When Eliphas Weston married Priscilla Peterson he became the first Weston to hold land on Powder Point. Priscilla was the Pilgrim George Soule’s great granddaughter and she had inherited the property from her father, Isaac Peterson.

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Duxbury Beekeeping Part 3 of 3.

The summer of 2012 buzzed along for the two Duxbury beekeepers followed in this three-part series. During the warm months, bees go about their business of gathering nectar and filling frames in the hives with golden honey and are left to their toil except for occasional check ups to make sure the colonies are healthy.

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In light of the recent problems that continue to arise at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, residents and local officials are turning an eye toward possible contamination of the area’s ground water.

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The Open Space Committee is taking a second look at their tree protection bylaw draft in order to customize it for Duxbury.

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Residents at the March annual Town Meeting will be asked to approve $80,000 for the town’s share of dredging Duxbury Harbor. On Monday, selectmen voted unanimously to recommend approval to spend these funds, which will come from the free cash account.

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The Board of Selectmen is supporting a plan to spend $18,000 to install a monitor to measure radiation in the air from an emission from the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth.

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For personal hygiene-conscious Duxbury residents, recent debate surrounding water fluoridation may seem confusing. It has widely been accepted by dentists that brushing with toothpaste containing fluoride and drinking fluoridated water is a healthy choice.

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Razia Jan is spending the holidays in Massachusetts following the CNN Top Ten Hero award reception in Los Angeles on Dec. 2.

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This week, Duxbury selectmen closed the warrant for the 2013 annual town meeting that contains only 33 articles – one of the shortest agendas in recent memory.

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During a staff meeting last fall, Father Bob Deehan of Duxbury’s Holy Family Parish commented that the church’s Nativity set was becoming a little tired and worn. After a brief discussion of what could be done to improve the dated and rather small setting, he asked if anybody had a suggestion.  Without hesitation, an energetic staff member, who shall remain nameless, stood up and said “my husband can do that, no problem.”

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Co-Chair of the Duxbury 375th Anniversary Committee, Anne Antonellis has been one busy woman this past year. As the celebrations came to a close last week, The Clipper chatted with Anne as she reflected on her time with the Committee and love for our town and its rich history and culture.

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In an about-face, the Board of Selectmen has named and appointed a town manager search committee, reversing the decision it made last month to rely on a hiring team made up of town officials, human resources staff, and volunteers.

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(Harbormaster Don Beers checks in with Massachusetts Audubon biologist Victoria Selesnick who was seeking signs of surviving plover chicks on Duxbury Beach following the spring nor’easter.)

A nor’easter that flooded Gurnet Road last week wiped out most of the first clutch of Piping Plovers on Duxbury Beach and all of the Least Terns’ nests. As a result, the restrictions on visitors to the private beach, owned by the Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. (DBR), may extend longer into the summer season because the birds are designated as “threatened” and of “special concern” respectively under the federal Endangered Species Act.

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The dangerousness hearing for Brett Roderick, 19, the Oklahoma man accused of an attempted armed home invasion on Deerpath Trail, was continued until May 30 at Plymouth District Court due to scheduling conflicts. He will be held at the Plymouth County House of Corrections until presiding Judge Kathryn Hand makes her ruling. Roderick is charged with multiple counts of assault with attempt to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly firing on Duxbury police officers responding to the call. No one was harmed in the May 21 incident.

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(A piping plover at Duxbury Beach.)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sharpshooters were dispatched to Duxbury Beach in early May and killed two coyotes and a lactating fox as part of the Duxbury Beach Reservation’s (DBR) new predation program. It was instituted in 2011 to protect nesting piping plovers and least terns from various predators that feed on their eggs and chicks.

In a May 12 written report issued by Michael Pforr, the Endangered Species Officer for the Duxbury Harbor Master, he wrote:

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