz, Austin Jay Wojciechowski, Lucas Roman Woleyko, Victoria Delores Woomer, Michael Roland Zaverucha, Makar Ryan

Grade 11Anderson, Bridget Anne Andren, Kristofer Glynn Bahr, Devan Virginia Berry, Paige Nicole Bone, Hilary Campbell Bray, Gregory Michael Brook, Emily Margaret Brooks, Colleen Ruthann Buonvicino, Nicholas Rocco Burr, Kasey Mareah Mutchler Childs, Corey James Coyne, Joseph Allen Cully, Greer Elizabeth Cushing, Melissa Denise Cusick, Jenna Lee D’Amore, Michael Joseph Demos, Clark Michael DiPrima, Aidan Phillips Dobens, Abigail Ann Doherty, Kathleen Elizabeth Donovan, Patrick Michael Dow, Wesley John Dowd, Michaela Elizabeth Draper, Cameron James Dunn, Maggie McNamara Dwinell, Hanna MeredithEllis, Abigail Grace Errasti, Kayla Elizabeth Fahy, Patrick Thomas Falcone, Kara Anne Farquharson, Emma Louise Finn, Katherine Ross Fiset, Daniel Patrick Fontana, Alicia Marie Gallagher, Emily Kate Garvey, Kirsten Dahlen Gavin, Melissa Lynne Gerraughty, Lorin Elizabeth Goldberg, Sarah Jeanne Grady, Lauren Elizabeth Grant, Roger Ian Haffey, Kane Bernard Hanlon, Sarah Elizabeth Harasimowicz, Brett Mason Haynes, Meghan Elizabeth Hickey, Margaret Mae Hill, Carlie Leah Hutchinson, Emily Jean Jewell, William Robert Kornberg, Dylan Eliot Kracov, Michael Robert Krall, George Stephan Kravitz, Leyla Gail

Laputz, Amy Noelle Maguire, Denis Tobin Martin, Allison Leah McCarthy, Siobhan Katherine McElduff, Kelly Marie McKinley, Jonathan Patrick McLaughlin, Laurie Morrison, Ashley Elizabeth Murdock, Hannah DenlyNachmann, Joel Dexter Norton, Maggie Basford O’Day, Emily Metcalfe Pasquale Monk, Julia Marie Phillips, Chandler Erin Rana, Maheen Akbar Reney, Meaghan Robinson, Haley Lauren Rodriguez, Chandler Quintin Rollock, Cassandra Lee Runci, Elizabeth Austin Sahlberg, Brett Edward Shane, Allison Whitney Stoner, Rosemary Elizabeth Bartlett Sweeney, Patrick Edward Tillotson, Carly Rose Tinkham, Nicholas Padula Tobias, Karli Nichole Turner, John David Varano, Sara Morgan Walker, Casey Suzanne Walker, Torrence William Walsh, Kristina Lynn Willauer, Peter Gryska Williams, Jessica Diane Wong, Jacob Stephen Woomer, Meghan Marie

Grade 10Acha, Gordon Mutah Pegheko Arana, Francesca Isabel Averna, Julia Hodgkinson Barrington, Mitchell Allen Barrington, Trevor John Benson, Hunter James Biagini, Nicholas Richard Bishop, Brooke Elizabeth Boyle, Robert CharlesBuonagurio, Henry Ryan Casey, Alena Joy Cazeault, Elizabeth Marie Chappuis, Ashleen Chatlin, Haley Erin Clark, Madeline Elizabeth Clinton, Savannah Marie Coakley, John Beatty Connolly, Brendan Christopher Connolly, Katherine Maureen Coonan, Andrew John Craig, Zachary Wagner Cushing, Ann Spirit Daley, Cameron Steven Day, Dale Christopher Doherty, Christine Marie Donovan, Mary Margaret Dowling, Kristofer Richard Doyle, Emily Grace Dudley, Amelia Lyn Duffy, Erin Anne Duffy, Laurel Elizabeth Ederle, William Gorman Fariello, Stephanie Robin Farina, Allison Elizabeth Farina, David Stephen FitzGerald, Adam Russell Fitzpatrick, Sophia Rose Gaita, Jeffrey Michael Garran, Alejandra Ranjo Cowal Garrity, Aidan Martin Gavin, Timothy Edward Gearin, Patrick Daniel Gino, Tucker Louis Glatthorn, Luke Benjamin Graham, Molly KathleenGreenwood, Kara Marie Guilfoile, John Michael Hagan, Matthew Christopher Harrison, Timothy John Hart, Russell Thomas Hartford, Hannah Elizabeth Haynes, David Frederick Hickey, Caroline Grace Homan, Colby Peter Horton, Emily Jane

Husted, Laura Naomi Hyland, Meaghan Jane Ikeda, Ian Crawford Jacobson, Kenneth David Jacobson, Samuel Michael Jamieson, Danielle Marie Jones, Kyle David Jones, Sarah Anne Juliano, Gerard Christopher Katz, Natalie Rebecca Kelley, Michelle Elizabeth Koulopoulos, Michael William Lake, Michaela Colorinda Levesque, Victoria Elizabeth Lewine, Benjamin Mark Lougee, Marshall Gilman Lovett, Taylor Belanger Lydon, Kellie Ann Macaluso, Alexis Margaret Marino, Jason Anthony McClintock, Makai Adam McClure, Emily Ann McGeady, Anna Colleen McHugh, Kristin Mary McKinney, Colleen Elizabeth McLaughlin, Shannon ElizabethMeehan, Emily Mary Muller, Davis Timothy Murphy, John Southard Murphy, Keelan Patrick Najarian, Alexandra Marguerite North, Brendan John O’Keefe, Matthew Francis O’Leary, Kara Kennedy Odier, Justine Monroe Owen, Curtis Michael Padula, Andrew Joseph Peterson, Lily Susanne Phinney, Caroline Anderson Powers, Kelsey Ann Randall, Maxwell Scott Riddle, Avery Elizabeth Rosenfeld, Olivia Ruth Ruggles, Kelsey Christine Scandone, Dayna May Scanlan, Ryan Patrick Scanlon, Sandra Jean Schroeder, Benjamin Dargin Schupp, Sara Elizabeth Serres, Nora Rose Sharpe, Mackenzie Hewitt Sheehan, Samantha Alyce Showstead, Steven Ronald Smith, Linsin Ann Stillman, Gerry Murphy Su, Arthur Sweeney, Katherine Mary Szulak, Kerri Farrell Taylor, Anna Rose Tougas, Samantha Nicole Tower, Kelsea Grace VanUmmersen, Caroline LongVuilleumier, Kelton Gage Waltz, Brandon Victor Watts, Alissa Marie Webber, Donde Lee Roy White, Kyli Metcalf Williams, Derek Carlson Williams, Gregory Jackson Woomer, Madeleine Anne Zahnzinger, Alexandra

Grade 9Abbott, Matthew Bradford Allen, Brendan Matthew Archambault, Kyle Robert Aylmer, Brittany Ann Ball, John Robert Barker, Cayla Marie Barrett, Allison Mary Beatson, Liam Robert Bentsen-Bush, Alexandra Ann Bittrich, Caroline Marie Bosworth, Lindsay Hope Bouchie, Stephen Michael Brady, Patrick John Brennan, Claire McGovern Brewer, Rose Molly Butcher, Georgia Baldwin Campbell, Carlon Elizabeth Carpenter, Alyssa Anne Casey, Sean Michael Chandler, James Robert

Chen, Kevin Cobb, Lindsey Lee Cooper, Sarah Elizabeth Curley, Cavin Joseph Dame, Kylie Caldwell Davidson, Kelsey Theresa Delagrange, Dean MatthewDenelle, Daryl Hopkins DiMartinis, Peter Joseph Doherty, Mary Catherine Domijan, Kathryn Elizabeth Dorn, Heather Ashley Dwinell, Haley Rebecca duMont, Stephen Sanderson Ederle, Samuel Mara Edgar, Malcolm Hart Estey, James Isaac Federoff, Sarah Rose Fiskio, Emma Marie Fontana, Alden Joseph Geary, John Joseph Geiger, John Patrick Gisholt Minard, Morgan Brittany Giumetti, Emily Grace Griffin, Matthew Warren Higgins, John Patrick Hofmaier, Madeline Grace Hurvitz, Jonathan Reed Johnson, Colin Patrick Johnson, Eleanor May Jones, Amanda Elizabeth Juliano, Kelly Elizabeth Kearney, Joseph Matthew Kennelly, Alexander Thomas Kosharek, Robert Alloy Lake, Anna Rose Lannon, Micaela Rose Lenhardt, Zachary John LoConte, Christopher John Lougee, Victoria Dimond Macaluso, Madeline Jeanne MacKinnon, Megan Hope Mackin, Kelley RoseMacLeod, Kyle Philip Mattes, James Elliott Lindsley McAdams, Mathew Doyle McCarthy, Joseph Gerard McCarthy, Veronica Mikaela McCourt, Ian Walter McHugh, Daniel Paul McPartlan, Michael John McSherry, Caroline Kay Michelson, Alexandria Marie Miller, Kayleigh Renee Murphy, Haley Lauren Murphy, Hannah Marie Narlee, Henry Pearson Norton, Katelyn McNeeley Nutter, Kathryn Alexandra O’Connor, Brendan John O’Neal, Meghan Elizabeth Pimentel, Michael Joseph Pollack, Shelby Marie Powers, Molly Coughlin Rader, Shelby Ayers Rollock, Chelsae Lynne Sarles, Thomas Peter Scholberg, Hanna Louise Schroeder, Emma Anne Schromm, Winston Charles Shally, Samantha Jayde Siciliano, Keenan William Soldi, Thomas James Sotir, Stephanie Nicole Spellman, Samantha Maureen Sullivan, Meghan Elizabeth Swem, Madeleine Parrish Sylvester, Jillian Emma Tarbox, Evan JamesTinkham, Alexandra Tokarski, Cameron Mark Tonaszuck, Stephen David Tower, Madison Rose Triebel, William Anthony Walker, Mckenzie Lynn Ward, George Henry Weiss, Julianne Gwynne Weld, William George Wilson, Ian MacDonald Wojciechowski, Emilia Ona Wooley, Rachel Elizabeth

dhS honor Roll fall 2009


SEnd SCHooL nEWS & PHoToS to [email protected]

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School lunch menuWeek of March 15-19

Thursday March 11Alden PTA meeting 2 p.m.

Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader? 6:30 PAC

March 16Parent night, 5th and 6th Grade 6:30 p.m. DMS auditorium

Supt. search focus group (sign up by March 12)

Friday March 19Deadline for science fair

Alden and Chandler report cards issued

Monday March 22Kindergarten registration packet pickup 9:15 a.m.-12 noon

Chandler School Council meeting 4 p.m.DHS PTO meeting 7 p.m. DHS library

Tuesday March 23Kindergarten registration packet pickup 9:15 a.m.-12 noon

Wednesday, March 24Incoming Kindergarten parent orientation night 7 p.m. Chandler caf-

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dhSMonday: Max pizza sticks with dipping sauce, peas and carrots, pears, juice.Tuesday: White meat chicken quesadilla, spicy curley fries, carrots, pineapples, fruit punch.Wednesday: Chicken filet on a roll, pasta sal-ad, carrot and celery sticks, peaches, cookie, juice.Thursday: Twin soft shell tacos, all the fixin’s, corn, pineapples, juice.Friday: Sal’s pizza cheese slice, garden salad, assorted fruit, lemonade. All lunches served with choice of milk.Daily lunch option: Sandwich, salad, pizza, all served with veggie, fruit and milk.

dmSMonday: Crispy or spicy chicken patty, pasta salad, corn, red and green apples, juice.Tuesday: Mozzarella sticks with dipping sauce, garden salad, canta-loupe slice, grape juice.Wednesday: Nuggets, smiley fries, veggie tray with cheddar cheese cubes, green Jello with topping, juice.Thursday: Soft shell taco, lettuce and tomato, green beans, salsa, grape juice.Friday: Pizza, cheese or pepperoni, Caesar salad, fresh fruit, O.J. All lunches served with choice of milk.Daily lunch options: Monday, turkey cheese and bacon, or bagel lunch, Tuesday, meatball sub or peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable, Wednes-day, bagel lunch or ham and cheese lunch, Thursday, pizza or peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable, Friday, tuna sandwich. All with salad, juice, vegetable, and milk.

aldenMonday: Crispy or spicy chicken patty on a roll, Cape Cod chips, pickle spear, juice.Tuesday: Mozzarella sticks with dipping sauce, green beans, orange smiles, juice.Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, mashed potato, corn, tossed salad, peaches, juice.Thursday: Sal’s cheese or pepperoni pizza, Caesar salad, sweet peas, peaches, juice.Friday: Pasta bar, green beans, dinner roll with Balance cup, pears, juice.All lunches served with choice of milk.Daily lunch options: Monday, Ham and cheese on a bulkie or salad with tuna, Tuesday, BLT or Bagel, Wednesday, Turkey and cheese or pizza with salad, Thursday, Chicken wrap or meatball sub, Friday, Tuna sand-wich or PB&J with salad. All served with milk and juice.

ChandlerMonday: Chicken patty on a roll, mashed potato, steamed broccoli, applesauce, juice.Tuesday: Pasta with butter or sauce, Caesar salad, breadstick, green Jello with topping, juice.Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, Irish Eyes are smiley fries, carrot and celery sticks with dip, peaches, sherbet treat.Thursday: Nachos, nachos, nachos, seasoned beef, golden corn, gar-den salad, salsa, pears, juice.Friday: Sal’s cheese or pepperoni pizza, veggie tray with cheddar, pud-ding with topping, juice.

Congratulations to these four Duxbury High School students who were selected to perform at the 2010 All-State Music Festival at Symphony Hall in Boston on March 20th. From left to right: Phil Della Noce, senior –Chamber Singers/Chorus; Nora Serres, sophomore –Wind Ensemble; Connor Inglis, senior –Wind Ensemble; Alex Kosharek, senior –Wind Ensemble.

Join us Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 for the spring book fair at Chandler School. Books will be set up inside the main en-trance from 12–4 p.m. each day. All proceeds will benefit Chandler School.

New this year, stop by the fair to enter your name in the drawing for a chance to win gift certificates to

Westwinds and Once Upon A Time. Bring your children by to select books for the Super Reader Challenge – we have asked for a selection of non-fiction and poetry books.

If you have any ques-tions, e-mail Jessica Erickson at [email protected] or Sheila Gambino at [email protected].

Chandler Beach Blast Take a break from the

cold and head for the beach – Chandler Beach! On March 12, the Chandler Elementary School gym will be trans-formed into a winter oasis. There will be games, crafts, popcorn, a raffle, an inflat-able obstacle course and tons of fun! The beach blast will be from 6-8 p.m. Please email Christine Sovik if you have any questions, [email protected]. The cost is $6 in advance or $7 at door, with a $20 maximum per family. Financial assistance is avail-able, if needed. Hosted by the Chandler PTA.

Parents with young chil-dren are invited to attend the Duxbury Early Childhood Fair, highlighting develop-mentally appropriate games and activities for young chil-dren, on Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m.-12 noon. There is no cost to attend. Activities include face painting, crafts, games, and an opportunity to visit a Kindergarten class-room, and lots of opportunities

for hands on participation. Ma-masteph will perform at 11:30 a.m. to wrap up the fair. Please enter through the back of the building. Parents, childcare providers, the Public Schools, Child Care Resource Center, and community members are invited. Call Kathleen Nee-del at 781-582-9518 or e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

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Cheer on the fifth graders as they match wits with local community members, includ-ing the: “Kicks & Sticks,” “Dux Docs,” “Food for Thought,” ”Coaches,” ”OFD-Originally From Duxbury” and more on Thursday, March 11, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

Tickets available in the Al-den School office, at Westwinds Bookshop and (if still available) at the door. Don’t wait - last year’s event sold out. Ticket prices are $10 per adult, $5 per child (in advance) or $12 per adult, $7 per child at the door. The fundraiser is sponsored by the Alden PTA. For ticket infor-mation e-mail Kellie Bresnehan at [email protected]. For more information e-mail Peggy Dickinson at [email protected] or Karen Bolduc at [email protected].

Baseball is in the air and that means Duxbury t-shirts are available to start off the season right! All profits go di-rectly to the PAC to purchase audio equipment. There are new spring colors – pink and green – sure to satisfy every fashionista.

Place your order by March 27 for spring pick up. Show your Duxbury spirit at sport-ing events or buy now for our annual July 4th celebration. Samples are hanging up in the PAC and are also located in the glass display case in the Alden lobby.

To order now, fill out a form and mail it to Peggy Dick-inson at 8 Meadow Lane by March 27. Forms are located at the PAC, Duxbury Student Union and in the main offices at Alden, DMS and Chandler schools. Please include all in-formation so we can reach you for delivery. Long sleeve and tie dye shirts are $20 and short sleeve shirts are $15. Make checks payable to the Duxbury PAC. Any questions, please contact Peggy Dickinson at [email protected] or Elena Zongrone at [email protected].

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duxbury police logthursday feb. 25

9:00 a.m. Caller reports identity crime.9:41 p.m. Disabled motor vehi-cle in area of bridge on Marshall Street. AAA en route.10:02 p.m. Tree across road on Washington Street. DPW noti-fied.

friday feb. 2612:30 a.m. Caller on Blodgett Avenue reports erratic heart rate. One transported to Jordan Hospi-tal.4:52 a.m. Tree limb in road on Alden Street. Tree dept. notified.4:53 a.m. Tree limb in road on Vine and Chandler Streets. Tree dept. notified.7:50 a.m. Motor vehicle stop on St. George Street. One male arrested and charged with operat-ing with a suspended license and number plate violation to conceal ID.12:31 p.m. Caller reports break-ing and entering of home on Tremont Street.4:36 p.m. Raccoon trying to get into home on Temple Street. Animal control officer unable to respond. Police officer had to put the animal down. ACO to re-move.7:39 p.m. Caller on Old Farm Road reports teenagers drinking in vehicle. Area search negative.

Saturday feb. 2712:22 p.m. Motor vehicle acci-dent on the corner of Cross Street and Summer Street. No injuries.7:12 p.m. 911 caller reports speeding motor vehicle almost hit son on Washington Street. Caller claims to know operator.

Sunday feb. 2812:52 a.m. Suspicious activity reported on Washington Street. Light on inside summer cottage.1:47 a.m. Motor vehicle ac-cident with property damage on Cross Street.

2:33 a.m. Caller on Bay Road requested evaluation. Ambulance transported one to Jordan Hospi-tal.1:25 p.m. Dead deer in rear of yard on Washington Street. Ani-mal control notified.4:37 p.m. Party in station re-quested well being check on party possibly sleeping in motor vehi-cle. Officer reports all okay.9:33 p.m. Caller reports motor vehicle accident hit and run on Washington Street.9:48 p.m. Caller reports suspi-cious party sitting in motor ve-hicle at high school lot.

monday march 14:40 a.m. N-Star reports tree on wires on Buckboard Road. Tree dept. notified.8:36 a.m. Caller on Tussock Brook Rd. reports loud noises heard in area for last 20 minutes. Officer reports plow trucks in area.10:21 a.m. Caller on Washington Street reports squirrel in house. Animal control notified.

tuesday march 27:08 a.m. Arrest warrant served on Congress Street. One male charged with indecent assault and battery on a person 14 and over, and accosting or annoying a per-son of the opposite sex.12:10 p.m. Animal control of-ficer requested officer assistance with raccoon on Tremont Street.3:01 p.m. State Police requested fire dept. assistance with three ve-hicle accident on Route 3 north-bound prior to Exit 12. No trans-port necessary.5:47 p.m. Motorist on Con-gress Street requests medical as-sistance. Ambulance transported one to Jordan Hospital.

Wednesday march 310:12 a.m. Motor vehicle crash on Route 3 North between exits 10 and 11. Vehicle in the woods. One party transported to Jordan Hospital.10:05 p.m. Sergeant requested DPW for slippery road conditions on West Street.9:42 p.m. Caller on Wellington Lane requested help with daugh-ter. Transported to Jordan Hos-pital.

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Footprints scavenger hunt

Footprints, a youth min-istry for third, fourth and fifth graders, will be hosting a scavenger hunt on Friday, March 19 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the parish center at Holy Family Church.

Come join us for a night of fun. While working in teams, the kids will solve riddles and search for clues throughout the church. Your entrance fee is a canned good to benefit the Inter-faith Council’s Easter baskets.

