The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from November 2002:
Bernadette Adler
Nov 01, 2002; ... QUINCY - A funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday for Bernadette"Bubba" (White) Adler, 92, of Quincy, a retired longtime employee ofthe Industrial Relations Board at Charlestown Navy Yard. Mrs. Adler died Sunday at Quincy Medical Center. She worked for many years as an ...
GIRLS SOCCER NOTEBOOK; Notre Dame no stranger to tourney
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger This year's South Sectional girls soccer tournament is as jampacked with local girls soccer teams as cars in a morning commute. Asusual, familiar faces (or team names) return. Defending Division 1champion Notre Dame Academy of Hingham returns to the tournament ...
Renters' market; Tenants appear to have the upper hand on owners
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger After doling out "move-in specials" to new customers in recentmonths, some of the region's largest apartment owners are showeringspecial offers on tenants. Consider Equity Residential, the nation'slargest apartment complex owner. Equity last week began ...
OUR OPINION; This stinks
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Massachusetts election is four days away, the state is acouple billion dollars in the red, a report surfaced this week thatMassachusetts will recover more slowly than elsewhere from thisrecession, and Shannon O'Brien is whining that Mitt Romney slightedher because she's a ...
Caller bilks Hingham woman
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger An elderly Hingham woman was swindled out of $700 by a man on thetelephone posing as a relative in trouble.Police said theincident was the fourth in the last two months. A Weymouth man paid $5,000 to a con artist who tricked him intothinking he was ...
Democrats to stage rally in Marshfield
Nov 01, 2002; ... MARSHFIELD - The Marshfield Democratic Town Committee will hold arally in support of all Democratic candidates at noon tomorrow on thetown green. All candidates have been invited. Live music will ...
City gets more time to fulfill subpoena
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger QUINCY - Federal investigators looking into possible corruption inQuincy have given the city more time to respond to a wide-rangingsubpoena delivered two weeks ago. The department of public works alone has already put together 130boxes of material for the ...
District court; Quincy
Nov 01, 2002; ... Robert A. Baxter, 23, of Roxbury, was sentenced to one year ofprobation after being convicted of marijuana possession. Randolphpolice charged him with possession of marijuana with intent todistribute May 11. He admitted to sufficient facts to warrant aguilty finding on the reduced ...
Change cheers up merchants; Thanksgiving parade to avoid Main Street
Nov 01, 2002; ... By TAMARA RACE The Patriot Ledger PLYMOUTH - The Thanksgiving Parade is back, but don't wait for iton Main Street. Parade director Olavo DeMacedo has changed the routefrom Main Street to Water Street to appease downtown merchants whohave complained over the years about the ...
Arson suspected in Plymouth fire
Nov 01, 2002; ... PLYMOUTH - A fire believed to have been set ruined dozens of balesof hay stored at the Plymouth Industrial Park last night. Fire Department Capt. Jack Furtado suspected Halloween nightmischief-making was to blame. The fire was reported by a phone callshortly before 7:30 ...
NEIGHBORHOODS; Houghs Neck in Quincy not easy to leave; Many have longtime ties to the seaside neighborhood
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger Kathy Gomez sat on a wooden deck that hangs over the seawall onManet Avenue in Quincy. A cluster of boats bobbed gently behind herin Quincy Bay, and rays of brilliant sunlight danced across thewater. During the summer, Gomez and her best friend, Manet ...
Mary G. Gilman
Nov 01, 2002; ... ROCKLAND - Mary G. (Silva) Gilman, 68, an employee of CVS Stores,died Wednesday at her daughter's home. Mrs. Gilman worked at CVS for 21 years. She previously worked atBrockton Edison Co. She was a volunteer with the parent teacher council in Rocklandschools and was a Girl ...
Geraldine D. Chisholm
Nov 01, 2002; ... FALMOUTH - Geraldine D. (Quinn) Chisholm, of Falmouth, ahomemaker, died Wednesday at Falmouth Hospital following a longillness. Born in Boston, she lived in Canton for 35 years before moving toFalmouth 16 years ago. Wife of the late Sydney R. Chisholm, she is survived by ...
