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By Justin GraeBer, Clipper editor [email protected]

The beginning of 2010 saw a major change in one of

Duxbury’s top public jobs, as Superintendent of Schools Su-

san Skeiber told the School Com-mittee in Jan-uary that she was planning to step down

at the end of the school year.“This is not an easy deci-

sion, but it is one that I have made,” Skeiber said.

Skeiber had worked in Duxbury since 1995, when she was an assistant principal at what was then Duxbury El-ementary School. She stayed

Super start for schoolsNew superintendent vows to lead push for new school buildings

Plympton’s Clancy takes over the reins at Duxbury Police Dept.

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2009 was a tumultuous year for the Duxbury Police Department, as Chief Mark DeLuca didn’t have his con-

tract renewed, vowed to fight the decision, received a re-ported settle-ment then left

it on the table. DeLuca is now

the chief of police in Cohas-set, but Duxbury’s search for the next leader of the police department was a major story in 2010.

The year began with a search committee, led by Rev. Catherine Cullen of the First Parish Church, working with consultant Steve Unsworth of the firm BadgeQuest. Badge-Quest specializes in helping

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In the spring of 2010, the town unveiled the World War I monu-

ment. The monument contains the names of all the Dux-bury residents who fought in The Great War. The

monument sits atop the “steps to nowhere” in front of the old

World War i monument unveiled on Memorial Day

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More top stories

North Hill saga ............. page 3 Bullying talk .................. page 6 Enforcement clash ..... page 13 Island Creek ................ page 4 Public buildings ...... page 21

A WiNter WALK: peter Leary and his German shepherds had no problems with the driving wind on the powder point Bridge on Monday afternoon, during the aftermath of the blizzard that dumped snow on Duxbury through sunday and Monday morning. For more storm photos see page 18.

Workers put the slab with names on the World War i monument ear-lier this spring. the monument was unveiled on Memorial Day.

Photo by Karen Wong

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Come enjoy all you can eat at the Cornerstone Lodge, 585 Washington St. on Sun-day, Jan. 2 from 8-11:30 a.m. The menu includes scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon, sau-sage, toast, English muffins, baked beans, juice and coffee as well as pancakes and French toast cooked to order. All this for only $7 per adult, $6 for seniors, and $5 for children 12 and under. Please bring in can tabs to benefit Shriner’s Hos-pitals.

Sunday Salon: A virtual tour of Newport

The Duxbury Free Library presents a virtual tour through historic Newport with well-known tour guide Heide Has-selmann on Sunday Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. Hasselmann has been conducting tours of the great-er Boston area for years. Her newest venture in developing slide shows to reach a wider audience has become extreme-ly popular. Each presentation is accompanied by a lively commentary rich in historical background, facts and stories. Reserve your ticket today by calling the library at 781-934-2721, x108.

Uno, Dos, Tres, Spanish fun at the library

Registration has begun for a series of six bilingual Span-ish storytimes for children ages 3 to 5 at the Duxbury Free Li-brary. The series will be held on Wednesdays, Jan. 5 through Feb. 9 10:15-11:15 a.m. These are stay alone story times but caregivers need to stay in the library during the program. Children must be able to at-tend all six weeks. The instruc-tor, Maureen Holbrook, is a licensed and certified Spanish teacher. Each program will in-clude music, movement, pup-pets, and a craft with a new theme each week. Registration needs to be done in person in the children’s department. For more details, check the chil-dren’s department Web site program page or call 781-934-2721, x115.

Xmas tree pickupThe DHS boy’s swimming

and diving team will have a Christmas tree pick up on Wednesday, Dec. 29, and Sun-day, Jan. 2. The team will come to your house, pick up your tree and dispose of it. Please leave tree outside house. Call Barry Su 339-206-7778 or Arthur Su 339-832-1562 or e-mail them at [email protected]. Donation of $15 requested.

The Town Meeting will take place on Saturday, March 12 at 9 a.m. at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center at 73 Alden St.

If you have not yet registered in Duxbury you must be reg-istered by Friday, Feb. 18 in order to qualify for both the Annual Town Meeting and town election. The town election will take place on Saturday, March 26, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the Duxbury Middle School, Herrick Gymnasium at 71 Alden St.

Papers for the election may be taken out for the following offices at the town clerk’s office and must be returned by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7.

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yearsTwo library trustees for a term of 3 yearsOne library trustee for the unexpired term of 2 yearsTwo Duxbury Housing Authority members for a term of 5

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you get at least 10 more. If you are unable to pick the papers up yourself it is necessary to send a person presenting the signed authorization of a candidate to secure said forms on his/her be-half.

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Another story that spilled over into 2010 was the on-

going saga over the North Hill Golf Club.

North Hill is a nine-hole m u n i c i p a l golf course off Merry Av-enue. While the course is

owned by the town, the day-to-day operation of the course is contracted out.

For many years, the course was run by Doug Johnson and Johnson Turf Management. In 2009, after Town Manager Richard MacDonald awarded the contract to another com-pany, Calm Golf of Rockland, Johnson sued, saying Calm wasn’t qualified and the con-tract should have been his. A Middlesex Superior Court judge granted Johnson an in-junction, allowing him to con-tinue to run the course while the legal battle was settled in the courts.

During 2010, however, the dispute was far from settled.

Because the town was getting paid and Johnson was running the course, the dispute had quieted down. However, on Jan. 14, Town Counsel Rob-ert Troy served Johnson Golf with a motion for summary judgement, asking a judge to immediately take action and dismiss the suit.

A few weeks later, John-son took his case directly to the Board of Selectmen and blasted MacDonald’s deposi-tion testimony in a letter.

“I am of the belief that Mr. MacDonald was being inten-tionally evasive throughout his testimony,” he wrote. “I don’t recall’ was an answer he used at least 70 times.”

He also called Calm’s re-sponse to the North Hill re-quest for proposal (or RFP) “a lie” and accused the town of

“rigging bids.”Troy fired back in a Feb. 5

memo to the Board of Select-men where he called Johnson’s claims “at best speculative and at worst transparently vacu-ous.”

In April, Johnson and the town clashed again when the selectmen unanimously denied the course manager an alcohol license to operate a beer cart. It was at this time that the board first learned Johnson was po-tentially in violation of the contract (the judge’s injunc-tion allowed Johnson to run the course under the terms of the previous contract) because he did not have a surety bond

to insure the town in case the course went under.

Recreation Director Gor-don Cushing told selectmen that Johnson couldn’t obtain a surety bond from his insur-ance company because of his lawsuit against the town. The town started to look into their options, but Johnson again fired back.

In September, Johnson obtained an restraining order against the town of Duxbury, the North Hill Advisory Com-mittee and Recreation Direc-tor Gordon Cushing to prevent the selectmen from discussing Johnson Golf’s contract com-pliance.

The order was eventually lifted, and the Board of Select-men voted 2-1 to terminate the contract, effective Oct. 31. (Selectman Christopher Do-nato voted against the termina-tion, saying he’d rather see the issues worked out in court.)

Selectmen based their ter-mination decision on what they said were the four most serious problems: that Johnson Golf failed to provide a surety bond to protect the financial interests of the town and resi-dents; that the company had not submitted a 2009 audit of the business; that Johnson Golf increased membership fees a year earlier than the contract

allowed and that Johnson Golf submitted handwritten finan-cial information that did not meet acceptable accounting practices.

They briefly discussed other violations, including the alleged facts that Johnson Golf failed to pay rent and other payments on time, that Johnson illegally operated an alcohol cart on the course in past years and that the man-ager established a holiday fee schedule without the town’s permission.

A few meetings later, in early December, a resident tried to talk about the case in open forum, sparking a heated debate among members of the Board of Selectmen and lead-ing Chairman Shawn Dahlen to gavel the meeting closed.

The resident was told that the issue couldn’t be discussed because of the pending litiga-tion. However, Donato tried to let the man talk, saying the contract never should have been awarded to Calm Golf.

“This is open session. Any time that we engage in a con-

versation on things that are be-ing taken care of in court, we damage our position. We are not serving the town to engage in this type of showmanship,” said Betsy Sullivan.

After that incident, the matter did not come before the selectmen again, however the year closed with the town try-ing to get the case moved from Middlesex to Plymouth Coun-ty Court. Johnson originally sued in Middlesex because his business was located there, however Troy said that in try-ing to serve Johnson the town discovered he no longer lives at a Weston address that was also listed as the business of-fice. Troy said Johnson had an obligation to notify the court of his moving.

In a motion, Troy said that the ongoing legal battle may have an effect on membership at North Hill.

“Paralysis of the mem-bership process, public con-fidence issues, confusion and uncertainty now threaten to close North Hill,” Troy wrote.

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The public is cordially in-vited to the grand re-opening celebration from noon to 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be enter-tainment as well.

Come see the amazing transformation inside Dux-bury’s own Tarkiln Twin Schoolhouses. The interior of the has received a facelift con-sisting of fresh paint through-out, brand new handicapped accessible restrooms, new pe-riod lighting and bead-board wall coverings as well as re-finished antique wood floors. The restoration was made pos-sible through a combination of Community Preservation Act funds and a tremendous grass-

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Tarkiln reopening celebration set for Jan. 8



The headline ran so many times, it may have struck readers

as a misprint: “Island Creek finalized.”

The 40B a f f o r d a b l e housing proj-ect took a tor-turous jour-ney through the compre-

hensive permitting process –– especially toward the end –– but in the end the project,

done by a town-friendly devel-oper and clamored for by Dux-bury’s elderly community, was approved.

The project was a planned expansion, called Island Creek North, of the existing housing development at Island Creek on Tremont Street near Route 3 and Kingston. The 214-unit project would add to Dux-bury’s affordable housing in-dex, and the developers, Keith Properities, had actually been approached a previous incarna-tion of the Board of Selectmen about expanding. The original Island Creek development, built in the 1980s, consists of 106 units, or 136 bedrooms of mostly elderly housing.

40B projects are housing projects under the auspices of a state law known as the “anti-snob” zoning act. It allows a developer to circumvent lo-cal zoning regulations such as frontage and density if a per-centage of the units are priced below market rate. The mea-sure is controversial because opponents say it is often used

as a hammer by unscrupulous developers to push undesirable projects on suburban commu-nities with strict zoning regu-

lations, like Duxbury. A ballot initiative to repeal the law nar-rowly failed during the state election in November.

Under 40B, a developer gets all permits from the Zon-ing Board of Appeals, rather than going around to the Board of Health, Conservation Com-mission, etc. This is known as a comprehensive permit.

The Duxbury Zoning

Board of Appeals actually closed the public hearing on Island Creek North at the end of 2009, but it took until Au-gust of 2010 for the project to be finalized.

In early January, the dead-line to issue the comprehen-sive permit came and went, and then ZBA Chairman Den-nis Murphy said there were enough differences between the board and the applicant to warrant the public hearing

process being reopened.“There is room to negoti-

ate,” Murphy told his fellow board members.

“These guys are willing to re-engage in good faith, we should be willing to do the-same,” he said. At the same time, he warned that the board should keep their eyes open.

“They finally realized they’re not going to steam roll,” he said. “We should vote the permit we feel is workable, protect the towns interest and not cave on the things we re-ally care about.”

Other members felt the board should simply cast a vote and move on.

“I feel like the fox is chas-ing the dogs –– who is in con-trol here?” said Gene Orosz.

The ZBA then entered into lengthy negotiations with the development team, starting in open session and sometimes lasting long into the night. Eventually, the board closed the doors and used the execu-tive session exemption to the open meeting law, saying they were discussing potential liti-tation.

The board took a final vote on the permit, but the develop-ers were unhappy with some of the restrictions and took

their case directly to the Board of Selectmen.

The selectmen were wary about stepping on the toes of another board (one appointed by the selectmen, in fact) but Town Counsel Robert Troy said they had the authority to work with the Island Creek de-velopers to avoid a lawsuit.

Troy wrote, in a July 26 memo, that the town manager and selectmen have “exclusive and unbridled discretion over

all legal issues relating to the Town of Duxbury (with the exception of matters relating to the schools) and control all aspects of strategy with respect to litigation.”

The ZBA voted 4-1 to ap-prove the permit, with Murphy dissenting. Although that was their last official act on the project, Troy praised the board for helping hammer out the deal’s details.

“A lot of progress has been made in the last six to eight weeks,” Troy said at the time. “We owe them [the ZBA] a great deal of gratitude.”

The selectmen voted to approve the legal settlement at their first meeting in Au-

gust. Selectman Christopher Donato expressed some res-ervation about the amount of discussion that took place in executive session, but the board eventually voted unani-mously for the deal.

“Even to this date I’m surprised that we are where we are on something that re-ally has no negative feedback from the general public,” said Selectmen Chairman Shawn Dahlen. “This is a great thing for the town of Duxbury.”

“The assisted living com-ponent is something we didn’t even dream of ... there is a desperate need for assisted living,” said Selectman Betsy Sullivan.

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Affordable housing project approved –– finally

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“Even to this date I’m surprised that we are where we are on something that really has no negative feedback from the general public ...This is a great thing for the

town of Duxbury.” –– Selectmen Chairman Shawn Dahlen

this map shows the planned expansion of the exist-ing development at island Creek, off tremont street near the border with Kingston. After several years of hearings and debates, the project is moving forward, increasing Duxbury’s affordable housing capability.

“These guys are willing to re-engage in good faith, we should be willing to do the same.” –– ZBA Chairman Dennis Murphy

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p.m. at the Mayflower Brewing Company, 12 Resnick Road, Plymouth. Tickets are $25 per person and include beer samples, wine, hearty appetizers, live music and a tour of the brewery. Space is limited and tickets need to be purchased by Jan. 21. Visit duxburynewcomers.com to purchase tickets. For further information, contact Alison Estabrooks at [email protected] or Tina Courtier at [email protected].

Jumping Jacks: Shake and wiggle away the winter chill with Destinie Ryan. Destinie will lead your child (and you! if your child would benefit from your encouragement and ex-ample) in a fun and interactive movement class using a blend of creative movement and multi-sensory props. Please dress in comfortable clothes and sneakers. We will meet on Jan. 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the Merry Room at the Duxbury Library. There is no cost for this event. Reserve early! Space is limited. RSVP to Erin at [email protected]

My Gym Open Gym: Jan. 5, Open gym at My Gym in Kingston from 4-5 p.m. My Gym in Kingston has offered New-comers to join in private open gym every first Wednesday of the month. The time is 4-5 p.m. at the cost of $5 per walking/active crawling child. Parents or caregivers have to stay with kids. Sign up is necessary because we can only bring up to 30 kids. To sign up e-mail Mariya Babson: [email protected], or last minute (the day of event) sign up by calling: 207-590-2803

Ladies’ Basketball: A great opportunity for those who en-joyed playing basketball in high school or college, here is your chance to play again! On Sunday nights, there is a ladies only pickup basketball game at the Kingston Sports Center in Kings-ton (a.k.a. the Plymouth Rock Courts/MVP sports/home to Evo-lution fitness). The cost is $5 per week.

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Anime/Scooby Doo mash up

Just when you thought you’d seen every kind of crazy mash up, here’s another one! The Duxbury Free Library Teen Department is hosting an evening of American/Japa-nese cultural stereotypes and assumptions as seen through the eyes of our favorite canine cartoon hero, Scooby Doo, and an assortment of Japanese an-ime shorts. Friday, Jan.7, from 7 - 9 p.m. Free. Refreshments provided.

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the state, in 2010 was bully-ing.

Spurred on by two high-profile suicides of Massachu-

setts students who had been bullied, Gov-ernor Deval Patrick signed a bill early this year that

mandated all school districts to have a bullying prevention and response plan in place by the end of the year. Duxbury set up a large task force, head-ed by Assistant Superintendent Edwin Walsh and composed of teachers, staff, parents and community members, to come up with the town’s version of the plan using guidelines from the state.

In addition to creating the plan, and a School Committee policy based on the plan, the district also brought in speak-ers and worked bullying and cyberbullying topics into the curriculum.

