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🌱 What big changes Duxbury’s Selectboard is eyeing for water, budgets, and access

Duxbury, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Duxbury! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What big changes Duxbury’s Selectboard is eyeing for water, budgets, and access
  • How close did Duxbury militia come to a Revolutionary War battle?

Also on today's calendar: Potters Place Spring Pottery Sale & Fundraiser and 7 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Laura B.!

Today's riddle: What gets wetter & wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Rain becoming intermittent, with a high of 55 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 58, low: 42.
  • Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 57 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Selectboard discusses its goals for the year (duxburyclipper.com) — Duxbury’s Selectboard is setting priorities that directly affect you, from fixing the hard-to-use town website and improving communication to tackling PFAS in drinking water and planning major capital projects. Board members also discussed implementing the Envision Duxbury comprehensive plan, boosting employee morale, addressing beach access and Powder Point Bridge, and possibly moving Town Meeting to May.
   

• How close did 'Almost Battle of Marshfield' become reality in 1775? (wickedlocal.com) — Duxbury’s militia and the Alden House play a quiet but pivotal role in this retelling of the tense 1775 standoff that nearly brought open battle to nearby Marshfield. The piece traces how local Patriots from Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth mobilized against Redcoats camped at a Loyalist estate, and how the confrontation ultimately ended without bloodshed but reshaped South Shore loyalties.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Marshfield

  • South Shore top performers, April 29: Holte leads Marshfield baseball (patriotledger.com)
  • Marshfield Annual Town Meeting Continues (959watd.com)
  • Bruins Legend Headlines TIC Fundraiser (959watd.com)

Pembroke

  • Pembroke Select Board Political Forum (959watd.com)
  • Abington softball ace hits 600 Ks to lead South Shore top performers (patriotledger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Beth H. for sending it in!)
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