Get ready for the summer’s swirl of arts and entertainment. You need to plan, and I’ll do my utmost to keep you informed ahead of time. Keep your eyes on the calendar section. I usually write about a single event, so there’s no way you can catch everything by reading “What’s Going On Here?”

The Duxbury Girl Scouts sent out a good message by going green and having fun while doing it. Troop leaders Karen O’Brien and Carly Olson teamed up with Girl Scout mom and Sustainable Duxbury member Mary Lynn Carson to teach the girls the drawbacks of paper and plastic shopping bags.

It can be a scary experience, coming to a new country where you don’t speak the language and the culture seems unfamiliar. Especially for the students of the American Field Service exchange program, who have to wrestle with all the trials of high school life on top of the culture differences. But what really confounded the newest additions to Duxbury High School? Bathroom passes.

The contract of Police Chief Mark DeLuca will not be renewed, Town Manager Richard MacDonald said this week.

Selectman Christopher Donato has requested a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen in executive session on Friday to discuss the contract of Police Chief Mark DeLuca’s contract, as well as other matters.

Hundreds of students and their families gathered on the grounds in front of Duxbury High School Saturday afternoon to celebrate the graduation of the DHS Class of 2009. Administrators and classmates told the gathered throng to reach for new heights, to shatter stereotypes, and to change the world for the better. But the most powerful advice of the day was also the simplest: Live like Charlie.

You would think after winning five consecutive State titles and six of the last seven, the excitement for Coach Chris Sweet winning his seventh Division I State lacrosse title would be somewhat tempered. Don’t be fooled.

“We always believe we can do it, but it’s hard to believe it’s six in a row,” said the surprised Duxbury coach after his team beat St. John’s Prep, 13-12, on Wednesday night at Harvard Stadium. “It hasn’t quite sunk in yet. But it never gets old. It’s a new group every year, but no Duxbury group has ever worked as hard as this one. They earned it and I’m extremely proud of them.”

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