In September, teen author Brigitte Berman visited Dux-bury Middle School to talk about her experiences and her book, “Dorie Witt’s Guide to Surviving Bullies.”

The 16-year-old author has also testified before the Massachusetts legislature and travels around to schools speaking about how to combat bullying and cyberbullying. The message she told a group of parents in September (she had spoken to DMS students earlier in the day) was to speak to, and listen to, their children. The event was sponsored by Duxbury No Place for Hate.

“As a parent, you don’t have to know all the answers,” she said. “You just have to lis-ten and care.”

When Berman dealt with some bullying issues in her school, she wondered if she was the only one going through the harassment. When she started to do some research on the Internet, she found she was far from alone.

Children around the coun-

try were dealing with similar experiences, especially in the case of cyberbullying.

“It’s important to recog-nize the power of social net-working,” she said. “When you post something on the Internet, it really is there forever.”

She told parents to look for signs that their child is being bullied, like depression, loss of appetite, staying home sick from school and general with-drawal.

In October, The Parent Connection brought well-known bullying expert Eliza-beth Englander of Bridge-water State College to speak. Englander is a professor of psychology and director of the Massachusetts Aggression Re-duction Center.

One theme Englander stressed throughout her talk was that nothing on the In-ternet is private, despite what some social networking sites may tout for “privacy set-tings.”

“None of them are private. That’s a marketing term,” she said. “What [kids] don’t un-derstand is the impact of what they do online.”

As an example, she cited a survey that revealed more than 50 percent of teenagers had given away their passwords at some point.

Englander said many adults mistakenly look at the amount of time teenagers spend online as an addiction. In reality, she said, it’s more like an anxiety.

“Kids today are, generally speaking, controlled by tech-

nology instead of the other way around,” she said.

On the school front, Walsh’s committee broke up into subgroups of 5-7 people to tackle a number of issues such as leadership, school responses and protocols, academic and non-academic activities and collaboration with families. He said the subgroups also led “directed discussions” on top-ics such as privacy rules, and the definition of bullying.

“It’s good for the educa-tors because we got differing opinions,” he said of the defi-nition issue. “I think everyone has their own interpretation.”

In November, the group presented the plan to the pub-lic and then to the School Committee.

Walsh said the task force has used a template provided by the state to come up with a draft plan. He said much of the things the new law requires were already being done by the district, although the pa-perwork is more complicated.

“As far as the human re-sponse, we were right on base,” he said.

teen author Brigittee Berman, pictured with No place For Hate’s Harry Katz, spoke to parents and students at Duxbury Middle school about bullying in september.

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Anyone can help support a new fuel assistance fund this holiday season with the purchase of a gift certificate for “the person who has everything.” Consider making a donation in their name to the Duxbury Fuel Assistance Fund. Stop by the Duxbury Senior Center to purchase the decorative certificate that you can give announcing that a donation had been given in the recipients name to support The Duxbury Fuel Assistance Fund. The money raised supports the Outreach Committee of the Duxbury Interfaith Council, which among other things, pro-vides fuel assistance for those in need in our community.



While 2010 brought many happy stories to Duxbury, it also brought some sad ones, including one that hit the Clip-per family particularly hard, as Publisher David Cutler lost his battle with cancer on Feb. 28.

“Nobody loved Duxbury as much as David Cutler,” said Jane Lane, who worked with Cutler at the Clipper and other papers.

During the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, Cutler had returned to a more active role at the Clipper, stepping in as publisher when his son Josh left the paper to run for state representative.

Cutler was only seven years old when his parents, John and Roberta, started the Duxbury Clipper on their dining room table. But it sparked a lifelong passion for journalism, and community news in particular, that would lead him to publish dozens of newspapers across Massachusetts, New Hamp-shire and Connecticut.

In 1972, he and a busi-ness partner, Michael Stearns, started the Marshfield Mariner. The Mariner group grew over the years, and it included 17 weeklies when it was sold to Capital Cities/ ABC in 1989. He later founded, with Capital Cities/ABC’s John Coots (who was his immediate boss at the Mariners), Stonebridge Press, which operates papers in Cen-tral Massachusetts and Con-necticut, and Salmon Press in New Hampshire. Cutler was elected to the New Eng-land Press Association Hall of Fame in 2004.

After his death, friends and colleagues came from all over to express their grat-itude for the lessons Cutler had imparted to them.

“I learned from him ... a newspaper can make its community and its town bet-ter,” said David Mittell, a longtime friend and colum-nist for Cutler’s papers. “He was passionate about that.”

“He taught me that the news doesn’t happen at your desk,” said Walter Bird, edi-tor of Cutler’s daily paper in Stonebridge. “Community journalism is just that, it’s be-ing out there. It’s about pic-tures, getting people in the paper –– it’s about covering the community, not just writ-ing about it, but being a part

of it.”Cutler, a Vietnam veteran,

was also instrumental in orga-nizing the fundraising effort to restore the town’s World War I monument, although he did not live to see it officially un-veiled on Memorial Day.

“He was a patriot for Dux-bury,” said Mittell

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Paul Metscher, ➢ class of 2013, was named to the Suff-ield Academy, located in Suff-ield, Conn., high honor roll for the fall term.

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As a result of the plymouth philharmonic orchestra’s recent fund-raiser, Briton Woodworth and Grant Bowen had an opportunity to serve as “Guest Conducter” and “Guest soloist,” respectively, for the orchestra’s performance of “sleigh ride” at its recent holiday concert.

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Camera Club to Host Noted Boston photographer

Steve Dunwell, one of Boston’s premiere land-scape, aerial, and editorial photographers will show his work and tell how shots were made at Duxbury Camera Club’s Jan. 5 meeting. Dun-well is world-renown for his assignment work, Boston stock library and fine pho-tography books including “Massachusetts: A Scenic Discovery, Extraordinary Boston and Boston Freedom Trail.” He shares his profes-sional insights and passion for photography by teaching at photography schools and offering both private and public workshops. Members are invited to bring in mat-ted or mounted images of Boston for Steve to critique.

In other club news, “Keys” is the January chal-lenge for the recently initi-ated theme of the month. All members are invited to bring in a print that best illustrates that theme. Popular, blind voting will decide the win-ner for each month.

Later in the month, on Saturday, Jan. 22, Glenn Pollock will conduct his popular “Getting Off P” workshop. This comprehen-sive overview is a must-do tutorial for beginning and intermediate level photog-raphers who want to demys-tify complex camera manu-als to get the most from their digital SLRs.

The Club meets the first Wednesday of each month, except July and August, in the Merry Room of the Dux-bury Free Library. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting from 7-9:15 p.m. Everyone is invited to visit a regular meeting. Month-ly workshops, field trips and critiquing are open to members only. For more information, visit www.duxburycameraclub.org or e-mail [email protected].

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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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George Edward Teravainen 86, of Dux-bury, died on Dec. 24.

Born on April 10, 1924, he was the son of Jaakko and Wihlemina of Finland and Dux-bury. George was the youngest of eight chil-dren.

George was a graduate of Duxbury High school, class of 1942. During his high school career, he was captain of the baseball and bas-ketball team; league champion basketball, ’41, 42. He was voted best male athlete of his grad-uating class. In 2005, he was inducted into the inaugural Duxbury High School Hall of Fame.

After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served from 1942 – 1945. He studied diesel engines after which he served on the USS Adair as a Motor Machinist Mate, 3rd Class and received the World War II Victory Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Cam-paign Medal and the Philippine-Liberation Medal. After serving his country he attended Boston University for his undergraduate degree and Springfield College where he obtained his Masters degree in Education.

George was a past president of the Duxbury Rotary Club and served on the original North Hill study committee.

George was well-known to the Duxbury community as a physical education teacher, coach for soccer and basketball, and ultimately

hired as athletic director and head of physi-cal education department until his retirement. One of his coaching highlights was bringing his Duxbury High squad to the Eastern Mas-sachusetts Interscholastic Basketball Tourna-ment championship at the Boston Garden in 1962. George was influential in the growth of new sports such as ice hockey at Duxbury High school during his tenure as athletic director.

George was also the director and owner, with wife Nancy, of Camp T, a summer day camp for over 100 children every year from 1954 through 1984.

After retirement, George enjoyed golf. As a member of Duxbury Yacht Club and North Hill, he played in many Member-Guest tourna-ments with his best friend Mike Connor.

He was the husband of 56 years to Nancy Burnham Teravainen. Father of Peter George and his wife Veronica of Singapore, Pamela White and her husband Bill of Herndon, Vir-ginia, Paul Richard and wife Kathleen of Sand-wich, Mass. and Charles Burnham of Duxbury. He also leaves eight grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements by the Shepherd Funeral Home, Kingston, MA. There will be a memorial visitation on Thursday, Dec. 30 from 2-5 p.m. at United Methodist Church on High Street in Duxbury, MA 02332. Burial will be private and will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions in George’s memo-ry may be made to the Duxbury Boosters, St George Street, Duxbury, MA. 02332 or to the charity of one’s choice.

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Marjorie J. (Roycroft) Powers of Port St. Lucie, Fla, formerly of Duxbury, died on Dec. 19 at the age of 69.

Marjie was born on Dec. 27, 1940 to the late Donald Roycroft and the late Marguerite (Kelley) Roycroft. She spent most of her life in Duxbury, moving to Port St. Lucie, Fla. in 1996. She worked as a Nurse for many years in Mass. and Fla. She loved gardening, cooking, clamming and the beach.

She leaves two daughters, Margaret Papa of New Bedford; Kelly Salvato and her husband, Ron of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; Three sons; Sean

Powers of Brockton; Lawrence Powers Jr. of Las Vegas, NV; Bryan and his wife, Colleen Powers of Duxbury; four grandchildren and one great grandchild. She also leaves two brothers, Don-ald Roycroft of Centerville; Michael Roycroft of Marshfield; two sisters, Maureen Kievenaar of Broad Run, VA; Mary Saucier of Yarmouth-port; as well as many nieces and nephews.

A private memorial service was held at Holy Family Church in Duxbury on Dec. 22, followed by interment at Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury.

Mildred M. (Allix) Haugh, of Duxbury, formerly of South Boston, died on Dec. 24 at home surrounded by her family. She was 74.

Daughter of the late John Allix and Mary (Ferro), she leaves her three children Marie Dovale of Marion, Frank Haugh of Halifax and Patti Reise of Fla. She also leaves her sisters Joanne Wolowicz of Plymouth and Marie Al-lix of Dedham, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at Holy Family Church in Duxbury at 10 a.m. followed by burial at Mayflower Cem-etery. Visiting hours will be held at the Richard Davis Funeral Home, 373 Court St (Rt 3A), N. Plymouth on Tuesday, Dec. 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cord-age Park Cr, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.

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Brush burning permits are available for pur-chase during normal business hours from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., as well as Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., starting Jan. 1. The cost of the burning permit is $10 for the season. The Duxbury Fire Department only accepts checks. Cash will not be accepted. Burning permits will be sold only at the Central Fire Station lo-cated at 668 Tremont St.

The burning season will start on Jan. 15, and the last day of burning season will be May 1. Residents are strongly encouraged to get their burning done early because burning will be very limited if we have a dry spring.

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Sunday Salon Series Presents: Author Lisa Genova

Harvard-trained neuroscientist and author phenom will dis-cuss her newest book, “Left Neglected,” on Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 PM at the Duxbury Free Library. Her first novel, “Still Alice,” winner of the 2008 Bronte Prize, was released on Jan. 6, and debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times Bestseller list! Originally self-published, “Still Alice” was purchased at auc-tion by Simon & Schuster and quickly became one of the most talked about books that year. “Left Neglected” is about a young high powered mom who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury. Genova says about the book, “The universe gives Sarah Nickerson an unmistakable wake-up call in the form of a trau-matic brain injury. In her journey of recovery, she not only pays attention to everything her mind wants her to ignore, she learns to pay attention to her heart’s truest desires. This is a story about learning to live simpler and deeper, about paying attention to and nourishing what matters, about healing and becoming whole.”

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Westwinds Bookshop. Free tickets will be required for this event. Mark you calendars and pick up your ticket at the library or bookshop two weeks before the event!


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The Duxbury Interfaith Council will hold their annual MLK Jr. Prayer Breakfast at St. John’s, Monday, Jan. 17 at 8:15 a.m. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz will be the featured speaker, and the Chamber Singers of Duxbury High School will also be part of the service.

Tim Cruz has been District Attorney since 2001. Duxbury No Place for Hate worked with Cruz and his office when they presented the White Ribbon Campaign to Duxbury High School. At that time, all the male population of the High School signed a proclamation to denounce violence against

women. Both No Place for Hate and DA Cruz worked

together once again in spon-soring a “Strike Out Hate and Violence” night at a Brock-ton Rox Baseball Game. Cruz took the lead at prosecuting a hate crime in Brockton two years ago. He is committed to overcoming hate and violence in our communities.

There will be a requested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family. For more in-formation contact us at 781-934-8388, [email protected] or [email protected]. St. John’s is at 410 Washington St.

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Due to a vacancy on the current board, the Board of Li-

brary Trustees is soliciting interested residents for an ap-pointment to the Board until the next scheduled election in March 2011.

Interested residents should send a cover letter by Janu-ary 11, 2010, expressing their desire for the position and a résumé highlighting qualifica-

tions and their availability for the position to:

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sponsible for general oversight of the operations of the library, approving policy and appoint-ing the director.

Full information is avail-able at mblc.state.ma.us.

The official appointment will be made via a joint meet-ing of the Board of Library Trustees and the Board of Se-lectmen. Any questions can be addressed to the library direc-tor at 781-934-2721 x107.

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lounge, upper level of Duxbury Free Library. Run as a weekly Socrates Cafe, we review books we’ve recently read, talk about issues of pressing urgency such as vampires vs zombies what’s the cultural difference? Can a person be invisible to their peers? Why? How important is truth? What constitutes loyalty? We sponsor literacy-promoting activities as well.

Middle School Discussion Group: Tuesday, 3-5 p.m., YA lounge, upper level of Duxbury Free Library. Run in a similar manner to the high school group.

Anime Festival: 7-9 p.m., second Friday of the month, Merry Room. Focusing on the latest short Japanese imports we watch and discuss.


on when that school became the Duxbury Middle School, then took over as Alden princi-pal in 1999 before moving into the central office as assistant superintendent under Eileen Williams.

She became superinten-dent in 2007 and was given a three-year contract.

Skeiber said there were several reasons playing into her decision to step down.

“I can’t say it’s just one particular thing,” she said. “It’s a variety of things that have made me make that deci-sion.”

However, when asked if the recent furor around the de-cision to change school start times affected her decision, she said the negative tone of the discussions was at least a factor.

Future Management Sys-tems of Beverly was selected to lead the search, and a 10-member local search commit-tee was formed consisting of School Committee members, school staff, and others. This committee was tasked with sifting through resumes and presenting the top candidates to the School Committee, al-though ultimately the hiring

power rested with the school board.

In early May the search committee narrowed their choice down to three can-didates: Dr. Middleton Mc-Goodwin, who was the su-perintendent in Marshfield, James Hayden of the Brockton schools and Dr. Benedict Tan-tillo, the superintendent of the

Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Montvale, New Jersey.

The top three then came before the School Committee to argue why they should be the choice to lead the Duxbury School District into the future.

McGoodwin stressed his collaborative approach and student-first attitude toward education.

“My style has been to earn the respect and trust of the faculty,” he said. “I’ve asked faculty, don’t measure me by what I say, but what I do.”

Hayden pointed to his wide-ranging experiences in Brockton (jokingly calling himself the “director of every-thing else) and said his sense of humor has helped him be-come a leader.

“I’m the type of person who is enthusiastic about what I do,” he said. “I feel my

commitment and my example bleeds over to other people – it’s catchy. It’s like a forest fire. I have high expectations for myself and I have high ex-pectations for the people who work around me.”

Eventually, however, the School Committee settled on Tantillo, impressed with his leadership style and his focus

on technology. (Tantillo pilot-ed a one-student, one-laptop program at Pascack.

“We felt he had the at-tributes to be a strong leader here,” said School Committee Chairwoman Anne Ward.