E-mail your registration to Emily at [email protected]. For those in-terested in volunteering or becoming involved with the Footprints ministry, please e-mail Leslie at [email protected]. Donations of water and desserts are ap-preciated.

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We are pleased to welcome Realtor Michael Gill to the Duxbury office of William Raveis Real Estate. Michael’s affiliation with the com-pany was announced recently by William Raveis, Chairman and CEO. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Michael to our organization. We look forward to providing him with the key capabilities he needs to take his career to the next level,” said Raveis.

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As the former broker/owner of Eddelston Gill and Company in Duxbury, Michael holds a combined 18 years in real estate and advertising experience, and he has received many accolades from the Direct Marketing Association. Michael's passion is the real estate business, where he has found great success helping people market and sell their most valuable asset. By listening to his client's needs, Michael is able to pro-duce a marketing plan tailored toward achieving their goals. He takes pride in helping people navigate through the emotional journey of buying and selling a home. Michael is a Certified Buyers Agent who holds a Broker License and who specializes in residential, investment and commercial properties.

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The men of NYU’s Mass Transit got the joke when I said they fairly

screamed of “New York.” One of the groups performing at the “A Mazing A Cappella” benefit for the Paul S. Fortini Foundation last Saturday at the Performing Arts Center, their members actually came from all around the country, from the Jersey

Shore, to “the City,” to Minnesota. Their costumes, though, said “New York, New York,” all the way: black shirts, real neckties, and Sinatra hats.

They sang like New York, too:

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All the groups pushed the envelope, and Mass Transit’s version

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Despite playing its best game of the season, the Dux-bury girls’ hockey team saw its season come to an end on Saturday night at Gallo Arena in Bourne when time ran out in a 4-3 loss to Fontbonne.

It’s the second year in a row that the Lady Dragons have been knocked out of the tournament by the defending Division II State champs, al-though they had every oppor-tunity to send the Ducks pack-ing.

While Coach Friend Weiler will be seeing missed chances in his sleep he’ll also be dreaming about his team’s future prospects, which appear bright with a roster that is los-ing only six seniors.

It was a huge game for Duxbury, coming off a 7-2 thrashing of Wellesley on Wednesday night with the in-tention of knocking off the second seed.

While the desire to prove they were up to the task was certainly there, it took a few minutes to get rid of the but-terflies after the opening face-off.

Taking care of Fontbonne star Taylor Shepherd was defi-nitely a priority, yet the junior winger almost burned the Lady

Dragons in the first minute of play when she fired from point blank range on Duxbury goaltender Julia Hannon, who turned the shot away.

It only took Shepherd a couple more minutes to inflict some pain, as the Ducks went on the power play just four minutes into the game.

“Obviously you have to shut down a girl like that. She is phenomenal,” said Weiler. “We tried to contain here and I thought we did a pretty good job of that, but she did squeeze free a couple of times.”

Seemingly having control of the puck in their own end, the Lady Dragons could not clear the zone when senior defenseman Liz Macauley stepped in front of the clearing attempt and fired on Hannon, only to see Shepherd pick up the loose rebound and put it past the Duxbury netminder

for a 1-0 lead.Midway through the first

period, Duxbury seemed to come alive, as the line of Bri-ana Connolly, Lily Connolly, and Hannah Murphy buzzed the Fontbonne net, picking up the pace and putting the pres-sure on the champ’s defense.

It was a little more than the Ducks could handle, as Paige Frabotti-Merlino went to the penalty box with 4:14 remain-ing in the first period, followed a minute later by a penalty to Bridget O’Brien that had Dux-bury in a 5-on-3 situation for 27 seconds.

The Lady Dragons could do little with their advantage, and almost watched it backfire when Hannon was forced to make a breakaway save when the second penalty expired. She was called for tripping, but her teammates killed off the penalty and went to the

locker room trailing 1-0.The penalty-killing unit

was on the ice again just two minutes into the second peri-od, as Lily Connolly went off for hooking; a timely penalty as Hannon was playing with-out a stick.

Hannon made another tough save as the penalty end-ed, and a minute later faced Shepherd, who was bearing in from the right wing and fired a shot over the Duxbury net.

The tide began to turn in Duxbury’s favor, as Molly O’Sullivan and Mary Marga-ret Donovan put some heavy pressure on the Fontbonne de-fense for close to a minute.

Less than two minutes later, Murphy had Duxbury’s best scoring chance of the game when she one-timed a pass from Briana Connolly that

FRUSTRATION!Missed chances and late rally can’t dethrone Fontbonne

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IT’S A GAME OF INCHES: Freshman Hannah Murphy watches her shot sail by the post in Saturday night’s 4-3 loss to defending state champion Fontbonne Academy. Photos by Mike Halloran


Religious ServicesFirst Baptist

fbcd.org781-934-6095

Dr. Kevin CassidyPastor Jamie Cotelleso, Worship Leader

Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; nursery and children’s programs during worship time. Sunday school classes, children through adult, immediately following morning worship; 5:30 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups with Youth Pastor Brent Van Wyk; 6 p.m. devotion and prayer time. Awana Clubs for kids every Wednesday night from 6:30 - 8 p.m. for preschool through the sixth grade.

Holy Family Churchholyfamilyduxbury.org

Rev. Bryan ParrishRev. Seán Maher

781-934-5055 Weekend Mass: Saturday,

5 p.m., Sunday, 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m. (family Mass), 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Babysitting available at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Daily Mass during Lent, Monday through Friday, 7 and 9 a.m., Saturday, 8:15 a.m. The rosary is prayed after daily Mass. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Fridays after 9 a.m. Mass during Lent. Daytime bible study, Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Evening prayer group Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Men’s prayer group Fridays at 6:45 a.m. Living through Loss support group, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in Feb. and March. Recon-ciliation during Lent, Wednes-days, 6:30-8 p.m. March 23, Interfaith Understanding, Bud-dhism, at 7 p.m.

Pilgrim [email protected]. Todd Vetter, Senior Pastor

Rev. Eloise Parks, Associate Pastor781-934-6591

Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. Church office hours, Monday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tues-day-Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Pilgrim childcare and preschool, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m-6 p.m. March 14, church choirs concert and pot luck, 4 p.m.Wednesday, March 17, Lenten Taize Service at7 p.m.

United Methodist Church

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781-585-9863 Office hours are Monday-

Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10 a.m., fol-lowed by fellowship, adult choir rehearsal, 8:45 a.m. with coffee hour following. Third Friday of each month we serve dinner at Mainspring Shelter, Brockton. Last Wednesday of the month is ladies’ luncheon at 12 p.m.

St. John the Evangelist Episcopal

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781-934-6523 Sunday services: 8 a.m.

Holy Eucharist (said) and 10

a.m. Holy Eucharist (with choir and hymns.) Sunday school K-12 during 10 a.m. service. Childcare provided at 10 a.m. service. Wednesday: Men’s Bible Study 6:30 a.m., Coffee and conversation 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist with healing 10 a.m., Adult Ed 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Children’s choir rehearsal 6 p.m., Youth choir rehearsal at 7 p.m. Thursday: Adult Choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Friday: AA meeting at 7 p.m.

First Parish Churchduxburyuu.org

Rev. Catherine Cullen781-934-6532

The office is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, Senior choir rehearsal at 9:15 a.m., Ju-nior choir rehearsal at 9:30 a.m., Worship Service and Church school at 10:30 a.m. and Bud-dhist Meditation at 7 p.m. Bells meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m., and Recorders at 8:30 p.m. Book group meets Thursdays at 9 a.m. Sewing group meets Thursdays at 10 a.m. Memorial Service for David Cutler, March 13, 5 p.m. “Meetings at the Moon,” March 15, 7-8:30 p.m.

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

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

Nursery is provided for all ser-vices. Sunday school meets Sunday morning from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays, Sacred Youth Ministry at the teen center at 6:30 p.m. Men’s Bible Study is held Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study, Fridays at 9:30 a.m. DivorceCare and DivorceCare for Kids, Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mar. 17, Soup and the Word at 6 p.m. March 28, “Bow the Knee” musical at 7 p.m.

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Sunday School for K-12, 10:30 a.m. Mid-week testimony meet-ing on Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Christian Science Reading Room open to all, 15 Standish St. Halls Corner, Tuesday through Satur-day 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Christian Sci-ence Sentinel Radio on WATD 95.9 FM Sunday mornings at 7 a.m.

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Thursday March 11Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader. 6:30 p.m. in the PAC. Tickets available in the Alden School office, at Westwinds Bookstore and (if still available) at the door. Don’t wait, last year’s event sold out! Ticket prices are $10 per adult, $5 per child in advance or $12 per adult, $7 per child at the door. For more information, contact Peggy Dickinson at [email protected] and Karen Bolduc at [email protected].

VA Aid and Attendance Pension Workshop. Bayada Nurses is hosting a workshop on VA benefits at 9:30 a.m. The event will take place at the Duxbury Council on Aging, located at 10 Mayflower St. The workshop is free and open to the public. Please call 508-830-0999 to register and if you know someone else who could benefit from this information, please bring him or her along. If you are unable to attend the workshop, please visit veteransfinancial.com for more information.

Friday March 12Beach Blast 2010. Take a break from the cold and head for Chandler Beach. From 6-8 p.m., Chandler gym will be transformed into a winter oasis. There will be games, crafts, popcorn, a raffle, an inflatable obstacle course and more. Hosted by the Chandler PTA.

Rotary Club Auction. The Rotary Club of Plymouth will hold its Annual Auction March 12-14. The event is carried by PAC TV on Comcast and Verizon in Plymouth, Kingston, Carver, Duxbury and Marshfield. All proceeds go to local charities and groups supported by Rotary.

saTurday March 13Youth Baseball leveling day. Duxbury Youth Baseball will hold a mandatory leveling day for all kids registered to play in either the AAA (9-10 year olds/grades three and four) or Majors (11-12 year olds/grades five and six) leagues at the Duxbury High School Gymnasium. All kids registered to play in these leagues are required to attend, regardless of whether they have previously played in these leagues. All players will be placed on a team. More information may be found on the Duxbury Youth Baseball Web site, duxburyyouthbaseball.com.