Office Depot joins ranks of Stop & Shop partners
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger QUINCY - Stop & Shop is again expanding its one-stop shoppingconcept, this time bringing Office Depot into its supermarkets tosell office supplies. The move increases the competition betweenOffice Depot and Staples Inc., of Framingham, whose sales are secondto ...
BOYS SOCCER NOTEBOOK; Foreign flavors spice Presidents
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger When the Division 1 South Sectional tournament brackets wereannounced Wednesday for boys soccer, No. 7 Quincy High School waslisted as the host of a first-round game against Bridgewater-Raynham. With a late change in the seedings, No. 10 Boston CollegeHigh ...
CAMPAIGN 2002; Cruz, White battling to the wire; Plymouth County DA candidates disagree repeatedly
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger The Plymouth County district attorney race is ending the way itbegan, with the candidates trading jabs and differing sharply onalmost every significant issue. Both men, current District Attorney Timothy Cruz and opponentTimothy White, are spending the final ...
Departments readying for worst; Will prepare 2 budgets, one with 5.25% in cuts
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger The parks and playgrounds may not look as good, and there willprobably be fewer teachers next year as Braintree officials brace foracross-the-board budget cuts. The selectmen and the finance committee have asked departmentheads to prepare two budgets - one ...
Contaminated soil at school site being tested
Nov 01, 2002; ... MILTON - School officials are still waiting for the results ofsoil testing that should determine what substance is contaminating anarea where the new Pierce Middle School is to be built. School building project manager Joel Wolk of Gilbane Building Co.said GZA Environmental of ...
District Court; Plymouth
Nov 01, 2002; ... David R. Thayer II, 32, of 475 Main St., West Dennis, pleadedinnocent to a charge of cocaine possession. He was released on hispromise to return to court Nov. 22. Kingston police charged Thayer onOct. 17. - - -Charges of assault with intent to intimidate, civilrights violations, two ...
2 charged in Weymouth break-in
Nov 01, 2002; ... WEYMOUTH - Two men were arrested yesterday after allegedlybreaking into a house on Norfolk Street, police said. John F. Little of 16 Partridge Lane, Middleton, N.H., 31, andRobert A. Grenier of 138 West 9th St., South Boston, 34, entered thehouse through a back window at about 2:15 ...
Sylvia Ross
Nov 01, 2002; ... BOCA RATON, Fla. - Sylvia (Franklin) Ross, of Boca Raton, formerlyof Hull, died Thursday. Wife of the late Ernest Ross, she issurvived by a son, Richard Ross of Rochester, Minn.; two daughters,Ronda Berman of Hull and Arlene Lacharite of Boulder, Colo; abrother, George Franklin of ...
SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS; United effort lifts Lakers; Team approach does it
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger KINGSTON - While on the sideline, the entire Silver Lake RegionalHigh School field hockey team stood. Not once during the game did asingle player sit, except for at halftime, of course. The way thisteam is on the sideline is the way it plays on the field ....
David C. Rayner
Nov 01, 2002; ... PITTSTON, Maine - David C. Rayner, 55, of Pittston, a fisherymanager, died Tuesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Mr. Rayner worked for the state of Maine Inland Fisheries andWildlife Department for 31 years, including 29 years at the Gov. HillFish Hatchery in ...
NEWSLINE - BUSINESS; Medical research grant goes to Ivrea
Nov 01, 2002; ... QUINCY - U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said yesterday thatIvrea Inc. of Quincy will receive a $107,000 grant from the Centerfor Complementary and Alternative Medicine. It is part of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services. Ivrea, at 196 Samoset Ave., will use the ...
OUR OPINION; No on Question 3
Nov 01, 2002; ... Question 3 is another battle in what has become a war between thevoters and the legislative leadership over public financing ofcampaigns. Voters approved a campaign finance law in 1998, but theLegislature considers the law a threat to its cozy ways, whichdiscourage challengers ...