Tantillo promised to be a visible leader and said he was ready for the challenging task of bringing the Duxbury Schools into the 21st century.

“My job is to take a good district and make it better,” he said during an August inter-view.

He also said a major focus would be a drive for new fa-cilities.

“There’s no question about it,” he said. “I was surprised that a district with the stat-ure of Duxbury has left the buildings in the condition that they’re in.”

He said the simple mantra of doing what’s best for stu-

dents would help him succeed in Duxbury.

“Whatever is best for the kids in our school, no matter what anyone else says, I’m go-ing to follow,” he said. “That’s my creed basically, what’s best for the kids ... As long as I feel I can follow that I can sleep at night.”

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After a search committee narrowed down the field, the school Committee interviewed Marshfield superintendent Middleton McGoodwin, James Hayden of the Brockton schools and Benedict tantillo, the superintendent of the pascack Valley regional High school District.


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A dispute over zoning en-forcement may sound dry, but for several groups in town, it is an important debate that pits homeowners’ rights against the town’s long-term plan for a rural-looking community.

In 2010, the Planning Board, grow-ing frustrated with what they felt were zoning viola-

tions being signed off on by the town’s building inspector, started to investigate a number of properties around town. The issue mostly centered around accessory buildings, which are allowed under town bylaws. However, the Planning Board felt the rules were being too loosely interpreted and the buildings were becoming sec-

ond homes on a single lot.The debate first reared its

head in the spring, when Plan-ning Board Chairwoman Amy MacNab said she sat down with town counsel Robert Troy and other town officials to came up with a few prop-erties that may be worth fur-ther examination. Under town rules, the Planning Board only has 30 days after the issuing of a building permit to appeal it –– however, they can ask for zoning enforcement any time.

MacNab pointed to one property where certain aspects of the construction were in the demolition permit rather than the building permit.

“It was almost as if every-thing was piggybacked to the

original permit ... which really bypassed the process,” she said.

Town Planner Tom Broad-rick expressed further concern about the process, and said that when he first served as the town planner several years ago, all the building permits passed through his office. However, when he started his second stint in Duxbury many appli-cations were marked “N/A” when it came to Planning De-partment oversight. He said he’s now reviewing all build-ing applications, but there still seems to be some confusion between departments.

MacNab also pointed to a

building on River Lane –– that project was being appealed, not by the town but by a neigh-bor who requested zoning en-forcement.

“I think it is frustrating to everyone who was at those meetings that this thing got built,” she said.

Although the Planning Board was originally looking at a list of properties (and the did file one request for zoning enforcement that was with-

drawn) it was that property on River Lane where they drew a line in the sand, filing an ap-peal of the building permit.

As the issue started to come before the Zoning Board of Appeals, some members of that board felt that the issue was the wording of the acces-sory structures bylaw itself be-ing unclear.

“We owe it to the people who live in this town and the people who do business in this town ... that the bylaw be clear,” said ZBA member, now chairwoman, Judi Barrett at a June hearing.

The issue played out in hearings throughout the fall, complicated by some techni-cal matters including a posting

issue and a disputed adminis-trative meeting concerning the River Lane property.

Throughout the hearings, Barrett tried to keep her board focused on the narrow ques-tion: is there a zoning violation at 21 River Lane? However, the public discussion hinted at the undercurrent of the larger issues at play.

Former Selectman Ruth Rowley told the ZBA at one of the hearings that she and other residents were concerned the rules were being ignored.

“Somewhere or other we’ve gotten off the track of what’s required in our zoning bylaw,” she said. “This is not

the fault of the people who bought that property, it’s the fault of the town ... This town is not going to be able to main-tain because we lost our way in abiding by what we set as a framework.”

The homeowner’s attor-ney, Paul Driscoll, said the Planning Board’s argument was akin to an alcohol licens-ing board denying a bar a li-quor license because of a fear that the bar might not adhere to their posted hours.

“They couldn’t deny me because I might cheat and stay open,” he said.

The ZBA will make a deci-sion on River Lane at their Jan. 3 administrative meeting. The larger issues swirling around accessory buildings, however, seem far from settled.

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Caroline Kent performs a spin during “Baby it’s Cold outside.”

Maura Anderson looks relaxed throughout her skate to “the Queen of poland.”

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Kelly Cronin shows tremendous strength as she skates to “Carol of the Bells,” by the trans-siberian orchestra.

Gianna Galvin gives a smile at the end of “How the Grinch stole Christmas.”

sophie McCann skates to “the Nutcracker.”

Victoria Doherty skates to “Jingle Bells.”

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towns find new police chiefs, and Cullen said Unsworth’s help was invaluable, as was the expertise of interim chief Stephen Doherty.

“He’s a wealth of informa-tion about how police depart-ments operate,” she said of Unsworth.

The screening committee received 53 resumes to sift through, and although some were quickly eliminated be-cause they didn’t meet the qualifications in the job de-scription, there were still many worth candidates to consider.

Unsworth, who spent over 30 years as a police officer, 11 a a chief, said the value of community policing has in-creased greatly over the years, and a chief in a town like Dux-bury needs more than technical knowledge.

“It’s not merely responding to a call, taking a report and leaving, it’s solving a prob-lem,” he said.

Unsworth is a big propo-nent of an assessment center, which runs potential chief can-didates through a battery of real-life scenarios. The search committee agreed and such a center was used to pick Dux-bury’s next chief.

In March, Town Manager Richard MacDonald announced the three finalists for the po-sition: Lieutenant Richard 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. (Although the screening committee helped sift through the candidates, the ultimate hiring decision was up to MacDonald.)

MacDonald eventually selected Clancy, and made the announcement later that month.

MacDonald said he person-ally witnessed the assessment center run by BadgeQuest, and was impressed with Clancy. After an in-person interview, he was sold.

“I feel Chief Clancy rose to the top,” MacDonald said.

Cullen was in complete agreement with the town man-ager’s choice.

“The word that jumps out

at me is professionalism,” she said. “He understands the cul-ture in Duxbury.”

People who had worked with Clancy in Plympton had high praise.

“We are a small town, but we’re a small town that has moved into the 21st century,” said Barry DeCristofano, chair-man of the Plympton Board of Selectmen. “He’s tried to meld a small town police force with the modern reality of technol-ogy.”

DeCristofano said Clancy was so well thought of by his men that when he was up for another chief job, his officers pleaded with the selectmen to do everything possible to keep their chief.

Clancy said in a June inter-view that he had always want-ed to be a police officer.

“I was always awed by the local police officers,” he said. “It almost sounds hokey, but they were the ones that right-ed the ship when there was a problem ... When folks were victimized, the police were al-ways there to defend them.”

Clancy grew up in Rock-land, and worked in that town as well as Braintree and Den-nis as a part-time officer before becoming full-time in Mash-pee. In Mashpee, he saw the department deal with a popu-lation explosion as well as

tension with the local Native American community. It was here that he said his leadership skills were honed.

When he got the chief’s job in Plympton, he threw himself into the work.

“You’d sometimes see me vacuuming floors,” he said, adding that he’s warned the staff at the Duxbury police sta-tion not to be offended if they see him emptying the trash bar-rels himself. “Hey, I’m here to

work. Whatever they need me to do, I’ll do.”

Like his counterpart in the school system, Clancy said he wanted to become the public face of the department’s push for a new building.

“I’ve got to quickly be-come the face of the building project and work tirelessly with the committee to move things forward,” he said. “I can’t see the building lasting another four years.”

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town hall, and with its comple-tion the town now has some kind of a monument or memo-rial to all of the country’s ma-jor armed conflicts.

The journey toward com-pletion for the monument was not a simple one, and started well before this year.

In fact, the journey started with a walk in the woods.

Joe Shea was walking through the woods adjacent to Mayflower Cemetery several years ago, working on a se-ries of pamphlets about town cemeteries, when he stumbled upon a pile of limestone.

“I recognized it immedi-ately,” Shea said.

The pile was the remains of a shattered World War I monument that had been miss-ing for decades.

The monument once stood in Boomer Square, the patch of land in front of the Town Hall/First Parish Church com-plex on Tremont Street. (The town’s one World War I casu-alty, Charles Boomer, gave his name to the square.) However, in 1958, through circumstances that remain unclear to this day, the monument was destroyed by a vehicle. The pieces were gathered for a planned recon-struction that never happened, and the monument was nearly forgotten until Shea discov-ered the shards.

Shea was actually involved in a search for the monu-ment 30 years earlier, when he and then Fire Chief How-ie Blanchard went looking for the monument –– which

held the name of Blanchard’s grandfather.

At the time, Shea thought the pieces were behind the DPW yard.

Shea found the monument pieces in the summer of 2008. From there, Town Manager Richard MacDonald appoint-ed a committee to oversee the

monument’s rehabilitation. In the spring of 2009, the group went in front of Town Meeting to ask for Community Preser-vation Act funds and later that fall, the ground was cleared and the restoration process be-

gan.As Shea and his commit-

tee started to gather public support for the restoration work, supplemented by a buy-a-brick campaign that turned into a walkway around the fin-ished monument, they faced a major challenge. No one knew what the monument was sup-posed to look like.

Using the pieces of stone, committee member Pam Smith “reverse engineered” a drawing of what she thought the full monument may have looked like. Still, it was just a guess.

After putting out the word, the committee received a pho-tograph from Presque Isle, Maine that showed a man standing in front of the monu-ment. At last, the group had something to work with.

Around the same time, the committee connected with Bryan Felty, a newcomer to town that happened to be an enormous World War I history buff –– and had extensive ex-perience with animation.

“He’s a creative genius,” said Shea. “He brought fresh eyes to the problem ... If he hadn’t come along, I’m not sure where we would be.”

Felty used the photograph and the surviving pieces to cre-ate a 3D rendering of what the monument would look like.

A granite company, Monti Granite of Quincy, was hired to oversee the project. They picked up the pieces and sent them to the limestone quarry in Illinois that likely created the original monument. Just like the original structure in the 20s, limestone to replace miss-ing pieces was carved there. It was then shipped across the country to Quincy for the 82 names, which the committee found in the town archives, to be engraved.

The base of the monu-ment, including the walkway composed of bricks engraved with the names of donors to the project, was installed on Veterans’ Day and the rest of the monument was pieced to-gether over the spring.

The grand unveiling of the completed project took place on Memorial Day in May.

“What a perfect day to be rededicating Duxbury’s World War I memorial,” said Chair-man of the Board of Selectmen Shawn Dahlen at the ceremo-ny. “Thank you to the dedi-cated committee that worked diligently for three years to make this a reality. Thank you to the many volunteers who offered their time to complete the installation. I am proud to be part of a community where the efforts of so many volun-teers shape the character of our community.”

“The entire committee feels an obligation to military personnel who rise to the oc-casion,” said Shea. “It’s very important to a lot of people.”

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rev. roy tripp, Vice president of the Duxbury interfaith Council accepts a $1,000 donation from Duxbury police Union officers sgt. Brian Johnson, vice president and officer Dan Brown, secretary. the interfaith Council just concluded its Holiday Basket project, putting smiles on over 100 families in our commu-nity. this donation from the police Union provided 10 families with meals and gifts for the holidays. it requires $60,000 a year to support the programs of the council and after irs obligations, 100 percent of all donations go back to Duxbury. You can send your donation to the council at po Box 1161, 02331. For more information you can contact the council at 781-934-8388 or [email protected] or by visiting duxinterfaith.com.

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Duxbury Blizzard of 2010

Huge breakers at Duxbury Beach were a sight to behold.

Mike Dineen came to the Duxbury Beach to look at the powerful beauty of the stormy sea.

Many people lost power during the storm. Lines were down on saint Georges street across from Barney’s Gas station.

the sun breaks through the clouds over Duxbury Bay as the storm moves out.

snow swept Blue Fish river area.

Maeve Gillis braves the cold wind to sled at North Hills Golf Club.

the Foodie’s parking lot had few cars in it Monday midday, while the plows cleared as many parking spots as they could.

rourke Magwood stops for a quick photo on his way up the hill for another sled run.

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New Years Eve performance at the Winsor House

Sean McLaughlin will be performing on Friday, Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. at the Winsor House along with traditional Irish mu-sic.

Getting ready to present the gifts are Friends president sarah Keating and

Board Member Kathy Ullathorne.

friends of the Library luncheonthe Friends of the Duxbury Free Library recently held their Holiday Appreciation Lunch serv-ing the Library staff, Board of trustees and the DFL inc. Board. pictured from left to right are Friends Board Members Christine Donnelly, Katy Horgan, Cristin Mitchell, Maureen Cederlund, Karen Mellen, Kim o’Brien, sarah Keating and susan Gandt.

Longtime board member of DFL inc. Bill Boyd enjoys his lunch with ellen snoeyenbos and elaine Winquist. As of the first of the year, elaine will retire as director. the Friends and trustees honored elaine for her leadership and devotion to the DFL and to the com-munity.

taking a break and enjoying a well-deserved lunch are library staff members Karen tierney, Nancy Denman, Doreen recke and rose Hickey

Discussing the latest news and activities at the library are DFL inc. Board Member Brooke McDonough, newly selected Library Director Carol Jankowski and trustee Laura sullivan.

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The Clipper would like to publicly thank all our letter writers from 2010: Richard S. Prone, Bill Campbell,

Jane McNiff, The O’Brien Family, Bill Benson, Linda L. Garrity, Emily Leary, Sally Miller, Brad Besse, Anne Antonellis, Marta Johnston, Jane Bumpus Nielsen, Rep. Daniel K. Webster, Sandy White, John Martz, Susan Rittenour, Di-ane Bartlett, Priscilla Richardson, Brad Smith, Suzanne McCourt, Richard B r e n -nen, Brian and Mary Ellen Sullivan, Tom LaLiberte, Peter Dudensing, George Cipolletti, Claudia Do-erre, Cam Capraro, Char-lie Coon, Stevie Delia, Pete Loiselle, Jack Peters and Caleb Sullivan, Selden Tearse, A n t h o n y Floreano, Joyce Fowler, Terry Reiber, Robert E. Doyle, Holly Morris, Jim O’Sullivan, Chris Bernstein, Sue Bradford, Bradford J. Greer, Joe Shea, Walter Bird Jr., David Hines, Paul Mc-Cormack, Vicky Anderson, Dr. Andrew Wi-emeyer, Nancy Oates, Mary Lou Buell, Devon Kohler and Christine Sovik, James Borghesani, Patty Roberts, Martha Himes, Bob Hughes, James J. Sullivan, Jr., Gary Magnuson, Chris-tine McLaughlin, Jeffrey Fiedler, Bob, Debbie, and Abram Neal, Ann Prince, Lorrie Hall, Kim Kelly, Sarah Magnuson, Lisa Webber, Joanne Williams, Jerry Nightingale, Nancy O’Connor, Mike Caslin, Marty Kearns, The Staff of Eastern Bank, Friends of the Blue Fish, Jackie Lantry, Susanna Sheehan and Tag Carpenter, Nancy Melia, Barry R. Smith, Harry Katz, Rev. Roy Tripp, Paul Leonard, Kathy and Frank Harris, Jane Bradley, Joan Edgar, Hadley Burnham, Deb Samuels, Andrea Chase, The Sarro Family,

Jenny Maas, Paula Meyer and Jennifer Quin-lan, David “Deke” Kennison, Roger and Deb-bie Babson, Hunter Gaenicke, Jane and Tony Kelso, Pat Simons, Margaret Kearney, Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Anna C. Wallace, Donald and Dorothy James, Steve Donovan, Bill Farquhar-son, Mary Lampert, Brooks Holmes, Nancy Sharpe, Susan Sylvester and Jim Vinci, Mary LeSueur, Rich Potash, Katy Gaenicke, Joanne

Moore, Emily Caleskie, R. Bondlow, Sue Mangione, Evelyn Milardo, Beth

Thompson, Wendy and Mark Rayfield, Mary Hen-

derson, Ken Fortini, Frank Ronne, Tom McAley, Frank Daly, Inge and Peter

Houghton, Anita Haffey, Elaine Haffey, Janet P. Enos, Sue Swensen, Kay Foster, Bill and Patti MacLennan, Tom Meehan, William Har-ris, Brenda Remick, Freja Wagner, Peter Flagg Maxson, Geoffrey C. Beckwith, The Mehrman family, Guy C Holbrook, IV, Sarah Keating, Julie Hatfield, Sue Schortmann and Pat Lor-ing, Adam W. Packard, Bill Kasprzynski, Su-san Walker, Evan Tarbox, Kathy Bittrich, Jen Klein, Leslie A. Lawrence, Cindy Ladd Fiorini and Rick Fiorini, M.D., Judi Vose, Karen Wong, Paula Harris, Andre Martecchini, Jeff King, Timothy MacKenzie, Esq., David Murphy, Sheila Lynch-Benttinen, Tim C. Leedom, Hel-en Kelly, Dr. Jay Lowder, Holly Groelle, Josh Cutler, Thomas J. Calter, E. David Edge, Esq., Kerin Connolly, Jackie Crossen-Sills, and Lori Mahoney, Paul Sprosty, Karen Martin, Kellie Bresnehan, John W. Britten, Frederick Corey, Mariette Wooden, Fred Clifford, Jr., Cindi, Dy-lan and Madison Buckley, Whitney Fulmer.

