The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from May 2007:
37 DUNKIN' DONUTS SHOPS TO OPEN IN S.C.
May 01, 2007 ... BUSINESS IN BRIEF 37 DUNKIN' DONUTS SHOPS TO OPEN IN S.C. CANTON - Dunkin' Donuts signed a deal with a new franchise groupthat will nearly triple its store count in South Carolina. Kainos Partners LLC of Cheektowaga, N.Y., plans to open 37 shopsin the Greenville, S.C., ...
Through it all, her dance goes on
May 01, 2007 ... A GOOD AGE The letter held just a few pithy clues. "It is surprising thatyou've never written about Rachel Seminatore of Milton, one of themost amazing seniors I've ever met," Patricia McDermott of Randolphwrote. "Rachel is 89, but she neither appears nor acts her age. She ...
WOMAN RETURNS HOME AND INTRUDER FLEES
May 01, 2007 ... LOCAL IN BRIEF QUINCY - Police said an intruder bolted from an apartment offQuarry Street when the owner returned home yesterday morning. The tenant, a woman who lives at 2 Cityview Lane, told police shesaw a man in his mid-20s crouching behind a rocking chair when sheentered ...
Boy, 12, painted Braintree school with graffiti, cops say
May 01, 2007 ... BRAINTREE - A 12-year-old boy will be charged with scrawlinggraffiti on walls and windows at the Meetinghouse Montessori School,police said. The phrase "remember the truth" and some profanity were written inspray paint and marker on two doors, several windows and a portion ...
TEACHER OF THE WEEK Patricia Louis - Woodsdale School / Grade 4 /Abington
May 01, 2007 ... NOTABLE Growing up in Abington and attending schools there, Louis alwaysknew she wanted to be a teacher. She has been teaching in Abingtonsince 1973 and at the Woodsdale School since 1985. In addition tobeing a fourth-grade teacher, she is lead teacher at the school,assuming the ...
Two Braintree elementary schools get new principals
May 01, 2007 ... BRAINTREE - Nancy L. Pelletier, an assistant principal at aPlymouth elementary school, has been named principal of HighlandsElementary School. And Donna M. Bonarrigo, a teacher in Westwood, is the new RossElementary School principal. Superintendent Peter Kurzberg announced ...
Sullivan enters race to become town's first mayor Former state rep. assembles campaign team
May 01, 2007; ... Ending more than a year of speculation, former staterepresentative and state Lottery director Joseph C. Sullivan hasannounced he will run this fall to become Braintree's first mayor. Sullivan yesterday confirmed that he will run, sending out a pressrelease that announced the ...
Braintree land auction nets $528K 8 seized lots sold in hefty payday
May 01, 2007; ... BRAINTREE - The town is $528,000 richer following the sale ofland. Auctioneers had no problem selling land this time, unlike inJanuary, when town officials had to reject several bids for being toolow. Five of the eight lots sold Saturday by auctioneer Tom Weitbrechtwent for ...
Massport has high hopes for Delta Free from bankruptcy protection, airline considers adding flights out of Logan
May 01, 2007; ... BOSTON - Massport officials say they're hopeful that Delta AirLines' departure from bankruptcy will lead to Delta expanding itsflights between Boston and the West Coast and bringing backtransatlantic service from Boston. "We really look forward to Delta rebounding and getting back ...
DOING IT RIGHT ROLLING OUT RED CARPET
May 01, 2007; ... BOSTON When it comes to image, plumbers often get the short end of thestick, says John Wood, president and chief executive officer of HubPlumbing and Mechanical. "When you think about a plumber, you think about the pants hangingoff or the guy in overalls that looks like he's ...
Canton town meeting
May 01, 2007 ... Here are some of the issues voters decided: Purchase of new equipment Voters approved borrowing more than $21 million to buy newequipment including, four new police cars, pickup trucks for therecreation and highway department, an elevator for the high school;$11 million for ...
Pit bull owners put on a short leash Residents vote to limit ownership to one per family
May 01, 2007; ... CANTON - Marylou DiCalogero is much happier now that her Cantonneighborhood is no longer being terrorized by four pit bulls. She is also happy that more than 250 residents at town meetinglast night voted overwhelmingly in favor of placing strict rules onownership of the dogs in the ...