PRO FOOTBALL; Pats fans will delight in this
Nov 01, 2002; ... Del N. Jones When 1 o'clock arrives Sunday afternoon, you will be parked onyour comfy couch, your trusty recliner, your favorite bar stool oryour expensive stadium seat. You will have both eyes focused in onespecific direction, panning for green, red, white, blue, silver ...
School enrichment program begins in January
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger QUINCY - School administrators are hoping to lure kids into theclassroom on their day off this winter to study subjects such as thehistory of sports and how to build robots with Legos. The city is launching Winter Institute, a six-week enrichmentprogram on ...
Food fest to benefit Woodward School
Nov 01, 2002; ... Patriot Ledger staff Twenty-three local restaurants will serve up a variety of dishesSunday as part of a fund-raiser for the Woodward School for Girls inQuincy. The Taste of Quincy Plus is from 3 to 7 p.m. at Presidents Placein Quincy Center. Attendees can taste ...
Turning old building into nice place to visit
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger Officials are looking to turn the little stone building behind thetennis courts in North Scituate Village into a visitor center for thetown. Selectmen recently approved the formation of a nonprofit group,Scituate Visitor Center Inc., that will coordinate ...
OUR OPINION; No on Question 1
Nov 01, 2002; ... Question 1 on the state ballot Tuesday is a feel-good notion thataims to tap into voter frustration over paying taxes. It is a prescription for disaster. The ballot issue would endpersonal income taxes after July 1, 2003 and thus suck $9 billion outof the state budget. The ...
Quincy District Court break-in reported
Nov 01, 2002; ... QUINCY - Police were investigating a break-in discovered thismorning at Quincy District Court. An employee called police shortlyafter 7 a.m. after finding that someone had forced open a ...
Manuel J. Lanata
Nov 01, 2002; ... PEMBROKE - A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturdayfor Manuel J. Lanata, 83, of Pembroke, a retired housingrehabilitation specialist, who died Tuesday at South Shore Hospitalin Weymouth. Mr. Lanata worked in the Office of Housing Rehabilitation inQuincy. He was a ...
Mary F. LeBlanc
Nov 01, 2002; ... WALTHAM - Mary F. (Melanson) LeBlanc, 93, of Waltham, a homemaker,died Thursday at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. Born in New Brunswick, Canada, Mrs. LeBlanc lived in Waltham forthe past 80 years. Wife of the late Ernest J. LeBlanc, she is survived by twodaughters, ...
PRO HOCKEY; Not so Ducky; Bruins have something to prove after defeat
Nov 01, 2002; ... Mike Loftus What? Spoiled already? That has to be it. That must be why somany seats were unused last night at FleetCenter. The 6,000 or morewho could have paid their way into the building didn't because ...well, because they were saving their resources for a game later ...
Candidates add to record spending campaign; O'Brien
Nov 01, 2002; ... Patriot Ledger staff and news services BOSTON - With the election just days away, the candidates forgovernor are still frantically raising money for a campaign that isalready setting new spending records. On Wednesday, two prominent U.S. senators came to the Bay State tohelp ...
... in the military; People; ... in education
Nov 01, 2002; ... Jacquelyn Briggs has been elected to serve as a non-voting studenttrustee of the University of Massachusetts. Briggs is a 1998 graduateof Hingham High School. Sacred Heart AP Scholar Awards were given to,Keith Barry of Duxbury, Adam Borey, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Pia Viera,and Matthew ...
Absentee ballots a hot ticket; Town clerk sees high voter interest
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger HINGHAM - Town clerk Eileen McCracken said more voters appear tobe requesting absentee ballots for this election than the last stategubernatorial election in 1998. McCracken said 3 percent of the town's 14,082 registered votershad asked for the absentee ...
John J. Rydings
Nov 01, 2002; ... WEYMOUTH - John J. Rydings, 83, of Weymouth, formerly of Quincyand Dorchester, a retired ironworker at General Dynamics Corp. inQuincy died Tuesday at South Shore Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Rydings was a Army veteran of World War II and served in theEuropean, African and ...