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A year to remember

The year 2010 was another eventful year for the town of Duxbury. There were changes at Town Hall as a new selectman was elected, and in the top position

at both the police and school department. Duxbury is an active, interesting town and it’s always interesting to cover from a local newspaper’s perspective.

But now that 2010 is (about to be) behind us, let’s peer into the crystal ball and take a guess at what the top stories of 2011 will be ...

School buildings dominate debate: This is our best guess for the top story of 2011. We already know that in order to secure reimbursement from the state, school officials and new Superintendent Ben Tantillo want to bring the project to the voters as soon as possible, and at the very least design funds will be on the warrant at Town Meeting in May. School projects, even if they are needed (and many feel Duxbury’s high school and middle school are in tough shape) are expensive. The preliminary budget projections show that even with all the reimbursements, the average Duxbury taxpayer may see his tax bill jump by over $1,000. That’s a lot to swallow, although school parents do tend to vote, so we can only wait and see.

North Hill finally gets resolved: The long and contentious debate over the management at North Hill has already wasted too much of the taxpayers’ money in legal fees. It should wrap up quickly in early 2011, and it certainly should end in favor of the town. We’ve yet to see any hard evidence of the grand conspiracy Doug Johnson claims the town perpetrated on him –– instead we’ve seen Town Manager Richard MacDonald follow the Inspector General’s advice on bidding laws to the letter. So who runs the course? Our best guess is that it goes out to bid again, but don’t be surprised if the town reconsiders running the nine-hole course with town employees.

Planning Board/Zoning enforcement issues lead to broader debate: To most that aren’t directly involved with the debate, these stories may have seemed extremely dry, the minutiae of building and permitting in a suburban community. But while Judi Barrett is right, and the issue of River Lane is a narrow one, there is an undercurrent of discontent surrounding this issue that’s waiting to bubble up to the surface. Surely, the people who fought so hard for two-acre zoning and a rural-looking Duxbury did not want people in town to be able to build two houses on one lot, then yank the stove out of one and call it a tool shed. That loophole will likely get fixed on the floor of Town Meeting. But are those people still the majority in town? Duxbury’s demographics are changing, and the new people moving here may not feel as strongly about having such stringent zoning rules in place. It’s a debate that needs to happen in the public forum.

The replacement for Betsy Sullivan: Betsy Sullivan announced at the end of this year that she would be stepping down from her role on the Board of Selectmen. Sullivan has been an admirable public servant, both on this board and on the School Committee, and filling her shoes will be tough. Ted Flynn has already declared his intention to seek the seat, but the last couple of selectman’s races here in Duxbury have been hard-fought and interesting to watch. Duxbury has a long tradition of excellent selectmen, and this is an important seat to fill for 2011 and beyond.

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The discussion took place in 2010, but the decision looms in the near future.

Duxbury’s public build-ings have been the subject of debate for a long time. Some have been hashed out for years –– like the fire and po-lice station projects, which have changed shape, location and more over the last several years. Some are just popping up now, like the school proj-ect, which school officials say needs to be moved on quickly

if Duxbury is going to be reimbursed by the state.

In March, voters at Town

Meeting and subsequently at the town election passed a bal-lot measure seeking $292,000 in design funds to renovate the town’s main fire station. They also passed a ballot question seeking $2.6 million to build a new crematory at Mayflower Cemetery.

The crematory project passed easily, by a vote of 2,185 to 765. Voters may have been able to reconcile the cost with the fact that the cremato-ry brings in around $600,000 a year in income for the town.

The new facility will be more up-to-date, will meet safety and environmental stan-dards and will provide for pos-sible future expansion. It will also be located in a less cen-tral part of the cemetery than where the current crematory stands.

The fire project was the first public safety project to pass both Town Meeting and the ballot box. Several prior versions, including brand-new separate stations and a more expensive renovation at the fire station, along with a new police station, passed Town Meeting’s muster only to fail at the general election.

Towards the end of the

year, the public safety projects were in the headlines again. The renovation at the fire station, which includes new gender-appropriate crew quar-ters and better public access, seemed to generate little de-bate. Yet there was still some debate over the police station –– which many in town be-lieve the greater need –– spe-cifically its location.

During a public hearing at the Senior Center in Decem-ber, several people expressed a desire to see a new police sta-tion at the current site on West Street, even though it may be more expensive and the police department prefers the Public Safety Building Committee’s recommendation of Mayflow-er Street.

The committee will ask for $300,000 for design funds at the 2011 Town Meeting. If all goes according to plan, construction on the new police station could begin in the sum-mer of 2012. The station is es-timated to cost $6.6 million.

Those are not the only building projects Duxbury tax-payers could be asked to pay for next year, however. Also in 2010, the idea of new schools cropped up.

Over the summer, the Massachusetts School Build-ing Assistance project voted to move Duxbury’s request for new schools into their pipeline for funding. The MSBA will reimburse new school con-struction at a high percentage.

Voters at 2009 annual Town Meeting approved $200,000 for a feasibility study for the high school and middle school. However, as 2010 progressed, the idea of a combined, or “co-located” middle school and high school started to emerge as the preferred –– and most cost effective –– project.

In the fall, the School Committee came before the selectmen to announce their in-tention to put an article on the May Town Meeting seeking

between $300,000 to $700,000 for a study and schematic de-sign of the new school.

The new school would be built either on the upper por-tion of Train field near the li-brary or on the site of the cur-rent middle school.

“It’s an opportunity to get two schools addressed at once,” said School Building Chairwoman Elizabeth Lewis.

In response, selectmen were skeptical about the time-line and non-committal about the funding.

“I think you will be taken aback by the level of shock in the community,” said Select-man Betsy Sullivan.

The estimated costs of a combined middle and high school could be as high as $145 million. Currently, Duxbury stands to be reimbursed 40 percent by the MSBA, bring-ing the costs down to $87 mil-lion. According to information provided at Town Meeting by the Fiscal Advisory Board, the project, depending upon inter-est rates, could add $1,414 to an average tax bill in the first year of financing.

As the year closed, the School Committee still wasn’t sure how much the study or the total project would cost –– al-though they did hear that Dux-bury is invited to participate in a “model school” project, which could add several mil-lion dollars in reimbursement money from the state.

Public Safety Buildings Committee Chairman Andre Martecchini points to the plan for the fire station renovation during a meeting with the Planning Board in December.

Schools and public safety buildings dominate discussion

A Mazing A CappellaThe Paul S. Fortini Foundation announces the second an-

nual A Mazing A Cappella Celebration to be held on Feb. 5. The inaugural concert was a success, audiences filled the Performing Arts Center. Thanks to the generous support of local businesses and townspeople, the Foundation was able to make its first gift to the Duxbury music and drama departments this fall: a $5,000 gift for the purchase of a new rehearsal piano for the Duxbury High School orchestra and chorus room. This gift replaced a 40-year-old piano, long needed but outside of the school budget.

The Paul S. Fortini Fortini Foundation for Music and Dra-ma is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all volunteer organization with a mission of fulfilling the vision set forth by Paul’s family. This vision is to provide alternative monetary support to the Dux-bury Schools’ performing arts, something which was very dear to Paul.

The foundation’s goal is directed at providing tangible as-sets to the music and drama departments which may be outside of school budgets. The foundation seeks for every student to continue to have the best opportunities, tools, and environment to continue the excellence which has been established within these departments.

Again this year, the a cappella concert will be held at the Duxbury Peforming Arts Center. The concert will be featuring a number of talented collegiate groups from the Northeast, and Duxbury High’s PACMEN will be performing as well.

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DHS and DMSMonday: French toast sticks with blue-berry topping, egg patty, tater tots, warm apple slices.Tuesday: Barbecue pork rib on a whole wheat roll, roasted carrot fries, Boston baked beans.Wednesday: Italian pasta bar, choice of marinara, Italian meat or alfredo sauce.Thursday: Sweet and sour Asian rice bowl with breaded popcorn chicken, ori-ental fried rice, steamed veggies.Friday: Turkey and gravy over mashed potatoes, seasoned peas, cranberry sauce, apple crisp.All lunches served with choice of milk.Cold fruit and vegetable bar, fresh food grab-n-go specials daily.

Alden and Chandler SchoolsMonday: French toast sticks with blueberry topping, sliced ham, tater tots, chilled mixed fruit.Tuesday: Chicken patty on a bun, seasoned green beans, warm cin-namon spiced apples.Wednesday: Homemade pizza, sweet corn salad, fresh apple.Thursday: Pasta marinara with shredded cheese, Bosco breadstick, seasoned peas, fresh orange smiles. Friday: Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, seasoned corn, dinner roll, apricots.Assorted fruit and veggie selection daily.All lunches served with choice of milk.

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Students in the eighth Grade Family and Consumer Science

class made healthy chocolate chip cookies. Adding oatmeal to a traditional recipe adds to nutrition, texture, and taste. Kaylee Jones, Eliza Hartford, Jared Sullivan, Perry Lawson, and Collin van der Veen prove that teamwork can be deli-cious!

They can cook, but are they old enough to drive? Maybe not on the roads, but the race was on in the tech room. eigth grad-ers study car models, design, build, decorate, and test drive their creations. Technology teachers Dan Kenney and Matt Files supervised the start while eigth grade student, Hunter Marston, helped. Want to know what designs were fastest, ask a DMS student!

The DMS food drive col-lected over 1,000 cans and non-perishable items to assist fami-lies in our community during the holiday season. Mrs. Burns

and her sixth grade homeroom brought in the most donations and won a special breakfast for their group.

Kaylee Jones, Eliza Hartford, Jared Sullivan, Perry Lawson and Collin van der Veen.

Cookies, cars, and cans

Students and staff at Alden Elementary said a special good-bye to retiring Alden School Assistant Principal, Karen Fruzzetti. Fruzzetti has served in the Duxbury

Schools since 1984, working as a third grade teacher, curricu-lum supervisor, and most recently, assistant principal of Alden School.

At the end of the annual school sing-along, students from Denise Lamare’s and Patti Pietrantonio’s classes made a presen-tation of a “wordle” to Fruzzetti.

Pictured are Christopher Trombly, Karen Fruzzetti and several fifth grade students. Photo courtesy of Ms. Denise Lamare.

BûCHE DE NoëL: Ms. Fitzgerald’s French classes celebrated the season by making Bûche de Noël. Here are Duxbury Middle School students Henry Triebel, Conor Shanahan and Brendan Cooney about to enjoy this traditional French treat.

UToPiA: What would be in your Utopia? Ms. Barnet’s seventh grade English classes read The Giver by Lois Lowry and designed their perfect world. Nice to see Thomas o’Hare’s “Tomville” has solar panels, public transportation, and windmills.

Chartwells launches Nutrition Web site

Parents, teachers and students of Duxbury Pub-lic Schools are just a click away from learning about their school food program and accessing credible health and wellness resources. The school’s foodservice provider, Chartwells School Dining Ser-vices, has developed a compre-hensive Web site for the Dux-bury school community.

The site is a one-stop re-source for parents, administra-tors and students to learn about the foodservice program avail-able to the Duxbury commu-nity, including:

The Duxbury School Well-ness Committee Policy:

• Chartwells’ Balanced Choices® program, a com-prehensive approach to health and wellness that incorporates nutrition standards and guide-lines exceeding government regulations and utilizes a guid-ance system to help students make healthful choices.

• Nutrition education resources developed by Chartwells’ team of registered dietitians for use by teachers in the classroom.

• Background about the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program and the nu-trition guidelines it mandates.

• Chartwells’ Chartbusters promotions, implemented throughout the year to increase student participation in the school meal program.

• Menus and payment op-tions for all school locations.

• Chartwells’ position state-ments on various food and nu-trition topics, such as food al-lergies and serving trans fats.

•Lists of health and well-ness resources for students, parents and the school com-munity.

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Thursday, December 1611:15 a.m. Party on Washington Street soliciting for a veterans’ group. Advised to leave town and not return without the proper pa-perwork.6:36 p.m. Caller on Tremont Street reports person possibly hit stone wall on Alden Street, and may be driving on damaged tire. Officer spoke to party.6:58 p.m. Caller in station to re-port her motor vehicle was struck while in parking lot on St. George Street.7:04 p.m. Caller reports possible chimney fire on Puritan Road. Services rendered.10:09 p.m. Motor vehicle stop on West Street. Citation issued.

friday, December 172:15 a.m. Barking dog complaint on Trout Farm Lane. Animal con-trol officer notified.8:19 a.m. Caller reports dog hit by car. Animal control officer says it was coyote, will take care of same.8:21 a.m. Party reports water leaking in street on Standish Street by Myles View Drive. DPW wa-ter department notified.9:55 a.m. Party reports someone honking their horn on Oak Street after midnight.4:44 p.m. Arrest on Franklin Street, 209A violation. Party transporter to Plymouth County House of Correction.

Saturday, December 181:23 a.m. Caller on Oak Street reports motor vehicle in front of house beeping and yelling. Offi-cers spoke to suspect.7:17 a.m. State Police report domestic on Route 3 south head-ing toward Duxbury. Area search negative.2:46 p.m. Party reports home broken into on Keene Street. BCI notified.8:14 p.m. Commercial fire alarm on St. George Street. Captain re-ports caused by smoke machine, system reset.11:51 p.m. Caller reports house on Wright Street egged.

Sunday, December 198:49 a.m. 911 call for house full of smoke on Pilgrim Byway. Home evacuated, duty squad no-tified.10:05 a.m. Party called 911 to re-port her dog attacked by another dog at Bay Farm Field. All OK but owner not cooperating, officer requested to restore peace.11:32 a.m. 911 call for father and son disturbance on Temple Street. Peace restored.12:43 p.m. Motor vehicle acci-dent with minor injuries on Trem-ont Street.6:18 p.m. Suspicious person pos-sibly trying to break into a vehicle on Kingstown Way. Party fled on foot.

6:30 p.m. Motor vehicle struck tree on Temple Street and Keene Street, no injuries.

Monday, December 2011:52 a.m. Possible skunk inside home on Bay Road, animal con-trol officer notified.9:01 a.m. Party reports that while stopped on Marshall Street a jog-ger ran into her car and broke the mirror. Says jogger is wearing green sweatshirt. Area search for jogger negative.11:57 a.m. Party reports change worth $7 stolen from unlocked vehicle on Pine Point Road over-night.1:46 p.m. Officer reports car skidded out on Route 3 north-bound near exit 11. Assisted in turning vehicle around.3:03 p.m. 911 call for accident with no injury at Railroad Avenue and Alden Street.7:05 p.m. Caller reports vehicles parked in roadway on Winter Street causing hazard, officers advised homeowners to move ve-hicles.10:57 p.m. Caller reports vehicle pulling a person on skis, officer spoke to party and advised all to stop.

