(Colter Bay at Jackson Lake, Grand Teton NP as the girls got ready to head out to Hermitage Point. Janine Neprud, Megan Roy, Autumn Brown, Lauren Roy and Maddy Buchanan)

Last month, members of Cadette/Senior Troop 80331 headed for Logan Airport as they began a nine-day trip to the Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. The girls had worked for two years to raise the funds to pay for the trip and excitement ran high. Perfect weather further enhanced the entire experience: the 10 mile Hermitage Trail along Jackson Lake in the Teton National Park, knowing that you were staying within a volcanic caldera, exploring the West Thumb and Norris Geyser Basins and the mud pots in Hayden Valley, seeing the abundant wildlife with many baby elk, bears and bison, and spending an early morning in Lamar Valley with Rick McIntyre who heads up the wolf study. His stories of wolves were fascinating.

Hiking around the Upper Geyser Basin, the girls completed the Junior Scientist program and were presented patches by the National Park ranger. Certainly watching Old Faithful erupt with a bright blue sky in the background was one of the highlights of the trip, as was the visit by a bear as the girls finished eating during their horseback chuck wagon dinner ride.

The trip ended with a float/whitewater raft trip down the beautiful Snake River with the Tetons as their companion. All in all, the girls returned home with many wonderful memories to treasure, a new appreciation of the National Park system and especially of Yellowstone, the first National Park. They are very grateful to all who supported their fundraising activities to make this trip a reality.

It is illegal for people to buy, sell, use or possess fireworks in Massachusetts without a license.

Fire Chief Kevin Nord said there was an increase in the illegal use of fireworks this year, but that there was no issue with celebratory bonfires which require a permit. Members of an amateur fireworks show on an adjacent beach to Bay Ave. were told to submerge their fireworks in the surf. No injuries  related to fireworks were reported during the week of the fourth, however people leaving that amateur show were seen with minor burns.

A Fourth of July party at a private home in Pelham, N.H. resulted in injuries to 11 adults and five children when a fireworks display was accidently ignited. One victim, a two-year-old boy, remains on life support at Shriners Hospital in Boston. Fireworks are generally legal in New Hampshire.

Duxbury Police arrested John Carrigg, 20, of Marshfield on drug charges last Friday after Patrolman Dan Brown found Carrigg acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked at a dead-end section of Mayflower Street. Duxbury Police have been routinely checking this location following reports that underage drinking and possible drug activity were taking place there. 

Upon further investigation, Patrolman Brown report ed Carrigg was in possession of several individual packages of marijuana and other paraphernalia consistent with the distribution of drugs. Carrigg was placed under arrest and transported to the Duxbury Police Station for processing.

Carrigg was later released on his personal recognizance and was arraigned at Plymouth District Court on Monday. He was charged with possession of a class D substance over one ounce and possession of a class D substance with the intent to distribute.

Russell A. “Buzz” Doyle, of Duxbury, died July 5 at the Jordan Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 76 years old. Mr. Doyle moved to Duxbury in 1952 and was a graduate of the Duxbury High School class of 1954. He was the son of the late Russell L. and Doris K. Doyle. brother of the late Diane K. Snider and Denise R. Merry and is survived by Darlene S. Hiller, all of Spring Hill Fla. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Penelope D. “Penny” (Whitney) Doyle; his children, Steven L. Doyle and his wife Jennifer of Duxbury and the late Garry A. Doyle; his grandchildren, Leah Santos Doyle, Daniel Doyle, and Matthew Doyle; great granddaughter, Gabrielle Santos; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Doyle was an avid NASCAR fan, loved bluegrass music, and camping. After graduation from Duxbury High, he enlisted in the US Coast Guard and served four years during the Korean conflict. “Bampy” loved his family, especially his three grandchildren and great granddaughter.

Visiting hours were held July 10 at the Shepherd Funeral Home, 216 Main St (Rt. 106) Kingston. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, July 11 at 10 a.m. Interment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Plympton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 and/or Jordan Hospital Senior Behavioral Health Center, 275 Sandwich St, Plymouth, MA 02360. To offer condolences or for directions please visit shepherdfuneralhome.com

(Razia Jan greets her students each morning at the Zabuli School for Girls. Photo by Karen Wong.)

Sometime around dawn in Deh’Subz (pronounced Da Subs), Afghanistan the pupils from the Zabuli Girls’ School complete their morning chores, don their black and green school uniforms, and walk from their homes along the dirt and sometimes paved roads that lead to Zabuli School.

Founded in 2008 by former Duxbury resident Razia Jan, the school has more than tripled in size the past four years to 355 pupils and has become a symbol of hope and a source of pride for the families of the girls who attend.

(Will Miller and his parents Bill and Sally at the World  Championships in New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Bill Miller.)

William Miller grew up under an Olympic legacy and now it’s his turn to create one of his own.

This summer he’ll have the experience of a lifetime rowing in the London Summer Olympics for the U.S. Men’s Eight Team. Beating out France and New Zealand for a spot in the Olympics was no small feat but in Lucerne, Switzerland this past May, Miller and his team pulled out an incredible nearly four second victory over New Zealand sealing their place in the Summer Olympics.

