Duxbury, United States (Local)
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Local wildlife rehabilitator Su- sanna Tuffy holds a young racoon orphaned by rodenticide. The racoon later died from the poison in his mother’s milk. Duxbury is another step closer to having a formal policy regarding the use of rodenticides, particularly what are known as second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides. The Board of Health heard from Conservation Administrator Nancy Rufo, who described the […]
An example of what a new bridge might look like. Whether the Powder Point Bridge is historic could be the key to keeping it as a wooden, or, at least, mostly wooden structure. That was one of the multiple points touched upon during a meeting of the Fiscal Advisory Committee last week. Residents and town officials also discussed the costs […]
Duxbury’s Planning Department has an opportunity to get assistance from some college students. Master’s Degree students from the Tufts University Field Projects Program have offered to come to town to offer their help, Planning Board Chair Kristin Rappe said at last Monday’s meeting. The first step, though, is to come up with some ideas. Planning Board Member […]
Eastern equine encephalitis has returned to the South Shore as the virus was detected in mosquito samples found in Kingston on Aug. 17. Despite being a neighboring town, state officials continue to set the risk level for EEE in Duxbury at low. The risk level was raised to moderate in Carver, Halifax, Kingston and Plympton. No human or animal cases […]
The Bluefish River has been overtaken by invasive plants. The Upper Bluefish River is plagued by invasive plants and bacteria, reducing water quality and habitat value. That’s according to a report issued by the Coastal Resiliency Task Force. The report was written by the Woods Hole Group using a $94,000 state grant Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Agency. The report is […]
Standards for weight capacity could limit Duxbury’s options on thePowder Point Bridge. The Fiscal Advisory Committee considered some of the obstacles to getting the Powder Point Bridge Duxbury wants at its meeting last Wednesday. The Committee was being asked to consider how much each possible bridge option would cost, as well as the cost of maintaining it. The options included […]
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station before it was closed. State officials have rejected Holtec’s appeal of a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ruling denying its request to discharge wastewater into Cape Cod Bay. Holtec, which is managing the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, requested that MassDEP allow the company to discharge up to 1.1 million gallons of treated […]
The School Department wants to replace this lawn mower. It seems there’s always more needs than dollars when it comes to capital purchases. That was evident during Finance Director Lisa Freeley presentation of the Fiscal Year 2028 capital budget at Wednesday’s School Committee meeting, “We have a lot of needs,” Freeley said. About $10 million worth of them, she noted. […]
Ray Coppens Field is in need of repair, Duxbury Youth Soccer Association leaders told the School Committee at its meeting last Wednesday. Looking for the School Committee’s support, they presented a plan to tear up the current fields, regrade them, fix the irrigation system and re-sod them. DYSA Treasurer Ken LaRose said that DYSA is asking for $372,000 in […]
Library Trustees Martha Dennison and Lester Lloyd talk with DHS students Rachel Scheiss, Fionan Sargent, Lily Chin Gerard and Vazquez Baez, who read the questions to the candidates. The two candidates for the 6th Plymouth District State Representative seat met in a forum at the Duxbury Free Library last Tuesday.
