The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from April 2008:
Tony Allen: He needs to find comfort zone
Apr 01, 2008; ... WALTHAM - The Bulls will do it tonight in Chicago. The IndianaPacers will do it Wednesday at the Garden. Each of the playoffwannabes that the Boston Celtics play for the next two weeks willput out maximum effort against the class of the NBA. There's toomuch at stake all ...
WBZ-TV is laying off about 30 workers
Apr 01, 2008 ... BUSINESS IN BRIEF Reebok, Marvel comics in kids' sneakers deal CANTON - Reebok has inked a deal with comic book masters MarvelEntertainment Inc. to launch a collection of children's sneakersfeaturing Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, two of Marvel's best-known superheroes ....
Galvin criticizes regulation changes ; Secretary of state says proposed reforms don't address problems
Apr 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - Secretary of State William Galvin lashed out at the Bushadministration's proposed financial regulation overhaul, saying someof the measures would simply consolidate power at the federal levelat the expense of individual states' regulators. Galvin said in an interview on ...
Fire tears through Milton mansion
Apr 01, 2008 ... MILTON - Fire ripped through a rundown mansion at 685 Brush HillRoad in Milton this morning. The fire at the single-family home was first reported at about5:30 a.m. Fire Chief Malcolm Larson said the blaze was caused by acigarette. He added that the house, which had a "For ...
DISTRICT COURT
Apr 01, 2008 ... Quincy Hai L. Jiang, 50, of 1025 Hancock St., Quincy, pleaded innocentto offering sexual conduct for a fee. She was told to return tocourt May 1. The offense allegedly occurred March 17 in Quincy. Autumn Keenly, 20, of 50 Arborway Drive, Braintree, pleadedinnocent to making ...
Sox not entirely without issues
Apr 01, 2008; ... PRO BASEBALL How lucky are the Boston Red Sox? They're the only team inbaseball to play in two foreign countries before they see their ownhome. They've got two de facto season openers before they return toFenway Park. They've had some down time after the start of theseason and ...
Goodwill requests Quincy donations
Apr 01, 2008 ... QUINCY - Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries is asking Quincyresidents to go though their closets, basements and attics anddonate used clothing and household items they no longer need. "The need is immediate and real," said Joanne K. Hilferty,president and CEO of ...
Waste collection
Apr 01, 2008 ... HOLBROOK - The Holbrook Junior-Senior High School AthleticBoosters will hold a household waste collection from 8 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday in the school's parking lot. The standard per-item fee will be $10. The fee for a smaller itemwill be $5; for a console TV, ...
LUXURY LIVING ; 338 apartments at upscale complex move toward completion
Apr 01, 2008; ... BUILDING IN BRAINTREE BRAINTREE Motorists traveling Route 3 can easily spot a sprawling 338-unitluxury apartment complex taking shape just off Liberty Street. The Hanover Co., based in Houston, is the developer of theupscale Lenox Farms, which is being built on 51 acres ...
TEACHER OF THE WEEK ; Katie Kunevich
Apr 01, 2008 ... Parker Elementary School/Grade 1/Quincy NOTABLE Kunevich got her bachelor's degree from Eastern Nazarene Collegein 2004. She did her student teaching at Bernazzani ElementarySchool and got a job right out of college teaching first grade atParker Elementary, where she remains ...
Daughter's dilemma: Dad's 95, determined to be independent
Apr 01, 2008; ... A GOOD AGE - HIS OWN WAY 'Oh, I don't know. I kind of like my independence." That's myfather speaking, in typical understatement. Because I've occasionally written about him over the years, oftenin this column, readers often ask how he is. I've described his lifeand his ...
Quincy Republicans choose ward and citywide officers
Apr 01, 2008 ... QUINCY - Quincy's Republican City Committee recently elected bothward and citywide officers. As a result, local Republicans have anorganized citywide structure for the first time in years. Jennifer McCauley Logue was elected chairwoman of the citycommittee at an organizational ...
