The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from February 2009:
Apartment residents report break-ins
Feb 02, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - Two break-ins were reported at a Washington Streetapartment complex. A tenant's daughter returned home and discovered the rear doorkicked in and the apartment ransacked ....
Cops: Shoplifter assaulted guards, police officer
Feb 02, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - A Brookline woman has been charged with stealingmerchandise valued at $3,200 from stores at South Shore Plaza andassaulting two store security guards who detained her. When police officer Brendan McLaughlin arrived at the mall, alarge crowd had gathered, watching Nancee ...
'Customer dis-service': Bemoaning shoddy treatment
Feb 02, 2009; ... GET A LIFE - SHARED BLAME I recently read that one of the airlines said it's decided to paystricter attention to cleaning its planes. Another article in thesame newspaper reported that retail stores are going to make surecustomer service is a high priority. The reason for ...
Teen hit by car near high school
Feb 02, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - A 17-year-old-student from Plymouth was struck by acar Friday in a crosswalk on Washington Street near ArchbishopWilliams High School. The student, a boy, was taken to Boston Medical Center fortreatment of head injuries that were not considered ...
1859 Feb. 5, Page 2 The Quincy Patriot
Feb 02, 2009 ... PATRIOT LEDGER ARCHIVES - A look back at our history 1859 Feb. 5, Page 2 The Quincy Patriot Summary of Intelligence A woman in Saginaw county (Mich.) recently gave birth to fourchildren at one time, and to reward her, a bill has been or will beintroduced into the ...
Man pulled from Quincy river
Feb 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - Rescuers pulled a man out of the icy water of the TownRiver. The man was taken to Quincy Medical Center where he was treatedfor mild hypothermia, a police official said. Two ambulances responded at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and rescue workerspulled the man out of the water ...
Explosion in Quincy jolts manhole cover
Feb 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - An underground gas explosion blew a manhole cover intothe air on Hancock Street in North Quincy. No one was hurt. Firefighters said the ...
Canton
Feb 02, 2009 ... COMMUNITY CALENDAR Braintree Thayer Public Library Getting Started With E-Mail, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. Introduction to the new Navigator library catalog, 9:15 a.m.Wednesday, Feb. 4. Story Time for ages 3 to 5, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4. Writing ...
Extra rink hours for school vacation ; Expanded schedule for public skating announced
Feb 02, 2009 ... The state Department of Conservation and Recreation has extendedthe public skating hours of three local rinks for the upcomingschool vacation week, Feb. 15 through 22. During that week, Shea Memorial Rink at 651 Willard St., Quincy,will be open from 1:30 to 3:50 p.m. Monday, ...
50 years of service ; Cardinal visits St. Albert's to honor pastor on 50th anniversary of his ordination
Feb 02, 2009; ... WEYMOUTH The Rev. Laurence J. Borges, the priest who helped rescue theChurch of St. Albert the Great from archdiocesan plans to close it,has stepped down as pastor of the revitalized parish. "I want them to have a younger priest now that we are through thetransition period," ...
Parish celebrates priest
Feb 02, 2009 ... One day before the 50th anniversary of his ordination, the Rev.Laurence Borges said his last Mass at St. Albert the Great Church inWeymouth - a parish saved from closure by Cardinal Sean O'Malley,who attended Sunday's service in honor of the Rev. Borges. But at 78, the Rev. Borges ...
Seeking a deal at foreclosure auction in Quincy ; Homes go for way under old market values
Feb 02, 2009; ... QUINCY - The auctioneer rattled off bids on foreclosedMassachusetts homes in a Texas accent, riling up the crowd andfrequently mispronouncing "Worcester." At the Marriott Hotel in Quincy on Saturday, Hudson & Marshall, aDallas auction company, sold most of the 92 bank-owned homes ...
VOX BOX ; The voices of our community today
Feb 02, 2009 ... As a grandfather of 12, I find it incredulous that this man wasstill out on the streets where he can harm other children. BRIAN F. SULLIVAN, Plymouth Letters, page 4 Why do all these people drive around with all the snow on theirroof? No consideration for the people ...
