The DHS boys’ hockey team got off to a slow start in its first two games, controlling play in the offensive end but squandering chance after chance, especially after outshooting Hanover 44 -16 and registering just one goal in a 1-1 tie.

Just as the December sun peeked over the horizon and broke through the clouds, a dozen men and women were hard at work at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, racing to beat themselves in a true test of “mind over matter.”

As 2012 comes to a close, Duxbury reflects on its 375th anniversary. After all the events, it is clear this special birthday celebration was just that: special.

In light of the recent elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Duxbury Public Schools Superintendent Ben Tantillo sent an email out to parents this weekend, reminding them of the steps that are being taken to keep Duxbury students safe.

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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In the last 100 years there have been two World Wars, 18 presidents, the invention of the television, development of the Internet and the turn of a new millennium. This month, Duxbury celebrates two very special residents who have witnessed all of these events and more.

The Board of Selectmen has chosen attorney Arthur Kreiger as Duxbury’s next town counsel. Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to give the position to Krieger, who has been serving as interim town counsel since May.

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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Police are searching for an attempted home invader who kicked in the front door of a house on Lincoln Street around 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

“Happy Birthday, Evan,” his mother, Nancy Cooney, said.

Today, Evan and Camryn Evans, best friends who more often than not call each other cousins, will celebrate an usual birthday: they will turn 12 on Dec. 12, 2012.