Candidate wants security cameras at parks ; Rival: Idea good, but costs too much
Apr 01, 2008; ... MILTON - YOUR TOWN, YOUR VOTE A candidate for the Milton parks commission said the board is notdoing enough to curb late-night partying in the town's parks. Brendan Doyle, who is running for a seat on the commission, saidthe town should install video cameras at town parks, ...
LOCAL IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... Braintree man faces drunken driving charge after crash BRAINTREE - A Braintree man has been charged with drunken drivingfollowing a three-car chain-reaction crash at the intersection ofMiddle and Union streets. Police said Herbert R. Wilkinson, 19, was driving a car ...
ED MARELLA ; HIS LIFE'S CALLING
Apr 01, 2008; ... QUINCY After nearly 40 years as a Wollaston institution, the Razor'sEdge barber shop at 24 Brook St. now sits idle. But that doesn't mean Ed Marella, the shop's owner, is done withthe hair business. Rather than trimming the locks of passersby, the47-year-old Abington resident ...
Katharine Craig: 'We will miss her enormously' ; Quincy woman directed musical revue
Apr 01, 2008; ... QUINCY - It was such a spirited spring tradition at 1000 SouthernArtery. In late May or early June, Katharine "Renee" Craig and her troupeof about 35 young-at-heart seniors would kick up their heels andpresent a musical revue. The 500-seat auditorium was filled to capacity ...
Milton's Canty earns player award
Apr 01, 2008 ... LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP University of Massachusetts-Boston men's lacrosse player JohnCanty of Milton was named Little East Conference Rookie of the Weekfor the week of March 24-30. Canty collected 12 points in three games with five goals andseven assists. He also added six ...
Faxon Field back in the race ; Koch administration pushing new location for Quincy track
Apr 01, 2008; ... QUINCY - A track at Pageant Field seemed like a done deal. The park and recreation board said yes to the site, the citycouncil approved the funds, and even descendants of Quincy's Adamsfamily gave the nod to having runners and starting guns on landtheir family once owned. But ...
In Mass., there's no hiding from foreclosure ; Multi-family homes among hardest hit
Apr 01, 2008; ... REAL ESTATE CRISIS BOSTON - Foreclosure continues to cast its shadow onMassachusetts' flagging real estate market, with multi-family homesbeing especially hard-hit. In February, lenders filed 2,835 petitions to foreclose, a 27percent increase over February 2007. The figures ...
Where to vote in Randolph, Holbrook
Apr 01, 2008 ... The polls will be open until 8 tonight for the annual townelections in Randolph and Holbrook. In Randolph, residents will vote on three Proposition 21/2overrides totaling $6.1 million. They also will choose the winnersof races for seats on the board of selectmen, the school ...
Good vibes for BC everywhere Eagles go
Apr 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - Karma-wise, this couldn't have hurt. As the Boston College men's hockey team was trying to punch itsticket to the Frozen Four Sunday at the DCU Center in Worcester, theRed Sox's 2004 and 2007 World Series trophies were on display in thebuilding's convention ...
Correction
Apr 01, 2008 ... HANOVER - Bus transportation costs for Hanover public schoolsrose from $637,273 to ...
Dawe School PTO to hold annual fair in Stoughton
Apr 01, 2008 ... STOUGHTON - Dawe Elementary School PTO will hold its annual fairfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school, 131 Pine St. The event will feature baked goods, a cake walk, car-seat safetychecks and ...
Seven say pediatrician sexually abused them ; One is S. Shore man; doctor denies he molested children
Apr 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - Seven Boston-area men, including one from the SouthShore, are accusing a nationally known pediatrician and formerChildren's Hospital physician of sexually abusing them at thehospital decades ago, when they were young boys. Dr. Melvin Levine is now a pediatrics professor at ...
ORGANIST MOVING ON UP ; Town native to attend grad school in Rochester, N.Y.
Apr 01, 2008 ... WEYMOUTH He's played around the world. He had performed in Cambridge,Washington, New York and Vatican City before he'd graduated fromhigh school. But, after four years at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music inOhio, Weymouth native Brandon Santini, 20, is coming back East to ...
