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Health care rates rise

Town employees face 3 percent hike, retiree rates stay the same

By Susanna Sheehan
Clipper Reporter

Health insurance rates for Duxbury town employees will increase by 3 percent for the coming year, town officials announced this week. On Monday, April 9, the Board of Selectmen approved the rate hike, which was recommended by Human Resources Di More...

Group honors Harry Katz by bringing people together

Jonathan Pappalardo
Clipper Reporter

The Duxbury Senior Center, along with the Duxbury Interfaith Council and Duxbury High School, have formed DUX Humanity in Action, an organization designed to make the world a better place for everyone, as a way of honoring the humanitarian efforts of More...

Bigger beach house gets OK

By Susanna Sheehan
Clipper Reporter

The Zoning Board of Appeals has given the green light to owners of a house on Duxbury Beach so they can demolish and rebuild their home, making it higher and larger. More...

From our April 11th edition

Seawall on Nov. ballot

Cost up to $5.7 million; override will be sought of Prop. 2 ½

By Susanna Sheehan
Clipper Reporter

Duxbury voters will decide this fall whether they want to raise their taxes to pay for seawall repairs, town officials announced this week. More...

From our April 11th edition

Crunching the school numbers

By Susanna Sheehan
Clipper Reporter

In the wake of the funding gap in the school budget for next year, the Duxbury School Committee still has money on its mind. More...

From our April 11th edition

Inside the 2018 Business Guide

Little SoFit helps keep kids active

By Trevor Hass ,
Sports Editor/Reporter

Christine Sovik, a mother of four, is used to chaos and unpredictability in the mornings. More...

Special Sections

Featured

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Audrey and Victoria Hubbs are spending their April break in Rome. More...

From our April 11th edition

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The weather put a damper on Duxbury Youth Baseball’s Opening Day celebration Saturday, canceling the parade, but the young sluggers had fun anyway when the party moved inside the Tarklin Community Center. More...

From our April 4th edition

Photos

On the evening of Tuesday, March 27, over 650 student musicians in grades 5-12 took the stage at the Performing Arts Center and played two concerts for the annual spring All Band Night, organized by the Duxbury Music Department. More...

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News

DHS Class of 2018: send the Clipper your future plans!

Every year in its graduation issue, the Duxbury Clipper has posted a list of recent DHS graduates and their future plans, and we need your help for this list. More...

Around Town Hall

Wednesday, April 18 Duxbury Housing Authority 5 p.m. 59 Chestnut St. Historical Commission 7 p.m. Town Hall, Downstairs Open Space Committee 7:30 p.m. More...

Duxbury Interfaith Council offers high school scholarships

The Duxbury Interfaith Council invites high school seniors in the class of 2018 who are Duxbury residents to apply for up to four $500 college scholarships. Application deadline is May 1. More...

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Opinion

Hello, Duxbury

Duxbury is a great place to be a reporter. So great I decided to come back. For those who don’t know, I used to be editor of the Duxbury Reporter. More...

Reader’s View: Thoughts on the Town Meeting

Duxbury is a small community and suitably is governed by selectmen, boards, volunteer committees and the age-old Town Meeting where everyone in town has a chance to voice their concerns in open session. More...

Reader’s View: Duxbury supports its schools but needs to see results

Boston Magazine’s “Best Public Schools in Boston 2017” ranks the More...

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Sports

Duxbury comes up short in OT following back-and-forth battle

Xaverian delivers dagger after Dragons claw their way back multiple times

By Trevor Hass, Sports Editor/Reporter sports@duxburyclipper.com Twitter: @DuxburySports

Monday night’s matchup between Duxbury and Xaverian was the kind of game where whichever team had the ball last was likely going to win.It wasn’t that it was so high scoring or chaotic. More...

Dragons suffer tough loss to Rebels after struggling on draw controls

Duxbury learns some lessons in defeat, vowing to rectify trends going forward

By Trevor Hass, Sports Editor/Reporter sports@duxburyclipper.com Twitter: @DuxburySports

The Duxbury girls lacrosse team has proven early this season that it can compete with some of the state’s elite. More...

Cross-country conquest

By Trevor Hass, Sports Editor/Reporter
sports@duxburyclipper.com
Twitter: @DuxburySports

After doing nearly everything right for three quarters, the Duxbury boys lacrosse team almost watched its lead disappear entirely early in the fourth. More...

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Education

DEAN’S LIST

Congratulations

Falmouth Academy has announced the following Duxbury students have made its Head of School List for academic achievement in the second trimester: • Nicholas Kania, class of 2018 • Bowen (Alice) Tan, class of 2021 More...

April 27 is Arbor Day

By Susanna Sheehan
Clipper Reporter

To recognize the beauty of trees in town, the Duxbury Board of Selectmen has proclaimed that the observance of Arbor Day will take place on April 27. Selectmen made the official proclamation at their meeting April 9. More...

Apply now for Duxbury American Legion Scholarships

The Duxbury American Legion is offering three scholarships to qualifying seniors. The Eben Briggs, Earl Torrey and Dave Murphy scholarships all recognize and honor the contributions of these men to the town of Duxbury and to Post 223. More...

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Weekly

Around Town

Duxbury resident Paul O’Neil is taking a shot at knocking out cancer by fighting in the eighth annual “Haymakers for Hope Rock N’ Rumble” charity boxing event on Thursday, May 17, at the House of Blues Boston. More...

From our April 11th edition

Around Town

Leigh Brandenburg, a senior at Duxbury High school, is spending next week competing in the North American Junior Freeride championships at Snowbird Mountain, UT. More...

From our April 4th edition

Around Town

SPRING TRAINING: Red Sox great Luis Tiant catches up on local news during a break in the action at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida with Clipper staff member Lori Sullivan. More...

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Clipper Community Calendar

Wednesday, April 18 More...

From our April 11th edition

Clipper Community Calendar

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Retirement Lifestyle Training 101 seminar. Learn strategies for developing a retirement plan that works for the whole you and brings quality of life and happiness. At the Duxbury Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. More...

From our April 4th edition

Clipper Community Calendar

Wednesday, April 4 Camera Club meeting. The Duxbury Camera Club will meet at the Duxbury Free Library at 7 p.m. More...

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