ARTS AND FLOWERS Annual show raises money for scholarships
May 01, 2007 ... CULTURE BY THE SEA HULL Everything looks better next to a bouquet of flowers - even art.The 10th annual Fine Arts and Flower Show, put on by the Hull ArtistsStudio and Hull Garden Club, displayed work by local artistsalongside floral arrangementsdesigned to complement the ...
Editor's note
May 01, 2007 ... The Athlete of the Week feature will appear later this week. Also, The Patriot Ledger will publish high school standings ...
Roy Cavicchi, retired Quincy police captain
May 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - Roy T. Cavicchi, 85, of Rockland, a retired Quincypolice captain, died Monday at Kindred Hospital Northeast inBraintree after a long illness. Mr. Cavicchi joined the department on June 3, 1954, and waspromoted to sergeant in 1961, to lieutenant in 1965 and to captain ...
Harvey A. Herbert Jr.
May 01, 2007 ... Harvey A. Herbert Jr. PLYMOUTH - Harvey A. Herbert Jr., 68, of Plymouth, a retired rampagent for US Air, died Sunday at Jordan Hospital after a longillness. Mr. Herbert worked at Logan Airport for 35 years. He began workingfor US Air in 1959 when it was known as Mohawk ...
NOT A COUNSELOR, JUST A FRIEND Mentors so valuable to at-risk boys, but they are in short supply
May 01, 2007 ... KIDDING AROUND The playful banter bounces back and forth between 16-year-oldBrandon and his 51-year-old mentor, Liam Walsh. On the top floor ofthe Norwood group home for adolescents where Brandon lives, the twojoke as they set up an XBox to play a fishing video game. True to ...
Selectmen to oversee youth dept. Board votes 3-2 for recreation dept. plan
May 01, 2007; ... The youth and recreation departments would not merge, and Randolphselectmen would oversee the remaining youth department employee undera plan approved last night. Under the proposal, there would be no money in the budget for theyouth center on Lafayette Street. Youth ...
Become a positive role model
May 01, 2007 ... You can learn about mentoring children served by the New EnglandHome for Little Wanderers at an orientation from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdayat The Baird Center in Plymouth. The session will explain the role of a mentor and how to becomeone. Mentors are asked to make a one-year commitment ...
Robert C. Dobson
May 01, 2007 ... Robert C. Dobson BROCKTON - Robert C. Dobson, 74, of Brockton, formerly ofPembroke, a retired mason tender, died April 22 at Embassy House inBrockton. Mr. Dobson worked for his late father's masonry business inMarshfield. Born in Cohasset, he was ...
Quincy man wins $1M
May 01, 2007 ... Cahit Zorteymur of Quincy is the second player to claim a $1million prize in the Lottery's newest $5 instant game Pinball Wizard. Zorteymur collected the first of 20 ...
BOOKS TO AID STUDENTS IN ZAMBIA
May 01, 2007; ... QUINCY HELPS QUINCY While a room full of books is something you would expect in aschool, the scene in one Atlantic Middle School classroom is a littledifferent. Books of all shapes and sizes are scattered across the floor onone side of the room. Clusters of ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 2007 ... The Rev. Daniel Harris served as chaplain for the Weymouth policeand fire departments for 10 years. He is now semi-retired and ...
YOUR VIEWS
May 01, 2007 ... What's your reaction to putting rules on pit bulls or other dogs? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony ...
Your Views
May 01, 2007 ... Tell us what you think of the state of your local beach. Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony ...
South Main Street restaurant license transfers are OK'd
May 01, 2007; ... RANDOLPH - A South Main Street restaurant will get a new name, anew owner and an earlier closing time. Selectmen voted last night to transfer the restaurant,entertainment and alcoholic beverages licenses of the Beijing Cafe at183 S. Main St. to C & J Cuisine. Owner Biyun Zheng will ...
Linda S. Markola
May 01, 2007 ... Linda S. Markola BOURNE - Linda S. Markola, 58, of Pocasset, a retired teacher,died Sunday. Miss Markola taught at the Wing School in Sandwich for more than25 years. She is survived by her cousins, ...
