Answering a call in Plymouth waters, Duxbury Harbormaster Don Beers said he and two of his assistant harbormasters, Steve Cameron and Neil Chandler, took to the water in the department’s new SafeBoat in high winds and rough waters. He said that in such severe conditions as they experienced that day, the only reason he and his staff would be on the water was to save another. That’s what made the rescue all the more remarkable to him. As they headed out, Beers said it was sheer chance he spotted the boat in his peripheral vision while responding to the other call.

(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.

Two new businesses will share the former Millbrook Motors building. They are Exotic Cars of Boston, a luxury car rental and sales company, and Jeeps and Buggies, which plans to restore old Jeeps, as well as offer service on later model Jeeps.

He grew up under the teachings of the separatists of the established Church of England, so he would have empathized with the religious persecution they were under. He started out with the first company that sailed on the Mayflower, in the companion ship the Speedwell, which had to return to England because of leaks. Eventually, he was given a grant of one acre in Plymouth, which he gave up when he settled in Duxbury. His grant in Duxbury, dated Oct. 2, 1637 was for 40 acres, described as bounded on the south by John Alden, on the east by the sea, on the north by marshland of the Duck Hill River (and Mill River) and on the west by land of Edward Bumpas.

Bay Players, Duxbury’s Community Theater troupe, can help you fill those tricky few weeks before those blessed yellow chariots take your angels back to school. At least they can help for one or two evenings. Bay Players’ third annual Summer Teen Musical, Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” goes up for one weekend only (this coming weekend) at the First Parish Church on Tremont Street, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3 and 4, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 each. The show is directed by Theresa Chiasson and Janet Fortier. To reserve tickets, send an email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 781-361-2453. Bay Players will contact you to confirm the reservation.

Harry W. Todd of Duxbury died peacefully July 27 in his home. He was the beloved husband of the late Mary E. Todd; the loving father of Katherine M. Todd of Grayslake, Ill.;  and cherished grandfather of two. Funeral services will be private. For online guestbook, visit cartmellfuneralhome.com.

Gwendolyn Hudson (Tracy) Wisneski,  a longtime resident of Duxbury,  died peacefully  at Newfield House in Plymouth on Monday, July 23. 2012.  She was just short of her 98th birthday.

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.”