The Drew Archival Library of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society is pleased to announce a new exhibit.  Memories of Summers Past: Images from Camp Twin Oaks (1934-1978) showcases photographs and ephemera from Camp Twin Oaks, an African-American summer camp located on the Duxbury/Kingston town line. 

The Duxbury Free Library announces the start of its annual Fourth Friday Film series. Our opening film. “Making Mr. Right,” will screen on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Merry Room, library lower level. Led by James Mandrell, library trustee and professor of film at Brandeis University, the series is designed for the over-18 crowd and meets every fourth Friday. Film screenings are preceded and followed by lively discussion led by Prof. Mandrell. Admission is free and refreshments are available.

Duxbury Dep. Fire Chief William Carrico was surprised with a luncheon in his honor at the Main Fire Station Monday afternoon. Carrico is leaving the department to take a position as fire chief in Halifax.

The perfect recipe for a party: A pristine beach, several celebrity chefs cooking up their finest food, and 40,000 Island Creek Oysters.

Controversy continues to dog the school district’s plan to change school start times, as parents and some School Committee members say survey data should not be shared outside the district.

Massachusetts law, as well as his own contract, would prevent Duxbury Police Chief Mark DeLuca from joining a labor union, Town Counsel Robert Troy said this week.

In Duxbury, the costs to dispose of a mattress at the transfer station, eat a meal at the Senior Center, or obtain a gun license at the police department all have something in common: they have just gotten more expensive.

As bad as the municipal budget picture has been, Duxbury Superintendent of Schools Susan Skeiber is warning that we haven’t seen the worst of things.

“FY 11 doesn’t look to be an easy year for budgets,” Skeiber said at last week’s School Committee meeting.

A proposal to sell lobsters at a local cranberry bog has received approval from town officials, but the idea may never reach fruition.

We encounter many amazing experiences in our lives, all of which have their own degree of impact.  But few experiences in my life have affected me as much as being a participant in the Appalachia Service Project.  I’ve participated in three ASP trips with Holy Family Church in the last four years as an adult leader, and I wouldn’t trade this experience shared with my daughter, Jacquie, for anything.

My life at the Marshfield Fair grew stronger this year when I focused my annual volunteering vacation on helping the 4-H Program. It’s a broad-based agricultural youth program sponsored by the Plymouth County Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society celebrated the 200th anniversary of the King Caesar House on Powder Point by holding a bash, where the society debuted a 20-minute CGI movie showing what the estate looked like when it was built.