The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from January 2009:
Comcast making sports changes ; Hazel Mae will be back, reporting for MLB Network
Jan 01, 2009; ... New England sports fans will notice a few changes this month asComcast Corp. drops its CN8 network here, expands its programming onComcast Sports- Net and adds the MLB Network to its lineup. The launch today of the Major League Baseball network returnsformer New England Sports ...
2008 ; CELTICS: A HUGE CHANGE OF CULTURE
Jan 01, 2009; ... A look back at the people, players and moments that were part ofthe Celtics in 2008: CULTURE CLUB Paul Pierce on teammate Kevin Garnett's impact: "You've gottaunderstand where I came from a year ago. I couldn't have imaginedit. The whole face of the Celtics Nation turned ...
Steady sales reported during holiday season ; <em>Smaller toy shops appear healthy</em>
Jan 01, 2009; ... While chain stores trumpeted Black Friday doorbusters, locallyowned toy shops stuck to a lower-key approach to the holiday salesrush. "We're not advertising that we have the lowest prices," said JayRitchie, vice president of The Toy Box in Hanover. "That kind ofmarketing ...
3 charged in separate Plaza thefts ; Police arrest two South Shore men, Dorchester woman
Jan 01, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - Police arrested two South Shore men and a Dorchesterwoman in connection with unrelated thefts from South Shore Plazastores, days after the Christmas holiday. Scott R. Miller, 26, of Quincy, was arrested Monday after policesay he stole two Coach wallets from Lord and ...
Cheer squad needs cash to compete ; Must raise $3K by Monday or miss tourney
Jan 01, 2009; ... QUINCY - Unless they can raise $3,000 by Monday, Cheerleaders onthe Quincy Point Panthers squad will have to forfeit their spot inFebruary's national championships. After placing second in November's regional competition inBoston, squad members received a bid for the national ...
Angel: Mechanic fixes waitress' Christmas ; Chance meeting leads to $4 resolution of single mom's car problem
Jan 01, 2009; ... Good Samaritan QUINCY - He had an auto mechanic's hands and the heart of a GoodSamaritan. That combination led to a very merry Christmas for DeniseWaldron, the waitress who served up a couple of steaks and someconversation to one of her customers, and in return got helped ...
'All persons held as slaves . . . shall be . . . forever free'
Jan 01, 2009 ... OUR OPINION On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln erased a stain on thesoul of the United States by declaring blacks were free people, notproperty. As Barack Obama prepares to become the first black to takethe oath of president and as we enter the 200th anniversary ...
SILVER LINING MAY LIE AHEAD ; For every Patriots positive, you can find something negative
Jan 01, 2009 ... PRO FOOTBALL Weird season, huh?The Patriots lost Tom Brady in the firstquarter of Week 1 and wound up missing the playoffs ... but the twoweren't connected as much as you might have expected back inSeptember. The Patriots became the first team since the 1985 Broncos to ...
IN THE CLUBS - Parties, shows and nightlife
Jan 01, 2009 ... Tonight's best Tonight's best is probably your old couch, and a football game orthree, but there are a few options for those of you who wake up withwanderlust. Brad Faucher gets the blues jamming at the Next Page inWeymouth. Scott Bowser sings and plays at Paddy Barry's in ...
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD:
Jan 01, 2009 ... SNEAK PREVIEW - What's Opening This Week The last time we saw Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet togetherthey were drowning at sea in "Titanic." This time they're drowningin misery in Sam Mendes' ode to repressed suburban mores, a subjectMendes (Winslet's real-life husband) proved ...
WHERE TO EAT
Jan 01, 2009 ... LITTLE BITES These are brief items based on reviews appearing in our Foodsection on Wednesdays. The weekly restaurant review, "Taste & Tell,"is written after anonymous visits to area restaurants and foodpurveyors by Patriot Ledger food critics Mimi Claffey, ChristineOrdway and ...