Learn to Skate Sessions. Learn to Skate with Pilgrim Skating Club at Hobomock Arenas in Pembroke. Sign up for Saturday group lessons from 12:30-1:30 p.m. starting March 13 through April 17, six week session for $105 per skater (with an additional $12 annual registration fee for new students). For more information, visit pilgrimskatingclub.com or call PSC at 781-294-7575.

Crease Club Fundraiser. Open to all DHS boys lacrosse parents, this seasonal kick-off party will be held at the home of Steve and Carolyn Ricciardi, 111 Brick Hill Lane, at 6:30 p.m. This party is a great way to meet the coaches and other parents involved in the program. $40 per person. RSVP to [email protected]. Bring your check the night of the event/or mail it to P.O. Box 2681 Duxbury, MA 02331.

sunday March 14The Greener Side of Politics. Republicans from Duxbury along with the GOP8 will be hosting the first annual St. Paddy’s Day breakfast at the Scituate Country Club on March 14 from 9:30 a.m-12 noon. In attendance will be Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and his running mate Richard Tisei, State Senator Bob Hedlund, and many others. Cost will be $20. Contact Bill Harris at 781-934-8788 with any questions.

Sunday Salon Series. The Duxbury Free Library and Westwinds Bookshop present literary star, David Ebershoff at 2 p.m. in the library’s Merry Room. Ebershoff will present the international blockbuster, “The 19th Wife.” Free tickets will be required for admission and are available at the library and bookshop. Books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information about this program and other upcoming events, call the library at 781-934-2721 x108 or visit duxburyfreelibrary.org and follow the Program Notes Link.

Second Sunday Series - decorate a kite. The Art Complex’s final program in the series is scheduled from 1:30-3:30 p.m. and will offer children and adults, alike, the opportunity to decorate a kite. The program is free with pre-registration, required at 781-934-6634, x15.

Monday March 15Introductory class on voice-overs. Professional voice-over artist and coach Liz Solar (VH1, Nokia, Comcast, Welch’s, etc.) introduces the techniques, marketing strategies, and perks of working in this industry full- or part-time. Pre-registration is required. The class is from 7-9 p.m. at the Duxbury Before and After Dark School. To register, call 781-934-7633.

Tuesday March 16March After School Movie. Will all the wishes of the town of Black Falls come true when a magic wishing rock falls from the sky? Find out at the after school movie from 2:15-3:45 p.m. in the Merry Room of the Duxbury Free Library. Children in grade 3 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is currently underway by phone, 781-934-2721, x115, in person at the children’s reference desk, or online at duxburyfreelibrary.org, click on calendar. Participants may bring snacks.

Cooking with Emil Lundin. Meets from 1-3 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Senior Center. Cost $15 per person. Menus vary. Proper plating, kitchen equipment, entertaining ideas. For registration, call Linda at 781-934-5774 x112.

Knitwits. Every Tuesday at 3 p.m in the Duxbury Free Library Young Adult Lounge. Teen crafting group meets to knit, create decorative posters for YA lounge and talk.

Wednesday March 17Gallery Talk. The Art Complex Museum’s first gallery talk of the year is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, at 11 a.m. when Sculptor Jessica Straus, who is currently on exhibit, will discuss her work. The program is free with pre-registration, required at 781-934-6634, x15.

Learn to Skate Sessions. Learn to Skate with Pilgrim Skating Club at Hobomock Arenas in Pembroke. Sign up for Wednesday group lessons from 5:30-6:20 p.m. through April 17 for $105 per skater (with an additional $12 annual registration fee for new students). For more information, visit pilgrimskatingclub.com or call PSC at 781-294-7575.

Theatre auditions. Plymouth Community Theatre and the Massasoit Theatre Company will hold auditions for their third annual “Shakespeare on the Rock” production, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Wednesday, March 17, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North St. in Plymouth. Show dates will be in late July/early August. Actors should prepare a two minute Shakespearean monologue and may be asked to read from the script. To schedule an audition appointment, contact Mark Rocheteau at 508-958-9226.

Concert Conversation. South Shore Conservatory presents Concert Conversation with Steven Karidoyanes, music director of the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, 7 p.m. at the Ellison Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 per person, available online or at the door. For more information call 781-934-2731 x11 or visit us online at sscmusic.org.

Thursday March 18Republican Town Committee. The Duxbury Republican Town Committee will hold a meeting at the Cornerstone Lodge at 7 p.m. (Note date change) All local Republicans are welcome to attend. Visit duxburygop.

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Northern Uganda Village Rebuilding Project. Come hear Jackie Okanga speak about helping Ugandans return home and rebuild their devastated villages. At First Parish Church-UU at 7 p.m.

Friday March 19Footprints scavenger hunt. Footprints, a youth ministry for third, fourth and fifth graders, will be hosting a scavenger hunt from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Holy Family parish center. Entrance fee is a canned good to benefit the Inter-faith Council’s Easter baskets. E-mail registration to Emily at [email protected]. If interested in volunteering with Footprints, E-mail Leslie at [email protected]. Donations of water and desserts are greatly appreciated.

saTurday March 20DSU Adult Event. Chillax to the Max at the Duxbury Student Union Adult After Hours annual fundraiser evening from 7:30-11 p.m. Friends, family members, neighbors, supporters, all welcome. Tickets $25 or $30 at the door.

Film showing. Films of the Israeli occupation will be shown in the Duxbury Library March 20 and 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Setter Room.

Artists reception. Celebrate the first day of spring with the artists Ruth Jensen and Patricia Flaherty at a reception held at 22 Depot St., from 2 to 4 p.m. for the opening of their exhibit at Vantage Point Realty. Complimentary refreshments will be served. The artists plan to donate 50 percent of the proceeds from artwork sold during the exhibit to Doctors Without Borders.

sunday March 21Duxbury Interfaith Council Spring Concert. The first annual Interfaith Council sponsored event in recognition of Earth Day and the first day of Spring will be held March 21 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary at First Parish Church, Duxbury. Advance tickets are available at Westwinds Bookstore for $8. Tickets will also be available the day of the event for $10. Children’s tickets are $5 at the door.

Concert to benefit Haiti. A concert entitled “Andrew Garland

and Friends, Raising Their Voices in Song,” a benefit concert for the people of Haiti, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 21 at First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist at 223 Main St. Kingston. Tickets are $25 at the door, or $20 by advance reservation by calling 781-585-3051. A reception will immediately follow at the Beal House, across the street from the church.

PCT Auditions for “The Fantasticks.” Auditions will be held at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North St. in Plymouth on Sunday March 21 at 2 p.m. and Monday March 22 at 6:30 p.m. Auditions are by appointment only. Show dates are June 4-6 and 11-13. Actors should prepare a one to two minute monologue, 32 bars of a song from the show (or in the style of the show) and may also be asked to read from the script. To schedule an appointment, contact Jessica Wilson at 508-517-1992 or [email protected].

Bay Players auditions for “Our Town.” Auditions are being held at the Zone Theater 822 Webster St., Marshfield on Sunday, March 21 at 1p.m. and Monday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. with the production going up the last two weekends in June 2010. For more info, call 339-793-1027 or go to bayplayers.org.

upcoMingFilm showing. Films of the Israeli occupation will be shown in the Duxbury Library March 20 and 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Setter Room.

Interfaith Understanding. Buddhism will be the fourth topic to be discussed at the Interfaith Understanding Series which continues on Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Center of Holy Family Church.

Beach Reservation Meeting. The Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. is holding a meeting of its directors and trustees on Wednesday, March 24, at the Duxbury Senior Center, 7 p.m., for a presentation by the USDA-Aphis Wildlife Services on plover predation, a problem that has confronted the Reservation in recent years. The public is invited.

Blooms at the Complex. This Duxbury Community Garden Club’s upcoming event at the Art Complex Museum is always a sure sign that spring is in the air. The free event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, from 1-4 p.m.

Irish night fundraiser. A Night of Dance and Music to benefit R&R Day Retreats for underserved women will be held March 28 from 6-11 p.m. at Beal House, 222 Main Street, Kingston. Features Dale and the Duds, Irish step dancing, beer, wine, soda and snacks, silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door (includes one drink). Call 508-947-2750 or visit RRDyRetreats.com for more information.

Beauty for Borders. A night of fashion and fun, Friday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Jone’s River Trading in Kingston. Island Creek Oysters, open bar, fashion show, give-aways and on-site shopping. Tickets are $40 per person and on sale at Foodie’s or cwbfoundation.org. All proceeds benefit Children without Borders.

Antique Show. The 29th Annual Duxbury Spring Antique Show will be held at Duxbury High School on Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, March 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission price is $7 or $6 with a card available at many local businesses. Appraisals will be offered on Sunday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $5 per item or three for $10. Please contact Joanne Williams at 781-934-0111 or visit duxburyboosters.org for more information.

Congregation Shirat Hayam to celebrate Bar Mitzvah. Congregation Shirat Hayam is now 13 years old and will be celebrating

it’s own Bar Mitzvah on April 24 at 10 a.m. Service and reception featuring the Jewish rock band of Jon Nelson, Yom Hadash. For more information, e-mail [email protected], visit www.shirathayam.net, or call 781-582-2700.

ongoingArt classes. Openings remain at the Art Complex Museum in Basic Portrait Oil Painting for beginner to intermediate with nationally known artist Laura Tryon Jennings which will be offered for six weeks on Wednesdays, March 10 to April 14, from 4– 6:30 p.m. The classes will be taught in a relaxed encouraging environment with individual attention. The cost is $165 with all supplies provided. Call 781-934-6634.

Exhibit of Duxbury Artists. The artwork of Duxbury artists Ruth Jensen and Patricia Flaherty will be featured in a spring art exhibit sponsored by Vantage Point Realty. Their watercolors and pastels will be on display from March 15 to May 15 at the Vantage Point office at 22 Depot St. during regular office hours.

Book a Librarian. The Duxbury Free Library reference department is offering 30 minute one-on-one sessions to assist patrons in using computers. Sessions will be tailor made to address individual needs. Call 781-934-2721 x100 to book a Librarian.

2010 Winter Temporary Exhibition. Pilgrim Hall Museum presents “Plymouth Landscapes: Then and Now,” a photo exhibit, open now through April 30.

The Friends of the Library’s Ongoing Book Sale. The Friends of the Library offers gently used books, CDs and DVDs for as little as 50 cents. The Friends’ Book Store is located across from the circulation desk and is filled with a wide selection of interesting materials for all ages. Magazines are available as well and are always free.

