Overall, the latest results of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Test – better known as MCAS – are positive for the Duxbury Public Schools. Students showed improvement in eleven of the seventeen exams given (grades 3-10 are tested in math, English language arts, science and biology.) All of the students taking the tenth grade science exam passed. And overall, the district is meeting the federal goals established by the federal No Child Left Behind act. This is also known as Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP.

Two empty shells were found in a bathroom at Duxbury Middle School Thursday, but Superintendent of Schools Susan Skeiber said police determined it wasn't a serious safety issue because the rounds weren't live. Last Friday, students were held past dismissal time as police searched the school in the wake of the discovery of a live round of ammunition.

Skeiber said some of the bathrooms were locked and police were contacted, but it was determined that there was no risk to the students and the building was not locked down.

“They felt it was not a safety issue at all,” she said.

Parents were notified of the latest incidents by a Connect-ED call an a letter sent home with students, Skeiber said.

Police are still searching for a break-in suspect in the Bay Road area.

As of 4:30 p.m. police on foot were still combing the area near Priscilla Ave. and Bay Road with the help of K9 units.

Police have one suspect in custody after the break-in on Seabury Point Road was foiled earlier today, but they are still looking for an additional suspect.

Police have described the suspect as a white male with dark medium length hair, wearing a dark t-shirt and jeans that are muddy up to the knee. He may also be wearing a headband.

Duxbury as well as Kingston Police were searching the area on Bay Road and Priscilla Road using dogs. A State Police helicopter was also circling above the scene earlier in the day.

Residents in the area were notified via a reverse 911 call.

Stay tuned to the Web site and the Clipper for more information as it becomes available.

On one of the last weekends of nice weather before the fall, the crowds of people on Duxbury Beach weren’t looking for one last tan or a chance to relax. The beach was filled with teams of people looking for trash during the annual “Beach Sweep.”

Swine flu was the buzz word on everyone’s list last spring, but fears waned as the weather warmed. However, state public health officials are gearing up for a tough winter, and urging the public to take precautions against a second wave of the disease.

Neil Johnson, chairman of the Public Safety Building Committee, had one sentence highlighted at the top of his meeting agenda: “Need to find the perfect site.”

He calls it “The Cheese Wedge.” Chad Conway’s bright yellow automobile is one of the most unusual cars you’ll see on the road, even in an age when smart cars and hybrids are becoming more common. The small, angular car is an electric model built in the 1980s called a Comuta-Car. It was one of 3,000 built by a Florida-based company called Commuter Vehicles Incorporated, Conway said.

A couple of years ago, Duxbury Rural and Historical Society volunteers were digging up a flower bed outside the King Caesar House when they discovered pottery from the 1820’s.

Students at the Duxbury Middle School were temporarily held on lockdown after police discovered a live round of ammunition Friday afternoon.

A Duxbury man is being summonsed to court on a drug charge after a state trooper allegedly found hallucinogenic mushrooms on his person during a traffic stop on Route 3.