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Volume LX No. 28 “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you want to move your dancing feet.” — Bob Marley Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Dry spell
Selectmen institute voluntary
outdoor watering ban
By Susanna Sheehan, Clipper Staff which can lead to pressure is-
susanna@duxburyclipper.com
sues for residents and the Fire
The hot dry summer Department.
weather has prompted the As the town’s water sys-
Duxbury Board of Selectmen tem is gravity fed, lowering
to declare a voluntary outdoor the reserves in the storage tank
watering ban in order to pre- reduces the pressure in the un-
serve the quality of the town’s derground pipes. If the pres-
drinking water and to prevent sure drops too low, the Fire
a public safety emergency. Department may have trouble
Water Superintendent Pe- getting the water they need to
ter Mackin told Selectmen fight a fire.
Monday the ban was needed Also, Mackin said that
because of the increased de- since there is so much fluctua-
mand on the town’s water sys- tion in the flow of water in the
tem due to outdoor watering. system, it stirs up sediment in A MORNING WITH LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society’s King Caesar
When the demand rises like the pipes creating “dirty wa- Morning Lecture series kicked off recently with Jan Turnquist in “A Morning With Louisa May Alcott.”
this, he said the town must use ter.” Turnquist, executive director of Orchard House in Concord where Alcott wrote “Little Women,” por-
the water stored in its tanks, trayed the author at the Drew Archives in the Wright Building. Photo by Julius A. Prince, Jr.
continued on page 16
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high school students. The program fee is $60 for middle school
and $40 for high school students. Sign up by e-mail at admin@
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Dance party: Incoming seventh and eighth grade, come to
our dance party on Friday, July 30 with a Lady Gaga theme and
tons of “paparazzi!” Check out our Facebook page or the DSU
newsletter for more information.
Library summer
programs start
Readers and nonreaders
can still register for a sum-
mer reading passport available
in the children’s department
of the Duxbury Free Library.
Passport to Adventure en-
courages children to use their
reading passports to travel
the world without ever leav-
ing home. The summer is also
packed with programs for all
ages.
Registration is underway
for the following programs:
Pop-Up Cards, Tuesday, July
20 at 4 p.m. for children enter-
ing grade 4 and up who would
like to discover the secrets
of creating some special ef-
fects in cards; Sun Princess,
Wednesday, July 21 at 10:30
a.m. for age 3-6 with an adult,
45 minutes of music and
movement with guest, Elaine
Kessler; Listen to the Wind,
Thursday, July 22 at 4 p.m. for
During their visit to Mt. Vernon, the members of Troop 80331 were
children entering grade 2 and
invited to place a wreath at George Washington’s Tomb. Colleen
Fallon and Shaylice Rhodes placed the wreath while Meghan Sarles 3 who would like to listen to a
read a prayer and the rest of the troop looked on. story about a dream come true
followed by a craft. For a com-
NOW OPEN
Family BBQ
& Kids Day
hosted by
Josh Cutler
Kay Drake, Interfaith Council Campership chairwoman accepts a $1,000 donation from George Prebola,
President, Duxbury Rotary. This donation will help send 40 children to summer camp. If you still want to
donate, contact the council at 781-934-8388. Rotary meets on Tuesdays at the Senior Center. For more
information about Rotary, you can contact George at 781-934-5231.
Campaign
Planning Board withdraws Saturday,
building permit appeal July 17, 2-5pm
By Justin Graeber, Clipper Editor
justin@duxburyclipper.com
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July 23 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Elli-
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food, live music, an awards ceremony,
raw bar and cash bar. A new addition to
the tradition will include a silent auction of
hand painted and decorated “art-artondack”
chairs created by a talented local artist. The chairs will be on display around Duxbury during the
weeks prior to the opening reception.
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Candidate’s corner
Cutler family BBQ & kids day
Josh Cutler, candidate for state representative for the Sixth
Plymouth District, will host a Cutler Campaign BBQ on Satur-
day, July 17 from 2-5 p.m. at the Winsor House Inn, 390 Wash-
ington St., Duxbury. There will be craft tables, balloon animals
and activities for the kids. Suggested contribution is $10; kids
can come for free. RSVP to danielle@joshcutler.com.