Tuesday, December 216:10 a.m. Assist Fire Department on West Street transporting patient from home due to icy conditions.10:25 p.m. Caller reports kids throwing snowballs at cars on Bay Road. Area search negative.10:34 p.m. Caller reports motor vehicle on Oak Street driving by house and yelling. Ongoing issue.

Wednesday, December 221:27 a.m. Caller reports erratic operator on Chandler Street. Of-ficer spoke to party.3:12 p.m. 911 call for motor ve-hicle crash on Summer Street.3:32 p.m. 911 State Police re-ports motor vehicle crash on St. George Street, no injury.3:59 p.m. Dog struck by motor vehicle on Summer Street and pinned under vehicle. Police to assist animal control officer.6:35 p.m. Caller reports deer in road at Oak Street. Fire Depart-ment assisted.

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Christine Bodnar has worked in all media but pastel painting is her medium of choice. She received her B.A at Central Michigan University with a studio major in paint-ing and subsequently attended the Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her artwork has been selected for exhibition in many national and international juried pastel exhibits, and she has received awards from numerous art associations and publications, in-cluding the International Association of Pastel Artists and Artists Magazine.

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thinking of comical resolutions for the coming year. Halfway around the world, Kabul, Afghanistan is settling into the cold and snow of an alpine winter. Nestled hard by the towering Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul boasts a dry, desert-like and dusty climate more like our High Sierras than the Sonoran Desert, and winter rou-

tinely drops tons of snow in the area. Someday, God willing, skiers will flock through the Salang Tunnel to resorts in the Panshir Valley and beyond.

Meanwhile, Duxbury’s Razia Jan labors on to bring light and wisdom to

her home, Afghan style. She recently sent a holiday message to all her local friends and supporters, through her American nonprofit, Razia’s Ray of Hope.

“Who would dream that we would be making such progress in this country troubled by war, so regularly regarded in the media as a hopeless cause?” she writes. Her Zabuli Educa-tion Center marks its third anniversary this month, offering schooling for girls and honored employment for six edu-cated and brave young Afghan women,

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The Top 10 Duxbury Sports Stories of 2010By mike Halloran, sports editor

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While the Duxbury High School sports programs enjoyed a banner year in 2010, with state cham-pionships in Division 2A Football and Division 2

golf, there were several other top stories. Trying to single out which events were the most significant is certainly open to de-bate. Therefore, let’s get started and see if you agree.

Dragons finish off perfect seasonThe Duxbury Dragons

exploded for 21 second-half points enroute to a 35-13 win over the Con-cord-Carlisle Patriots, en-abling Coach Dave Maima-ron’s squad to capture their

third Super Bowl title and sec-ond Division 2A crown in the last three years.

“All year long we’ve dom-inated third and fourth quarters because of our depth. We start 22 kids and not many teams can say that,” said Maimaron.

Using the dynamic QB tandem of senior Kane Haffey

and junior Matt O’Keefe, the Duxbury offense put up close to 300 passing yards with 4 TD passes, and used its big-play offense in the second half to beat the Dual County League champions and end their sea-son at 10-3.

“We’ve been using this combo all year, but decided to go with Haffey down the stretch,” said Maimaron. “We wanted to make sure we got Matt some experience in case we are fortunate enough to get back here next year.”

Every facet of the team contributed to Duxbury’s un-defeated (13-0) season, and it was special teams that got the Dragons off and running in

the second quarter, when de-fensive superstar senior Denis Maguire continued his season-long knack for making big plays at key moments in the contests.

“That blocked punt was huge to get us going. We re-ally spent a lot of time this year on special teams and we

thought we could get one. We thought Randall might get one from the right side, but Magu-ire came in from the left. It wasn’t exactly how we drew it up, but it worked,” said the Duxbury coach. “To get those seven points is so important in these playoff games to score first with the short quarters.”

Senior QB Kane Haffey raises the championship trophy after the Dragons beat Concord-Carlisle for the Division 2A football title.

The Duxbury Dragons cap-tured their second consecutive Division II state golf champi-onship with a seven-stroke vic-tory over Franklin High School at the Pocasset Country Club in Bourne.

It is Duxbury’s fifth State title in Coach Jack Stoddard’s

21-year coach-ing career and follows their South Section-al title win at the Marshfield Country Club.

When the team left Dux-

bury it expected bright sunny skies on Cape Cod with tem-

peratures in the 70s. What they got instead were overcast skies with a slight wind and temper-atures in the low 60s.

Duxbury’s Jonathan Stod-dard led the Dragons with a 76 to finish third in the individual portion of the tournament, while teammates Nick Drago (78) and James Magner (79) made major contributions by allowing the Dragons to be the only team to finish with three sub-80 scorers in their 317-324 victory over Franklin.

Cam Daley’s 84 also counted in the team’s winning total, while Kevin Kuckuk and Stephan Krall rounded out Duxbury’s six participants.

The season that start-ed with so many question marks, yet turned into the greatest season in Duxbury High School baseball history, came to an end on Saturday

afternoon at L e L a c h e u r Field in Low-ell when the Dragons lost the Division II state title to Northbridge, 3-1.

Taking on the No. 1 seed and central Massachusetts

champions, and also owners of a 22-game winning streak, the Dragons had little to fear after knocking off Mascono-met Regional and ending their 23-game winning streak in the Division II eastern Mass. final earlier in the week.

Going into Saturday’s game, the Dragons weren’t too shabby themselves, riding an 18-game winning streak behind the pitching of senior captain Jeff Blout, his brother Steve and sophomore Sam Jacobson.

Golfers take second straight state title Baseball completes greatest season in DHS history

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Thursday dec. 30Matinee. The weekly free Thursday Matinee at the Duxbury Senior Center on Dec. 30 at 1 p.m. will be “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” (2009, G). This feature is based on a true story about a loyal pooch named Hachiko. Senior Center members feel free to bring kids, grandkids or other visiting friends.

Social Day Program for persons with memory loss. The Duxbury Senior Center offers a program for persons with Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease or related Dementia on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information about the program or admission requirements contact Lucille Brogna, intermissions program coordinator at 781-934-5774 x107 or Donna Ciappina, outreach coordinator at x105.

Friday dec. 31Happy New Year! Celebrate safely and responsibly.

saTurday Jan. 1Christmas Tree Pick up. Cub Scout Pack 62 and Boy Scout Troop 62 will pick up Christmas trees. To schedule pick up, call Ann or Jeff Loreaux at 781-582-2572.

sunday Jan. 2Christmas Tree Pick up. Cub Scout Pack 62 and Boy Scout Troop 62 will pick up Christmas trees. To schedule pick up, call Ann or Jeff Loreaux at 781-582-2572.

Sunday Salon Series Presents Newport: A Virtual Tour. The Duxbury Free Library presents a virtual tour through historic Newport with well-known tour guide Heide Hasselmannon Sunday Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. Reserve tickets by calling the library at 781-934-2721, x108.

All you can eat breakfast. Come enjoy breakfast at the Cornerstone Lodge, 585 Washington St. from 8-11:30 a.m. All you can eat for only $7 per adult, $6 for seniors, and $5 for children 12 and under. Please bring in can tabs to benefit Shriner’s Hospitals.

Monday Jan. 3Conversational French. At the Duxbury Senior Center at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday Jan. 4Walking Group. Meet first at 9 a.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center for coffee to discuss future walks and a walking schedule, then head out for a brief walk around Mayflower Cemetery. The bus will provide transportation to and from the walking destinations.

Art Matters Presentation. 10 a.m. at the Senior Center. Art Matters Presentation on American Watercolors and the great American watercolorists including Winslow Homer. Free.

Social Day Program for persons with memory loss. The Duxbury Senior Center offers a program for persons with Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease or related Dementia on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information about the program or admission requirements contact Lucille Brogna, Intermissions program coordinator at 781-934-5774 x107 or Donna Ciappina, outreach coordinator at x105.

Alzheimer’s support group. Duxbury House Alzheimer’s Care Center will be hosting a monthly Alzheimer’s support group in the tavern at Bay Path Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 308 Kingstown Way. The group will meet on the first Tuesday of each month, from 7-8:30 p.m. and is open to all families, friends, and caregivers who have a loved one affected by Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, contact Sandi Wright or Eilish Broderick-Murphy, at 781-585-2397 or call Bay Path at 781-585-5561.

Wednesday Jan. 5Spanish Fun at the Library. Registration is open for Unos, Dos, Tres, a series of six Spanish storytimes for children ages 3 to 5 at the Duxbury Free Library to be held on Wednesdays, Jan. 5 through Feb. 9, 10:15-11:15 a.m. These are stay alone story times, but caregivers need to stay in the library during the program. Children must be able to attend all six weeks. Registration must be done in person in the children’s department. For more details, call 781-934-2721, x115.

Duxbury Camera Club. Steve Dunwell, one of Boston’s premiere landscape, aerial, and editorial photographers will be showing his work and telling how shots were made. Dunwell is world-renown for his assignment work, Boston stock library and fine photography books including Massachusetts: A Scenic Discovery, Extraordinary Boston and Boston Freedom Trail. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting from 7-9:15 p.m.

Sustainable Duxbury. Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the Senior Center. For more information, call Judi Vose at 781-934-3283 or Jim Savicki at 781-585-8041.

Learn to Skate in 2011. Pilgrim Skating Club offers Learn to Skate lessons on Wednesdays from 5:35-6:30 p.m. from Jan. 5 through Feb. 16, seven weeks for $135 (plus $15 annual registration fee for new students). All classes held at Hobomock Arena in Pembroke. For more information, call 781-294-7575 or visit pilgrimskatingclub.com.

Thursday Jan. 6Social Day Program for persons with memory loss. The Duxbury Senior Center offers a program for persons with Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease or related Dementia on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information about the program or admission requirements contact Lucille Brogna, intermissions program coordinator at 781-934-5774 x107 or Donna Ciappina, outreach coordinator at x105.

Blood Glucose Screening. The first Thursday of each month from 10-11 a.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center. Drop in for this crucial screening.

American Sign Language Classes. A six week ASL session will begin Thursday, Jan. 6 at the Cardinal Cushing School in Hanover. Beginner ASL is from 5 -6:30 pm. and Advanced voice off ASL will run from 6:30-8 p.m. The cost is $75 which includes all materials. Certificates of completion, PDP credits as well as EMT/Paramedic hours will be awarded according to state guidelines. Contact Marianne Molinari at 781-447-2470 or [email protected] to register.

Friday Jan. 7Anime/Scooby Doo Mash Up. The Duxbury Free Library Teen Department is hosting an evening of American/Japanese cultural stereotypes and assumptions as seen through the eyes of the cartoon hero, Scooby Doo, and an assortment of Japanese anime shorts. To be held from 7-9 p.m. Free. Refreshments provided.

saTurday Jan. 8Learn to Skate in 2011. Pilgrim Skating Club offers Learn to Skate lessons on Saturdays from 12:30-1:20 p.m., Jan. 8 through Feb. 19, seven weeks for $135 (plus $15 annual registration fee for new students). All classes held at Hobomock Arena in Pembroke. For more information, call 781-294-7575 or visit pilgrimskatingclub.com.

sunday Jan. 9Sunday Salon Series Presents Half an Hour a Day on Foot with John Galluzzo. On Sunday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m., The Duxbury Free Library will present naturalist, historian and author, John Galluzzo, who will discuss and present a slideshow on the many walking adventures included in his newest book, “Half

First Baptistfbcd.org

781-934-6095Dr. Kevin Cassidy

Pastor Brent Van Wyke, Youth Assistant

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. with Adult and Youth Bible Fel-lowships following. Childcare is provided during the morning service, with age appropriate classes for young children. First Baptist offers many opportuni-ties for youth, men and women. Check the Web site for details or call the office today. Good Shepherd Christian Academy is a ministry of First Baptist Church.

Holy Family Churchholyfamilyduxbury.org Rev. Robert J. Deehan

Rev. Seán Maher781-934-5055

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 the 8:30 and 10 a.m. Masses. The rosary is prayed after daily Mass. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Fridays at 9 a.m. 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.

pilgrim Churchpilgrim@pilgrimchurchofdux-

bury.orgRev. Todd Vetter, Senior Pastor

Rev. Eloise Parks, Associate Pastor

781-934-6591Sunday 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. Bible study, Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

United Methodist Church

highstreetumc.orgRev. Dr. Alex K. Musoke

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

Church www.stjohnsduxbury.org

781-934-6523

Sunday services 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Wednesday: Men’s Bible study 6:30 a.m., Coffee and con-versation 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. Thurs-day: Adult choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Friday: AA meeting at 7:30 p.m.

First parish Churchduxburyuu.org

Rev. Catherine Cullen781-934-6532

Sunday Worship Service and Church School at 10:30 a.m. Buddhist meditation, Sundays at 7 p.m. Thursdays, book group at 9 a.m., sewing group at 10 a.m.

St. paul’s Church of the Nazarenestpaulsnazarene.orgRev. David Troxler

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

Sunday school classes and Bible study, 9:45 a.m. Nursery is pro-vided for all services. Wednes-days, Sacred Youth Ministry at the teen center at 6:30 p.m. and Men’s Bible study at 7 p.m. Di-vorceCare for adults, Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

781-934-6434Sunday worship service and

Sunday School for Ages 3-20, 10:30 a.m. Mid-week testimony meeting on Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Christian Science Reading Room open to all, 15 Standish St. Halls Corner, Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Christian Science Sentinel Radio on WATD 95.9 FM Sun-day mornings at 9 a.m.

JourneyCommunity of Faith

www.journeyduxbury.com Rev. David Woods

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An Hour A Day On Foot; An Obsessive Exploration Of The Nature And History Of The South Shore Of Boston.” To reserve a free ticket, call the library at 781-934-2721, x108.

upcoMingTrans-Atlantic sailor to speak. Come to Duxbury Bay Maritime School on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. to hear Alfie Sanford speak about, and show slides of, his two trans-Atlantic passages aboard IMPALA –– from Nantucket to Ireland in the summer of 2001, and return from Portugal to Antigua, in the winter of 2006.

Artist reception and demonstration. The Helen Bumpus Gallery will be showing an exhibit entitled “Simple Notes” by pastel artist Christine Bodnar during the months of January and February 2011. The artist will demonstrate her painting techniques at a reception to be held at the Gallery on Saturday, Jan.15, from 2-4 p.m. The Helen Bumpus Gallery is located on the main level of the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.

Black Tie Bingo. At the Duxbury Senior Center on Saturday, Jan. 22 from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person and proceeds will benefit the Fuel Assistance Fund for the Outreach Committee of the Duxbury Interfaith Council. Appetizers and a cash bar. Tickets are available at Westwinds Bookshop and the Duxbury Senior Center. For details call Suzanne at 781-934-5774.

Plovers at the Library. Scott Hecker, Executive Director of the Goldenrod Foundation, will speak at the Duxbury Free Library on Sunday Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. His presentation will discuss how the piping plover has served as an “umbrella species” and its conservation has in effect led to greater protection of barrier beaches from Newfoundland to the Caribbean ever since being listed as endangered 25 years ago.

Sunday Salon Series Presents: Author Lisa Genova. Harvard-trained neuroscientist and author phenom will discuss her newest book, “Left Neglected,” on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Westwinds Bookshop. Free tickets will be required for this event.

ongoingLego Building at the Library. Children in grades 3 and older are invited to use their creativity at the Duxbury Free Library’s Lego Builders program on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 2:15 p.m. while kindergarten to grade 2 can design at 4:15 p.m. Each 45 minute event offers participants buckets of this popular building tool to use in whatever building mode strikes their fancy. This is a drop in program. No advance registration is needed. Children in grade 3 and younger need to be accompanied by an adult. Call 781-934-2721 x115 for more information.

Bodner Exhibit. The Helen Bumpus Gallery will be showing an exhibit entitled “Simple Notes” by pastel artist Christine Bodnar during the months of January and February 2011. The Helen Bumpus Gallery is located on the main level of the Duxbury Free Library.

“Darkness, Darkness” exhibit. The work of a varied group of artists who explore the themes of night photography will be on view at the Art Complex Museum now through Feb. 13.

