Maryanne O’Hara, author of the critically acclaimed novel “Cascade,” will be at the Duxbury Free Library on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. for reading and a book signing.  “Cascade”  is also a Westwinds’ staff pick and a recommended bookclub selection.  This event is part of the Night Lights series, a partnership between the Duxbury Free Library and Westwinds Bookshop to bring evening literary events to the community.

The Sisters of St. Margaret have many events coming up for the holidays.  First, all are invited to a Thanksgiving Day Choral Eucharist to be held at the Chapel on Harden Hill Road on Nov. 22 at 9 a.m.

Learn a foreign language on your smart phone.   

Learn a foreign language on your smart phone.   

Learn a foreign language on your smart phone.   

Learn a foreign language on your smart phone.   

Meet a ballerina from José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Duxbury Free Library on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 4:15 p.m.

Duxbury’s plan to repair the Powder Point bridge by wrapping the deteriorating piles with gray fiberglass shells may be in jeopardy and parts of the wooden frame may have to be replaced with steel, the town manager announced Monday night.

To find Duxbury’s next town manager, the board of selectmen are veering from past practices of appointing a search committee and hiring a consultant; instead they plan to rely on a “hiring team” made up of themselves, the town’s volunteer personnel board, the human resource director, and the current town manager.

To find Duxbury’s next town manager, the board of selectmen are veering from past practices of appointing a search committee and hiring a consultant; instead they plan to rely on a “hiring team” made up of themselves, the town’s volunteer personnel board, the human resource director, and the current town manager.