The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from November 2006:
Ground Round restaurant in Norwell is closed
Nov 01, 2006; ... ON ROUTE 228 NORWELL - The Ground Round in Norwell, which attempted to stayafloat after the bankruptcy of its parent company two years ago, hasclosed after three decades in business. The Route 228 restaurant was one of 69 franchise locations thatstayed open after ...
Blue Cross to use entire former Aviva HQ in Quincy
Nov 01, 2006; ... QUINCY - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has leased theformer Aviva Life Insurance headquarters at 108 Myrtle St., givingthe Boston-based health insurer control of the entire buildingoverlooking the Neponset River. Blue Cross Blue Shield added 89,000 square feet to its ...
City workers should not pay more for health care
Nov 01, 2006 ... Regarding the editorial, "Our View: Quincy workers' health care":health care has been a problem for years, and the business approachhas been to stick it to the workers. You say we consider it an entitlement, but health care is part ofthe Quincy city workers' pay. Does it matter if ...
Rubber sidewalks a winner in many ways
Nov 01, 2006 ... When I heard that Boston was considering using rubber forsidewalks, my first thought was, "We should do this in Quincy!" Ilive on one of the side streets where the sidewalks are cracked andraised by tree roots. We have lived on this street for over 20 years,and the sidewalk gets worse ...
Insurer to end some Mass. coverage
Nov 01, 2006 ... NEWSLINE - BUSINESS Insurer to end some Mass. coverage WORCESTER - The Hanover Insurance Group said it would reduce itshomeowners' policies in Massachusetts, cutting back business incoastal areas such as Cape Cod. On a conference call with analysts yesterday, Hanover ...
Abortion always wrong
Nov 01, 2006 ... Regarding abortion, once conceived, no matter the method, it mustbe permitted to process until its birth. Historically, we are allprobably the issues of licentious actions taken many generationsbefore us ....
INFORMATION OVERLOAD A PROBLEM It makes reaching people harder, says consultant
Nov 01, 2006; ... South Shore INSIDER - PAUL B. BROWN Anyone thinking about a career in communications might want toread Paul B. Brown's new book. As a co-author of "Your Attention,Please," he is trying to teach people how to get through toaudiences with increasingly short attention ...
Appeal filed in Pilgrim relicensing Reilly, advocacy group fight judges' decision
Nov 01, 2006; ... PLYMOUTH - Attorney General Thomas Reilly and a citizens' groupthat critiques the Pilgrim nuclear power plant have stepped up efforts to press for greater oversight of the plant's nuclear wastestorage. Entergy Corp., the New Orleans-based company that owns Pilgrim, isseeking to ...
Water Club suspension upheld
Nov 01, 2006; ... STATE RULING QUINCY - State regulators have upheld the city license board'sdecision to slap a Marina Bay nightclub with a 10-day licensesuspension for hosting a illegal open bar on New Year's Eve. The case involving the Water Club has spawned one of the strangestand most ...
CELTS READY TO GO WEST Delonte says he's a point guard but he'll do whatever is asked
Nov 01, 2006 ... As soon as last season ended, Delonte West knew what he had to doto prepare for the 2006-07 season. "I've been playing and working on my point guard skills," said theCeltics' third-year veteran. "There are certain things youdefinitely try to work on. My right hand was one of my ...
Split board stays out of wine debate Selectmen vote 3-2 against taking stand on Question 1
Nov 01, 2006; ... YOUR VOTE 2006 Randolph selectmen decided not to get involved in the debate onallowing food stores to sell wine. The issue is Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot. Selectman James Burgess said the board should join othermunicipal officials in opposing the ...
Home opener 5 best home games:
Nov 01, 2006 ... TONIGHT VS. THE HORNETS 7:30 p.m. TV: FSNE THE SCOOP: Look for who gets more minutes and looks mostcomfortable running the point between Sebastian Telfair and rookieRajon Rondo. Any Knick or Laker game will be a hot ticket, as will gamesagainst the ...
Local military kin: Apologize Kerry cancels campaign appearances following servicemen gaffe
Nov 01, 2006; ... The fathers of two South Shore servicemen killed in Iraq aredemanding that Sen. John Kerry apologize for a comment about the warthat ignited a political firestorm. The White House House and Republicans continued to pound Kerrytoday for suggesting to college students on Monday that ...
