Duxbury Clipper

12/19/2025

How the holiday lights came to Hall’s Corner

  Editor’s note: Joan Sullivan shared with the Clipper the story behind the Christmas lights at Hall’s Corner. Many people ask how I started putting lights on Hall’s Corner flagpole at Christmas time. In 2020, my house was decorated for Christmas with lots of lights on my wisteria arbors. Ear...

12/19/2025

Teen hospitalized after fight

A Medflight helicopter waits to transport a man hurt in a fight on Chandler Street. A 19-year-old Pembroke man was transported by helicopter early Thursday morning to a Boston trauma center following an apparent altercation with another man. According to Duxbury Police, first responders were called....

12/18/2025

Permit costs increase

The cost to enjoy Duxbury Beach, moor your boat in the bay or dump your trash at the Transfer Station will rise in the new year, as the Selectboard has approved price hikes for these and other town services. At a public hearing Mon.day at Town Hall, Selectboard members voted unanimous.ly to approve....

12/18/2025

School Committee votes for $46 million budget

The School Committee voted at its meeting last Wednesday to support a $46,474,501 budget for fiscal year 2027. The vote was 3-2, with Jen Weedon and Kathryn Marshall in opposition. Superintendent Danielle Klingaman said the budget was meant to “restore stability after a year of significant reducti...

12/18/2025

Planning Board wants to regulate battery storage facilities

Planning Board members considered how to find a way to regulate battery energy storage facilities during their meeting last Monday. This issue came to the forefront recently when a commercial battery ener.gy storage system was proposed near homes on West Street. The plan was fiercely opposed by neig...

12/18/2025

Fiscal Year 2027 adds new jobs, restores some cuts

        By Susanna Sheehan Clipper Senior Reporter On Monday, Duxbury Town Manager René Read presented the Selectboard with next year’s balanced operating budget, which uses revenues the town has avail.able to restore some jobs cut this year, adds a few new positions and provides extra money ...

12/17/2025

Boys soccer celebrates memorable season:

Senior captains Alejandro Mendoza, Robert Wiesehahn, Brooks O'Brien and Joe Baraky helped steer the Dragons to the state final. - Photos courtesy Duxbury Boys Soccer Calvin Manganello: Wilhelm Award and Patriot League Sportsmanship Award. Nick Gallagher: Coaches Dragon Award. Gavin Bohan: Patriot Le...

12/17/2025

For the Duxbury boys and girls swim/dive teams, depth, chemistry and consistency make all the difference.

Those traits were on display Thursday afternoon, as the Dragons opened the season with wins over Marshfield/Hanover: https://www.duxburyclipper.com/articles/swim-dive-season-is-underway/

12/17/2025

A dominant second quarter, which they held the Skippers scoreless, lifted the Dragons to a 43-33 road win to start the season.

"I’m very happy with their effort. This team will run through a wall if they had to."

Early in the second quarter Friday night, the Duxbury girls basketball team pieced together a string of stops to seize momentum. As the action progressed, and the stops kept coming, it eventually led to a scoreless quarter for Cohasset – no small feat for any team at any level. The Dragons withsto...

12/17/2025

Athlete of the Week: senior basketball captain Finn Hochkeppel

His unselfish mindset on the court and off make him the ultimate team guy for the Dragons.

"I have known him for a really long time, and he is the real deal."

For the majority of basketball players, watching highlights on YouTube typically entails marveling at clips of unguardable pure scorers like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant. For Duxbury senior captain Finn Hochkeppel, studying true point guards like Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson is mor...

12/17/2025

College Corner, by Mike Halloran:

Assumption senior Teagan Curran (Tabor ’22) had a big game for the Greyhounds last week in their 80-67 win over Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday afternoon. Curran led the way with 20 points, five rebounds, five assists, a pair of blocked shots and a steal. She is averaging 15.9 points...

12/17/2025

With a deep, determined and battle-tested core, Duxbury wrestling will look to build off a successful 2024-25 season and do even more damage this winter.

“Nothing will come easy, but I have a good feeling these kids are hungry and up for the task.” https://www.duxburyclipper.com/articles/something-special-2/