Boy, 16, charged with starting fire
Nov 01, 2002; ... QUINCY - Police arrested a 16-year-old boy and charged him withstarting a fire Wednesday in which two people were injured. The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, wasarrested yesterday and charged with burning a dwelling, police said. He was to be arraigned in ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 2002; ... A list of contributors to Norfolk register of probate candidateRichard Schmidt in yesterday's Patriot Ledger omitted donations ...
Margaret T. O'Leary
Nov 01, 2002; ... WEYMOUTH - Margaret T. O'Leary, 95, of Weymouth, a retiredcomptroller, died Wednesday at John Quincy Adams Continuing CareCenter, Quincy. Miss O'Leary worked as a comptroller for A&P Supermarkets at thehome office in Boston. She worked there for 40 years. She was an avid ...
Angelo J. Persia
Nov 01, 2002; ... NORWOOD - Angelo J. Persia, 50, of Norwood, a laborer for amanufacturing company, died Wednesday at New England BaptistHospital, Norwood. Mr. Persia was born in Lynn and lived there many years. He mostrecently made his home in Norwood. He attended schools in Lynn. He ...
SCHOOL ROUNDUP; Duxbury breathes new life in its game
Nov 01, 2002; ... Despite a slow start in its first-round game of the Division 1South Sectional tournament, the Duxbury High School field hockey teamturned it around to defeat visiting Attleboro, 2-0, to advance to thequarterfinals. Senior inner Erin Hanafin scored of a feed fromsenior mid Meaghan ...
Oasis show canceled
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Oasis concert originally scheduled at the FleetBoston Pavilionon Aug. 10 will not ...
Fired domestic abuse victim to get day in court
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger PLYMOUTH - A former employee of newspaper publisher Memorial PressGroup can proceed with a wrongful termination lawsuit against thecompany, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Reporter Sophia Apessos claims that she was fired in July 2000because she missed ...
Ship's future looks positively Golden; Ex-senator plans to put retired, converted Coast Guard vessel to charter use
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger Bill Golden's dream has come true. For the first time in manyyears, the Nantucket lightship he purchased at auction and saved fromthe scrap heap two years ago has gone to sea under her own power. "I can't tell you what a thrill and privilege it is being at the ...
NEWSLINE - SOUTH SHORE; Hazardous waste collection day set
Nov 01, 2002; ... RANDOLPH - The board of health's annual household hazardous wastecollection is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Randolph HighSchool parking lot, 70 Memorial Parkway. Some household wastescould pose a health hazard. They include paint thinner, weed killers,aerosol cans, automotive ...
Weymouth church hires minister to reach the people
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger The bookshelves in her new office at the Congregational Church inEast Weymouth are still empty. Not that the Rev. Heidi King, whomoved into the office on Wednesday, isn't a reader. She has amaster's degree in English literature. A practicing ...
Phelan set to pick new police chief; Expected to announce selection on Monday
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger QUINCY - Mayor William Phelan will announce Monday which of threecandidates will become the city's new police chief, according toAssistant City Solicitor Thomas Largey. Phelan had said last week he expected to make his selection byyesterday, the deadline ...
Treasurer candidate targets state investing
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger If Green Party candidate James O'Keefe is elected state treasurer,he wants to start turning part of the state's investments towardlocal programs and renewable energy. "There are buildings that are boarded up that could be turned intohousing,'' O'Keefe said ...
Robert A. DiMinico
Nov 01, 2002; ... MILTON - A funeral Mass for Robert Anthony DiMinico, 43, of LosAngeles, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Agatha'sChurch, 432 Adams St., Milton. Burial will be in St. Michael'sCemetery in Boston. Mr. DiMinico died last Friday in Los Angeles. He was a stockbroker ...
Edward J. Kinlin
Nov 01, 2002; ... ROCKLAND - Edward J. Kinlin, 71, of Rockland, a retired ironworker, died Thursday at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. He worked with Local 7 of the International Association of Bridge,Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron workers for 38 years. Heretired in 1993. Mr ....
