For Duxbury High School senior Cally Hickey, her last year at DHS was a lot sweeter than most. Hickey decided to do a senior project that would let her spend her last six weeks working in a local business.

“The hope is we’ll learn more working out in the real world than in a classroom,” said Hickey.

(Duxbury students help break ground for the new school building that will house the middle school and high school. Photo: Maggie Cornell)

“This marks the groundbreaking of a monumental project,” said Superintendent of Schools Benedict Tantillo. “A lot of community effort has come together and this building is a well thought out project, reflecting the changes of education in our time.”

COASTAL REPORT: Mackerel are still here and everyday striper fishing gets better. Large schools of stripers are at the Race at Provincetown. Try fishing the drop off of the Race. Best baits here are live mackerel or small harbor Pollock -- also, Shimano jigs are working well. Most of the fish are in the 34 to 38 inch range with an occasional 40-inch fish.

Theresa M. (Beatty) Vigilante, 84 of Duxbury, formerly of Somerville, died on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at her home.  She was dedicated to her family and the caregiver to all.

Mrs. Vigilante was the wife of the late John L. Vigilante.  She leaves her children, Karen Giar and her husband Joseph of Sandwich and John Vigilante and his wife Carol of Duxbury; her grandchildren, Laura, Joseph, Corinne, Leslie; her great grandchildren, Isabella and Matteo; her sisters,  Margaret Beatty of Somerville, Kathleen Beltramini of Walpole and the late Mary Flaherty; and her brothers, the late John Beatty and the late William Beatty.

Her funeral Mass was held at the Holy Family Church  on June 4.  She was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery, 302 Elm St., Everett.

 In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mrs. Vigilante’s memory may be made to the Holy Family Church, 601 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA 02332.

For online condolences, please visit. shepherdfuneralhome.com.

By Susanna Sheehan, Clipper Staff

Sussana@Duxbury Clipper.com

The groundbreaking for the solar panel farm on Duxbury’s capped landfill on Mayflower Street will take place in the fall and should be completed by the end of the year, according the Alternative Energy Committee (AEC).

“Everything’s moving forward,” Josh Cutler told selectmen this week. Cutler is a member of the AEC and co-chair of the solar array subcommittee.

A Special Town Meeting approved a solar farm on the town’s capped landfill, a two-acre area behind the transfer station. The 500,000 KW solar farm should generate 700,000 kWh of green power annually.

It’s not every day someone turns 375 years old. So for Duxbury’s big birthday the party is sure to be even bigger. With a variety of events for all ages, the 375th Committee has outdone itself in preparing for the milestone birthday of our beloved town.

The 375th Committee, co-chaired by Anne Antonellis and Tony Kelso along with 18 other members, has been planning this event for almost a year now.

“We began planning last July and have had several events throughout the year to raise money,” said Antonellis.

The dangerousness hearing for Brett Roderick, 19, the Oklahoma man accused of an attempted armed home invasion on Deerpath Trail, was continued until May 30 at Plymouth District Court due to scheduling conflicts. He will be held at the Plymouth County House of Corrections until presiding Judge Kathryn Hand makes her ruling. Roderick is charged with multiple counts of assault with attempt to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly firing on Duxbury police officers responding to the call. No one was harmed in the May 21 incident.

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(Charlotte O'Neal, Julia Lawlor, Maddie Benoit, Mia Quigley, Savannah Blanch, Bridget Murphy, Renee Lewin, Julia Roveto, Renee Lewin, Emily van der Veen and Alex Fontana surround Malia Jusczyk as they declare it Princess Malia Day at Duxbury Middle School.)

When I meet someone for the first time, and he or she asks me what I do for a living and I tell them that I teach middle school, the first reaction I get is usually a wrinkled nose followed by the following comment:  “Middle school.  That’s the worst age.” It’s a bit awkward, standing there, looking at the wrinkled nose, and listening to the comment, which essentially is a derogatory statement toward what I love best in the world.  “No,” I tell them.  “You’re wrong. It’s the best age.”

Edith G. Tremblay, 97, of Jaffrey, N.H., formerly of Hancock, N.H., died on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, N.H.   Born on Feb. 1, 1915 in Medford, Mrs. Tremblay was the daughter of the late Cyrus Seymour and Edith (Philbrick) Gates. She grew up in Andover, graduated from the Andover Public Schools, and moved to Hancock in 1937.

A Memorial Service will be held for Phyllis B. Meisel on Sunday June 3 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 842 Tremont St., Duxbury at 2 p.m. A reception will follow the service at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, 457 Washington St.

Thursday, May 17

9:11 a.m.  Animal complaint reported on West Street.

6:49 p.m.  Disturbance reported on Surplus Street.  Area search negative.

10:25 p.m.  Disturbance reported on Windward Way.

Duxbury's former police chief Mark DeLuca has been placed on paid administrative leave as Cohasset’s police chief following multiple complaints from the Cohasset Police Department's union.

Cohasset Acting Town Manager Michael Milanoski placed DeLuca on paid leave this afternoon pending an investigation by the town. Town officials received multiple allegations against DeLuca from the town's police union according to union president Patrick Reardon. In a press release Milanoski announced that pending the investigation and its results, Deputy Police Chief Bill Quigley will manage the day-to-day operations and personnel of the police department.

DeLuca’s tenure as Duxbury’s police chief was marred by allegations of favoritism and intimidation of police officers and town officials. In February, DeLuca filed a civil suit in federal district court against the Town of Duxbury, Town Manager Richard MacDonald and former Chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen Elizabeth Sullivan claiming a violation of his First Amendment rights. In the complaint, DeLuca alleges his contract with the town was not renewed in 2009 due to his “supporting the organization of a management union.”

At Cohasset's May 12 Town Meeting, residents were forced to pass an additional $190,000 in unexpected police overtime.

Efforts to reach DeLuca were unsuccessful. His lawyer in the civil suit against the town, Gregory Aceto, said he was not aware DeLuca had been placed on leave.

After almost a decade of negotiating to get Duxbury two new contracts for cable television and a third for local programming, the cable TV advisory committee has officially called it quits, a move supported by the Board of Selectmen.

Selectmen voted unanimously to dissolve the cable television committee at their meeting Monday night and they praised the volunteers for a job well done.

On Sunday, May 27 at 281 Powder Point Avenue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Duxbury will honor Olga Owens Huckins and Rachel Carson in celebration of the anniversary of the publication of ‘Silent Spring.’