Susanna Sheehan

Clipper Senior Reporter The engineer working on plans to combat sea level rise in Snug Harbor presented an update to the Selectboard this week that outlined three multi-million-dollar projects, including a redesigned boat ramp and elevated public parking lot, a new Harbormaster’s headquarters and a higher seawall for the Duxbury Bay Maritime School.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShareThis week, the Selectboard got its first look at Duxbury’s new MBTA Communities Act zoning overlay bylaw and voted to move it along the public review process it must undergo before voters decide its fate at the Nov. 18 Special Town Meeting.

Starting on Nov. 1, charging electric vehicles at the two public charging stations in Duxbury will no longer be free, but will cost 47 cents per kWh and $8 per hour for the time a car is still plugged in past its charging time.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare Duxbury retirees will pay a lot more for their health insurance next year and many former town and school employees aren’t happy about it.

With less than two weeks until the Nov. 18 special Town Meeting, Duxbury’s Selectboard members are divided in their support for the proposed MBTA Communities zoning overlay bylaw, with two recommending the town approve it, two not supporting it and one seeking to indefinitely postpone a vote on it. On Monday at a meeting at Town Hall, the Selectboard voted […]

Voters will decide on road acceptances, a harbor walk and past spending

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare At the special Town Meeting on Monday night, a large, rowdy crowd of Duxbury residents loudly and resoundingly rejected new zoning that would comply with the state’s MBTA Communities law.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare A new playground is planned for Wadsworth field to honor the three Clancy children.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare Frustration at the slow pace of learning how much a potential tax override will cost residents came to the forefront this week at the Selectboard’s last meeting of the year.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare Deciding which drinking water well to treat first for PFAS is more complicated than it first appears, realized the Selectboard this week, due to residents’ overuse of town water for watering lawns that stresses the town’s entire system.