Susanna Sheehan

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare This week, the Selectboard agreed to allow an independent wooden bridge expert to conduct a study of the Powder Point Bridge to determine if the 40-year-old structure can be repaired or restored to make it structurally safe again.

An alternate inspection of the Powder Point Bridge was completed this week by a wooden bridge expert, who will announce his findings at a Selectboard meeting in June. According to Duxbury Town Manager René Read, Dan Tingley of Wood Research and Development Ltd. spent 10 hours a day for the past three days conducting a non invasive inspection of the […]

Selectboard members took time at their meeting Monday to ponder the goals they want to set for the next year. While they never discussed their ideas with one another before the meeting, the board members each had very similar objectives. These included better and more transparent communication with the public, including information about the town’s budget, and possibly using social […]

The entrance to the Lakeshore Drive well. This week, the Duxbury Selectboard voted unanimously to impose mandatory summer watering restrictions allowing residents to water their lawns only twice per week, rejecting for now the stricter one-day limitation recommended by the Water Department. On Monday at its meeting at Town Hall, board members decided against Water and Sewer Superintendent Mark Cloud’s […]

The entrance to the Lakeshore Drive well. Duxbury needs to shut down the Lake Shore Drive well because of elevated PFAS levels in the water it produces, which goes directly into the taps of many area residents, according to the town’s Water and Sewer Advisory Board. On Monday, Water and Sewer Advisory Board Chairman Jim Begley gave the Selectboard a […]

Since it was appointed last year, the Powder Point Bridge Advisory Committee has been working closely with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on the design of a replacement bridge, fighting to get Duxbury a structure it can be happy with. Ed Mayo, chairman of the Powder Point Bridge Advisory Committee, said his committee’s charge has been clear from the beginning: […]

There is now a total outdoor watering ban in Duxbury There is now a total outdoor watering ban in Duxbury after the Selectboard voted unanimously for the tighter restrictions this week. The action came at the recommendation of Duxbury Water and Sewer Superintendent Mark Cloud. He told the board at its meeting Monday at Town Hall that on June 8, […]

The Duxbury Selectboard had hoped that a wooden bridge expert’s report would provide the information they were seeking to make a decision on the future of the Powder Point Bridge; however, after a review by the town’s consultant engineers, that report has raised more questions than answers.

There are 200 homes in Duxbury that receive their water directly from the Lakeshore Drive well, which has levels of PFOA, a type of PFAS chemical, over the EPA’s maximum contaminant level of 4 parts per trillion. On Monday, the Selectboard wrestled with whether they should notify these people specifically about this issue or inform the whole town and explain what the town is doing about it.

Duxbury officials will be sending all residents an update on PFAS in the town drinking water system, once it’s approved by town counsel. On Monday, Town Manager René Read gave the Selectboard a first draft of a one-page notice that explains that most of Duxbury’s wells have none or very low levels of PFAS in them, levels that are below […]