FAST FORWARD ; The year ahead in song, stage, dance, film and TV
Jan 01, 2009; ... OK, so it's cold. Holiday cheer and auld lang synes have givenway to the January slog. Soupy slush and matted brown snow line thesidewalks. The Pats aren't playoff-bound, an admittedlyheartbreaking development given how hard they fought with a depletedroster. Despite what Red Sox ...
Bruins try to extend win streaks over Penguins ; again
Jan 01, 2009; ... If the Boston Bruins didn't always make posting a 23-2-1 recordthrough November and December look easy, it's only because they hadto play some of those games on the road. They've dominated nearly all season at TD Banknorth Garden,though. Over the 13-game home winning streak they ...
Donor gives so money has biggest impact
Jan 01, 2009 ... LEND A HAND Many Lend a Hand donors choose the program because it goes tohelp their communities. Both Mary Fallon and the Union Congregational Church of Weymouthand Braintree donated because they wanted to see the money helptheir neighbors in need. "I wanted what ...
Perhaps personal enlightenment will make a comeback
Jan 01, 2009 ... We hear a lot about the magic of Christmas. As children, weenvision tiny elves working madly, hammering away day and night tofinish the gifts we want so badly. We imagine reindeer soaringacross the moon, their bells ringing through the cold, night air andwe know, somehow, that the magic ...
CATCHING A WAVE ; Quincy company wants to be a talent agency for boats
Jan 01, 2009; ... BOAT WRANGLERS QUINCY Jennifer Silverstein was reading the newspaper last year when shehappened upon a story about film studios proposed for Plymouth andWeymouth. "It was like 'Eureka!'" said Silverstein, 38. "These people aregoing to need boats." That ...
Many ways to weirdly kick off the New Year
Jan 01, 2009 ... COMMENTARY - TRADITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS Throwing salt with your right hand over your left shoulder.Jumping off a chair the moment the clock strikes 12. Pouring water on your porch. Those were contributed to Yahoo Answers by a sender asked aboutweird New Year's ...
POP QUIZ
Jan 01, 2009 ... 1. Which current Red Wings player could become the only player toplay in all three regular-season outdoor games? 2. When was the first time two NHL ...
Quiz answer
Jan 01, 2009 ... 1. Ty Conklin was the goalie for the Edmonton Oilers in 2003, thePenguins last season, and is on the Red Wings this year. 2. On September 28, 1991, the New York Rangers played a ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2009 ... Hingham Police Lt. Kris Phillips took out a restraining orderagainst his son in March. An article in Wednesday's ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2009 ... The list of TV shows that was published in Tuesday's edition wasincorrect. It repeated the list of shows from ...
VOX BOX ; The voices of our community today
Jan 01, 2009 ... We live in New England . don't you think we're used to thisweather? UnionYes at PatriotLedger.com Town workers going home early . what a shocker. oonce at PatriotLedger.com Snow emergency, meaning we have no money or nobody to plow thestreets, so be careful ...
Loss of billionaire, benefactor ; Enormously successful developer Thomas Flatley died in '08; state also learned Ted Kennedy had cancer
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 For a billionaire developer and philanthropist, Thomas J. Flatleykept a remarkably low profile. The Irish-born Milton resident stayedout of the limelight, even as he donated millions for good works andall but gave the Archdiocese of Boston a Braintree office ...
2 quiet towns suffer lethal jolts ; In Scituate, a house explodes, killing a man and terrifying neighbors; in Abington, a young woman is shot dead
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 One moment, it was a sunny, calm December day. Then, in aninstant, the house at 27 Turner Road in Scituate was blown to bits.The blast damaged 20 other nearby homes. David Kupris, 45, an electrician and the boyfriend of KimberlyChubbuck, the home's owner, ...
An allegation of animal cruelty ; 2008 was marked by charges against a pet shop owner after a raid on a Randolph house, and by an alleged hate crime in Marshfield
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 Months of public outcry followed the discovery of 89 neglectedpuppies and older dogs in a squalid Randolph house in May. Followinga May 28 police raid, Linda Snow, the owner of Missy's Puppy Land inStoughton, was charged with multiple counts of cruelty to ...
