Thursday September 10

11:23 a.m.  Accident on Cross Street.  Motorcycle dumped by operator.  Officer standing by.

Let there be renewable energy.

Town Manager Richard MacDonald announced this week that he has promoted a water department employee to the position of water superintendent.

Police departments sometimes have a difficult time reaching out to the senior population. So when Duxbury Police Lieutenant Susan James was recently mobbed by people at the Senior Center asking her questions, she credited the Senior Police Academy for fostering better relations between police and seniors.

Jake Genereaux, the 14-year old owner of Jake’s Dogs, a hotdog cart with a license to sell food at Snug Harbor, has received permission from the town to operate at the Chandler School field during Sunday soccer games.

In parishes like Holy Family Church in Duxbury, area Catholics are trying to take their faith from the pews into the living room through the ARISE program.

The Duxbury School Committee isn’t usually in the business of giving grades. However, they gave themselves passing marks at their first meeting of the academic year –– although Chairman George Cipolletti added there was “room for improvement.”

Thursday September 3

8:17 a.m.  911 call reports bottle in front of door, and does not know what is in it.  All secure.

I stumbled over my words, to tell the truth. I welcomed Razia home, and her home is Afghanistan. Razia Jan’s heart and soul is the Zabuli School for girls in Deh Subz, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Kabul. Her job, on the other hand, is to work as a program director for Arzu Rugs, a not-for-profit group that supports local rug weaving in Afghanistan while providing required educational and health services to the weavers and their families.

Despite the rain, thousands of hungry oyster lovers gathered on Duxbury Beach Saturday for the Island Creek Oyster Festival.  The festival features food prepared by local and celebrity chefs, music –– but of course, the real stars were the 40,000-plus Island Creek Oysters donated for the charity event.

Although Verizon is breaking off contract talks in other communities around Massachusetts, Duxbury is still scheduled to get FiOS Internet service, according to the chairman of the Duxbury Cable Advisory Committee.