A plan to sell used cars, including Jeeps, from the former Millbrook Motors location on Tremont Street has been tabled by Duxbury selectmen until they obtain further information.

John Wisbach, formerly of Josselyn Avenue, has applied for a class 2 auto sales license. He appeared before the Board of Selectmen July 2 to explain his plan to sell used Jeeps and other vehicles, and also to service cars and have a Jeep restoration business at 1474 Tremont Street.

This is the location of Millbrook Motors, which closed in 2010, after selling Jeeps to Duxbury residents since 1954. It’s owned by Millbrook Enterprises, Inc. in care of Edwin E. Loring, who is listed with the town as the registered agent.

The first phase includes:

• Installation of fencing and signage around the construction zone

• Installation of siltation fencing and hay bales for erosion control

• Establishing field offices

• Construction of the access road behind the library tennis courts

• Construction of temporary parking at the high school

• Placement and relocation of underground site utilities

• Earthwork, recompaction and raising the subgrade for the building foundations

The public should be aware that parking at Duxbury High School will be limited for the remainder of the summer as the contractors install new parking areas and access roads.

The School Building Committee meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.  During the months of July and August, the meetings will be held in Alden Room 104. All meetings are posted at Town Hall, on the school Web site, and are open to the public.  Construction updates and photographs will be periodically posted on the school Web site.

Governor Deval Patrick announced $19,543,861 will be available for local road and bridge projects on the South Shore as part of a $200 million transportation bond bill passed last week by the Legislature.

The Chapter 90 funds are allocated to cities and towns using a formula based on community road miles, population and employment. The funds may be used for local road, bridge and multi-use path projects and related needs. The local projects will create construction jobs, improve public safety and deliver long-term economic development benefits to communities across the Commonwealth.

“Investing in our infrastructure creates jobs, enhances public safety and leaves our roads and bridges better for the next generation,” said Governor Patrick. “This significant investment in the South Shore is part of our growth strategy of investing in education, innovation and infrastructure to continue the Commonwealth’s strong economic recovery.”

Since taking office, Governor Patrick has made historic investments in the Commonwealth’s transportation infrastructure to stimulate job growth and economic development. The Patrick-Murray Administration has doubled capital investment in road and bridge programs and created the $3 billion Accelerated Bridge Program, the largest statewide infrastructure investment program ever.

Duxbury will receive $541,744 of the funds.

On June 28, the Local Housing partnership heard a conceptual plan for this development presented by Dr. Emil Reinhalter of Alexander Way. The property is located at 70 Bow Street, which contains 8.92 acres. Reinhalter bought this land in 2009. He also owns 56 Bow Street, which he purchased in 1995.

While there is not currently a formal Chapter 40B application filed with the town, Local Housing Partnership Chair Diane Bartlett said Reinhalter showed his plans to the committee out of courtesy and to obtain its endorsement since there is an affordable housing component to the plans.

Duxbury Police Chief Matthew Clancy is advising the public that a man calling residents and claiming to be fundraising for the police's disability and retirement funds is not affiliated in any way with the Duxbury Police Department or its police union. Anyone receiving such a call should report it to the Duxbury Police.

John Wisbach, formerly of Josselyn Avenue, has applied for a class 2 auto sales license. He appeared before the Board of Selectmen Monday night to explain his plan to sell used Jeeps and other vehicles, and also to service cars and have a Jeep restoration business at 1474 Tremont Street.

(Sarah Coughlin and her father John, who were diagnosed with cancer within months of each other, prepare for the 2012 Pan Mass Challenge.)

Duxbury resident John Coughlin has lived in Duxbury for more than 30 years. CEO of a medical instrument company in Norwood and father of three, Coughlin, 60, is a nine-year cancer survivor.

He was diagnosed in September 2003, two months after his daughter, 21 at the time, had been diagnosed with cancer herself. I am that daughter.

Simultaneously we faced this awful disease together and even traveled to and from Boston for treatments at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

(Sawyer, Perlmutter, and a myeloma patient along with Perlmutter’s brother who rode to the ferry to New York from New Jersey together. )

Former Duxbury resident Diane Sawyer has enjoyed the freedom of bikes ever since she was a little girl living on Bay Road. However, these days she rides with a much different purpose in mind.

Sawyer (formerly Lillie) is cycling with friend Marty Perlmutter from Jacksonville, Florida all the way to Kittery, Maine to raise money and awareness for a deadly cancer, multiple myeloma (MM), which attacks the blood stream starting in the bone marrow and interferes with production of normal blood cells.

For Alicia O’Neill, the head of Endurance Events at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the pair is helping to raise more than just money.

“They are trying to help eradicate a disease that took a friend,” said O’Neill. “Diane is really just supporting a friend who is supporting a friend.”

Sawyer started her journey on June 17 in Jacksonville and is now almost done with her 1,400-mile journey through 13 states. How she got involved in this trip was all a matter of fate.