Increasing foreclosures, layoffs and the number of needy made for a bleak 2008
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 - Doom and Gloom In late November, Scituate parent and shop owner Katy Krause gavevoice to the mood of millions as she left BJ's Wholesale Club inWeymouth with a cart full of household goods. "Everybody's talking about the economy," she said ....
A YEAR OF CHANGE ; DEFINED BY HOPE AND TRAGEDY
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 While the economy dominated many people's lives, it was hardlythe past year's only big story. A look at some other stories thatwere big news in 2008: A fresh face Ruth Shippee of Plymouth has voted in more presidential electionsthan she can count - ...
GOOD RIDDANCE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Unless your name was Barack Obama, you played for the BostonCeltics, or planned to start a movie ...
How to help
Jan 01, 2009 ... Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: 800-344-4823 or http://cff.org March of Dimes: 508-366-9066 or http://tinyurl.com/dimes-fibrosis Make Cystic Fibrosis History: http://makecfhistory.com American Lung Association: 800-LUNGUSA or ...
RAISING AWARENESS ; Marshfield dad gives away 500 lobsters, seeks donations to fight cystic fibrosis
Jan 01, 2009; ... MARSHFIELD - Phyllis Palmer came to the town pier in Brant Rockon New Year's Eve to pick up a lobster and support 7-year-oldMichael Hebert. Michael suffers from cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition thataffects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children andadults in ...
Kids' offerings at science center
Jan 01, 2009 ... NORWELL - The South Shore Natural Science Center's will beholding drop-in programs for children on Friday and Saturday. A guided trail walk will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. A Meet anAnimal program is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday. A Feed the Animalsprogram will be held at 10 ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2009 ... Meg Doherty is the executive director and chief executive officerof Norwell VNA. An article in Tuesday's ...
Norwell showed its discontent with Chapter 40B ; Even after other towns joined protest against affordable-housing law, board had plenty of 40B plans to deal with
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 NORWELL - Faced with a barrage of affordable-housing projects,Norwell residents and town officials fought back in 2008. Hoping to garner attention from state leaders, selectmen sent aletter to Gov. Deval Patrick about alleged abuses of the ...
Four are charged with drunken driving ; Marshfield woman allegedly fails to appear at arraignment
Jan 01, 2009 ... PEMBROKE PEMBROKE - Police are trying to track down a Marshfield woman whowas charged with her second drunken driving offense and allegedlyfailed to show up in court. A warrant has been issued for Kathleen Lampeter, 47, of 26 8thSt., Marshfield. Pembroke police charged ...
Blue Hills Ski Area gets a good start
Jan 01, 2009; ... Blue Hills Ski Area has never been known for its extreme skiing.This year, however, they might have established some kind of recordfor extreme skiing weather. Dry cold weather in early December allowed them to fire up thesnow guns and get skiers and riders out onto the hill earlier ...
HISTORY LESSON
Jan 01, 2009 ... On this date in 2006 ... New England's Doug Flutie converts the ...
What's open/closed on New Year's Day
Jan 01, 2009 ... Banks: Closed Post office: Closed Federal offices: Closed Town halls: Closed Schools: Closed MBTA: Commuter rail, buses, subways and The RIDE operate on aSunday schedule. More ...
It's Snow Year's Day ; Latest blanket of white puts many local towns in the red
Jan 01, 2009; ... QUINCY - An end-of-year storm has the region opening its eyes toa snow-white scene this New Year's Day. But municipal budgeters,calculating the plowing and salting expenses, are seeing nothing butred. Quincy, Marshfield, Rockland, Norwell and other communities havealready plowed ...
Still going strong after 80 years ; Quincy mainstay is attracting younger customers to the benefits of steaming
Jan 02, 2009; ... FINLAND STEAM BATHS QUINCY Not much has changed at Finland Steam Baths in Quincy in the 80years it has been in business - except the clientele. When you walk in the door of the unassuming two-story brick andblue painted wood building at 81 Copeland St., you step back in ...