Get Fit at the Duxbury Senior Center. A series of four week Gentle Yoga sessions on Thursday evening with Claire from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The cost for four weeks is $27 payable to the Town of Duxbury. The program will continue on an ongoing basis. Also, two Zumba classes with Paddi Donato are offered on Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. and Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. for one hour for $5 per class. Call Linda with any questions or to register at 781-934-5774, x103.

Artist exhibition. The Helen Bumpus Gallery will be hosting an exhibit entitled “Classical Paintings” by Vincent LoPiccolo during the months of March and April. The Helen Bumpus Gallery is located on the main level of the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St. The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours.

Spring cleaning out any old sporting gear? Please consider donating to the All-Sports Tag Sale. Like last year,

the sale will be for any and all types of equip-ment and gently-used clothing: lacrosse, hock-ey, baseball and softball as well as snowboard-ing, skiing gear and jackets, bikes, lifejackets, etc. Lots of people donate a bike and then buy a new one. This year’s sale is on Saturday, April 10 at the Duxbury Senior Center with all pro-ceeds going to Crossroads for Kids.

Please start checking your closets and ga-rages now for used equipment that you would like to donate and call Selden Tearse at 781-934-5452 with any questions. Drop-off will be at the Senior Center parking lot on Thursday, April 8th from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. and Friday, April 9 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. You can bring bikes the morning of the sale if that works for your fam-ily, just try to be there early.

Join us on Saturday, April 10 from 8–11 a.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center to get some great equipment at fantastic prices and help send a deserving kid to camp!

The 6th Annual All-Sports Tag Sale

Hunter and Tim Smith finding some treasures at last year’s sale.


of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” tore the envelope to pieces. The Trinity Pipes, from Hartford’s Trinity College, set a strong contrast with their rendition of Coldplay’s “Fix You,” a dreamy anthem with tight harmonies and voices that blended like a symphony. Duxbury’s Brooke Teittinen (alto) sings with the Pipes. She and her mother Linda were “instrumental” in working with Ken and Kathy Fortini to bring the concert together for the foundation. Other Duxbury singers include Tom Fiset (The Nor’easters, from Northeastern University), Nick Williams (The Skidmore Dynamics) and Sophia Shrand (The Nor’easters) from nearby Marshfield. As a student at NYU, Paul Fortini himself was directly represented by Mass Transit.

Collegiate a cappella groups are often a mixture of students – not all music majors. Tongue in cheek, I asked the Trinity Pipes why they’re still in college, with all their different majors, if they can “sing like that?” I threatened to take their long silence as an answer, when alto Nikki Carrido said, “We have other dreams and aspirations, too.”

What an answer. Paul Fortini would have approved. A young man with tremendous dreams and aspirations, he was said by all to inspire the dreams of others with the same energy had for his own. The packed house at the concert bears testimony to the power of his dreams. Shepherded by his mother and father, the foundation provides scholarships for local students in the performing arts, and support for high school music and theater programs.

Paul was a member of the PAC Men, Duxbury High School’s all-male a cappella group. Their rousing “Stand By Me” rang especially true in a hall filled with souls touched by Paul’s life and tragic death. The program pointed out that Paul was one of the group’s first singers seven years ago. The group he would surely have joined on stage – NYU’s Mass Transit – understood the tribute to Paul represented by the sold-out Performing Arts Center. They called it “an honor” to be included, and thanked Ken and Kathy for allowing them to be a part of the event.

Emcee Jim Fagan gets a special nod as well. Recruited on short notice (he explained), his grace and good cheer turned the evening into a whole, and not just a string of performances. Emcee’s rarely get the credit they are due, but Jim deserved his own ovation. I have a hunch that his story about nearly being voted “Most Likely to Repeat” by his senior class might include some embellishment, but he’s certainly a priceless asset now.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next Foundation event. Their Web site is at paulfortinifoundation.org, and donations are tax deductible. In a time of shrinking revenues, the arts often suffer more than other programs. Without the arts, what happens to young people’s “dreams and aspirations?”

Dreams and aspirationscontinued from page one

flew past the left post, as net-minder Lan Cotton breathed a sigh of relief.

“We just needed to co-vert,” said Weiler. “When you miss a couple chances down low in a game like this there is a real fine line between win-ning and losing.”

Momentum continued in Duxbury’s favor when Cathe-rine Flannery went to the pen-alty box after flattening Briana Connolly in front of the Font-bonne net. The pressure was intense, but the Lady Dragons came up empty-handed once again, as the power play was interrupted when O’Sullivan’s stick was wedged between the boards and speared her in the stomach.

While the first two periods were a defensive struggle, the final 15 minutes was a roller coaster ride.

Hannon bailed out her teammates once again in the first two minutes, but left a rebound on a shot at the 12:58 mark that Elizabeth Coleman scooped up and slid it into the empty net with Hannon down and out.

Trailing 2-0 seemed to put the Lady Dragons in an insur-mountable position until they went on the power play with 11:07 left in the game. The opportunities were certainly there, but once again Cotton held her ground, especially when Murphy was robbed, as she stood alone in front of the

Fontbonne goaltender.With the clock ticking

away and desperation set-tling in, Duxbury got back in the game when Lily Connolly took a pass from Briana Con-nolly to finally break through Cotton.

The Lady Dragons were now sky high with confidence, and fireplug Briana Connolly was going at full-tilt, breaking down the right wing and firing a shot on Cotton that beat the netminder high and over her shoulder to tie the game at 2-2 with 3:45 to go.

Duxbury’s jubilation was short-lived, as Fontbonne’s

Erin McLoughlin broke the tie a minute later when she picked up a loose puck in a scramble in front of Hannon and slid it into the far corner for a 3-2 lead.

There was still time to get back in the game, but an unsportsmanlike conduct call saddled Duxbury with a short-handed situation and the Ducks capitalized on it right away, with Shepherd flying down the right side and beating Hannon with 1:58 left in the game.

Trailing 4-2, Weiler pulled his goalie for another skater and the move paid off, as Lily Connolly beat Cotton with 22.4 seconds remaining to close the gap to 4-3 and end Duxbury’s season at 15-4-3.

“We certainly had our opportunities, but I’m abso-lutely thrilled with the way our girls played,” said Weiler. “They worked hard and never gave up until the final whistle and it is a tribute to them. I’m very proud of each and every one of them. We almost had them, but we just ran out of time. I can’t complain about our effort. They were just a little better than us tonight.”

The loss ends the high school hockey careers of se-niors Hannon, Taryn McCall, Meghan Johnson, Christine Fallon, Mary-Murphy Kusins, and Kaitlin Sullivan.

Lady Dragons eliminatedcontinued from page one

The Blue Line Club, the fundraising arm of the Dux-bury High School hockey pro-gram, is sponsoring a fund-raiser for decorating the new locker rooms at The Bog.

For $100, families can honor their hockey player with a personalized 6” x 6” ceramic tile that will show the player’s name, number, and year of graduation, and will be

displayed permanently on the walls of the new locker rooms being built at The Bog.

To order tiles go to: the-bluelineclub.com. Purchases can be made on the safe and secure Web site with Master-card or Visa, or print out an order form and mail it along with payment to: Duxbury Blueline Club, P.O. Box 1561, Duxbury, MA 02331.

The money raised from this unique and permanent fundraising effort will go to-wards completing the locker rooms, ice time, equipment cleaning, scholarships, and all other services required to keep Duxbury hockey operat-ing at a professional level.

Donations are tax-deduct-ible and are much needed and appreciated by the players

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HAIL TO THE ROOKIE: Teammates mob freshman Lily Connolly after she scored Duxbury’s first goal.

INCHING CLOSER: Briana Connolly (3) looks on, as Lily Connolly admires her goal with 22 seconds left to pull the Lady Dragons closer.

Photos by Mike Halloran


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Registration is still open for Duxbury Youth Soccer’s Minisoccer.

Children born between Aug. 2, 2003 - Jul. 31, 2005 will play in the “Under-6” age group. Children born between Aug. 1, 2001 - Jul. 31. 2003 will play in the “Under-8” age group.

The hour-long sessions fo-cus on fun first, and are action packed. Kids will enjoy play-ing with friends and meeting new ones in these well orga-nized sessions. The low or no pressure format includes high participation exercises and skill development, followed by fun match play (Under-6 play in-formal matches; Under-8 play

matches against other teams on larger fields and goals)

Parents are welcome to as-sist with the organization of the session and help with coaching if they like. Instruction will be available just before the season for parents who are interested.

The season runs on seven weekends with hour-long ses-sions that take place on Sunday afternoons during September and October. The “Under-6” group plays at 12 noon; “Un-der-8” play at 1:15 p.m. All games are at Coppens Field Complex at Chandler School.

To register, visit the Dux-bury Youth Soccer Web site at duxburyyouthsoccer.org and register

DYSA minisoccer starts soon

Hall of Fame dinnerThe DHS Boosters Club is

sponsoring the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Satur-day, May 8 at the Plymouth Country Club in Plymouth.

The classes of 2008 and 2009 will be honored in a joint ceremony that is a major fund-raiser for the Boosters. Tick-ets for the event are $35 and will be available in March by contacting Sheila Tenaglia at [email protected].

Duxbury Youth Baseball will hold a mandatory level-ing day for all kids registered to play in either the AAA (9-10 year olds/grades 3 and 4) or Majors (11-12 year olds/grades 5 and 6) leagues on Saturday, March 13 at the Duxbury High School Gymnasium.

All kids registered to play are required to attend, regard-less of whether they have pre-viously played in these leagues. The leveling day is not a try-out. Its purpose is to evaluate fielding, hitting, throwing and pitching skill levels so there is a fair and equitable distribu-tion of talent among the teams. All players will be placed on a team – there are no “cuts.” Players should bring their glove and attend a session (which will last approximately one hour), in accordance with the following schedule:

AAA Sessions:9 and 10-year olds (grades

3 and 4) whose last name be-gins with:

A – G 8 a.m.H – P 9 a.m.Q – Z 10 a.m.Majors Sessions:11 and 12-year olds (grades

5 and 6) whose last name be-gins with:

A – G NoonH – P 1 p.m.Q – Z 2 p.m.If you are unable to attend

the session at your assigned time, please attend one of the other time slots allocated for your league. If your child can-not attend the leveling day, please notify the appropriate commissioner via e-mail with your child’s name and his/her coach’s name from last season. Contact information for com-missioners may be found on the Duxbury Youth Baseball Web site: duxburyyouthbase-ball.com. If you have not yet registered your son or daugh-ter for spring baseball, please do so by visiting the Web site. Registration (without a late fee) ended Feb. 28.