Asians picked Patrick, poll shows
May 01, 2007; ... GOVERNOR'S RACE BOSTON - Asian-American voters in Quincy turned out for DevalPatrick in a big way, according to a newly released exit pollconducted on election day in November. Patrick, the Democratic candidate for governor, won the votes of76 percent of Asians who voted in ...
Joseph L. Silva
May 01, 2007 ... Joseph L. Silva WEYMOUTH - Joseph L. Silva, 71, of East Weymouth, retired head ofcomputer data processing for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority,died Monday at Weymouth Healthcare Center. Mr. Silva retired in 1991. He previously worked for HoneywellCorp. and Blue Cross Blue ...
Thomas P. Condon, awarded Bronze Star in World War II
May 01, 2007 ... MANSFIELD - Thomas Peter Condon, 89, of Mansfield, a decoratedWorld War II veteran, died Sunday at home. Mr. Condon served with the 6th Armored Division under Gen. GeorgePatton in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. He was awarded theBronze Star for heroic service. After ...
Lottery rolls out its first $20 ticket Sweepstakes to award $40M in prizes on July 4
May 01, 2007 ... BRAINTREE - The state Lottery began selling tickets for its first$20 game today, and not everyone is happy. The "Star Spangled Sweepstakes" game will operate like atraditional raffle or sweepstakes, with the winning numbers drawn atthe end. "I hate to see this," a spokesman ...
Renee Anne Levesque
May 01, 2007 ... Renee Anne Levesque FRANKLIN, N.H. - Renee Anne Levesque, 38, of Franklin, formerly ofQuincy, a legal secretary, died Saturday at Dartmouth HitchcockHospital in Lebanon, N.H., of complications from an accidentalinjury. Miss Levesque worked at a law firm for 10 years and owned ...
Selectmen last night:
May 01, 2007 ... Voted to transfer the restaurant, entertainment and alcoholicbeverages licenses of the Beijing Cafe at 183 S. Main St. to C & JCuisine. Approved a "toll road" fundraiser by firefighters on June 23. Theevent raises money for the July 3 fireworks. Approved late-night shows at ...
Earl W. Beauregard
May 01, 2007 ... Earl W. Beauregard NORWELL - Earl W. Beauregard, 86, of Norwell, a retired shipyardworker, died Sunday. He was a graduate apprentice shipwright and worked for BethlehemSteel and General Dynamics until he retired as a general foreman in1984. Mr. Beauregard was a Navy ...
Teen runs away from Rotenberg 19-year-old was living at Mansfield home
May 01, 2007 ... Authorities are looking for a New York City woman who ran off fromthe Judge Rotenberg Center two weeks ago. Shante Evelyn, 19, had been living at the center, a school forstudents with severe behavioral problems. Evelyn lived at a residence the school maintains in Mansfield ....
John W. DiNicola
May 01, 2007 ... John W. DiNicola PLYMOUTH - John William DiNicola, 68, of Plymouth, a lawyer,formerly of East Greenwich, R.I., died Sunday at home. Mr. DiNicola was an attorney for the Gilbane Building Co. for 30years. He graduated from Suffolk University, Suffolk University ...
Harbor beaches targeted for upgrades
May 01, 2007; ... BOSTON - Crumbling sea walls and erosion on Nantasket Beach inHull. Sidewalk weeds and trash in the sand at Wollaston Beach in Quincy. Contaminated storm-water runoff at Malibu and Savin Hill Beach inDorchester. Poor maintenance and oversight has allowed the 14 ...
John A. Almquist
May 01, 2007 ... John A. Almquist PLYMOUTH - John A. Almquist, 75, of Plymouth, a retired printer,died Monday at Jordan Hospital. Mr. Almquist worked for the Christian Science Monitor for 30years, retiring in 1992. He also worked for Harvard Publishing inBoston. He was born and raised ...
Francis X. Fleming
May 01, 2007 ... Francis X. Fleming CANTON - Francis X. "Red" Fleming, 87, of Canton, a retiredsalesman and hockey scout, died Sunday at Caritas Norwood Hospital. Mr. Fleming worked for the Manley Co. in Missouri for severalyears and later worked as a scout for the Quebec Nordiques ...