Lawmaker's efforts to alter housing law fail ; Two amendments proposed by Weymouth senator are rejected
Apr 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - Sen. Robert Hedlund has tried to tweak it, bend it andoutright abolish it. His latest attempt to change the state'saffordable housing law met an almost predictable fate - defeat. For a law whose name alone incenses some suburbanites and whichhas, some argue, created too ...
'Live where you work' zoning change eyed ; Planning board wants residences in industrial center
Apr 01, 2008; ... Randolph The chance to live close enough to your job to be able to walk towork is the idea behind a proposed zoning change. The planning board held a public hearing Monday night on aproposal that would allow residential development in the Great PondCommerce Center, the former ...
Town awakens again to gunfire ; Randolph police investigating another shooting
Apr 01, 2008 ... RANDOLPH - Police were looking for a man in connection with ashooting in the York industrial park in Randolph at about 7 a.m.today. Police Chief Paul Porter said an employee shot another employeeat 39 York Ave. That address is home to Alloy Fabricators of NewEngland Inc. A man ...
Woman rescued, then charged ; After being pulled from burning car, she's accused of OUI
Apr 01, 2008; ... Stoughton A driver who was dragged out of her burning car moments beforethe gas tank ignited faces charges that she was drunk when the caroverturned. Kathleen Manley, 48, of Stoughton was charged with drunkendriving and a marked-lane violation following the accident, ...
Spotted following a girl, sex offender is told to leave area
Apr 01, 2008; ... HINGHAM - A Level 2 sex offender driving near Hingham High Schoolwas told by police to leave the area after a witness reported thatthe man was following a 12-year-old girl riding her bicycle. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a resident called police to say that a whiteFord Crown Victoria was ...
Second Amendment protects an existing individual entitlement
Apr 01, 2008 ... Regarding the Scripps Howard column of March 24, 2008: "Is gunownership really an individual right?" Ben Boychuck got it right in the column. The Second Amendmentprotects an individual right. Mind you, it does not give one a right. It protects a pre-existing, inherent right ...
PAIN, THEN JOY ; Behar overcomes disappointments to enjoy 'View' at the top
Apr 01, 2008; ... Comedy preview 'Sometimes it's good to get fired," states Joy Behar. She shouldknow. Because it was her getting fired from a receptionist job onABC's morning talk show, "Good Morning America" that propelled herto pursue the career she really always had wanted, that of a stand-up ...
Common sense prevails in Scituate
Apr 01, 2008 ... OUR OPINION When scare tactics are often used to push communities intoadopting potentially illegal and costly bylaws, it is reassuring tosee the voters of Scituate apply common sense and a respect forconstitutional rights in rejecting the Orwellian proposal to, ineffect, ban ...
DISTRICT COURT
Apr 01, 2008 ... PLYMOUTH David A. Grimm and Clifton R. Holbrook, both 48 and living at 37McBride St., Boston, pleaded innocent to charges of receiving stolenproperty over $250 and larceny over $250. They were released ontheir promises to return to court April 30. Pembroke police charged the ...
Adult children look after elderly parents
Apr 01, 2008 ... Role reversal A new PBS program airing Wednesday night offers both comfort andhelp to the many adults looking after their elderly parents. It's an emotional topic - full of complicated feelings, valiantstruggles and stubborn pride - presented in a gentle, uplifting ...
Your Views
Apr 01, 2008 ... What do you think about restricting where sex offenders can live? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony ...
February foreclosure filings
Apr 01, 2008 ... Source: The Warren Group __ __ Petitions to foreclose __ __ 2007__ 2008__ Increase __ ...
Restrict abuse of rights, not the rights themselves
Apr 01, 2008 ... I am writing in regard to the March 24 column by Ben Boychuk andJoel Mathis of Scripps Howard News Service titled, "Is gun ownershipreally an individual right?" "No right to yell FIRE in a crowded theater." - Joel Mathis. OK, so what do you yell if the theater is on ...
Pop quiz answer
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mark McGwire is the only player to hit at least 30 home runs ineach of his first four seasons. McGwire set ...