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Lacrosse FundraiserDHS Lacrosse Boosters

will be hosting their Crease Club Party on Saturday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. Open to all la-crosse parents, this seasonal kick-off party will be held at the home of Steve and Caro-lyn Ricciardi at 111 Brick Hill Lane. This party is a great way to meet the coaches and other parents involved in the program. All parents of high school lacrosse players are invited to attend the Crease Club Fundraiser. The cost is $40 per person. Please RSVP to [email protected] and bring your check the night of the event/or mail it to P.O. Box 2681 Duxbury, Ma 02331. Parents are requested to please bring the following contribu-tions according to their son’s grade: sophomore and junior parents- appetizers; senior parents-desserts. Liquid re-freshments will be provided.

Girls’ Lacrosse: All Levels - Fields behind Duxbury Free Library at 3:30 p.m.Boys’ Lacrosse: Varsity: All players trying out for varsity team will begin 3 day tryout on March 15 at Pool Field, 3:30 p.m.JV & Freshmen: Tryouts start Thursday, March 18, freshmen at pool field field, JV behind DMS, 3:30 p.m. Softball: All Levels DHS Gym at 6:00 p.m. Bring indoor and outdoor clothesSailing: DBMS at 3:30 p.m.

Baseball: Freshman: DHS Gym at 3:15 p.m. Sophmores - Seniors: meet at DHS gym, plan to go outside at 3:15 p.m. Bring indoor and outdoor clothes.Boys’ Tennis: Tennis Courts at 3:15 p.m.Girls’ Tennis: Tennis Courts at 4:30 p.m.Girls’ Golf: DMS Mini-Gym at 3:15 p.m.Boys’ & Girls’ Track: DHS Track at 3:15 p.m.

Spring sports start March 15All tryouts and practices start on Monday

HOCKEY PICKS 2010 CAPTAINS: Junior Stephan Krall and current co-captain Bobby Barry have been chosen to lead the Dragons next season.


Assistant captain Kristen Byrne (DHS ’08) has been named the Saint Anselm College Female Athlete of the Week after scoring 2 goals and 2 assists in an overtime win against Sacred Heart at the ECAC Open Tournament at Holy Cross last weekend. Byrne finished the season with 23 points on 12 goals and 11 assists, ranking her fourth on the team in scoring as a junior… Sophomore attack Matt Landry (DHS ‘08) scored 2 goals and was credited with 5 groundballs in Hartwick’s 15-5 season-opening win over win

against Cobleskill… Senior goalten-der Erica Marrocco (DHS ’06) recorded 10 saves as the U. of Richmond knocked off American University 12-10 on Wednesday in Washington, D.C… Duke senior Max Quinzani (DHS ’06) scored three goals in Duke’s 11-10 OT loss to Maryland on Saturday. Quinzani’s 50-game

scoring streak remains in place as he has at least three goals in three of Duke’s four games this season… Se-nior Betsy Sauer (DHS ’06) and her sixth-ranked Duke women’s lacrosse team beat seventh-ranked Princeton, 13-6, on Saturday in NJ… Senior defender Chris Nixon (DHS ’06) scored a rare goal in Georgetown’s 9-6 Big East win over St. John’s… Bridge-water State senior righthander Ja-mie Ducinski (DHS ’06) got the nod for the Bear’s season opener against Salve Regina, but had a tough time in a 7-2 loss… Senior

Matt Fuchs (DHS ’06) had a goal and an assist, as Yale won its second straight game with a 13-12 win over UM-ass on Friday in New Haven… Assumption junior Nick Violandi (DHS ’07) scored 3 goals in the Greyhounds’ 13-7 season-opening win over Clark… Junior Ben Ced-erberg (DHS ’07) scored a pair of goals and registered

3 assists in Wheaton’s 12-10 season-opening win over the U. of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Duxbury’s Bobby Barry (DHS ’07) and Charlie Willauer (Proctor Academy ’08) also scored for the Lyons… Junior Sam McMahon (Groton ’07) and her Harvard lacrosse team dropped a 15-10 decision to John Hopkins on Saturday in Baltimore… Sophomore Trish Babson (DHS ’08) scored 3 goals and added an assist in Babson’s 18-6 lacrosse win over Eastern CT on Saturday in Mans-field, CT… Cornell sophomore

Scott Austin (DHS ’08) is starting at attack and registered an assist in the Big Red’s 12-11 OT win over Army on Saturday in Ithaca, NY… Sophomore defender Mark Murphy (DHS ’08) was credited with 3 groundballs in Bates’ 11-10 season-opening OT win over Keene State... Sophomore Erin Levesque (DHS ’08) was credited with 2 groundballs in UNH’s 16-10 lacrosse win

over Colgate, keeping the Wildcats undefeated at 4-0… The third-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and freshman Quinn Cul-ly (DHS ’09) knocked off Loyola of Maryland, 11-9, in The Face-Off Classic in Baltimore over the weekend… Freshman Derek Sweet (DHS ’08) picked up two as-sists in his first three games on the Lynchburg College lacrosse team… Senior Pat Magnarelli (DHS ’06) scored 7 points in 23 minutes of ac-tion, as Harvard swept its two-game series with Penn for the first time since 1942.

Do you have a son or daughter playing or coaching in college? E-mail us at [email protected], and tell us who and where they are, what sport they are playing, what high school they went to and the year they graduated. We’ll take it from there.

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By mike Halloran, sports editor [email protected]


Field permitsAnyone/group wishing

to use the playing fields in Town must submit an ap-plication to the Recreation Department. Applications can be obtained on the Rec-reation Department’s Web site: town.duxbury.ma.us/recreation or by calling the office at 781-934-7034

Youth Softball Registration continues in

grades 1-12 for the 2010 Spring Softball Season. Grades 3 and up must supply their own hel-mets, but for anyone purchas-ing a helmet through our local vendor, free fittings will be offered. Hone those pitching skills at the DYS Free Pitching Clinics. Go to duxburyyouth-softball.org for easy on-line registration and all informa-tion.

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Dragons Spring Sports SchedulePreliminary schedule as of March 8

BASEBALLApril 5 Plymouth North Away 4:00April 7 Silver Lake Away 4:00April 9 Scituate Home 4:00April 12 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00April 14 North Quincy Away 4:00April 15 Hingham Home 4:00April 22 Norwood Home 4:00April 23 Marshfield Away 4:00April 28 Rockland Home 4:00April 30 Hanover Away 4:00May 3 Middleboro Away 4:00May 5 Quincy Away 4:00May 7 Pembroke Home 4:00May 10 Silver Lake Home 4:00May 12 Scituate Away 4:00May 14 Whitman-Hanson Home 4:00May 17 North Quincy Home 4:00May 19 Hingham Away 4:00May 21 Plymouth North Home 6:00May 24 Marshfield Home TBA

BOYS’ LACROSSEApril 2 Irondequoit (NY) Harvard 3:00April 5 Pembroke Away 4:00April 8 Quincy Home 4:00April 14 Scituate Home 4:00April 16 Medfield Home 7:00April 19 B.C. High Away 12:00April 21 Simsbury Home 6:00April 24 Niskayuna Home 3:00April 25 CBA – Albany Home 3:00April 27 Cohasset Away 4:00April 29 Silver Lake Away 4:00May 1 St. John’s Prep Away 5:00May 4 North Quincy Away 4:00May 6 Whitman-Hanson Home 4:00May 11 Billerica Home 5:00May 13 Xaverian Away 4:00May 18 Marshfield Away 4:00May 20 Hingham Home 4:00May 24 Hanover Home 4:00May 27 Bishop Guertin TBA TBA

BOYS’ TENNISApril 5 Cape Cod Academy Away 4:00April 7 Silver Lake Away 4:00April 9 Scituate Home 4:00April 12 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00April 14 North Quincy Away 4:00April 15 Hingham Home 4:00April 26 Marshfield Away 4:00April 28 Rockland Home 4:00April 30 Hanover Away 4:00May 3 Middleboro Away 4:00May 5 Quincy Away 4:00May 7 Pembroke Home 4:00May 10 Silver Lake Home 4:00May 12 Scituate Away 4:00May 14 Whitman-Hanson Home 4:00May 17 North Quincy Home 4:00May 19 Hingham Away 4:00May 21 Cape Cod Academy Home 4:00May 24 Marshfield Home 4:00

BOYS TRACKMarch 30 Randolph & Scituate Home 4:00April 6 W-H & Rockland W-H 4:00April 9 Hanover & Q/NQ Home 4:00April 13 Pembroke & Silver Lake Home 3:45April 27 Middleboro Home 4:00May 4 Hingham Home 4:00May 12 Carver Home 4:00May 20 All League Meet Silver Lake TBA

GIRLS TRACKMarch 30 Randolph & Scituate Home 4:00April 6 W-H & Rockland W-H 4:00April 9 Hanover & Q/NQ Home 4:00April 13 Pembroke & Silver Lake Home 3:45April 27 Middleboro Home 4:00May 4 Hingham Home 4:00May 12 Carver Home 4:00May 20 All League Meet Silver Lake TBA

GIRLS’ LACROSSEMarch 30 Hanover Away 4:00April 5 Westwood Home 4:00April 6 Pembroke Home 3:45April 8 Quincy Away 4:00April 10 Weston Home 4:00April 15 Scituate Away 4:00April 22 Westborough Away 11:00April 24 Wellesley Away 11:00 April 26 Cohasset Home 3:45April 29 Silver Lake Home 3:45May 1 Barrington (RI) Away 4:00May 3 North Quincy Home 3:45May 6 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00May 11 Hopkinton Away 4:00May 13 Notre Dame Home 4:00May 15 Londonderry (NH) Home 11:00May 18 Norwell Away 7:00May 20 Hingham Away 4:00May 22 Marblehead Home 12:00May 24 Sandwich Away 4:00