Duxbury Caregiver Support Group. If you are caring for an elderly parent or spouse and would like to talk about and share experiences with other caregivers, the Duxbury Senior Center is offering a support group the second Thursday of each month from 1:30-3 p.m. Contact Donna Ciappina, outreach coordinator at 781-934-9774, x105, for additional information or to join the group. An evening Caregiver Support Group also meets the third Thursday of the month from 6:30-8 p.m. Contact Joan Wright, Norwell VNA, at 781-659-2342, for additional information.

Help with Medicare Annual Open Enrollment. The open enrollment period began Nov. 15 and continues through Dec. 31. Navigating the insurance options can be confusing. Call Peggy at the Duxbury Senior Center at 781-934-5774 x104 and ask for a Serving Health Information Needs of Elders (SHINE) appointment. Specially trained and certified volunteers offer free confidential counseling to seniors on Medicare.

Friday Night Entertainment. From 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., at the Winsor House on Washington Street, featuring Sean McLaughlin, Irish folk guitarist and vocalist.

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. Please call 781-934-2721 x100 to book a Librarian.

Library Netbook Program. For users without laptops, the Duxbury Free Library reference department will loan an Acer Netbook for in-library use. Patrons must be 16 years of age or older. Come to the Reference Desk on the upper level to check out the Netbook. A valid OCLN library card is required. A two hour per day maximum time limit will be enforced.

Transportation to medical appointments. The Duxbury Senior Center offers transportation to local medical appointments to seniors and handicapped individuals on Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Friday mornings from 8-11. Rides must be scheduled 72 hours in advance by calling Becky Ford at 781-934-5774 x117.

Sustainable Duxbury. Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the Senior Center. For more information, call Judi Vose at 781-934-3283 or Jim Savicki at 781-585-8041.

Duxbury Camera Club. Meets the first Wednesday of each month, from 7-9:15 p.m. in the Merry Room of the Duxbury Free Library. Guests are always welcome at the regular meetings. For more information, visit duxburycameraclub.org.

Alzheimer’s support group. Duxbury House Alzheimer’s Care Center will be hosting a monthly Alzheimer’s support group in the tavern at Bay Path Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 308 Kingstown Way. The group will meet on the first Tuesday of each month, from 7-8:30 p.m. and is open to all families, friends, and caregivers who have a

loved one affected by Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, contact Sandi Wright or Eilish Broderick-Murphy, at 781-585-2397 or call Bay Path at 781-585-5561.

Social Day Program for persons with memory loss. The Duxbury Senior Center offers a program for persons with early stage Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. For more information about the program or admission requirements contact Lucille Brogna, intermissions program coordinator at 781-934-5774 x107 or Donna Ciappina, Outreach Coordinator at x105.

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BOYS’ BASKETBALLDec. 10 Dux over Hanover 59-50 1-0Dec. 14 Dux over Nauset 52-43 2-0Dec. 17 Dux over Silver Lake 54-44 3-0Dec. 23 Dux over Marshfield 60-58 4-0Dec. 29 Marshfield Tournament Away TBADec. 30 Marshfield Tournament Away TBAJan. 4 Whitman-Hanson Home 6:30Jan. 7 North Quincy Away 6:30Jan. 11 Hingham Away 6:30Jan. 17 Scituate Home 3:30Jan. 21 Hanover Home 6:30Jan. 25 Middleboro Away 6:00Jan. 28 Quincy Home 6:30Feb. 1 Pembroke Away 6:30Feb. 4 Silver Lake Home 6:30Feb. 11 Whitman-Hanson Away 6:30Feb. 15 North Quincy Home 7:00Feb. 17 Hingham Home 6:30Feb. 20 IAABO Tournament at Bridgewater State TBAFeb. 21 IAABO Tournament at Bridgewater State TBA

GIRLS’ BASKETBALLDec. 17 Dux over Silver Lake 51-39 1-0Dec. 18 Dux over Martha’s Vineyard 54-31 2-0Dec. 22 New Bedford over Dux 55-45 2-1Dec. 30 Rockland Away 3:00Jan. 4 Whitman-Hanson Away 6:30Jan. 7 North Quincy Home 6:30Jan. 11 Hingham Home 6:30Jan. 13 Marshfield Home 6:30Jan. 17 Scituate Away 3:00Jan. 21 Hanover Away 6:30Jan. 24 Rockland Home 6:30Jan. 25 Middleboro Home 6:30Jan. 28 Quincy Away 6:30Jan. 31 New Bedford Home 6:30Feb. 1 Pembroke Home 6:30Feb. 4 Silver Lake Away 6:30Feb. 11 Whitman-Hanson Home 6:30Feb. 15 North Quincy Away 6:30Feb. 17 Hingham Away 6:30Feb. 21 Winter Classic Foxboro TBAFeb. 22 Winter Classic Foxboro TBA

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVINGDec. 14 Dux over Pembroke 98-75 1-0Dec. 16 Dux over Middleboro 99-75 2-0Jan. 4 Silver Lake Home 3:45Jan. 7 Hingham Away 6:30Jan. 11 Randolph Home 3:45Jan. 13 Quincy Home 3:45Jan. 25 Hanover Home 3:45Jan. 27 Scituate Home 3:45Jan. 27 Cohasset Home 3:45Feb. 1 Norwell Home 3:45Feb. 3 Barnstable Home 3:45

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVINGDec. 14 Dux over Pembroke 94-74 1-0Dec. 16 Dux over Middleboro 82-50 2-0Jan. 4 Silver Lake Home 3:45Jan. 7 Hingham Away 6:30Jan. 11 Randolph Home 3:45Jan. 13 Quincy Home 3:45Jan. 25 Hanover Home 3:45Jan. 27 Scituate Home 3:45Jan. 27 Cohasset Home 3:45Feb. 1 Norwell Home 3:45Feb. 3 Barnstable Home 3:45

BOYS TRACKDec. 14 Whitman-Hanson over Dux R. Lewis 0-1Dec. 22 Silver Lake over Dux 51.5-48.5 0-2Jan. 5 Hingham R. Lewis 5:00Jan. 12 Middleboro R. Lewis 5:00Jan. 25 North Quincy R. Lewis 4:30Feb. 11 All League Meet R. Lewis 5:00

GIRLS TRACKDec. 14 Whitman-Hanson - -Dec. 22 Silver Lake R. Lewis 5:00Jan. 5 Hingham R. Lewis 5:00Jan. 12 Middleboro R. Lewis 5:00Jan. 25 North Quincy R. Lewis 4:30Feb. 11 All League Meet R. Lewis 5:00

BOYS ICE HOCKEYDec. 15 Dux ties Barnstable 5-5 0-0-1Dec. 18 St. Marys over Dux 4-2 0-1-1Dec. 22 Dux over Coyle Cassidy 4-1 1-1-1Dec. 27 Hingham Away 7:00Dec. 29 Taylor Tournament Hingham TBADec. 31 Hanover Home 12:20 Jan. 3 Braintree Away 5:00Jan. 8 Bridgewater-Raynham Home 7:50Jan. 10 Sandwich Away TBAJan. 15 St. John’s Home 5:15Jan. 17 Marshfield Home 1:00Jan. 22 Whitman-Hanson Home 2:10Jan. 26 Concord-Carlisle Home 5:10Jan. 29 St. Peter Marian Home 8:00 Feb. 2 Woburn Away 6:00Feb. 5 North Quincy Home 8:00Feb. 9 Xaverian Brothers Away 6:00Feb. 12 Scituate Home 5:15 Feb. 16 Pembroke Away TBAFeb. 19 Cape Cod Classic Falmouth TBAFeb. 21 Cape Cod Classic Falmouth TBAFeb. 23 Cape Cod Classic Falmouth TBA

GIRLS ICE HOCKEYDec. 11 Dux over Barnstable 4-1 1-0Dec. 15 St. Marys over Dux 3-1 1-1Dec. 18 Dux over WHP 3-0 2-1Dec. 22 Dux over Scituate 12-1 3-1Dec. 30 Canton Home 12:40Jan. 5 Hingham Home 8:00 Jan. 8 Marshfield Away 8:40Jan. 12 Falmouth Away 6:20Jan. 15 Sandwich Home 2:25Jan. 17 Marshfield Away 3:30Jan. 17 Wellesley Away 3:40Jan. 22 Martha’s Vineyard Away 1:00Jan. 26 Whitman-Hanson Away 4:00 Jan. 29 Scituate Home 2:25Feb. 5 Falmouth Home 5:15Feb. 9 Barnstable Away 4:00Feb. 12 Martha’s Vineyard Home 2:25 Feb. 16 Sandwich Away 5:30Feb. 19 Marshfield Home 1:00Feb. 22 Cougar Classic Rockland TBAFeb. 24 Cougar Classic Rockland TBA

WRESTLINGDec. 11 King Phillip Tournament - -Dec. 18 Patriot League Tournament 4th -Dec. 22 Hanover over Dux - 0-1Dec. 27 Marshfield Tournament Away 8 amDec. 28 Marshfield Tournament Away 8 amJan. 5 Whitman-Hanson Away 7 pmJan. 8 Whitman-Hanson Tournament Away TBAJan. 12 Hingham Home 7 pmJan. 15 Waltham Quad Meet Away TBAJan. 22 Milford Quad Meet Home 9 amJan. 26 North Quincy Away 7 pmJan. 29 Duxbury Tournament Home 9 amFeb. 2 Silver Lake Home 7 pm

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Dragons Winter Sports ScheduleSchedule revised as of December 27

BOYS TRACK RESULTS

Silver Lake 51.5 Duxbury 48.5Senior captain Jon McKinley won the mile in 4:41 and the 2-mile in 10:08 to qualify for States in both events.

Senior Brett Sahlberg placed third in the 600m with a time of 1:36, second in the 300m-in 38.8, and first in the long jump with a jump of 18’6.25”.

Junior Don Webber won the 300m in 38.6 and qualified for States.

Senior captain Greg Bray placed third in the mile in 4:43 and second in the 1000m with a time of 2:47.

Junior Jason Angell placed second in the 2-mile in 10:11 and qualified for States.

Junior Brody Zisko won the 55m hurdles in 8.95.

Senior Denis Maguire won the high jump with a jump of 6’0” and placed second in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.97 seconds.

soon to be twelve. The Zabuli School in Deh’Subz, a village near Kabul, has been generously supported by the people of Duxbury through the Duxbury Rotary and other sources, in-cluding Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini.

“We started with 160 girls attending up to the fourth grade,” Razia writes. “Next year we will double the number of our students to over 300 girls, now being taught up to the seventh grade.”

Years ago, Razia taught an eager Duxbury audience an old Afghan saying: Qatra, qatra, daria meshawed. It means, “drop by drop, a river is made.”

Razia now writes, “Some might say what we’re doing is just a drop in the pond, but I believe girls’ education is the best and most vital solution to this country’s problems.”

Razia likes to tell the story of her retort to the many men who have pressured her to dilute the Zabuli program by admit-ting boys. The men ask her, “Don’t you know that men are the heart of Afghanistan?”

“Yes,” she answered. “But women are her eyes. Without them, the men have been blind.”

She writes now, “Together, one at a time, we are changing these girls’ lives forever, and in turn we will affect their fami-lies, communities, and together with schools and institutions like ours, perhaps the whole country.”

Bricks and mortar have progressed as well. The school’s traditional surrounding walls were wooden, and have now been replaced with stone. A school van now provides safe, depend-able transportation to the teachers who commute daily from Kabul.

The program is entirely funded by private donations, coordinated by Razia and her American team (Razia’s Ray of Hope, Patti Quigley, executive director). Razia writes, “I have a unique and trusting relationship with all of you. I try with my heart and soul to keep that trust. Our foundation is an open book. If you’re curious and want to know more, or to partici-pate somehow, you are always welcome. I pray every moment of the day that these girls are given the opportunity to realize their potential. Believe me: with our help, these drops in the pond are going to make big, beautiful, oceanic waves.”

From a pond to a river to an ocean. Razia’s vision has never been small, from her first “Operation Shoe Fly” chil-dren’s shoes, to the scarves she sent to American troops to block Afghanistan’s choking dust. Check the Razia’s Ray of Hope website to help her carry on. I know she’ll say, “Bisyar ziat tashakur!” Meaing: Thank you very much!

Looking forward with resolution



Dragons’ DenSports Editor Mike Halloran • [email protected]

By mike Halloran, sports editor [email protected]

It is a team that is young and inexperienced. But Coach Gordon Cushing has pulled all the right strings so far, as his Duxbury boys’ basketball team pushed its record to 4-0 with a 60-58 win over undefeated Marshfield last Thursday night in Duxbury.

Anytime you face a Bob Fisher team, you know you’ll have your work cut out for you. That was the case on Fri-day night, as the Dragons built an early lead and then hung on in the fourth quarter to win by two points.

While the Dragons may lack experience, they showed they have plenty of length, as they blocked numerous Marshfield attempts in the first half to forge a 32-24 halftime lead.

While junior Curtis Owen has been the reliable offensive threat for Duxbury so far this year, he took a backseat to center Connor Kindregan in the first half and scored seven points, while his senior team-mate led the way with 10.

While Marshfield did man-age to grab the lead at 11-10 with a 1:05 left in the first quarter, they were never able to sustain it for any length of time, as consecutive baskets by freshman point guard Khai Perry gave Duxbury a 21-20 lead with just over three min-utes left in the first quarter.

Momentum began to swing in Duxbury’s favor, forcing Fisher to call a timeout with

1:45 remaining and the Drag-ons ahead by five.

When Duxbury came back on the floor, baskets by Sam Ederle and Kindregan had the Dragons up by 10 points be-fore going to the locker room at halftime with a 32-24 lead.

The Dragons did an excel-lent job in the first half break-ing Marshfield’s press, as the Marino twins (Justin and Ja-son) were instrumental in get-ting the ball past half-court.

Everyone knows that Fish-er’s teams are relentless on the defensive end and it was criti-cal that the Dragons maintain their composure in the second half.

The Rams came out smok-ing after the break, as Marsh-field senior captain Barrett Murphy scored six points in the first two minutes to cut Duxbury’s lead to 34-32 with 549 left in the third quarter. From this point on the Marinos took over, as Jason and Justin lead their team on a 16-5 run over the final five minutes that gave Duxbury a 50-37 lead af-ter three periods of play.

The young Dragons knew they were in for some serious Marshfield defensive pres-sure in the final eight minutes, and the magnitude of it over-whelmed Cushing’s inexperi-enced team. Led by sophomore guard Alex White, the Rams began to whittle away at Dux-bury’s lead, cutting it down to 52-48 with six minutes left in the game. A Murphy basket with just over two minutes to go made it a one possession game at 53-51 before Justin Marino hit two free throws to extend the lead to four with 2:12 to go.

With 1:20 showing on the

clock, White scored on a layup to make it 55-53, and then Murphy followed by canning a jumper to tie the score with 43 seconds remaining.

The game was about to boil down to free throws and sophomore Sam Adderley had the most pressure packed mo-ment of his young high school career, burying two for a 57-55 lead. A missed Marshfield shot led to another Duxbury posses-sion, as Kindregan was fouled with 19.9 seconds remaining

and a chance to grow the lead to three points. After sinking his free throw, Marshfield ad-vanced the ball and Murphy missed a tying three-pointer with 8.7 seconds remaining.

Owen snagged the re-bound and was fouled, making both his shots for a five-point lead with 8.7 seconds left in the game.

As the Rams took the ball inbounds they spotted sopho-more guard Mac Junior on the right wing and fed him the ball for a three-pointer that swished through the net with 3.3 seconds to go.

It was critical that the Dragons get the ball inbounds pass midcourt, and they left it up to Justin Marino to get the

job done, as he had done all game.

“We are a very young team and we only have one senior that plays a significant amount of minutes,” said Cushing. “We have about eight to 10 kids who have never played at this level, so I’d say we’ve gotten off to a great start.”

Kindegan and Owen led the Dragons with 14 points each, while Murphy torched the Duxbury defense for 31 points.

On Wednesday night Dux-bury will play in the Marsh-field tournament at Marshfield High School, with the win-ner advancing to the finals on Thursday night.

