(Will Miller and his parents Bill and Sally at the World Championships in New Zealand. File photo)

Watch Duxbury's own Will Miller as he and his teammates row in the US Olympics Men's Eight-plus final today between 4:45 and 5 p.m. (EST). It will be televised on NBC or stream it live here: http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveextra/

Go, Will!

Day breaks across Duxbury Bay in all its splendor, marking another beautiful summer day. Photo by Barbara Van Dingstee

(Bees gather in one of many supers, a stacked wooden box that compromises a human-made hive. Beekeepers tend to tens of thousands of the honey-making insects in local hives. Photo by Karen Wong)

Sweet, golden honey is truly precious as it takes a worker bee a lifetime to produce just one-twelfth of teaspoon worth.

The love of honey and beekeeping is alive and well in Duxbury. Many families raise bees at their homes and in community gardens.

Duxbury resident Paula Harris wears many hats, chair of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce (SSCC) being one of them. Harris and her husband own their own business, conveniently located in town. We talked with Paula about small businesses and how she finds the time juggle it all.

Tim Gasteaud of Paris, France was more interested in playing in the water than building sand sculptures as part of the Duxbury Free Library’s Annual Family Sand Sculpting on Duxbury Beach. His family has summered in Duxbury since 1990. For more photos of our Duxbury, pick up this week's edition of The Clipper. (Photo by Karen Wong)

(WHERE PAST MEETS PRESENT: Razia Jan bridges two rooms at the Zabuli School for Girls, one outfitted with 21^st century technology, the other a testament to Afghan tradition. Here she wipes away tears after one of her students, Madia, 4, speaks to the village elders in perfect English. Photo by Karen Wong)

For two days Razia Jan anticipated the meeting she arranged with the men she calls the Village Elders. The group -- fathers, grandfathers, other senior male family members of students at the Zabuli School for Girls and Women – meet with Razia several times a year, but this time would be different. She had to tell them an American journalist was coming to do a story on the school and she wasn’t sure how they would react.

After greeting the school administrators, some teachers and several girls who tried to suppress charming giggles, Razia went upstairs to the computer classroom where a dozen elders dressed in traditional Afghan clothing were already assembled.

The Town of Duxbury filed a civil suit against former Town Counsel Robert Troy in Plymouth Superior Court last Wednesday, alleging “damages the Town has incurred as a consequence of Troy’s legal malpractice in directing the bidding process for management of the North Hill Country Club and representing the Town” in a separate suit brought by Johnson Golf Management in 2008. This follows a failed attempt earlier this month by the town to add Troy as a third complaint in the Johnson Golf suit filed in Middlesex Superior Court.

Troy’s attorney, Robert Gill of the Boston law firm Peabody and Arnold, denied the charges made by the town.

“My initial reaction is that the allegations are not accurate and that we will vigorously defend the case and prevail,” said Gill. “The town would like to settle the case and they are desperately trying to get some other party to make a contribution.”

It’s hard to believe that singer/songwriter Kate Cameron was ever shy. Having sung since she could talk, Cameron at only age 18 has already performed in over 100 shows around the South Shore area. This summer, she was hired by Country 102.5 radio to perform at events at least two to three times a week, if not more.

“She was painfully shy, and that’s why she took up writing, I think,” said her mother Karen Cameron. “She would just write and write and write.”

Not only have the long stretches of sunny skies and mild temperatures benefitted Duxbury beachgoers, the weather has helped put construction of the new police building months ahead of schedule.

Duxbury Police Chief Matthew Clancy credits the excellent weather and an even better team with ensuring the rapid pace of construction.

Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to execute a temporary easement with the Wildlands Trust. The easement will allow vehicles to pass over a small portion of the organization’s land at 0 Anchorage Lane, off of St. George Street. A small corner in the back of that property abuts that part of the school land near the current middle school football field. The easement will be approximately 15 feet at the widest point.