GIRLS’ GOLFApril 6 Silver Lake Home 3:30April 8 Dennis-Yarmouth Away 3:30April 13 Nauset Home 3:30April 14 Newton Country Day Home 3:30April 15 Falmouth Home 3:30April 27 Barnstable Home 3:30April 28 Silver Lake Away 3:30May 3 MIAA Ind. Champs Newton TBAMay 5 Dennis-Yarmouth Home 3:30May 6 Nauset Away 3:30May 10 Falmouth Away 3:30May 12 Barnstable Away 3:30May 17 MASS Bay Invite TBA TBS

GIRLS’ TENNISApril 7 Silver Lake Home 4:00April 9 Scituate Away 4:00April 12 Whitman-Hanson Home 4:00April 14 North Quincy Home 4:00April 15 Hingham Away 4:00April 26 Marshfield Home 4:00April 28 Rockland Away 4:00April 30 Hanover Home 4:00May 3 Middleboro Home 4:00May 5 Quincy Home 4:00May 7 Pembroke Away 4:00May 10 Silver Lake Away 4:00May 12 Scituate Home 4:00May 14 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00May 17 North Quincy Away 4:00May 19 Hingham Home 4:00May 24 Marshfield Away 4:00May 26 Notre Dame Away 4:00

SAILINGMarch 31 Portsmouth Abbey School Home 3:30April 2 Wellesley Home 3:00April 3 B.C. High Home 12:30April 7 Cape Cod Academy Home 3:30April 11 Hotchkis Away 11:00April 13 Dartmouth Away 3:45April 15 Winchester Away 3:30April 17 Tabor Academy Home 1:00April 21 Barnstable Away 3:00April 24 O’Day Fleet Races Away TBAApril 25 O’Day Fleet Races Away TBAApril 27 Sharon Away 3:30April 29 Hingham Away TBAMay 8 Mallory Cup CT TBAMay 9 Mallory Cup CT TBAMay 15 NE Team Championships TBA TBAMay 16 NE Team Championships TBA TBAMay 29 MA State Championships TBA TBAMay 30 MA State Championships TBA TBA

SOFTBALL March 27 Plainville Jamboree Away TBAApril 5 Plymouth North Home 4:00April 7 Silver Lake Home 4:00April 9 Scituate Away 4:00April 12 Whitman-Hanson Home 4:00April 14 North Quincy Home 4:00April 15 Hingham Away 4:00April 23 Marshfield Home TBAApril 28 Rockland Away 4:00April 30 Hanover Home 4:00May 3 Middleboro Home 4:00May 5 Quincy Home 4:00May 7 Pembroke Away 4:00May 10 Silver Lake Away 4:00May 12 Scituate Home 4:00May 14 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00May 17 North Quincy Away 4:00May 19 Hingham Home 4:00May 21 Plymouth North Away 4:00May 24 Marshfield Away 4:00

The 26th Annual Synchronized Skating Eastern Sectional Championships were held recently at the Paul E. Tsongas Arena in Lowell. The Colonials Intermediate team consists of seventeen skaters ranging in ages from 11-17 and includes Duxbury’s Amanda Jones (top middle), a fresh-man at DHS.

Sponsors sought for COA golf

The Friends of the Dux-bury Council on Aging are holding their 10th annual charity golf tournament at the Duxbury Yacht Club on June 7. The Friends are looking for more golfers to join and play in the fundraiser to support the Senior Center. This tourna-ment has raised of $150,000 in the past nine years and all the money has been used to support the needs of Duxbury seniors, as well as providing equipment, furniture and sup-plies to enhance the programs and activities. The center now offers over 100 programs, in-cluding college courses. Call Jack Hamilton at 781-934-6003 or John Todd at 781-585-9251, or Alden Ringquist at 781-934-2879 to sign up as a golfer or sponsor.


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Cherry China Cabinet Pristine condition. Interior lighting. Glass shelves on top and storage drawers on the bottom. $600 or best offer. Must see to be appreciated, the picture does not do it justice. Please call 781-248-7278.

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Entertainment CenterHooker solid maple entertainment center. Excellent condition. 57(l) x 54"(h) x 22(d) overall dimensions with 28" x 28" area for TV, plus shelving for media equipment, and two lower drawers. $300. 781-934-0241.

Ethan Allen Dining Room SetSeats 6. Four captains chairs, 2 ladderbacks. Oak pedestal octagonal table in very good condition. Additional leaf for extra seating. $500 or best offer. Call 781-934-0615.

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Baldwin Baby Grand Piano Circa 1931. Recently tuned and refurbished. Comes with matching bench. Excellent condition. Asking $3500, but are willing to negotiate. All proceeds going to Haitian mission and orphanage. Please call Laurie, 508-944-1598.

Beautiful Antique Sofa82” walnut sofa, upholstered in cream (off-white) damask. In perfect condition. Truly exquisite. Asking $900. Please call 781-826-2587.

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Chubby Coal StoveHolds 25 lbs., 10 hour burn or log 15” L x 5” diameter. Includes accessories. $295. Call 781-447-5916.

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For Sale By OwnerExceptional 10+ acre estate. 5500 sq. ft., 3 FP, 5BR, 3BA home. Soaring entry with grand staircase. Oak floors throughout. Cherry and granite kitchen. 2BR guest house, inground pool, 6-stall barn and regulation dressage arena. No brokers. $1.5 million. Call 781-799-7055.

Charming 2BR Plus Den Duxbury house for rent. Fieldstone fireplace, 1 bath, W/D hookup, walk to library, tennis courts, stores. Close to beach. Available now. $1800/mo plus utilities 1st, last and security. References and one-year lease. Summer rental possible. Sue, 781-234-8916.

Oceanfront Summer RentalDuxbury Beach. Only one or two prime weeks left. Beautiful 4 BR, 2 bath home. Spectacular ocean views from multi decks. Fully furnished, fully appointed including washer, dryer, cable, wireless internet, grill and beach chairs. No pets, no smoking. Call Jim for terms, 508-651-2740.

House to ShareAntique home on 2.5 acres near Rt. 3, beach, school and Village Center. Furnished, freshly painted bedroom, $625 per month (first and last); includes utilities (A/C), WIFI, cable, and bi-monthly housecleaning. Call 781-934-6432, or email [email protected]. Non-smoker please. Available March 15.

Duxbury RentalUnique 1 BR apt. close to Halls Corner. New tile in kitchen and bath. $1100/month includes heat, electric, cable and trash removal. Call 781-934-2261 or 781-424-5225.

Year-Round 2 BR Halls Corner. Includes heat, light, washer/dryer, storage, snow removal. Call Bay Hill Realty, 508-783-8447.

Surprise OpportunityStuart, Florida. Condo for rent in April. 3 bedroom on Hutchinson Island/Marriot Resort, steps to tennis, pools, beach, golf nearby. $1000/ week for 2-3 weeks until April 21. Please call Sidney McClure 781-934-2141 or Anny Wyatt 781-934-5098.

Buildable Land/Houselot WantedProfessional homebuilder looking for buildable land or house lot in Duxbury. Cash paid, 30 day closing. Quality construction. Will build traditional home in keeping with surrounding homes and landscape. Please call E.J. Pontiff Properties at 508-243-7778.

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Delightful CottageAbrams Hill cottage for rent for the first two weeks in July 2010. 2+ bedrooms, 2 baths, great kitchen, screened porch. $1500/week. Call 617-547-7009 or email [email protected]

Snowbirds To FloridaSouth Shore based company providing auto transport service to Florida and nationwide. Great rates and reliable, safe door-to-door transport. Call DWO Auto Transport Services, 954-648-3677. Mention ad for $25 discount.

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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.

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Rute CleanerMany years of experience with excellent references. Specializing in house and office cleaning. Call anytime for free estimate. Speak with Humberto, 508-732-0182 or 774-454-4982.

AlterationsSpecializing in hand sewing. Hems and repairs on your finest clothing. Please call June Lippard, 781-934-9268 or 781-254-3397.

Maid ServicesFree quote, just give us a call. General maid services included. Lowest price guaranteed. Family owned, 50% off referrals. Give us a call today at (339) 832-2096.

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Handyman ServicesBig jobs, small jobs, odd jobs. Experienced in carpentry, painting, electric, and plumbing. Cleaning out garages, basements and attics. Storm doors, deck and home repairs. Dump runs. Positive attitude, easy to talk to. Call Rick Shea. 774-454-7548, 508-224-9036.

Piano TuningMartin Snow, RPT, Craftsman Member Piano Technicians Guild, plus complete piano rebuilding service, sales. 781-837-6531. www.martinsnowpianos.com.

Expert Tutor May-June 2010 SAT prep: Individual and/or small group study and practice for critical thinking, reading comprehension and persuasive essay writing skills development. Also, college essay preparation and AP history and English tutorials. Dr. Maurice B. Conway, Ph.D., 781-834-8790.

Have Truck! 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.

Tree Landscape ServiceThink spring with APZ Enterprises Inc. Complete tree landscape service since 1987. Design installation, custom stone work, irrigation cleanups, mulching, shrub trimming. Complete tree service. New lawns, lighting. Website: apzenterprises.com or call 888-737-0139. Visa, Mastercard. Serving south shore.

Absolute RemovalNo job too small. Junk removal, basement cleanouts - attic - shed etc. Snowplowing. Fast and reliable service 7 days a week. Free estimates. Call 781-588-4036 or e-mail [email protected]

Painter - Handyman - CarpenterExperienced and professional family business. Free estimates. We will beat any price! Interior and exterior work, custom made pergolas, wainscoting, painting, kitchens, cabinetry, vinyl siding, replacement windows, tiling, roofing, remodeling, home repairs. Call 508-851-0053. Email [email protected]

Patio & Walkway RestorationIf you have a weedy, sunken patio/walkway, I can make it look new! By powerwashing, lifting sunken areas and poly-sanding, I can bring your patio/walkway back to “like new” condition. Call Jonathan Hopfgarten, 781-706-7031.

Mom Available ...For childcare, eldercare, dog walking, any kind of shopping or everyday errands. If you have a last minute work appt., doctor’s appt., hair appt., child home sick, or just want time to yourself, I’m available. References. Call 781-858-9928.


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Cooking ClassesWith Chef Bob Cioffi of Bernardo’s Restaurant. Learn how to prepare and cook innovative dishes in three to ten minutes. Call for details, 781-293-0555.

Read to SucceedChildren’s librarian/elementary teacher offering 20 minutes of reading to your grade 1-6 child, 20 minutes of your child reading aloud to me, 20 minutes of vocabulary or spelling flash cards. $20. Call 781-710-0094. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go!” Dr. Seuss.