Police chief, union meeting goes nowhere
May 01, 2007; ... For two hours last night, Quincy Police Chief Robert Crowley andpatrol officer Bruce Tait managed to do something they have beenurged to do during months of heated city hall meetings: they sat inthe same room. The meeting was the latest of several that began in December todeal ...
'Touching' funeral service for soldier Family of Plymouth man now heads to Kentucky for memorial
May 01, 2007; ... The family of Army Pfc. Kevin James King left today to attend amemorial service at Fort Campbell, Ky., for the 19-year-old Plymouthsoldier killed two weeks ago during a live-fire training exercise. King, who graduated a year ago from Plymouth South High School,was buried last ...
Good as gold: Teen's jewelry biz earns her more than just money
May 01, 2007; ... What started out as a jewelry-making hobby for Rachael Piltch-Loeb has become a successful business earning $70,000 in the firstthree years. But the 17-year-old Sharon High School junior doesn't have anexpensive car or a fancy prom dress to show for her efforts. Insteadshe has ...
Hanover school gets threat
May 01, 2007 ... HANOVER - Police are investigating a threatening voice-mailmessage left at the Hanover Middle School. The gist of the message was, "I am going to kill you all," SchoolSuperintendent Kristine Nash said. Police were at the school yesterday to make sure the students weresafe, ...
It's Groundhog Day in April again
May 01, 2007 ... COMMENTARY What could the City of Quincy do with an additional $4 million inits budget? For most cities and towns, those numbers would get thempretty close to a happy ending this budget season. During my five years as mayor of Worcester, budget season remindedme of the movie ...
Barbara A. Dobrowolski
May 01, 2007 ... Barbara A. Dobrowolski BRAINTREE - Barbara A. (Trainor) Dobrowolski, 69, of BraintreeHighlands, a former food broker, died Monday at New England SinaiHospital in Stoughton after a 10-month battle with a brain aneurysm. Mrs. Dobrowolski worked for S.F.G. Foods Co. in ...
Clutch: Cohasset's Meehan comes through again
May 01, 2007 ... SCHOOL TENNIS Sally Meehan of the Cohasset High School girls tennis team seemsto always find herself in a tight match when playing South ShoreLeague rival Norwell. For the third time in her five meetings with the Clippers,Meehan's match turned out to be the deciding one in a ...
Students return to school where asbestos found
May 01, 2007; ... WEYMOUTH - Students at Chapman Middle School returned to classestoday after the school was closed for a day when asbestos was foundin a paint sealant chipping from the building's exterior. School Superintendent Joseph Rull said air quality tests wereconducted at 154 locations ...
YOUR VIEWS
May 01, 2007 ... What should be done with Legion Field in Weymouth? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony Drive,Quincy, MA ...
Newborn loses dad in Iraq Former Rockland resident was a Whitman-Hanson graduate and a new father
May 01, 2007; ... Sgt. William J. Callahan will never get to hold his baby boy. The 28-year-old Marine, a former Rockland resident and Whitman-Hanson Regional High School graduate, was killed in combat in Iraq onFriday. Callahan, a 1997 graduate of Whitman-Hanson, joined the Marines in2002 and ...
College coach still Moss' biggest fan
May 01, 2007; ... For almost a decade, no matter what the polls said, MarshallUniversity was No. 1 by a (West Virginia) country mile in BobPruett's heart. Now, two years into a well-earned retirement, the formerThundering Herd head coach has expanded his list of favorite teams. Yesterday he ...
Center of attention: Voters to decide on new facility for seniors
May 01, 2007; ... HANOVER - Voters at town meeting Monday night will be asked toexclude $4.9 million in loan payments from the tax limits ofProposition 21/2. The money would be spent on a new senior center, and whether toapprove the debt-exclusion override is considered the biggestfinancial ...
Good Van, bad Van: Morrison's show had some of each last night
May 01, 2007 ... CONCERT REVIEW If you've never seen Van Morrison live, you may have heard abouthow mercurial he can be: riveting, transcendent and uptempo if themood strikes him; withdrawn, irritable and downright flatlining ifhe's not feeling it. The only guarantee is that voice, still ...