Not all are pessimistic about 2009 ; Microtech Staffing Group in Quincy expanded in 2008 and expects more growth this year
Jan 02, 2009; ... QUINCY - As the recession took hold of the labor market in 2008,Joe Donahue's staffing services company bucked industry trends byadding locations. Microtech Staffing Group of Quincy and its affiliates grew from14 locations at the start of 2008 to 21 at the end of the ...
Bruins continue to have all the answers ; Earn 14th straight victory at home
Jan 02, 2009; ... PRO HOCKEY It's becoming difficult for anyone - even the San Jose Sharks -to argue that the Boston Bruins aren't playing better than any teamin the NHL. There's Boston's 10-game winning streak, longest in the leaguethis season. There's the unmatched road record (15-4-3), the ...
Power vacuum: Utility apologizes to customers
Jan 02, 2009 ... The head of Unitil Corp. has issued a letter to apologize afteran ice storm last month left its customers in Massachusetts withoutpower for as long as 12 days. Unitil CEO Robert Schoenberger said in the letter that thecompany is apologizing for outages that persisted after the Dec ....
Whitney on solid footing
Jan 02, 2009; ... BRUINS NOTES BOSTON - He'd have been a little happier if his team's resultswere better, but Ryan Whitney still had reason to celebrate theholidays. The 25-year-old defenseman from Scituate finally played his firstgame of 2008-2009 two days before Christmas. Before that, he ...
Police: Hingham driver was on drugs
Jan 02, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - A woman who nearly collided with a Braintree policedetective on Interstate 93 faces charges she was driving whiledrugged. Detective Mark Sherrick was driving toward Braintree Tuesdayafternoon when a Jeep Grand Cherokee swerved from the left lane intohis lane, forcing ...
Track foes file complaint ; Group says Quincy shouldn't be spending money on Faxon Field plan
Jan 02, 2009; ... QUINCY - A group opposed to the mayor's plans for a track atFaxon Field has filed a complaint with the state Inspector General'sOffice. Chris Chetwynd, the leader of the group, said members' concern isthat Mayor Thomas Koch continues to spend taxpayer money to pursuehis plans ...
South Shore Dancers get into the swing
Jan 02, 2009 ... LEND A HAND The South Shore Dancers have been donating to Lend a Hand formore than five years. "Lend a Hand and The Ledger has a footprint that matches ourclub," said Tom Osterland, president of the ballroom dance clubbased in Norwell. The group raised the money by ...
Ideas sought for how to spend Quincy preservation money
Jan 02, 2009 ... The community preservation committee will hold a meeting nextweek to get ideas from city residents on this year's spending. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the city hallcouncil chambers. Citizens will be asked for feedback andsuggestions regarding the Community ...
Granite quarry artifacts sought
Jan 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum - trying toestablish the first museum of its kind in the city - is seekingartifacts related to the once-thriving granite industry in the Cityof Presidents. The museum is interested in any artifacts, regardless ofcondition ....
Lamp starts bedroom fire in Quincy
Jan 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - A fire that damaged one bedroom at 1 Whiton Ave. startedwhen a child knocked a lamp onto a bed, a fire official said. The fire was reported at 1:20 p.m. Thursday and was out within anhour, Deputy Fire ...
DISTRICT COURT
Jan 02, 2009 ... Charges of malicious destruction of property worth more than $250and breaking and entering against Kevin B. Burke, 48, of EastBridgewater were dismissed by Judge Sydney Hanlon because thealleged victim refused to cooperate. The offenses were alleged tohave occurred Aug. 1 in ...
one COOL event ; Brave souls in Weymouth and Marshfield take an icy plunge for good causes
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VOX BOX ; The voices of our community today
Jan 02, 2009 ... We could soon see a lot of empty/boarded-up property in the city. JAMES QUINN, Quincy On proposed property tax increase. Letters | Page 4 The Kraft family is New England's open window of support andgiving. JOAN BARBARY, Scituate On the owners of ...