BOYS BASKETBALLDuxbury 60Marshfield 58

Young Dragons win again in hoops

GOOD FOR TWO: Duxbury’s junior forward Justin Marino splits the Marshfield defense.

DOING THE DIRTY WORK: Sophomore Rob Kosharek gets inside for two points.TRAFFIC JAM: Marshfield’s Barrett Murphy tries to take it to the basket while avoiding the Dragon defense.


The only question linger-ing over Duxbury’s chances was if Jeff Blout would be able to take the mound with three days’ rest for the second consecutive time.

“We just decided he’ll pitch about five minutes ago,” said Head Coach Barney, as his squad took infield practice before the game.

It didn’t take the Rams long to get to Blout, as No. 2 batter Matt Consigli ripped a 370-ft. shot to left-center that missed being a home run by a couple of feet. Pitcher Evan Mackintosh helped his own cause immediately; singling home Consigli for a 1-0 lead that eventually grew to 3-0 before Duxbury’s last inning dramatics.

You can never say the 2010 Duxbury High School baseball team gave up. With two outs in the seventh, Earle sent speedy senior Tommy Drummy to the plate for Connor Inglis, and he beat the throw on an error by

the second baseman to keep the dream alive.

Pat Sweeney and Ka-zanowski followed with sin-gles to load the bases with two outs, filling the Duxbury faith-ful with visions of a dramatic comeback win.

Joe Coyne got his mo-ment to shine and hit a rou-tine grounder to second base that was bobbled for an error, bringing home Duxbury’s first run and loading the bases once again.

Frustrated by his team’s lax defensive play, Mackin-tosh bore down and whipped three strikes down the middle of the plate to secure the win for Northbridge.

“We made it interesting in that last inning,” said Earle. “I can’t say enough about these kids. They worked hard all year and you wish you could go out on a winning note, but it just didn’t happen. It’s not going to take away from any-thing they did all year.”

All good things must come to an end, and it did last Wednesday night when the Dragons lost their chance for a seventh straight state lacrosse title in a 12-11 overtime loss to

St. John’s Prep of Danvers.

H a v i n g taken a 12-7 pounding from the Eagles ear-lier in the sea-son, the Drag-ons were the

underdogs despite their No. 1 seed. However, you would never have known it by their first-half play.

Getting possession right away, Duxbury had several glittering scoring opportuni-ties in the first few minutes but couldn’t capitalize.

After the Prep responded with a Colin Blackwell score at the 6:35 mark, Duxbury went to work and never trailed again until overtime, build-ing leads of 5-1 and 7-3 in the first half before surrendering it with 1:51 left in regulation.

Both teams were feeling the pressure in the final min-ute, as turnovers appeared to kill scoring chances for both squads. Whoever could hold onto the ball would likely win the title.

With 34 seconds to go Duxbury took possession and rushed into the zone, find-ing Connelly all alone from 10 yards out where he fired a rocket past Triano with 18.3 seconds left and title number 8 in clear view.

The Prep had no intention of surrendering so quickly, as Blackwell won the ensuing face-off cleanly and rushed downfield, firing his shot off the post and leaving a rebound for Campbell, who swatted it into the open net with 7.6 sec-onds left in regulation.

The Dragons won the face-off in OT, but Triano saved the day once again with a point-blank save, handing off to defender James Fahey, who raced up field and beat

Zaverucha for the crown.“The way I saw it in the

second half was their goalie and our shot selection,” said Coach Chris Sweet. “I certain-ly thought we had our chances to finish them off at the end, but their goalie came up huge. Both goalies played great and we have certainly won our share of one-goal games. To-night our luck just ran out and we played one heck of a team. They deserve to be champions because they beat us twice this year. It was a great game for the fans, but I’m disappointed because my boys played great all year long and I’m proud of the way the Duxbury team presented themselves this sea-son.”

The season started with a surprising opening game victo-ry over powerhouse Plymouth North: a rarity in the 18-year coaching career of DHS base-ball Coach Barney Earle.

W h i l e it did much to motivate Earle’s senior-laden team, it came with no guarantees of a winning sea-son, yet it did

send a message that the Drag-ons had some potential with power hitters Pat McWilliams and Matt Savard, along with pitching ace Jeff Blout.

Rarely does a team win with just three players, so it was a must that Earle find oth-ers on his bench who could contribute in what he knew would be his final season.

Players who sat on the bench in 2009 and others who weren’t even on the varsity the previous season now had their chances.

While the big question was where the offense would come from, it got answered quickly as Duxbury pounded oppos-ing pitchers by averaging over eight runs per game: a figure that even an average pitching staff could survive with.

With every win came confi-dence, while a different player made significant contributions every night. As their winning streak grew, they garnered the attention of Patriot League op-ponents and the media.

It was the end of May be-fore the Globe took notice,

moving them up to No. 9 in their weekly poll, as the Drag-ons just kept on winning with an 11-game winning streak and a 15-2 record.

At no time in Earle’s coaching career had he been on a run like this, and it start-ed to look like the Impossible Dream revisited.

Three more wins and a Pa-triot League title established Duxbury (18-2) as a DII South Sectional power and they were recognized accordingly with the No. 2 seed.

An opening game win over Milton and a thrilling late inning comeback win over Greater New Bedford in the MIAA Tournament was put-ting all the pieces in place for a storybook ending.

The spotlight was now on Earle and his squad in the

MA State finals, as they had proved the prognosticators to-tally wrong.

Earle recalled his magi-cal ride at the team’s break-up banquet and farewell reception held at the PAC.

“What these kids did for me and my coaches goes well beyond anything I could have imagined,” said Earle. “My goal every year is to teach them some baseball, but more im-portantly to teach them a work ethic. When you work hard at something, good things hap-pen. By working hard you cre-ate memories about the good times you had playing high school baseball. Years from now the wins and losses will be forgotten, but the friends you made and the fun times you had will still be there.”

Senior captains Kyle Dame and Jonathan Frye capped off their high school rowing ca-reers at the Duxbury Bay Mar-

itime School the best way possible: be-coming Mas-s a c h u s e t t s state cham-pions. Along with their boat mates Davis

Muller, Chris Scavongelli and coxswain Caroline Hickey, the Duxbury first varsity 4+ beat out 12 other public school

teams in Lowell on May 23 for the title.

“I am so thrilled for Kyle, Jonathan and their teammates” said Coach Kristen McCarthy. “They have worked so hard for six seasons and have been so committed to their team. This is the first ever state champi-onship for the varsity boys, so DBMS is unbelievably proud.”

This is the fourth boat Mc-Carthy has coached to a state championship since starting at DBMS in 2007.

It’s one of the largest sports in college, but it’s been absent from Duxbury High

School since the school started playing varsity sports.

S a i l i n g , crew, ice skat-ing and skiing have been the most recent ad-

ditions to the DHS stable, but now volleyball will be joining the rest of the DHS athletic

scene, filling the only gap that has been missing in girls’ falls sport.

While several attempts have been made in the past to get the sport off the ground, the partnership of Duxbury residents Barbara Vetsch and Head Coach Pam Thomas has been working with DHS Ath-letic Director Thom Holdgate and is determined to have a varsity program up and run-ning for the 2011-12 school year.





Dragons make lax finals for 9th straight time

Baseball community honors retiring earle

rowers earn first state title

Girls’ volleyball program gets the green light for next fall


Baseball’s greatest season


Rarely had the Lady Drag-on field hockey team been

challenged dur-ing the 2010 season, but it finally met its match.

After open-ing the play-offs with an 8-0 wipeout of

Bridgewater-Raynham, the No. 2-seeded Lady Dragons

took on the No. 10-seeded Wellesley Raiders in Dux-bury.

While Wellesley’s record (9-2-4) wouldn’t generate any fear in the casual observer, upon closer revue it was obvi-ous that a team that had just two losses in the tough Bay State League could give Dux-bury a battle as tough as any it faced this year.

Wellesley sported a record

that showed two losses, both of which were 3-0 decisions to perennial powerhouse and No. 1 seed Walpole.

Allowing Duxbury just 11 shots on net, a stellar Wellesley defense strangled Duxbury’s high-powered offense and eliminated the Lady Dragons from post-season play with a 2-0 shutout win, ending Dux-bury’s season at 18-2.

For a man who has achieved success in near-ly everything he touches, it was a poignant moment to see the tears stream down Evan’s face.

Yet after capturing the club championship title again

at the Dux-bury Yacht Club, Evans held his five-year-old grand-son’s hand and accepted his award in front of friends

and family. It was impossible to hold back the emotion.

“It was pretty exciting for me because I am so old,” said Evans, whose son, Peter, 45, served as caddy from start to finish. “I couldn’t believe that I had done it.”

As if winning the club championship at the age of 71 wasn’t impressive enough, this latest victory caps off six de-

cades of outstanding play for Evans. Since his first victory in 1964, Evans has won the prestigious title at least once in every decade. He won three times in the 1960s, two in the 1970s, three in the 1980s, five in the 1990s and three in the 2000s.

“It was exciting because of all the decades that I have won, and I am not that good,” said Evans with a chuckle. “I mean that. I am playing at a

six now and I struggle. This young man (Ned Devnew) that I played today was 75 yards by me each time. Where I would hit a 3 wood, he would hit a 5 iron.”

In the 36-hole champi-onship match, Evans faced off against 22-year-old Ned Devnew, a four handicap-per, who was a Boston Globe All-League selection while a student-athlete at Duxbury High School.

After knocking off de-fending state champion Cardinal Spellman, and es-caping with a hard-earned 2-1 win over Dedham on Melissa Gavin’s incredible shot from 30-yards out, the

D u x b u r y girls’ soc-cer team ran into a buzz saw in Weymouth where they were elimi-nated by

No. 2 seed Medfield High School (19-1-2), 3-0, in the MIAA DII South Sectional final.

The Lady Dragons could see they were at a disadvantage right away, as the Warriors seemed to be bigger, faster, and a step ahead of their oppo-nent throughout the game, especially when Medfield started off going with the wind in the first half.

Goalkeeper Emily Brook had plenty to do in the opening minutes, as she made a diving save on a kick from 30 yards out and also stopped a shot at the post as Medfield walked out from the corner.

Trying to send the ball up field into the wind seemed fruitless, as the Warriors pressured every Duxbury pass and main-tained possession in the

Duxbury zone for most of the first half.

Eight minutes in, Med-field finally converted, as freshman forward Shea Newman caught the Dux-bury defense flat-footed and slipped right through the middle to beat Brook for a 1-0 lead.

The Lady Dragons continued to have their problems connecting, as Medfield’s physical play knocked them off the ball and intimidated them on most 50/50 balls.

Duxbury would finally get deep into Warrior ter-ritory with 26 minutes showing on the clock to earn a corner, only to have it get deflected over the crossbar.

Keeping up the pres-sure, it appeared the War-riors had built their lead to 2-0 with 3:20 left in the half, but the officials ruled Brook had been interfered with as the ball broke the plain of the goal line and the game remained a one-goal difference at half-time.

Despite having the wind in the second half, not much changed for Duxbury, as Medfield had two direct kicks in the first 10 minutes and the Lady Dragons could not muster any consistent offense.



Field hockey earns No. 2 seed before season end

Little Big Man

Warriors too much for Lady Dragons in soccer

evans captures another DYC title


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Firewood (Oak and Maple)16-18” cut/split. 128 cu. ft. Fully seasoned, $295. 1/2 cords, $160. Free delivery. Stacking available. Call Greg Fairbanks, 781-585-6923.

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Sewing For Your HomeFormer Boston Costume designer is now available to sew your window treatments, home furnishings and alterations at rates you can afford. Call Hilary to discuss your project. 617-869-6499 or visit www.h2sew.org

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4 Sail $2,200 1988 Hunter '23 Free winter

storage. Nissan 8.9 outboard; Three sails; Free boat stands. Available in Duxbury for viewing. Kevin, 617-620-9479 or Ron, 781-724-1270.

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Starter Boat, Motor, Trailer'Crestliner' 14' aluminum open runabout with 15HP electric start Suzuki and a Venture trailer. All in excellent condition. All extras including anchor, lines, oars etc. $3500. Call 781-934-1332.

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TOWN OF DUXBURY

CONSERVATION COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING

The Duxbury Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Hearing in the Mural Meeting Room, Lower Level, Town Hall, under the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw, Chapter 9 and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, MGL, Ch. 131, Section 40, on Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 at 7:32 p.m. on the re-quest of Timothy & Nicole McCrystal to construct a pier as described in a Notice of In-tent filed with the Conserva-tion Commission on Decem-ber 21, 2010. Said project is

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TOWN OFDUXBURY


PUBLIC HEARING

The Duxbury Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Hearing in the Mural Meeting Room, Lower Level, Town Hall, under the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw, Chapter 9 and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, MGL, Ch. 131, Section 40, on Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 at 7:40 p.m. on the re-quest of Harden Hill Realty Trust to amend the Orders of Conditions SE 18-1457 to in-clude a revised foundation plan for the boathouse as de-scribed in the written request filed with the Conservation Commission on December 21, 2010. Said project is located at 67 Harden Hill Road, lot

TOWN OF DUXBURY


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The Duxbury Conservation Commission will hold a

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Duxbury Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Hearing in the Mural Meeting Room, Lower Level, Town Hall, under the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw, Chapter 9 and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, MGL, Ch. 131, Section 40, on Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 at 7:31 p.m. on the re-quest of Timothy & Nicole McCrystal to construct a sin-gle family dwelling and per-form related site work, land-scaping, and utility installa-tion as described in a Notice of Intent filed with the Con-servation Commission on De-cember 21, 2010. Said pro-ject is located at 2 Ingall's Grove, lot 160-066-001 of the Duxbury Assessors Map.

JOSEPH MESSINAChairman

TOWN OF DUXBURY


PUBLIC MEETING

The Duxbury Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Meeting in the Mural Meeting Room, Lower Level, Town Hall, under the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw, Chapter 9 and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, MGL, Ch. 131, Section 40, on Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. on the re-quest of Timothy & Nicole McCrystal to determine the applicability of the Massachu-setts Wetlands Protection Act and the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw relative to a project described in a Request for Determination filed with the Conservation Commission on December 21, 2010. Said project is to perform selective cutting and is located at 2 In-gall's Grove, lot 160-066-066-001 of the Dux-bury Assessors Map.


COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTS

THE TRIAL COURT

PLYMOUTH PROBATE AND

FAMILY COURT

PLYMOUTH DIVISIONDOCKET NO. PL87935

NOTICE OF FIDUCIARY’S

ACCOUNT

To the Attorney General and to all persons interested in the estate of: Harry C Grafton, Jr

Late of: Duxbury, in the County of Plymouth

You are hereby notified pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 72 that the the Tenth (being the 41st) through the Fourteenth (being the 45th) Account(s) of Bank of Amer-ica, N.A. and William F Boynton as Trustee - (the fi-duciary) under the will of said deceased for the benefit of The Town of Duxbury & Oth-ers - have been presented to said Court for allowance.

If you desire to preserve your right to file an objection to said account(s) you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said court at Plymouth on or before the thirteenth day of January, 2011, the return day of this ci-tation. You may upon written request by registered or certi-

fied mail to the fiduciary, or to the attorney for the fiduci-ary, obtain without cost a copy of said account(s). If you desire to object to any item of said account(s), you must, in addition to filing a written appearance as afore-said, file within thirty (30) days after said return day or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order a written statement of each such item together with the grounds for each objection thereto, a copy to be served upon the fiduciary pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 5.

WITNESS, Hon, Catherine P Sabaitis, First Justice of said Court, this sixteenth day of December, 2010.