Lottery re-signs Red Sox: This year, it's a $20 ticket ; Scratchers can win $10 million, Sox road-trip packages
Apr 01, 2008; ... GAMBLING BOSTON - The state Lottery is tying its fortunes to the Red Soxagain, hoping a little of the World Series champs' popularity willrub - or scratch - off. For the third year in a row, the Lottery is pairing up with theSox for a baseball-themed scratch ...
Bruins could use a little help
Apr 01, 2008; ... PRO HOCKEY Monday was probably their last day off this regular season. It'sstill too soon to tell if the Boston Bruins' next day off will bethe first one of the offseason, or if they'll be busy preparing fora first-round playoff series. The Bruins will have a better idea of ...
Chamber in survey
Apr 01, 2008 ... PLYMOUTH - The Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce is offeringbusiness owners and residents a chance to weigh in on proposedcharter amendments on the May 10 annual election through a surveyposted on the chamber Web site. To take the survey, visit ...
SUPPORT
Apr 01, 2008 ... WORTH YOUR TIME - Good ways to spend those precious few hours Marriage success Braintree psychologist Richard Rein knows that successfulmarriages don't just happen. They take work. Learn some relationship-enhancing tools at a free "Marriage Matters" seminar from 7 to 8p.m ....
YOUR TOWN, YOUR VOTE ; Plymouth town meeting
Apr 01, 2008 ... 8 a.m. Saturday THE BOTTOM LINE $161.7 million spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July1 5.5% increase from this year's spending $75.4 million of the budget would be earmarked for the schools, a4.7 percent increase from this year's ...
Incumbents won't be on ballot ; Selectmen say the law gives them no choice but to leave them off
Apr 01, 2008; ... PEMBROKE - YOUR TOWN, YOUR VOTE Pembroke officials running for re-election this spring will haveto wage a write-in campaign or seek a court order to get their nameson the ballot. Selectmen voted Monday to keep the names of the eight incumbentsoff the April 26 town election ...
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS ; Mount Kilimanjaro is the latest summit a Holbrook woman has conquered
Apr 01, 2008; ... At the end of an eight-day climb, Roxanne Lashley felt on top ofthe world - and she was at nearly 20,000 feet high. "Beautiful, oh, beautiful," said Lashley of Holbrook, about herview from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. "It waseverything I hoped for and more." A ...
YOUR TOWN, YOUR VOTE ; Abington town meeting
Apr 01, 2008 ... 7 p.m. Monday THE BOTTOM LINE $45.3 million spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July1 7.9% increase from this year's spending $1 million is the amount that needs to be cut from the budgetunless voters agree to raise taxes and spend ...
Paula Harris
Apr 01, 2008 ... HER story - Personal perspectives on life right now Duxbury Age: 41 Occupation: Co-founder, WH Cornerstone Investments PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT Being a volunteer on the project to save the 140-acre O'Neil Farmin Duxbury. It was such a wonderful feeling ...
Two complete 12-week program at firefighting Academy
Apr 01, 2008 ... LOCAL IN BRIEF Two complete 12-week program at firefighting Academy MARSHFIELD - Firefighter-Paramedic Matthew Cohen and Firefighter-EMT Todd LaPorte have completed the 12-week recruit-training programat the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow. Cohen and LaPorte ...
Honorable mention
Apr 01, 2008 ... 2008 ALL-SCHOLASTIC - WRESTLING JOE PRONK Marshfield Settled in at the No. 6 slot in the masswrestling.com staterankings, with all eight of his losses (against 41 wins) to higher-ranked grapplers. He did defeat New Bedford's Kenny Francis, the No.3 competitor, once ...
Baseball tournament in Brockton April 12
Apr 01, 2008 ... CATCHING UP WITH LOCAL SPORTS The second annual Michael Kurtzer New England High SchoolBaseball Classic will be held on April 12 at Campanelli Stadium inBrockton and will be sponsored by the Sharon High School baseballteam. The tournament is named in honor of the 1986 Sharon ...
Budget would require overriding Proposition 2 1/2
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABINGTON - Abington town meeting voters will act on a $45.3million spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Theproposed budget would require a $650,000 override of the property-tax limits of Proposition 21/2. Voters also will be asked to approve spending $2.8 million ...