Pats and Moss: What a pairing
May 01, 2007 ... PRO FOOTBALL Marijuana for sale at the concession stands. Black hats on the"flying Elvis" helmet logos. All practices and games optional - play whenever you want to play. No, none of that will be happening at Gillette Stadium. The Randy Moss trade doesn't signal ...
Town council hires auditor Duffy chosen over Walters in split vote
May 01, 2007; ... The town council hired an employee of the Austin, Texas, schooldepartment to be Weymouth's new auditor. Maureen Duffy, who was born and raised in Weymouth, was hiredafter an interview with the council last night. "I would welcome the opportunity to bring my skills back to ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 2007 ... PLYMOUTH - Amanda Hayter, a sophomore, is on the high honor rollat Plymouth North High School for the third ...
Burns' single lifts Rockland to victory
May 01, 2007 ... SCHOOL SOFTBALL Courtney Burns gave the Rockland High School softball team itsfinal edge in a 6-5 victory over Scituate in a game that saw fivelead changes. Burns singled in Abby Kingston and Rachel Bernache in the sixthinning to put Rockland ahead, 6-4. Brittany ...
Robert J. Hertel
May 01, 2007 ... Robert J. Hertel DUXBURY - Robert J. Hertel, 83, of Duxbury, a retired siteselector, died Sunday at home. Mr. Hertel worked in corporate real estate. Born and educated in Whitestone, N.Y., he was a graduate of PaceUniversity in Westchester, N.Y. Mr. Hertel lived ...
Baby talk: Stop spreading the news Jordan Hospital to end birth announcements
May 01, 2007; ... PLYMOUTH - It's a sign of the times: Jordan Hospital will nolonger send birth announcements to local papers. Hospital officials changed the policy because they fearedpotential kidnappers might target the homes of people identified bynewspapers or broadcast outlets as the parents of ...
Joseph P. Lundbohm
May 01, 2007 ... Joseph P. Lundbohm HOLBROOK - Joseph P. Lundbohm, 44, of Holbrook, a financialanalyst, died Sunday at Brockton Hospital. Mr. Lundbohm worked for First Data Corp. in Boston. He was also an artist and musician. He was a former band member ofFuture Passed and Dick N' ...
Reduce, reuse, recycle ... repeat Household of five, one trash barrel a month. You can do it, too
May 01, 2007; ... For Laurie Macintosh, 51, and husband Richard Mickle, 60, ofMilton, recycling takes on the New England spirit of practicality andavoiding waste. And thrift; they've saved many a dollar in garbage-hauling fees. For 12 years, the family of five has put out, at amaximum, one trash barrel a ...
Liz Carr's interests, favorites
May 01, 2007 ... Subject: Biology Book: "Catcher in the Rye" Movie: "The Departed" TV show: "24" Running season: Cross country ("I like the scenery at the ...
WATCH IT OVER AND OVER
May 01, 2007 ... HOT STUFF BEST BETS WATCH IT OVER AND OVER Harry Potter readers the world over are worried about how the new"Order of the Phoenix" movie will cram a mammoth book into a featurefilm that probably won't run much longer than three hours. A new trailer should put ...
GOING THE DISTANCE Randolph's Carr looks ahead after surviving cancer and revolving door of coaches
May 01, 2007; ... Randolph High School senior Liz Carr survived cancer and 16different cross country and track coaches. In her eyes, it's a toss-up as to which one was more challenging. Most assume it was cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 2005,the summer before her junior year. The cancer, ...
Immigration reform event set
May 01, 2007 ... BRIDGEWATER - The Bridgewater State College department of socialwork's annual spring conference, "Comprehensive Immigration Reform: AHuman rights and Social Justice Perspective," will be held from 12:30to 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Moakley Center Auditorium. The keynote speaker for ...
Bruins open tonight with Manchester
May 01, 2007; ... AHL PLAYOFFS Tight, defensive hockey. Low-scoring games. Brilliant goaltending.If all are playoff staples, one wonders what the Providence Bruinsand Manchester Monarchs have in mind for an encore. During an eight-game regular-season series (Manchester's recordwas 5-3-0; ...