S. Shore Votech pupils hear Boston native talk about how he escaped world of crime and violence Tell-it-like-it-is author tells students how it was
Nov 01, 2006; ... 'FINDING YOUR VOICE' HANOVER - His past may be more haunting than any horror film. As he recounts his life story, Michael Patrick MacDonald tells ofviolence and crime, drugs, suicide and death. Sharing his latest book, "Easter Rising," with students at SouthShore ...
YOUNG & GREEN Celtics have tons of talent but may be overmatched
Nov 01, 2006 ... The Boston Red Sox announced that they'd be going with a closer-by-committee system a few years ago. How'd that work out for them?Now, Celtics Director of Operations Danny Ainge said his team likelywill be going with a center-by-committee system. That's probably not going it work ...
Probe focuses on candidate for Congress
Nov 01, 2006; ... The state Auditor's Office plans to investigate whether Housecandidate Jeffrey Beatty failed to deliver promised securityservices for thousands of dollars in no-bid contracts with the BigDig and the MBTA. After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal and state agencies hiredBeatty, a ...
Bar caught in sting avoids suspension
Nov 01, 2006 ... QUINCY - Krabby Joe's bar won't face any punishment for gettingcaught in an alcohol sting if there are no problems at the bar duringthe next year. The city's license board voted unanimously yesterday to give theMarina Bay bar a three-day license suspension after someone ...
Panel OKs $3M in capital improvements
Nov 01, 2006 ... QUINCY - The city council is poised to approve a $3 millionpackage of repairs and upgrades to city buildings proposed by MayorWilliam Phelan. The plan, approved by the council's finance subcommittee, includescash to repair the roof at Atherton Hough Elementary School, replacea ...
Party had high cost
Nov 01, 2006 ... The charge: Police allege that bar manager, Will O'Connell, sold $100 ticketsto an open bar New Year's party. City's ...
HIGH ENERGY Spirited musical to be presented in Braintree by a sprightly cast
Nov 01, 2006; ... 'THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE' BRAINTREE Since September, Kevin McGerigle, 17, and Mike Ryan, 16, have been working feverishly to learn the subtleties of the Chineselanguage. As part of the Braintree High School Theatre Guild's comingperformance of "Thoroughly Modern ...
SEX MAG SENDS BRAINTREE MOLESTER TO JAIL
Nov 01, 2006; ... QUINCY - A sex magazine will cost a convicted child molester 15months of freedom. Charles Callahan, 41, of Braintree, was handcuffed in QuincyDistrict Court yesterday and sent back to the county jail tocomplete his 21/2-year-sentence. Probation officers went to Callahan's ...
Ainge playing hand he dealt himself
Nov 01, 2006; ... He knew long ago that Allen Iverson wouldn't be walking throughthat door, so there was only one way for Danny Ainge to approach the2006-07 season: optimistically. "I feel good about the team, very good," said the Celtics'director of operations. "There's not a guy out there that I ...
Charles Lincoln indictment
Nov 01, 2006 ... OUR OPINION Charlie Lincoln's ride on the gravy train keeps getting bumpier,thanks to federal officials who don't think dipping into the publictill for personal gain is a laughing matter. Lincoln, the retired Brockton police officer who worked twopublic jobs and often ...
CPR classes in Weymouth on Nov. 14, 15
Nov 01, 2006 ... WEYMOUTH - Fallon Ambulance and the Weymouth Health Department aresponsoring CPR classes starting Nov. 14. The classes are free and will be held in the McCollough Building/Whipple Senior Center, 82 Green St. Classes are from 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15. Registration is ...
2 dredging projects to go on at same time Engineers to clear Fore River, energy firm to work at Neck
Nov 01, 2006; ... Two extensive dredging projects will take place at the same timethis month off Weymouth. The Army Corps of Engineers will conduct maintenance dredging ofthe Fore River at the same time the energy company ConocoPhillipscontinues its environmental cleanup of Weymouth Neck when it ...
Maggots in school cafeteria Garbage blamed for infestation in Plymouth elementary
Nov 01, 2006; ... PLYMOUTH - Maggots shut down Plymouth South Elementary School'scafeteria, but students were to be allowed back in today after afinal inspection showed the problem had been cleaned up. The maggot infestation, discovered after Columbus Day, forcedstudents to eat lunch in the gym ...