Robert E. McCarthyRegister of Probate

TOWN OFDUXBURY

BOARDOF APPEALSNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing in the Mural Room at Town Hall, 878 Tremont Street, on Janu-ary 13, 2011 at 7:45 p.m. to consider the application of Hummock LLC., M.W.C. Emerson for special permits under Articles 400 and 900, Sections 401.2(4), 404, 410.4, and 906.2 of the Duxbury Protective Bylaw. The prop-erty is located at 71 Ocean Road North (0.53 acres), 213 Gurnet Road (0.44 acres), and 291 Gurnet Road (0.37 acres), shown as Parcels 211-939-091, 211-939-094, and 211-939-095 respectively on the Duxbury Assessors Map. All three parcels are lo-cated in the Residential Com-patibility District, and 71 Ocean Road North is also in the Wetlands Protection Overlay District. The property is owned by Hummock LLC, M.W.C. Emerson, P.O. Box 2132 Duxbury, MA 02331.

The applicant proposes to create a new parcel by com-bining 213 Gurnet Road and 219 Gurnet Road, remove the existing structures on each lot, and build one new single-family dwelling. The new parcel would have 216.4 feet of frontage and 29,438 sq. ft. of upland. Further, the applicant proposes to demol-

ish the existing structure at 71 Ocean Road North and re-place it with a new single-family dwelling. The application may be viewed in the Inspectional Services De-partment between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., or by appoint-ment.

Any person wishing to comment on the applicant's proposal should appear at public hearing at the time and place noted above. Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Appeals, 878 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA 02332 no later than 7:30 p.m. on January 13, 2011. Any individual with a disabil-ity may request accommoda-tion in order to participate in the public hearing and may request the application and any accompanying materials in an accessible format. Re-quests for accommodation to participate in the public hear-ing should be made at least three business days in ad-vance by contacting Danielle Brandon at (781) 934-1100, ext. 122.

Judith A. Barrett, ChairBoard of Appeals

Adv:12/29/10-01/05/11Case #10-21

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement, and Assignment (as modified and in effect, the “Mortgage”) given by S & G Associates, LLC to The Bank of Canton (the “Mortgagee”) dated November 30, 2006 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds (the “Registry”) at Book 33765, Page 133; as modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated July 26, 2007 and recorded with the Registry at Book 34872, 5; as further modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated December 18, 2007 and recorded with the Registry at Book 35449, Page 313; as further modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement executed December 30, 2008 and recorded with the Registry at Book 36657, Page 206; as further modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated March 27, 2009 and recorded with the Registry at Book 37047, Page 344; as further modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated September 29, 2009 and recorded with the Registry at Book 37849, Page 316, and as further modified by that certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated December 15, 2009 and recorded with the Registry at Book 38092, Page 346, of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at public auction commencing at 10:00 A.M. on the 21st day of January,

200-066-000 of the Duxbury Assessors Map.


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Public Hearing in the Mural Meeting Room, Lower Level, Town Hall, under the Town of Duxbury Wetlands Bylaw, Chapter 9 and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, MGL, Ch. 131, Section 40, on Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 at 7:05 p.m. on thTe request of Duxbury Construction LLC to construct a pool and additions to the existing dwelling in the buffer to salt marsh as described in a Notice of Intent filed with the Conservation Commission on December 9, 2010. Said project is located at 48 Hicks Point Rd., lot 160-026-000 of the Duxbury Assessors Map.


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2011 upon the mortgaged premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

A certain tract of land with the improvements thereon situated in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts consisting of five adjacent parcels on the southerly side of St. George Street, the westerly side of Railroad Avenue and the northerly side of Alden Street, having addresses and corresponding assessor’s parcel designations as follows:

11 Railroad Avenue, Duxbury, MA Parcel ID No. 170-741-122



277 St. George Street, Duxbury, MA Parcel ID No. 170-742-003

293 St. George Street, Duxbury, MA Parcel ID No. 170-032-001

Said premises are more particularly described as one parcel being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the southerly side of St. George Street on the northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Kim and Marjorie M. Robinson and the northwesterly corner of the premises herein described said point being shown on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Duxbury, Mass. Belonging to Benjamin F. Goodrich Jr.” dated March 14, 1979 prepared by Delano & Keith Associates, Inc. recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 20, Page 879; thence running

S 4° 03’ 55” W by land now or formerly of said Robinson 114.90 feet;thence running

S 7° 41’ 25” W again by land of said Robinson 90.20 feet; thence running

S 3° 30’ 21” E by Lot A on the above mentioned plan 536.98 feet to land now or formerly of Carrie A. Weyerhoeuser; thence turning and running

S 62° 08’ 45” E by land of said Weyerhoeuser 110.70 feet to land now or formerly of Aldrich Durant Jr.; thence running

S 76° 51’ 55” W by land of said Durant 185.73 feet to a corner; thence turning and running

S 8° 57’ 00” E by land of said Durant approximately 185 feet to a point as shown on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Duxbury Mass. Belonging to Walter G. Prince” dated July 19, 1965 prepared by Robert B. Delano and recorded in Book 3226, Page 583; thence running

S 20° 35’ 25” E again

by land now or formerly of said Durant 24.50 feet to a stone bound on Alden Street; thence turning and running

N 66° 28’ 00” E by Alden Street 89.99 feet to a corner being the junction of Alden Street and Railroad Avenue (f/k/a Station Street); thence turning and running

N 8° 57’ 00” W by Railroad Avenue 923.24 feet to a corner being the junction of Railroad Avenue and St. George Street; thence turning and running

N 79° 57’ 00” W by St. George Street approximately 254 feet to the point of beginning.

Included within the above are the following, sometimes overlapping lots or parcels:

1. Lot on plan entitled “Plan of Land to be Conveyed to Winthrop Coffin Duxbury, Mass.” Dated September 14, 1920 recorded in Plan Book 2, Page 820;

2. Lots A, B, C, and D on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Duxbury, Mass. Belonging to Walter Prince” dated July 19, 1965 recorded in Plan Book 3226, Page 583;

3. Lot on plan entitled “Plan of Land in Duxbury, Mass. Belonging to Benjamin F. Goodrich, Jr. and Natalie S. Goodrich” dated December 7, 1970 recorded in Plan Book 15, Page 884; and

4. Lot B on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Duxbury, Mass. Belonging to Benjamin F. Goodrich, Jr.” dated March 14, 1979 recorded in Plan Book 20, Page 879.

Being the Same premises conveyed to Mortgagor by deed of the Natalie S. Goodrich and Peter N. Muncey, Jr., Trustees of the Natalie S. Goodrich Realty Trust, Natalie S. Goodrich and Peter N. Muncey, Jr., Trustees of the Benjamin F. Goodrich, Jr. Realty Trust and Benjamin F. Goodrich, III and Nina E. Mulholland f/k/a Nina E. Goodrich, Trustees of B.B.N. Nominee Trust dated November 22, 2006 and recorded herewith.

THE PREMISES TO BE SOLD CONSISTS OF THE ENTIRE MORTGAGED PREMISES AS DESCRIBED IN THE MORTGAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE MORTGAGOR’S RIGHTS PLEDGED IN THE MORTGAGE, INCLUDING ANY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS GRANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES. The mortgaged premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, covenants, conditions, reservations and agreements of record, to the extent that same are in force and applicable, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights

of tenants and parties in possession, existing encumbrances, and all other claims in the nature of liens, now existing or hereafter arising, having priority over the Mortgage, if any there be. The mortgaged premises is also sold subject to the right of redemption of the United States of America, if any there be. The Mortgagee further reserves the right to change terms of sale at the sale or to add additional terms and to qualify some or all bidders.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIFTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) shall be required to be paid to the Mortgagee by certified check or bank cashier’s check (cash will not be accepted) at the time and place of the public auction foreclosure sale of the mortgaged premises. The balance of the purchase price at the sale is to be paid to the Mortgagee by certified check, by bank cashier’s check, or by federal funds wire transfer in or within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the sale, with time being of the essence. The Mortgagee may, at its option, either sell the mortgaged premises to the second highest bidder at the sale of the mortgaged premises should the highest bidder fail to fulfill the highest bidder’s obligations under the sales agreement to be entered into with the Mortgagee immediately after the sale, or assume the highest bid in the event of default by the highest bidder. In the event that the highest bidder defaults under such sales agreement and the Mortgagee sells the mortgaged premises to the second highest bidder, the Mortgagee may, at its option, assume the second highest bid should the second highest bidder fail to fulfill its obligations under such sales agreement. No such assumption of the highest or second highest bid or sale of the mortgaged premises by the Mortgagee to such second highest bidder shall relieve the highest or second highest bidder, as applicable, from its obligations under such sales agreement nor operate as a waiver by the Mortgagee of its rights and remedies against the highest or second highest bidder. The Mortgagee reserves the right to credit bid at the sale of the mortgaged premises. The Mortgagee further reserves the right to change terms of sale at the sale or to add additional terms and to qualify some or all bidders.

Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

The Bank of CantonPresent Holder

of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys,_____________________

Douglas K. Clarke, EsquireRiemer & Braunstein LLP

3 Center PlazaBoston, MA 02108

[email protected]

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain mortgage given by Leanna M. Bakerto Mortgage Electronic Regis-tration Systems, Inc., dated December 26, 2007 and re-corded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 35468, Page 1, of which mortgage OneWest Bank, FSB is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the pur-pose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on January 21, 2011, on the mortgaged prem-ises located at 451 Chandler Street, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises de-scribed in said mortgage,

TO WIT:The land in Duxbury, Ply-

mouth County, Massachusetts bounded and described as fol-lows: Beginning at a point on Chandler Street, which is the northeasterly corner of prem-ises hereby conveyed; thence Southerly by land of Joseph H. Crocker to land of the Clearbrook Cranberry Com-pany; thence Westerly by land of said Clearbrook Cranberry Company to Mayflower Street; thence Northerly and Northwesterly by said street to said Chandler Street;

thence By said Chandler Street to point of beginning. Containing about twelve (12) acres of land.

Excepting therefrom the portions previously conveyed by Deeds at Book 3594, Page 383, Book 3877, Page 135, Book 3596, Pages 632 & 636, and Book 14800, Page 267. Further reference is made to a plan entitled ''Plan of Land 451 Chandler Street, Dux-bury, MA., Drawn for Gwen-dolyn Johnson,'' Millbrook Survey, dated August 23, 1996, Scale 1''= 40', recorded with said Deeds, Plan Book 39, Page 320, being Lot 2 on said plan.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 16469, Page 28.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restric-tions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all un-paid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and are applicable, hav-ing priority over said mort-gage, whether or not refer-ence to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thou-

sand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Of-fices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachu-


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setts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the pur-chase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

ONEWEST BANK,FSB

Present holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW

OFFICES, P.C.150

California StreetNewton, MA 02458

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S

SALEOF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution

of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Christopher A. Lagreca and Melissa M. Lagreca to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, dated February 6, 2006 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 32317, Page 200, of which mortgage Wells Fargo Bank, NA is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on January 26, 2011, on the mortgaged premises located at 364 Summer Street, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:A CERTAIN PARCEL OF

LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON, SITUATED ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY SIDE OF SUMMER STREET, DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, BEING SHOWN ON A PLAN ENTITLED 'PLAN OF LAND IN DUXBURY, MASS., SURVEYED FOR JOHN DELORENZO.' DATED APRIL 16, 1971, RECORDED WITH PLYMOUTH COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS IN PLAN BOOK 15, PAGE 1046. SAID PARCEL IS BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PLAN AS FOLLOWS: NORTHEASTERLY BY SUMMER STREET, 200.00 FEET; SOUTHEASTERLY BY LAND OF JOHN DELORENZO, 210.95 FEET; SOUTHWESTERLY BY LAND OF JOHN DELORENZO, 200.00 FEET; AND NORTHWESTERI.Y BY LAND OF JOHN DELORENZO, 210.95 FEET. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 40,000 SQUARE FEET, AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN. FOR GRANTOR'S TITLE SEE DEED RECORDED IN PLYMOUTH DEEDS BOOK 3801, PAGE 224. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO CHRISTOPHER A. LAGRECA AND MELISSA M. LAGRECA, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY FROM ROGER L. LAGRECA AND ANNE R. LAGRECA BY QUIT

CLAIM DEED DATED 01107/2005, AND RECORDED ON 01/13/2005, AT BOOK 29838, PAGE 178, IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, OIL, GAS OR MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD, IF ANY.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 29838, Page 178.

Sale is subject to a mortgage dated March 16, 2005 to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in the original principal amount of $225,000.00 and recorded at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 30174, Page 1.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five

Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NAPresent holder of said

mortgageBy its

Attorneys,HARMON LAW

OFFICES, P.C.150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

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COMMONWEALTH OF

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THE TRIAL COURT


FAMILY COURT52 Obery Street

Suite 1130Plymouth, MA 02360

(508) 747-6204

NOTICE OF EXECUTOR/

ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT

Docket No.PL05P1102-EP2PL 05P112-AT2

To all persons interested in the estate of: Pauline L. H. Litchfield

Late of: Duxbury, MA 02331

You are hereby notified pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 72 that the Special Ad-ministrator’s & Succeeding Executor’s First & Final ac-count(s) of

Brian P Donahue as Spe-cial Administrator and Suc-ceeding as Executor/trix of said estate has/have been pre-sented to said Court for al-lowance.

If you desire to preserve your right to file an objection to said account(s) you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said court at Plymouth on or before the 01/13/2011, the return day of this citation. You may upon written request by registered or certified mail to the fiduci-ary, or to the attorney for the fiduciary, obtain without cost a copy of said account(s). If you desire to object to any item of said account(s), you must, in addition to filing a written appearance as afore-said, file within thirty (30) days after said return day or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order a written statement of each

COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTS

THE TRIAL COURT


FAMILY COURT52 Obery Street

Suite 1130Plymouth, MA 02360

(508) 747-6204

NOTICE OF EXECUTOR/

ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT

Docket No.PL05P1102-EP1

To all persons interested in the estate of: Pauline L. H. Litchfield

Late of: Duxbury, MA 02331

You are hereby notified pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 72 that the Executor’s Third & Final account(s) of

Kevin P. Phillips as Execu-tor/trix of said estate has/have been presented to said Court for allowance.

If you desire to preserve your right to file an objection to said account(s) you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said court at Plymouth on or before the 01/13/2011, the return day of this citation. You may upon written request by registered or certified mail to the fiduci-ary, or to the attorney for the fiduciary, obtain without cost a copy of said account(s). If you desire to object to any item of said account(s), you must, in addition to filing a written appearance as afore-said, file within thirty (30) days after said return day or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order a written statement of each such item together with the grounds for each objection thereto, a copy to be served upon the fiduciary pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 5.

WITNESS, Hon, Catherine P Sabaitis, First Justice of this Court.

Date: December 16, 2010

such item together with the grounds for each objection thereto, a copy to be served upon the fiduciary pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 5.

WITNESS, Hon, Catherine P Sabaitis, First Justice of this Court.

Date: December 16, 2010



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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution

of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by John J Murphy and Monica D. Murphy to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated May 27, 2005 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 30665, Page 148 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 03:00 PM on January 5, 2011 at 12 Pilgrim By Way, Duxbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said

Mortgage, to wit:The land with the buildings

thereon situated on the northwesterly side of Pilgrim by-Way, in Duxbury, Plymouth County and State of Massachusetts, being known as 12 Pilgrim By-Way, containing 20,000 square feet, more or less, and bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a stake in the northwesterly line of said Pilgrim By Way located south 49 degrees west 110 feet from the stake in the said northwesterly line of Pilgrim By-Way which marks the southerly comer of land conveyed to Louis C. Gallerani by deed dated February 14, 1948, and recorded in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 1990, page 464; Thence running north 49 degrees 33 minutes east of said Pilgrim By-Way, 110 feet to said

stake at the southerly comer of said land now or formerly of said Gallerani; thence turning and running north 58 degrees 35 minutes west by land now or formerly of said Gallerani 207.43 feet to a stake and land now or formerly of Pilgrim Church; Thence turning and running south 19 degrees west by said land now or formerly of said Pilgrim church, 110 feet to a stake; thence turning and running in a generally southeasterly direction by a straight line to a stake in the said northwesterly line of Pilgrim By-Way marking the point of beginning.

Tax Id#: 190-037-013The premises are to be sold

subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants

and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE

THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral

announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.

Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

GMAC Mortgage, LLCPresent Holder of

said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,

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