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Marie Ratto, 77, worked for Duxbury schools
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
379 Gardner St., So. Hingham, Bishop John Howe, Phone: 781-293-2520, Sundays
Marie year social
the round: Family worship
studies at 10 am.
department. Visiting hours will be “Excellence in Service with Understanding”
Ratto, 77, She was a parishioner at Holy held Wednesday, July 14 at Directors: Joseph L. Davis, Richard W. Davis
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bury Intermediate School as the Ratto, McShane and Dow
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Mayflower Carpet
of factors led to the delay, in- have to be resolved before poll of the board revealed that
cluding the death of the origi- construction can begin. How- the members weren’t likely to
nal developer as well as a slow ever, Brewster’s attorney, Bob vote for the extension either
economy. Galvin, said those items could way.
From there it gets a bit be taken care of relatively “It really offends me that
complicated, as a neighbor quickly and shouldn’t prevent this has dragged on,” said ZBA
filed an appeal that essential- the board from granting an ex- Vice Chairwoman Judi Bar-
ly “stopped the clock” on the tension. rett. “This is the kind of stuff
permit. “All of those are pre condi- that gives 40B a bad name.”
That suit was dropped in tions to a building permit,” he The board voted 5-0 to
January of this year. One of said. “None of them are major deny the extension.
the filers, Pat Thompson of obstacles that cannot be han- Also on Thursday, the
Humphries Lane, was pres- dled in the ordinary course.” board met in executive session
ent at Thursday’s hearing. She Murphy, as well as several with representatives from Is-
said the issue was that there neighbors present for the hear- land Creek North, a proposed
was less of a buffer between ing, pointed out that the last expansion of the existing 40B
Mayflower Carpet
the project and her property time an extension was granted, project at Island Creek, off
than the developers had pro- the ZBA said it would be the Tremont Street. The discus-
vided for her neighbors. last one. sion happened in executive
“We filed the lawsuit at that “This is the third or fourth session, with Town Counsel
point because nobody would request,” said John Lamont of Robert Troy present, because “the areaʼs premier flooring experts
listen to us,” she said, add- Bay Farm Road, although he there is ongoing litigation (an & exclusive dealer”
ing that the suit was dropped conceded that the first exten- appeal of the issued permit
because she and her husband sions were reasonable because to Mass Housing.) The board
didn’t want to spend any more of the death of the original de- will meet again about Island • Hardwood • Carpet
money, not that she thought veloper. “That was six years Creek North on Wednesday, • Tile • Ceramic
the issue had been adequately ago, we’re now here with a • Laminate Products
resolved. stale request.” Now hiring for
“We’re saving our money Galvin took exception to
to put up a fence,” she said. the idea that no progress had fall drivers
Once the suit was over and been made on the development must be 18
the clock began ticking again, through all the extensions. 0% FINANCING FOR 12 MONTHS ON ALL GOODS AND SERVICES
the developer had until this “We have not sat quietly or older Mayflower Carpet is now a Shiretown Glass Affiliate
spring to ask for an extension by for the last X number of
before the permit ran out again years doing nothing,” he said. Shiretown Home Restorations
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Russian pianist to perform at 781-934-6568 186 Standish Ave. Plymouth
508-746-1955
Art Complex Museum on Aug. 1
Russian-born pianist,
Igor Lovchinsky, will per-
form in concert at The Art
Complex Museum in Dux-
bury on Sunday, Aug. 1, at
4 p.m. Acclaimed for his
mesmerizing and fiery per-
formances and poignant mu-
sic-making, Lovchinsky has
performed at the Kennedy
Center, Carnegie Hall’s Weill
Recital Auditorium, the Na-
tional Philharmonic Hall in
Warsaw and the American
Embassy in Beijing.
The program is free and
supported by the Carl A.
Weyerhaeuser Family Chari-
table Trusts, and by gifts
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Beth Berrigan and Bella Boucher work on a pyramid during the sixth
grade trip to Duxbury Beach.
FARM STAND
man of the Water and Sewer • Learned that the Duxbury Beach Reservation has provided three
new low-maintenance aluminum lifeguard stations at the beach,
Advisory Board, said that in
one for the town leased resident area and two for the public bath-
June, the town pumped 3.5
million gallons and peaked at
house area. NATIVE & FRESH!
4.6 million gallons. July’s av- town’s new Birch Street water be posted on the town’s Web
erage so far is 3.8 million gal- tower and the long-awaited site.
lons. Damon wells coming online.
“That’s a lot of water for With the new tower, there is .ATIVE #ORN IS IN
one month,” he said, adding less of a pressure problem be-
that the peak usage was over cause there is more supply for BIKEWAY .ATIVE s ,ETTUCE
the July 4th weekend. the low zones, he said.
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