Weymouth woman wins screen-writing competition
Nov 01, 2006 ... A Weymouth-based stand-up comedian won first prize in the RhodeIsland Film Festival screen-writing competition. Jenn Dlugos' script, "A Muse Named Stephen King," is about astruggling writer who returns from a horror movie ...
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2006 ... Conservatory fest The Boston Conservatory is holding a festival to celebrate the off-off-Broadway movement of the 1960s from Nov. 9 to 12 at theConservatory's Zack Box Theater. The festival will include performances of several plays such as"Sex is for Two People," by Lanford ...
Higashi Schoiol band to play
Nov 01, 2006 ... The Boston Higashi School Jazz Band will perform at the opening ofan exhibit at Tufts University exploring art as a form ofcommunication for people with autism. The exhibit, "Opening the Doors: Art and Autism," is a project ofthe Boston Higashi School and runs through Dec. 17 at ...
Randolph selectmen:
Nov 01, 2006 ... Decided against getting involved in the debate on allowing foodstores to sell wine. The issue is Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot. Authorized Fire Chief Foley to seek bids on a system that willremove exhaust fumes from the town's two fire stations. ExecutiveSecretary Michael ...
Last licks: Gov. candidates enter final TV debate
Nov 01, 2006; ... YOUR VOTE 2006 BOSTON - Kerry Healey will play nice, Deval Patrick will stayabove the fray and Christy Mihos and Grace Ross will try to shakethings up one last time. Tonight the four candidates for governor will face each other inthe final televised debate of the ...
Fair, silent auction to be held Nov. 18
Nov 01, 2006 ... Fair, silent auction to be held Nov. 18 WEYMOUTH - The East Weymouth Congregational Church's annualHoliday Fair and Silent Auction is set for Saturday, Nov. 18. The fair will feature handcrafted Christmas decorations, gifts,homemade baked goods and raffles. It will run ...
Stoughton man facing identity theft charges Officials: ID used to get passport, papers
Nov 01, 2006 ... A Stoughton man faces charges that he stole someone's identity toobtain a passport and other citizenship papers. Marcos Vinicius Boucas Carvalho, 24, of 72 E. Vanston Road, wasarrested by federal agents on Oct. 19 as part of an investigationinto documents that allow immigrants to ...
Alice M. Mahoney
Nov 01, 2006 ... Alice M. Mahoney FALMOUTH - Alice M. (Leonard) Mahoney, 83, of North Falmouth, alongtime Braintree resident. died Tuesday at the Royal MegansettNursing Home, Falmouth, after a long illness. After graduating from Hyde Park High School, she worked in thepayroll department at ...
Savastano named best in NE-10
Nov 01, 2006; ... COLLEGE NOTEBOOK Joceyln Savastano capped a fabulous career at Saint Anselm bybeing named the women's soccer Player of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference. The Plymouth native finished the regular season atthe top of the NE-10 in goals (21), goals-per game (1.17), ...
Joseph P. Glancy
Nov 01, 2006 ... Joseph P. Glancy HULL - Joseph P. Glancy of Hull, formerly of Roslindale, diedTuesday. Husband of the late Dorothy T. (Larkin) Glancy, he is survived byfive daughters, Jeanne-Marie Cartwright and Joan Griffin, both ofAvon, Donna Palladino of Norwood, Janet Rosa of Dedham, ...
FOOD BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2006 ... Recipe contest Compete to win scholarships of $10,000, $7,500 and $5,000 to theNew England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt. Applicants to theschool can enter the Taste of New England contest by submittingrecipes showcasing New England ingredients. Recipes and ...
Henry C. Bidorini
Nov 01, 2006 ... Henry C. Bidorini HALIFAX - Henry C. Bidorini, 94, of Halifax, a retired waiter,died Monday at the Life Care Center, Plymouth, after a longillness. Mr. Bidorini worked for many years at the Dinty Moore Restaurantand later at Jimmy's Harborside Restaurant in Boston. He ...
John T. Barnes Sr.
Nov 01, 2006 ... John T. Barnes Sr. COHASSET - John T. Barnes Sr., 77, of Cohasset, co-owner ofWilliam T. Barnes and Sons, died Monday at South Shore Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Barnes was also a heavy equipment operator for the CohassetDepartment of Public Works until his retirement ....