Pats need to lift offense or suffer consequences
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger FOXBORO - Much has been made this week of Buffalo's newquarterback, its suddenly high-powered offense and the propensity toengage in the overtime game. But if the Patriots don't quicklyimprove their own offense, you could play quarterback for the Billsand it ...
Incentives are coming back
Nov 01, 2002; ... Patriot Ledger staff Incentives are back in vogue among commercial landlords, too. After disappearing for most of the past decade, incentives such asfree rent are now included in a majority of transactions, real estateservices company Colliers International said ...
MUSIC SCENE; Don't expect Children to jump into jam-band genre
Nov 01, 2002; ... Jay Miller You wouldn't expect to see many rock bands with a cello, mandolinand accordion as part of their usual lineup. But then again, you wouldn't expect many rock bands to trace theirbeginnings to playing on street corners in Charleston, S.C., or to bepopulated ...
Weymouth seniors invited to brunch
Nov 01, 2002; ... WEYMOUTH - Town Councilor at large Michael Molisse will hold abrunch for Weymouth senior citizens tomorrow at the Elks Lodge onWashington ...
Writer asks: Have you had enough?
Nov 01, 2002; ... Election Day is almost upon us. I, myself, can't wait until it'sover. I usually enjoy reading the newspaper. The local newspapers doa great job of giving candidates space to profess their superiority.What amazes me is that some candidates use this golden opportunityonly to tell us ...
Milton lawyer's punishment lifted by court
Nov 01, 2002; ... BOSTON - The state Appeals Court says a Milton lawyer does notdeserve to be penalized for his tactics in a long, tortuous andmostly fruitless legal dispute with a contractor. In a ruling yesterday, the court reversed a lower court decisionordering Michael Hartigan to pay a penalty ...
Search for missing man goes on; Police out in force attempting to find Alzheimer's victim
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger ABINGTON - Phillip Curtis, a 76-year-old father and grandfatherwho suffers from Alzheimer's disease, remained missing this morning,police said. The search for Curtis entered its second full day today, and hasinvolved dogs, a helicopter and dozens of police ...
Robert Hendry Johnston, retired funeral director
Nov 01, 2002; ... WHITMAN - Robert Hendry Johnston, 81, of Whitman, a retiredfuneral director, died Sunday in California. Mr. Johnston entered the funeral business in 1952 when hepurchased the former Eastman Funeral Service in Boston. The businessexpanded to eventually include five Johnston Funeral ...
Goalie Thomas takes demotion in good humor
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger BOSTON - Man, these guys are tough. Lose a game for the first timein almost three weeks, and within an hour they've whacked a goalie. Not just any goalie, either. The guy taping sticks together andslinging huge equipment bags over his shoulders shortly after ...
Rosemary Walsh
Nov 01, 2002; ... FORT MYERS, Fla - Rosemary (Spengler) Walsh, 76, of Fort Myers,formerly of Whitman, a homemaker, died Thursday at South ShoreHospital in Weymouth. Mrs. Walsh was a member of the Whitman Garden Club and Craft Clubof Six Lakes Community in Fort Myers. Born in East St. Louis, ...
Reebok shoots for the playpen set; New NBA line for young and old
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger CANTON - College basketball announcer Dick Vitale calls freshmanstandouts "diaper dandies," but Reebok International hopes the phrasedescribes some of its newest customers. The Canton shoe manufacturer yesterday unveiled its new NBA lineof basketball shoes, ...
Reforming Beacon Hill is issue that separates Hedlund, LeClair
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger MARSHFIELD - Democratic challenger Ted LeClair and incumbent stateSen. Robert Hedlund, a Republican, agree on a lot of issues, but noton how each can change the power structure on Beacon Hill. LeClair believes he can change it from the inside as a ...
South Shore Hospital awaiting word from state; Wants OK for neonatal intensive-care unit
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Patriot Ledger South Shore Hospital expects a decision this month on itsapplication to become the first community hospital in the state withan intensive-care unit for newborns. The request has been put on the state Public Health Council'sagenda for Nov. 19, Assistant ...