The Duxbury Free Library is the recipient of an Expand Mass Stories Grant. Mass Humanities announced that the library received a grant of $2,390 for South Shore LGBTQ Oral History Archive, which is described as “an inter-generational oral history project that aims to highlight the stories of LGBTQ elders on the South Shore of Massachusetts.” […]
Crews in Duxbury were called to the scene of a fire Thursday night. Fire Chief Rob Reardon tells WATD News that a battery is being cited as the potential cause of that fire. The home sustained extensive damage. Reardon says this one of a series of incidents they had to deal with […]
Providing direct help to those on the front lines in Ukraine, by raising money and providing medical equipment is what a dedicated group of volunteers in Duxbury is working on. Steve Farrell, co-chair of “Duxbury for Ukraine” tells Christine James, they are working to support the group “Ukraine Forward,” which has shipped more than $400,000 […]
Crews were called to the scene of a house fire in Pembroke. Fire officials tell WATD News they were dispatched to 15 Harvard St. at around 12:19 p.m. Sunday. The fire was knocked down in roughly 15 minutes but crews remained on scene for roughly an hour and a half. Duxbury, Rockland, and Kingston provided […]
Duxbury Town Manager Rene Read gives WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of the Special and Annual Town Meetings. The Duxbury Special & Annual Town Meetings will begin at 9 a.m. with check-in at 8 a.m. at Duxbury High School at 71 Alden St.
Fire crews were called to the scene of a Duxbury school for a possible gas leak. Fire officials say that shortly before 8 a.m. Monday they were called to the Alden School where firefighters were able to locate “an isolated issue in the gym.” They say that the children were safely relocated to the auditorium […]
It’s hard to believe we’re a month into the winter season, but despite postponements galore, most teams are thru the first third of their schedule. Even with sparse schedules, the first four weeks of the season have given us a great picture of who the contenders are, and which stars of the South Shore will […]
Seven South Shore teams will descend upon Gillette Stadium for Super Bowl games next week It’s official! After the South Shore shined this weekend, seven area schools are set to return to Gillette Stadium for Super Bowl games during the first week of December. Three separate games will be contested between league opponents; the first […]
Duxbury Town Manger Rene Read provides WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of Special Town Meeting take place at 7 p.m. Monday at the Duxbury Schools Performing Arts Center at 73 Alden St. Photo Credit: Google Maps
Duxbury High School held a ceremony Wednesday paying tribute to two Medal of Honor winners. Lt. Col. William Swenson led his unit through an ambush while he was a U.S. Army Captain in Afghanistan in 2009. Audio courtesy of Dragon TV. Retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg, was injured while protecting his unit from a […]