Fixing zoning bylaws top priority for Planning Board

Walkability, climate change also on agenda


The Planning Board is moving forward on revamping the town’s zoning bylaws and hopes to have the entire project done within two years. This week, in an update to the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board Chairman Scott Casagrande said his board has been focused on the first of the three major goals outlined in the town’s most recent Comprehensive Plan […]

Dean W. Fisher, 88

Dean W. Fisher died on April 16, 2021, at age 88. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Harold W. Fisher and Hope E. (Case) Fisher, and grew up in Cranford, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, served in the US Navy, and attended Northeastern University. He worked in sales […]

Every day is Earth Day: It’s litter-ally astonishing



Earth Day 51 is almost here. Come to Sustainable Duxbury’s Spring Litter Sweep on Saturday, May 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Rain Date: Sunday, May 2). The sweep begins at the Tarkiln Community Center at 245 Summer St. Check Sustainable Duxbury’s website at sus tainableduxbury.org for notices. So what about litter? It’s ugly, breeds bugs, clogs drains, does […]

James C. Burgoyne, 65

James C. Burgoyne, 65, of Duxbury died peacefully on April 9 after a brief illness. Jim, as his friends and family called him, was born in Boston in 1955 to his loving parents. Raised and educated in Hanover, he graduated from Hanover High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. He had a natural […]