An 18-year-old man was transported to South Shore Hospital Monday morning after his motorcycle flipped over on Mayflower Street.

The Duxbury Rug Hookers have taken a 200-year-old craft and are bringing it back into the limelight as they prepare to have their works on display at Plymouth Area Community Television this month.

Duxbury Bay Maritime School has dedicated a new shell in honor of two Duxbury Olympian rowers.

The venerable Winsor House Inn on Washington Street has been sold.

When former Duxbury Idol Molly Jewell was asked to be one of the judges for this year’s Duxbury Idol competition, she was elated. The more she thought about her participation in the competition, she realized she wanted to do something to draw more attention to the competition and decided to hold a concert of her own.

More than five years after litigation began, the Johnson Golf vs. the Town of Duxbury lawsuit has now completed it's eleventh day at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn and is now expected to last until at least Monday, April 22. The trial was supposed to be in session on Friday, April 17, but in light of the recent incidents involving the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, Middlesex Superior Court was closed on Friday. The lawsuit against the town alleges the Town of Duxbury violated the law in the bidding process and award of a new management contract for the North Hill public golf course in December 2008 and January 2009.

The trial began last Wednesday, April 3, at 9 a.m. with jury selection. Attorney Stephen Follansbee represents Johnson Golf management and Attorney Leonard Kesten and Duxbury’s current Town Counsel Arthur Kreiger repre­sent the town of Duxbury.

Boston Marathon attack investigation continues

The investigation continues into the two explosions that killed three people and injured at least 170 at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon. The most recent reports confirm that one of the suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed early Friday morning in an exchange of gunfire with police after the two suspects attempted to rob a 7/11 and hi-jacked a car. The second suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, is still at large. The entire city of Boston has been closed, and the towns of Waltham, Brighton, Allston, Cambridge and Watertown are on lock-down. All public transportation has been shut down for the day. 

Old police station officially decommissioned

The Duxbury Police Department held a decommission ceremony at the West Street police station on Saturday morning, April 13, honoring retired and deceased officers and praising current and future members of the department.

We need your child's assistance to launch Rock Paper Scissor's "You Are Brave" campaign in response to the Boston Marathon tragedy. While we understand there may be children who are not aware of the tragedy, there will be many who know what happened, or who will learn about the events in the coming days.