Liveliness: As '09 begins, here's to all of us
Jan 02, 2009; ... HOME FRONT - 'I WAS HIM' Back at the start of 2008, when Cyd Charisse was still stridingaround on the best set of legs God ever put on a girl, I wrote 'acolumn based on something Paul McCartney said about his song "MaybeI'm Amazed." "There was one guy who wrote 'Yesterday,' ...
Snowstorm cleanup means sidewalks, too ; Clearing them is a requirement in a number of local communities
Jan 02, 2009; ... QUINCY - The South Shore spent the first day of 2009 cleaning upafter the New Year's Eve storm. The snow clearing that some people did may not have been enoughto keep them from being lawbreakers. Some cities and towns require property owners to clear theirsidewalks, and they ...
Making it clear
Jan 02, 2009 ... In a poll of police departments on the South Shore, many did notknow if their town's had a snow removal ordinance. Those townsincluded Braintree, Carver, Cohasset, Hanson, Hull, Norwell,Pembroke, Plymouth Rockland, Scituate, Sharon and Stoughton. Duxbury has an ordinance requiring ...
'Housing First' helps homeless gain stability
Jan 02, 2009; ... In 2006, 39-year-old Leticia Brown entered the House of Hopehomeless shelter in Lowell. On Mother's Day 2007, Brown, a mother of two, moved into one ofHouse of Hope's apartments for low-income residents. She now works in the housing department of a local nonprofit, andhas a ...
Kingston mall reopens after frozen pipe burst
Jan 02, 2009 ... KINGSTON - The Independence Mall was open for business today,following an incident that forced it to close on New Year's Day. A sprinkler system pipe froze and burst, sending a 6-by-6-footsection of ceiling crashing to the floor near the mall's food court.No one was ...
Marshfield fire lieutenants complete training
Jan 02, 2009 ... MARSHFIELD - Two Marshfield Fire Department lieutenants, PamelaPalardy and Anthony Boccuzzo, graduated from the MassachusettsFirefighting Academy's Chief Fire Officer Management TrainingProgram last month. They were among 40 fire-service personnel from 34 communities whoattended ...
3 hurt in Norwell crash
Jan 02, 2009 ... NORWELL - Three people were injured in a two-car crash at Mainand Circuit streets shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters said that the three ...
Yule tree pickup available
Jan 02, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - Residents looking to get rid of their Christmas treescan call on Boy Scout Troop 57. For a $5 donation, the Boy Scouts will pick up your old tree atyour ...
Scituate picking up the pieces after blast ; Displaced families still waiting to hear official word on the cause
Jan 02, 2009; ... SCITUATE - Leaving work, Gary MacKinnon has to think twice aboutwhere home is. "We've lived in four houses since the explosion," said MacKinnon,whose home was nearly destroyed Dec. 17 in a blast that killed a manand leveled the house at 27 Turner Road. Since then, MacKinnon ...
It's in their blood ; Cousins Katie, Kelly Curley follow in kin's basketball footsteps
Jan 02, 2009; ... THE CURLEY CLAN Billy, Matt and Mickey didn't get all of the basketball genes inthe Curley clan. Katie and Kelly know their way around a hoop, too. "They're the heart and soul of our team," said Duxbury HighSchool girls basketball coach Mark Dunn. "They're great ...
Weymouth woman charged with 3rd OUI
Jan 02, 2009 ... WEYMOUTH - Police charged a 38-year-old Weymouth woman with thirdoffense drunken driving after stopping her for speeding as shepulled into a liquor store parking lot. Renee Laplume was stopped on Evans Street shortly before 10 p.m.Thursday, ...
Your Views
Jan 02, 2009 ... What do you think of the new marijuana law? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony Drive,Quincy, MA ...
A simple law goes one toke over the line
Jan 02, 2009 ... OUR OPINION The voters of Massachusetts spoke clearly Nov. 4 on the topic ofmarijuana: They want simple possession treated as a civilinfraction, more like a parking ticket than a serious crime, with amaximum fine of $100. Other laws involving marijuana stay in place, and ...