The ACLU of Massachusetts says Quincy should cancel plans to frame the entrance of the city's new public-safety building with massive statues of Saint Michael and Saint Florian, because both the state and federal constitutions prohibit governments from favoring one religion over others. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 02/24/2025 - 7:13pm
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By adamg - Sat, 02/08/2025 - 7:55pm
The Quincy Patriot-Ledger introduces us to the ten-foot-tall statues of two Catholic saints that Mayor Tom Koch is paying to have installed at the front of the city's new public-safety building - St. Florian pouring water on a flaming building for the firefighters and St. Michael standing on the head and neck of a guy screaming in agony to represent police. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 4:21pm
The city of Quincy today moved its battle against a new Long Island Bridge into court, asking a judge to overturn the state's approval of Boston's proposed bridge reconstruction, which would let Boston rebuild the addiction-treatment facilities it used to run on the island. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 3:25pm
A federal grand jury today indicted Quincy's former director of elder affairs on charges that he used the city purchasing system to buy stuff for his own personal use over a four-year period. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 01/06/2025 - 8:24pm
Around 7:20 p.m., the MBTA sent out word that Red Line riders could expect delays of up to 15 minutes - even including the dreaded standing by at stations - due to Yet More Problems with signals, this time between Quincy Center and Wollaston.
By adamg - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 12:38pm
By adamg - Fri, 11/08/2024 - 2:31pm
Last month, a man facing charges of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest from a March incident walked out of Quincy District Court a free man after a prosecutor with the Norfolk County District Attorney's office suddenly dropped the charges. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 11/04/2024 - 2:05pm
The Justice Department is out with list of 86 cities across the country where it will be keep a watch for "compliance with federal voting rights laws," including Everett, Malden, Methuen, Quincy and Salem (as well as Fitchburg, Leominster and Lowell). Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 10/01/2024 - 9:24am
On Monday, the Red Line was zip-zip-zippee. This morning, though, the MBTA announced delays of up to 15 minutes on trains out of Braintree because it turns out you can replace all the tracks you want, but the trains are going to go slow again if there are signal problems at JFK/UMass.
By adamg - Mon, 09/30/2024 - 12:50pm
The MBTA reports the latest extended Braintree shutdown and a briefer Ashmont closure let workers lift 37 slow zones across 18 miles of track - getting the Red Line up to such speed it's shaved 10 minutes off the duration of a one-way trip between Braintree and downtown Boston over last month. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 10:36pm
A federal judge today sentenced John Sullivan, 78, to 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to attacking a man of Vietnamese origin he didn't know with both his mouth and his car, screaming at both the man and his family he would kill them all and that they should go back to China before hitting the accelerator and ramming the man twice outside a Quincy post office. Or as prosecutors put it: Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 10:24am
The Dorchester Reporter details the longest of this year's MBTA "surge" repair shutdowns: The 24-day closing of the Red Line's Braintree branch, which starts Friday.
By adamg - Fri, 08/16/2024 - 11:24am
An associate of the Norton/Olney/Barry Gang violated his federal probation for passing a bad check when he shot somebody repeatedly on Burrell Street in Dorchester in 2022, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Read more.
By adamg - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 10:17pm
At 8:16 p.m., the MBTA reported Red Line delays of up to 30 minutes due to a downed tree on the tracks near Quincy Center. At 8:34 p.m., the T reported bustitution between North Quincy and Quincy Center due to the Kilmerian obstruction. At 9:19 p.m., the T reported it had extended the shuttle service all the way to Braintree. As of 10:15 p.m., the T was reporting the Braintree branch was still blocked by that darned tree.
By adamg - Mon, 08/05/2024 - 12:16pm
The New England Free Jacks, who play in Quincy, won the Major League Rugby championship yesterday - for the second year in a row. No, we don't know where the name comes from either - our sole knowledge of the game is "Give Blood - Play Rugby" bumper stickers - but yay, Free Jacks!
By adamg - Fri, 05/31/2024 - 12:20pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Quincy IHOP has flipped its last pancake.
By adamg - Sat, 05/18/2024 - 11:46am
Transit Police report officers responded to North Quincy on the Red Line on a report of a woman using "a metal object" to smash windows on a Red Line car around 8:30 p.m. on Friday. She will be charged with malicious destruction of property, was brought to a local hospital after officers "determined she was in need of psychological services," police say.
By adamg - Mon, 04/08/2024 - 9:19pm
Mary Ellen spotted this osprey in Squantum yesterday.
By adamg - Wed, 01/31/2024 - 3:46pm
The Boston City Council today approved a $13.3-million federal homeland-security grant without the normally required hearing after Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, downtown) warned there was no time left, that surrounding communities that would share the grant need the money now. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 9:48am
The commander of the USS Eisenhower, currently in the Red Sea launching attacks on Houthis, is Capt. Chris "Chowdah" Hill.
Chowdah Hill is from Quincy and went to Tufts. Read more.
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