Get the jump on the holiday season by finding a unique gift for that special someone.

Donate Halloween Candy for the Troops.  The DSU is sponsoring a Halloween candy giveback event for one day only, this Thursday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Duxbury Student Union. Bring your unopened leftover Halloween candy to DSU and receive a gift from Duxbury Children’s Dentistry.  All Duxbury residents are encouraged to participate.  Letters, cards, and children’s artwork is encouraged as well. Candy donations, art and letters collected will go to Cape Cod Cares for our troops where the items will be packaged and sent to soldiers serving overseas.

This week, the solar farm slated to be built on the town’s capped landfill on Mayflower Street gained site plan approval from the planning board, getting it one step closer to construction.

The annual MCAS results have been tallied and, as a district, Duxbury schools have improved their performance overall – with the number of students in the “advanced” category increasing and the number of students in the “warning” category decreasing.

For those who are new to it, Montessori education is best stirred, not shaken; absorbed, not memorized -- sort of like the Montessori teaching method itself.

This week the planning board finalized its special permit for the land clearing at 16 Hounds Ditch Lane but neither the entire board nor the homeowners came away satisfied with the decision.

Get the jump on the holiday season by finding a unique gift for that special someone.

The Duxbury Planning Board invites all residents to a Storm Water Education presentation to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, Mural Room, 878 Tremont St.

Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Duxbury High School Library for an AFS Information Night. High school students and parents who want to learn about study abroad programs, or hosting an exchange student, are welcome to attend. AFS volunteers, local students who have participated and international students currently in the area will be on hand to answer your questions.

 An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, epicenter 30 miles outside of Portland, Maine, was felt throughout Duxbury and the six New England states. 

Town Manager Richard MacDonald will retire next year, Duxbury selectmen announced this week.

Selectmen Chairman Ted Flynn said the date MacDonald selected is Jan. 31, 2013.

According to the National Weather Service, Duxbury experienced a hard frost/hard freeze on Friday, October 12.

The suspension of outdoor recreational activities has been lifted.

Thanks to a long-time town benefactor, the town has an extra $8,178 to spend on repairing tennis courts and fixing an access road to town fields.

Selectmen unanimously approved spending $5,000 from the Eben H. Ellison Fund to add to money the town has allocated to repair the two tennis courts at Wadsworth Road and the two courts near the Tarkiln Community Center on Summer Street.