Saluting: Wrestling, gymnastics
Apr 01, 2008; ... The 2008 All-Scholastic wrestling team was never going to live upto the '07 team that had three New England champions. But it was a mild surprise that this year's honorees includedonly 10 competitors who placed among the top six in the weight classat the All-State championships and ...
Honorable mention
Apr 01, 2008 ... 2008 ALL-SCHOLASTIC - GYMNASTICS HEATHER AINSLIE Hanover/Rockland Qualified for the state individual championships in the all-around with an average of 35.6 between her top four scores ... Herfavorite event was the vault, where the Tsukahara was her favoritemove. Her ...
Retiring rec director receives plaudits
Apr 01, 2008; ... Cohasset "Time's a funny thing," Recreation Director John M. Worley toldtown meeting voters. "In many ways, it just seems it's gone so fast," he said of hiscareer with the Cohasset Recreation Department, which began in 1976. Worley, with his wife, Mary, standing with ...
Randolph police investigate suspected drive-by ; Shots fired into apartment where three people slept
Apr 01, 2008 ... RANDOLPH - The West Street apartment hit by gunfire as a man, awoman and a 6-year-old boy slept inside was empty today as policeinvestigate who fired at least three bullets into it. Shots were fired into a first-floor apartment at 21 West St. at3:50 a.m. Monday. No one was ...
WINDOW DRESSING
Apr 01, 2008; ... bAll dolled up: An Amish artisan in Pennsylvania made thisprimitive rag doll for an "English" (non-Amish) girl, not for anAmish girl. We know this because an Amish girl would play with afaceless doll wearing a bonnet, a solid-colored dress and nojewelry. This doll has button eyes, a ...
Election features races for two boards ; Selectman, planning board seats contested
Apr 01, 2008; ... Plymouth Voters will decide the outcomes of races for seats on the boardof selectmen and the planning board in the annual town election May10. Also awaiting them are three ballot questions. Vying for two three-year terms on the board of selectmen are JohnT. Mahoney ...
Target plaza on Route 53 is approved
Apr 01, 2008; ... Hanover A new shopping plaza, first envisioned when residents rezonedRoute 53 in 2004, won the unanimous approval of the planning boardMonday night. Construction of the Washington Street Shopping Center, which willbe anchored by a 130,000-square-foot Target store, is expected ...
Cop sought restraining order ; Hingham lieutenant obtained the order against his 16-year-old son
Apr 01, 2008; ... HINGHAM - The restraining order in the case that led to a Hinghampolice lieutenant being placed on paid administrative leave wastaken out by the lieutenant against his son. The circumstances of the issuance of the restraining order - whosought it and against whom it was issued - ...
POP QUIZ
Apr 01, 2008 ... Who is the only major leaguer to hit at least 30 home runs ...
YOUR TOWN, YOUR VOTE ; Kingston town meeting
Apr 01, 2008 ... 9 a.m. Saturday THE BOTTOM LINE $34.6 million budget 2.4% increase from this year 43 items on the warrant (and five more on the special townmeeting warrant) $160,000 maximum that would be spent in fiscal 2009 ongymnastics, karate and bumper bowling ...
FLUB
Apr 01, 2008 ... FAB OR FLUB - Stuff we love and hate We're not loving this Not only is she wearing pants under a dress, but actress JenniferLove Hewitt looks like a human bumblebee. Here, she's rocking theblack-and-yellow ensemble at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards. FAB Depp ...
Science center to offer a glimpse of French, Italian hillsides
Apr 01, 2008 ... NORWELL - Travel through the stunning hillsides and cities ofItaly and France without leaving the South Shore. The South Shore Natural Science Center will offer a programtitled "Travel Times Three" from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 10. The program features Norwell photographer ...
7 local pupils in state geography final
Apr 01, 2008; ... Scituate The city of Arequipa is a major commercial and tourist centerknown for its Alpaca wool. But can you name the South Americancountry in which it's located? Too challenging? What about the only state in the United States with aMediterranean climate? Or the major ...