Duxbury News

State Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, said he will demand a minimum of five televised debates with the Democratic nominee if he prevails in his attempt to win the GOP's nod next week.

Age: 49 Address: Duxbury Political party: Republican Occupation: Lawyer, entrepreneur Education: Brown University, Harvard Law and Harvard Business School Experience: Former airline and cell phone company executive; currently general counsel for Benistar, a national health insurance company.

Embracing the notion that luxury barge guests would sacrifice a few "inclusions" for a better bottom-line rate, French Country Waterways introduced Casual Cruising, "a new style of barging," aboard its 18-passenger Esprit, which plies France's Cote d'Or region between St.

AS SEEN IN: "We Shall Remain" AS PLAYED BY: Duncan Putney Captain Myles Standish , was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth Colony.

Some ships are more than ships. Their names live on: the Santa Maria, the Constitution, the Victory, the Monitor, the Titanic, the Arizona But one of the most historic of all is the Mayflower, the wooden sailing vessel that brought the Pilgrims to Cape Cod in 1620.

An overturned line-painting trick caused headaches for commuters south of Boston Friday.  Part of Route 3 was shut down for several hours after the accident at around 2 a.m. in Duxbury.

The driver of a line-painting truck that fell on its side early this morning may be facing more charges because powerful illegal fireworks were found in the truck, State Police said.

An overturned line-painting trick caused headaches for commuters south of Boston Friday.

Ninth-grader Elijah Brown goes into battle carrying his cardboard tube and shield.

Frank Armstrong, III and Paul Brown, Authors Save Your Retirement Financial Times Press, ISBN 978-0-13-702900-6 Non-Fiction-retirement, self-help, financial planning 207 pages November 2009 Review for Bookpleasures Reviewer-Michelle Kaye Malsbury, BSBM, MM Review Mr.

As a late entry in the race for the Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy, businessman and occasional Republican candidate Jack E. Robinson doesn't seem worried about name recognition.

Skip Bennett is owner of Island Creek Oysters, based in Duxbury. The town's 35 small aquaculture businesses grow oysters offshore and harvest them for market, said Duxbury's conservation administrator, Joe Grady.

That haunting, slightly mournful sound you hear alongshore on foggy days is likely a foghorn attached to a lighthouse like the light at Gurnet Point in Duxbury, Massachusetts, an hour or so north of Cape Cod and overlooking Cape Cod Bay.

Staycations are in, and expensive overseas travel is out in these tough economic times.

At the Duxbury Senior Center's Lifelong Learning Program, a class meets to discuss topics in the New Yorker.

The Sept. 24, 1909 NYT follows up on yesterday's story concerning the sect planning for the end of the world tomorrow : Three hundred men and women of the Free Christian Society, at their camp five miles from here [DUXBURY, Mass], began at 10 o'clock to-day their final preparation for the end of the world, which they are convinced will come ...

A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who sent kind wedding wishes to Gareth and me, either here on the blog or on our Facebook pages or direct to us via e-mail. We tied the knot on Saturday, September 12th at a children's summer camp, Camp Wing in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and we are now MARRIED! I am keeping my name so you needn't start referring to me ...

When Muslims sit down to the Ramadan Celebration Dinner this weekend at the Duxbury senior center, they will be breaking the day-long fast required of them daily during the holy month of Ramadan.

Share + Sep 1, 2009 9:20 am US/Eastern DUXBURY, Vt. 1 of 1 Vermont is one of five states that now allow same-sex couples to marry.

Globe staff photographer John Tlumacki on the story behind this photo:"Sometimes when you wander behind the scenes at the Marshfield Fair, you spot a moment that makes clear why these events are such an attraction, not only to those who attend, but for the kids who put so much devotion into having the best animal at the fair.