Professional Window CleaningPrices start at $2.00 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

Window And Gutter CleaningLet local firefighters brighten your day! Residential and storefront. Pressure washing - house, patio, deck, etc. 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.

RemovalNasty vines, sheds, boats, stumps, brush, pools, brick and rubble, appliances, swing sets. Insured men promptly removing junque. Many years of local service. Call Chuck T., 781-424-8844.

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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.

Spring Is HereS.P.M. Enterprises is a full service landscape company that would like to take care of all your needs. Spring cleanups, lawn mowing, mulching, edging, weeding, planting, and much more! Call now for a free estimate 781-264-5595. $20 off spring cleanup with this ad.

DuxburyComputers.comGet expert computer help and advice. Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist and QuickBooks Pro Advisor in Duxbury. Why pay more for geeks? 781-934-9800.

“Green” Lawn Care 2010“Green” and organic programs for residential, commercial and private properties. Innovative programs will impress you with luxurious results while being nature friendly. Call Justin, 413-447-5994 or email [email protected]

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

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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.

Junk Vehicles WantedHighest prices paid. Junk cars and trucks wanted. Call today and get cash today. 774-406-1446 or 508-510-2517 JM Auto Removal and Transport. We also offer local and long distance towing.

Home Health CareDoes your loved one need a little pick me up? For over 25 years, I have worked with the elderly as a medical assistant, CNA, hairdresser, fitness instructor and massage therapist. I have combined all my services into one service that I provide at your home. Call Kathy, 781-888-5836.Interior/Exterior House Painting

Excellent local references, great winter prices. Call Paul’s Professional Painting, 781-424-8916.

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.

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).

Nanny Placement AgencyCoastal Nanny LLC is a nanny placement agency servicing south of Boston, Cape Cod and the islands. We place full-time, part-time and summer nannies. Please visit our website at www.coastalnanny.com or call 508-591-7940.

House Cleaning ServiceI will clean your home, office or business. References available. Three years experience. Please call Ondina Ana Cleto, 508-747-5121 or 774-269-1729.

Landscape ConstructionSmall scale design and construction specializing in walls, walkways, patios and plantings. One man operation to make sure the job is done right the first time, every time. Young, reliable, experienced and fast. Call Jonathan Hopfgarten, 781-706-7031.

Air ConditioningResidential and Commercial Mr. Slim ductless systems by Mitzubishi. Factory trained and certified Diamond Dealer. Fully licensed and insured. Call Keith at K. B. Guidetti Mechanical, 508-747-2180 or 508-989-1099.Keeping you comfortable since 1989. Visit our website, www.kbguidetti.com

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$300 off Exterior Paintingof any job $1000 or more. Specializing in interior/exterior painting, power washing, gutters, carpentry, dump runs, and window washing. Free estimates, best prices guaranteed. Fast and reliable service. Please call Mike, 781-789-3612.

Wallpapering/Interior PaintingCeiling, walls, woodwork, drywall repairs, touch-ups, cleanouts done at low, reasonable prices. Free estimates. Call Debbie, 781-585-8043.

A Wish Upon A MaidDirt, Dust, mold, yuk! Wish em' all away! Office Home Cleanings- attentive to details, fully equipped, reliable set schedules. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, one-time. Full cleanings and partial cleanings available. References available. Call 774-454-9097 or email [email protected]

Piano LessonsLearn from a professional with many years of experience. Just for fun, or change your style. Music theory including improving your sight reading and/or composition skills. Classical or chord approach. All ages. BA - Linda Robinson, 781-789-6140.

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.

Michael’s Windows & Gutter Cleaning

A local service. Windows start at $5 each. Also, repair loose and leaking gutters, and can install gutter screens. Also, repair window and door screens. (A great gift idea!) I answer my phone. Cell 508-523-9927.

RefrigerationRestaurant and marine equipment sales and service. Fully licensed and insured. Call Keith at K. B. Guidetti Mechanical, 508-747-2180 or 508-989-1099. Serving you since 1989. Visit our website, www.kbguidetti.com

House CleaningHome and/or office cleaning. Many years of experience. References available. Free estimates. Call 508-746-0764 or 781-336-3533.

Lawn Mow ProsWe want to mow your lawn and here’s how we’ll prove it. Call before 3/31 and receive 4 free mowings, before 4/10 get 3 free, before 4/17 get 2 free. With over 100 customers weekly, our crew is experienced, fast, reliable, and friendly. Call for free estimate 781-264-5595.

Custom Interior WoodworkingAlterations and interior finish work, built-in cabinets and media systems, historic restoration - period design, free design and drafting service. Please call Dave Drew, (h) 781-545-4246 or (c) 617-835-9044.

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Denia Cleaning Service 50% off first visit. Doing the best for you. Available for residential and commercial. Offering affordable weekly, bi-weekly and monthly rates. Reliable, careful, and honest attention to detail. Excellent references, call 781-664-7238.

Guitar/Bass/Voice/PianoMusic lessons. Offered by long-time professional musician/full-time bandleader with Bachelor of Music; former teacher at South Shore Conservatory. Beginners and experienced players of other instruments welcome. Play songs, learn improvisation, ear-training, and reading music in Duxbury village location. Call Mark, 781-934-7716. E-mail: [email protected].

Painter & HandymanInterior-exterior painting, light carpentry, small & larger jobs, meticulous neat work, excellent references. Reliable & honest. We are local. Call Jim 617-689-1906 or Gerry 617-538-5353

John GallagherInterior, exterior painting and carpentry. Duxbury. Over 20 years of experience. Reasonable rates. Call John, 617-697-6451 (cell).

�Lucy’s Magical Cleaning Svcs. Introducing ourselves to your town. Customized, personal attention to your home. Efficient, professional, insured. References available. Call 508-231-6770.

Ceramic Tile InstallationKitchens, baths, new remodel installations, tub and shower wall repairs. Residential, commercial. Free estimates. 30 years experience. John, 781-727-0207.

Fishing ChartersOutstanding charters for striped bass & blues. Offshore tuna. Freshwater canoe trips for trout, smallmouth, largemouth bass. Bird watching excursions. Clamming trips. Flycasting lessons. Scenic bay tours. Gift Certificates. Capt. David Bitters, BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc. 781-934-2838 www.baymenoutfitters.com

A Couple of CleanersResidential, commercial and one-time cleaning. Experienced, thorough and dependable. Free estimates, excellent references. Call SueAnn or David, 781-582-2167.

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22’ Grady White1999 Fisherman w/225 Yamaha engine. Low miles. Great condition. T top with full electronics. $30,000. Call 781-934-2671.


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The Duxbury Free Li-brary’s next film in the Fourth Friday Film series, “Volver” directed by Pedro Amnodovar will screen on Friday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Merry Room, library lower level. Anyone with questions about Pené-lope Cruz’s talent as an actor will have all the answers after watching this film. Almodó-var treads familiar ground and works with some of his favor-

ite actresses—including Car-men Maura, Lola Dueñas, and Chus Lampreave—to create a film of genuine emotional res-onance. The film is rated R.

Film screenings are pre-ceded and followed by lively discussion led by Prof. Man-drell. Admission is free and refreshments are available.

March 26: Songcatch-er (USA 2000) dir. Maggie Greenwald. 109 mins. PG-13.

Although somewhat anach-ronistic, the music and Janet McTeer’s pitch-perfect perfor-mance more than make up for whatever is less than apt for the period. With Pat Carrol and Aidan Quinn, as well as a surprisingly affecting Emmy Rossum in her first feature film.

April 23: Ma vie en rose / My Life in Pink (France 1997) dir. Alain Berliner 88 mins.

Rated R. A family with a secret that it tries desperately to keep under wraps. Eventually, ev-erything comes out—doesn’t it always?—and everyone has to make a choice about what is important to them and why. A subtle and sweet film with 13-year-old Georges Du Fresne in a remarkable debut perfor-mance.

May 28: Next Stop Won-derland (USA 1998) dir. Brad

Anderson. 104 mins. Rated R. Who says that a mother doesn’t know best? Who bet-ter to place a personal ad for her single daughter in a local paper? Yet another romantic comedy with the advantage of terrific writing, outstanding performances, and a Boston location. Not to be missed.

For further information, 781-934-2721 x100 or go to duxburyfreelibrary.org.

Fourth Friday film series


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Homes of the Week

Open House every Saturday & Sunday1-3pm

Rt. 53 to High Street left into Duxbury Farms Subdivision

Centrally located colonial in great Duxbury culdesac neighborhood. Completely reno-vated, gorgeous kitchen w/granite, marble, coffered ceiling, and custom cabinetry. Fam-ily room with new gas fi replace with beach stone surround, tile and exquisite mantel. 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths and over 3100 sq.ft. A must see!

Fantastic value for this 4,134 sq. ft WATER-FRONT home. Dramatic views of bay, moor-ing, boathouse and beautiful landscaping. Set on 1.56 acres, it’s time to begin your life on the water!

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19 Boxwood Lane, Duxbury

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Stunning almost new cape nestled in neigh-borhood off Bay Road. Open floor plan includes gorgeous kitchen with granite, hardwood floors, separate eat in area, and pantry. Three generous sized bedrooms, four full baths and over 2,800 sq.ft makes this the perfect Duxbury home.

12 Prence Road, Duxbury

$625,000

NEW LISTING

Featured Artists

Ruth Jensen is a native of Denmark who has lived in Duxbury since 1983. She works in pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and derives her inspiration from the beautiful natural

surroundings of the South Shore.

Patricia Flaherty, originally from Boston, spent summers in Duxbury as a child and has lived there since 1995. She works in

watercolor with a major emphasis on fl oral composition.

Both artists have been selected for inclusion at many juried shows throughout the South Shore, Cape Cod and elsewhere, and both have been the recipients of awards from

various art organizations

The artwork of Duxbury artists Ruth Jensen and Patricia Flaherty will be featured in a Spring Art

Exhibit at our 22 Depot Street location from March 15 - May 15th.

Please join Ruth and Patricia for a Cheese & Wine Reception

Saturday March 20th 2010 2-4 p.m. at22 Depot Street Duxbury.

The artists plan to donate 50% of the proceeds from art-work sold during the exhibit to Doctors Without Borders.

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-3

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