Duxbury News

Skip Bennett is owner of Island Creek Oysters, based in Duxbury. The town's 35 small aquaculture businesses grow oysters offshore and harvest them for market, said Duxbury's conservation administrator, Joe Grady.

That haunting, slightly mournful sound you hear alongshore on foggy days is likely a foghorn attached to a lighthouse like the light at Gurnet Point in Duxbury, Massachusetts, an hour or so north of Cape Cod and overlooking Cape Cod Bay.

Staycations are in, and expensive overseas travel is out in these tough economic times.

At the Duxbury Senior Center's Lifelong Learning Program, a class meets to discuss topics in the New Yorker.

The Sept. 24, 1909 NYT follows up on yesterday's story concerning the sect planning for the end of the world tomorrow : Three hundred men and women of the Free Christian Society, at their camp five miles from here [DUXBURY, Mass], began at 10 o'clock to-day their final preparation for the end of the world, which they are convinced will come ...

A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who sent kind wedding wishes to Gareth and me, either here on the blog or on our Facebook pages or direct to us via e-mail. We tied the knot on Saturday, September 12th at a children's summer camp, Camp Wing in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and we are now MARRIED! I am keeping my name so you needn't start referring to me ...

When Muslims sit down to the Ramadan Celebration Dinner this weekend at the Duxbury senior center, they will be breaking the day-long fast required of them daily during the holy month of Ramadan.

Share + Sep 1, 2009 9:20 am US/Eastern DUXBURY, Vt. 1 of 1 Vermont is one of five states that now allow same-sex couples to marry.

Globe staff photographer John Tlumacki on the story behind this photo:"Sometimes when you wander behind the scenes at the Marshfield Fair, you spot a moment that makes clear why these events are such an attraction, not only to those who attend, but for the kids who put so much devotion into having the best animal at the fair.

We have a thing for tea because it's so relaxing. So make sure you leave your worries on the doorstep at tomorrow's Japanese Tea Ceremony .

A Kingston sports club was evacuated this morning after 350 gallons of chlorine spilled from a tank supplying the club's outdoor pool.

A Kingston sports club was evacuated this morning after 350 gallons of chlorine spilled from a tank supplying the club's outdoor pool.

The way town employees raise money for charity may be changing in Duxbury, as officials consider whether current methods make residents feel pressured into giving.

Living with Mom and Dad is a rising trend in America, as children -- and their children -- move in together, often to cut costs.

The way town employees raise money for charity may be changing in Duxbury, as officials consider whether current methods make residents feel pressured into giving.

BY 4-TO-1, IT'S NO - Faced with an average annual tax increase of $200 if passed, a strong turnout of Abington voters last weekend overwhelmingly said no to a $1.7 million Propositiong 2 1/2 override.

For years I have said that if I were ever asked to choose a "last meal," I would select my grandmother's leg of lamb.

The immediate working future of about 50 public employees - including several police officers, firefighters, and Town Hall employees, as well as 41 teachers - is expected to be settled by a special election next weekend.

Poor weather, combined with reduced hours, has ramped up demand at the Abington Public Library.

Given the hard times, high food prices, and a growing awareness of the peril of global warming, more people are strapping on gloves, taking up spades, and digging in on the home front.