Kathleen M. Croal
Nov 01, 2006 ... Kathleen M. Croal ALBANY, N.Y. - Kathleen M. (McAllister) Croal, 56, of Albany,formerly of Quincy, died Friday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Quincy, she graduated from Quincy High School. She lived in Albany for many years. She is survived by two daughters, ...
Kevin W. Ryder
Nov 01, 2006 ... Kevin W. Ryder RAYNHAM - A funeral service for Kevin W. Ryder will be held at 10a.m. Thursday at Farley Funeral Home, 358 Park St., Stoughton. Mr. Ryder, 57, of Raynham, a Teamster and former Stoughtonresident, died Saturday at the University of Massachusetts ...
Miriam F. Kunkel, 95
Nov 01, 2006 ... Miriam F. Kunkel, 95 YARMOUTH - Miriam F. (Felt) Kunkel, 95, of Yarmouth, formerly ofMilton, a member of several Milton civic groups, died Monday at theMayflower Place Nursing Center, Yarmouth. Born in Goodland, Kan., she lived in Milton from 1946 to 1972before moving to ...
Kevin M. Mullen
Nov 01, 2006 ... Kevin M. Mullen SANFORD, Maine - Kevin Michael Mullen, 48, of Sanford, amaintenance worker, died Sunday at home of cancer. He was born in Cambridge and educated in Cambridge and Quincy. Heobtained his GED in 1999 from the Sanford Adult Education Program. He moved to ...
Milton girls upset Wellesley, move on
Nov 01, 2006 ... SCHOOL ROUNDUP The Milton High School field hockey team's three goals in an eight-minute stretch of the first half proved to be the difference as theWildcats triumphed, 3-2, over host and No. 15 seed Wellesley inyesterday's Division 1 South Sectional preliminary matchup. No ....
Weymouth taking aim at postseason
Nov 01, 2006; ... Prospects are looking up when one talks about the Weymouth HighSchool football program. After hitting rock bottom only two years ago following a winlesscampaign in 2004, the Wildcats have rebounded, grabbing a share ofthe top spot in the Carey Division of the Bay State Conference ...
Family ties on the court Cousins on opposing teams look forward to the competition
Nov 01, 2006; ... Cousins Laura Walsh and Kathleen Colpoys root for each other onthe volleyball court whenever they can. Problem is, they play on opposite sides of a rivalry. Walsh, asenior setter for Archbishop Williams, and her sister Meg introducedColpoys to volleyball while she was in middle ...
Legislature should put down marriage amendment
Nov 01, 2006 ... Massachusetts enjoys the lowest divorce rate in the entirecountry. In showing that we know how to walk the walk on familyvalues, we in the commonwealth were also the first to realize thatdiscomfort and dislike is no justification for depriving neighboringfamilies, many with children, of ...
May I. Shannon
Nov 01, 2006 ... May I. Shannon QUINCY - May Irene (McGovern) Shannon, 75, of Quincy, a hospitalsupervisor, died Monday at Northeast Kindred Hospital, Braintree. Mrs. Shannon worked for 27 years as a supervisor and manager atQuincy Hospital, where she started a union local and was ...
Fire dept. answers the call on time Meets goal of having eight paramedics; ninth is on the way
Nov 01, 2006; ... With two months to spare, Duxbury Fire Chief Kevin Nord will meethis goal of having eight firefighter-paramedics on staff by January. The addition of the eighth paramedic, which will allow Duxbury tofully implement advanced life-support service, is expected to beannounced next ...
Education foundation rejuvenated in wake of override's rejection
Nov 01, 2006; ... The Cohasset Education Foundation is getting a new lease on life. The nonprofit foundation, which had gone through a period of lowactivity in recent years, was approached after the May rejection of atax increase that would have given the public schools more money. Christopher ...
Rae Schubert
Nov 01, 2006 ... Rae Schubert HALIFAX - Rae (Reinstein) Schubert, 81, of Halifax, a psychic andtarot card reader, died Sunday at Brockton Hospital. Mrs. Schubert worked for 40 years as "Madam Rae." She also workedfor 25 years as an assistant and dancing teacher at her mother'sdance studio, ...
