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Legal costs bust the budget - Duxbury Clipper

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Legal costs bust the budget - Duxbury Clipper

The town spent almost $47,000 more on legal fees than it budgeted for in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended on June 30. The total amount spent on legal services was $216,695, which is $46,695 over the town’s legal budget of $170,000. Duxbury Finance Director Mary MacKinnon presented the update in legal costs during the Selectboard’s meeting Monday at Town Hall. […] The post Legal costs bust the budget first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Read Article

Playing the history card - Duxbury Clipper

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Playing the history card - Duxbury Clipper

The Powder Point Bridge Advisory Committee wants to overturn the Commonwealth’s decision that the wooden span across Duxbury Bay is not historic. At their meeting last Friday, the Committee voted to ask for $15,000 for the purpose of hiring a consultant to make the case that the bridge should be considered historic under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation […] The post Playing the history card first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Read Article

Slow down or risk losing beach access - Duxbury Clipper

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Slow down or risk losing beach access - Duxbury Clipper

Speeding on the back road at Duxbury Beach has become a serious problem and could cost everyone to lose access to the entire beach. Duxbury Town Manager Rene Read said state regulators made two compliance visits to Duxbury Beach in July to see how the town and the Duxbury Beach Reservation were handling the interaction between beach goers and the […] The post Slow down or risk losing beach access first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Read Article

Historic district discussion - Duxbury Clipper

Members of the Local Historic District Commission came to the Planning Board last month, looking for answers. Stung by the defeat of their warrant article at the annual Town Meeting in March to place the Old Town Hall on Tremont Street into a local historic district, Chairwoman Pamela Campbell Smith wanted to know why the Planning Board’s support for the […] The post Historic district discussion first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Duxbury · Duxbury Read Article

Beautifying Bug Light - Duxbury Clipper

Duxbury Pier Light, better known as Bug Light, is 154 years old and it’s starting to look its age. To return its youthful looks, Project Gurnet and Bug Lights has embarked on a $1.5 million project to do needed repairs to the structure that sits at the entrance to Plymouth Bay. The work will take place in four phases, PG&BL […] The post Beautifying Bug Light first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Duxbury · Duxbury Read Article

Zoning – Solar energy – Storage facility

Where the Duxbury zoning board denied a building permit for a “standalone” battery energy storage facility, the board's decision must be annulled because the proposed battery energy storage facility qualifies as “the building of structures that facilitate the collection of solar energy” under G.L.c. 40A, §3.Duxbury · Duxbury Read Article

The mystery of the missing mansucript - Duxbury Clipper

Recently, a neatly handwritten manuscript was found tucked away in the library of a Webster Island summer cottage, located on a street known as the “Horseshoe” thanks to its shape. Andrew McAleer describes how surprised and delighted both he and his brother Paul were to discover a story that their father, John McAleer, had written in the 1930s as a […] The post The mystery of the missing mansucript first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Duxbury · Duxbury Read Article

No money, no road - Duxbury Clipper

Macfarlane Farms Lane, the road into a three-home development off High Street, has not been completed 10 years since people first moved in and the project’s builder, John Baldwin, is trying to fix that. He pointed out that he was not the developer, only the builder. The developer put up a cash bond, but has failed to complete a number […] The post No money, no road first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Infrastructure · Duxbury Read Article

Depot Street man charged after shooting incident - Duxbury Clipper

A Duxbury man faces multiple charges after allegedly firing a handgun on Depot Street Friday evening. According to a press release from the Duxbury Police, officers were called to Depot Street at around 5 p.m. in response to a call about a man who was reportedly shouting obscenities and firing a handgun. The suspect then fled in a blue sedan, […] The post Depot Street man charged after shooting incident first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Firearms · Duxbury Read Article

First peek at new bridge plans - Duxbury Clipper

In the future, the iconic wooden Powder Point Bridge may live on only as a memory, since its replacement probably won’t look much like it, potentially being made of steel pilings, a concrete deck and very little wood. On June 18, representatives from Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division held a public meeting at the Performing Arts Center on Alden […] The post First peek at new bridge plans first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Duxbury · Duxbury Read Article

New state law aims for safety in the water - Duxbury Clipper

A new state law related to boating safety is expected to have a positive effect on those who enjoy the waters of Duxbury Bay. The Hanson-Milone Act targets boaters age 16 and older, and they’re now required to take and pass a boat safety course and carry the safety certificate with them while operating a boat, said Betsy Davenport, Director […] The post New state law aims for safety in the water first appeared on Duxbury Clipper.Layoffs · Duxbury Read Article

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