An altercation between players at the town recreation department boys’ basketball game for 8 and 9 year olds Saturday led to a the father of one of those involved grabbing a coach who had interceded in the apparent shoving match.

The impetus behind this idea is Tremont St. resident Sandra White. She submitted a citizen’s petition article for town meeting requesting funds to buy such recording equipment. That article will probably be withdrawn since the recording capabilities can be added to the existing 934-5656 dispatch business lines for $300 to $500, according to police chief Mark Deluca. Because the cost is so low, town meeting action won’t be needed and the upgrades can take place without delay.

At the selectmen’s meeting this week, long-time library supporter Deborah Bornheimer accused Town Manager Rocco Longo of taking “illegal action” by not distributing state aid money to pay for library staff tuition reimbursement, and she said she was prepared to sue the town to see this matter settled. Selectmen responded by calling for a meeting between town and library officials.

At issue is a difference of opinion as to whether library employees, who are covered for salaries and benefits by the town’s personnel plan, can be given extra funds in the form of the state library grant for tuition reimbursement. Bornheimer,a member of the Duxbury Free Library Inc. and the state Board of Library Commissioners, feels the personnel plan does not preclude the library staff from accepting this money, while town counsel Robert Troy has issued an opinion that personnel plan employees cannot accept additional compensation.

The word "new" can be used to sum up the second half of 2006. New faces came to town in the form of a health agent, an accountant and a state representative. A new committee was formed charged with the task of exploring alternative sources of energy.

A Duxbury police officer with a history of writing bad checks to local businesses has been fired by Town Manager Richard MacDonald.