Mathew J. Stemmle
Nov 01, 2006 ... Mathew J. Stemmle FALMOUTH - Mathew J. Stemmle, 44, of Falmouth, a self-employedcarpenter, died Saturday at home. Born and raised in Boston, he graduated from Boston English HighSchool. He is survived by his mother, Norma C. (Nahme) Shamaly ofWeymouth; a brother, ...
4 down, 2 to go
Nov 01, 2006 ... The four candidates meet in their last televised debate tonight at 7 at the New England Conservatory in Boston. All the major Bostonstations and radio stations WBZ and WBUR ...
Robert J. Powers
Nov 01, 2006 ... Robert J. Powers WHITMAN - Robert J. Powers, 80, of Whitman, a retired postman,died Oct. 6 at New England Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Powers worked for 34 years for the Whitman Post Office. He served in the Navy. Born in Worcester, he grew up in ...
Fire department to get grant
Nov 01, 2006 ... Fire department to get grant DUXBURY - The fire department will receive a $750 fireprevention grant from the Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Corp. The money will be used to buy fire prevention materials ...
Lecture Saturday on Asian art
Nov 01, 2006 ... Lecture Saturday on Asian art HINGHAM - DeWayne Whitehead of the Peabody Essex Museum will givea lecture titled "Taste of China and Japan" at 1 p.m. Saturday at theHingham Library. Whitehead, chairman of the museum's outreach program, will speakabout the museum's collection ...
PRO FOOTBALL Colts-Pats games all about QBs
Nov 01, 2006 ... Can Peyton Manning make it two in a row in Foxboro, his formerhouse of horrors? What kind of reception awaits Adam Vinatieri now that he's got ahorseshoe on his helmet? Will the newly sodded field at Gillette Stadium impact the Colts'speed? Will Bill Polian, ...
Mary J. O'Donnell
Nov 01, 2006 ... Mary J. O'Donnell PLYMOUTH - Mary J. (Lordan) O'Donnell of Plymouth died Monday. She is formerly of Cambridge and Peabody. Wife of the late John P. O'Donnell, she is survived by a son, JohnP. O'Donnell of Norwell; two daughters, Mary J. Walsh of Millis andKathleen ...
Delahunt deserves credit for his reserve service
Nov 01, 2006 ... Regarding Congressman Delahunt's military veteran status, I servedin the Army Reserve in the 1950s and '60s. The government created acategory of active service for reservists called Active Duty forTraining (ACDUTRA) which was designed to prevent the reservists fromlater becoming ...
Nothing found in search for body
Nov 01, 2006 ... Nothing found in search for body PLYMOUTH - Investigators searched woods in Myles Standish StateForest yesterday after a man said there may have been a bodythere. The search did ...
Restaurant owner: Location not cursed
Nov 01, 2006 ... KINGSTON - A new restaurant is coming to a well-known spot onSummer Street. Selectmen last night granted a common victualer license to RobertGeist, who, along with business partner Jay Johnson, plans to open arestaurant called Cravings at 150 Summer St. Before granting the ...
TASTE & TELL Matt Murphy's an Irish pub with old-world charm
Nov 01, 2006 ... I'm obviously not Irish, so why spend so much time prowling placesfor the perfect Irish pub? Because I fondly recall the small,intimate pubs of Ireland, where talk was vibrant, the atmosphereauthentic and the food more than just something to accompany a drink. True, you didn't go ...
Pembroke gets $54M from state
Nov 01, 2006 ... Pembroke gets $54M from state PEMBROKE - Pay to the order of Pembroke, $54,216,630. It's not every day that a check like that passes through townhall. On Monday, state Treasurer Tim Cahill presented a check for thatamount to town officials. The money, which was ...
COPS: WE HAVE SUSPECTS IN SCHOOL THREATS Police find nothing unusual in sweep of Scituate High
Nov 01, 2006; ... SCITUATE - Police say they have suspects in two threats atScituate High School. Both threats - one found on a counter in a second-floor girl'srestroom on Oct. 18 and another on the front of a locker on Monday -mentioned Halloween as the date on which the threats would ...
Voter sign-up deadline Friday
Nov 01, 2006 ... Voter sign-up deadline Friday SCITUATE - Friday is the last day to register to ...