Sharon firefighters put out blazes at house and hotel
Feb 02, 2009 ... SHARON - A fire that began in a kitchen damaged a four-roombungalow on Edge Hill Road. Flames were shooting out of the house at 2 Edge Hill Road atabout 7:30 p.m. Sunday when firefighters arrived. The fire guttedthe kitchen and extended into the living room, firefighters ...
BROKEN HEARTS ; Family, friends of Rockland soldier killed in Iraq attend wake Sunday, funeral today
Feb 02, 2009; ... SAYING GOODBYE ROCKLAND For the friends and family of Spc. Matthew Pollini, it's hard tobelieve that the hardworking 21-year-old to whom they paid theirfinal respects today is gone. Mourners began the process of saying goodbye Sunday, at the wakefor the newlywed ...
Volunteering helps you and community
Feb 02, 2009 ... OUR OPINION Editor's note: Readers often comment that there should be moregood news in the paper. While it's true that there's more thanenough bad news to go around, on Mondays on the editorial page wewill highlight some of the many good-news stories that appear on ourpages on a ...
'Bingo' buddies ; Company Theatre production looks at men being women caught in a numbers game
Feb 02, 2009; ... Theater preview Bingo. Men in drag. 10-pound turkeys. It's all in the name oftheater this weekend at Company Theatre in Norwell. A traveling stage show comedy, "The Queen of Bingo" follows twobingo-obsessed sisters, Sis and Babe. The elder Sis is a widow whileBabe is a ...
FEEL THE CHILL
Feb 02, 2009 ... Caption ...
HARD HATS, HARD REALITIES
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A plea for a little snow etiquette
Feb 02, 2009 ... Why do all these people drive around with all the snow on theirroof? No consideration for the people behind them, or the fact thatthey could cause an accident ...
Ledger should get the truth out
Feb 02, 2009 ... I am a resident of Quincy and attended the city council meetingon Jan 20. I was part of a group that was protesting the added fines for thepublic consumption of marijuana. There were various people that were interviewed by one of yourreporters. She was with us outside, and ...
Lock up sex offender
Feb 02, 2009 ... I read in The Patriot Ledger on Jan. 22, that a Level 3 sexoffender was arrested after being found nude in an Old Navy Store inKingston. This man was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2005. He was subsequently arrested again in 2005, and in 2006 for sex-related ...
Quiz answer
Feb 02, 2009 ... 1. Wayne Turner scored the game-winning goal in overtime asNortheastern won its first Beanpot, defeating BC, 5-4, in 1980. 2. BC's Joe Mullen, who went on to become an All-Star in the NHL,scored a record 10 goals ...
Exploring love and forgiveness in literature
Feb 02, 2009; ... CRANE LIBRARY QUINCY - When the Crane Public Library announced a new discussiongroup called "Love and Forgiveness in the Face of the Enemy," staffmembers expected that people would be interested in broad worldissues of war and peace - things like the conflict in the MiddleEast, ...
Truck brings down wires in Weymouth
Feb 02, 2009 ... WEYMOUTH - A truck driver was trapped in the cab of his tractortrailer this morning and had to wait for utility workers to shut ...
Toughest year ever for Kingston builder
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE CARPENTER KINGSTON - Hans Peterson's been in the carpentry business fornearly 35 years, and he's had his own business, Hans PetersonBuilding, for the last 20. This past year has been the toughest he's seen. "I had three guys on the books and several other ...
Abington High School honor roll for second term announced
Feb 02, 2009 ... ABINGTON - The following students are on the Abington High Schoolhonor roll for the second semester: SENIORS HIGH HONORS - Timothy Killian. HONORS - Alexa-Rose Burke, Thomas Chambers, Kelsea Cheney,Zachary Concannon, Daniel Cusick, Lauryl DeGrenier, Bryan ...
Lots of customer picking Band-Aids over proper fixes
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE PLUMBER QUINCY - The phone is quiet and customers are cautious with theirmoney, but plumber Patrick Corcoran says Patriot Plumbing isprepared for bad times and will survive. "Business is lousy," he said. "Our regular clientele is stillcalling, but they are putting ...
In search of new money sources ; Economic situation has officials looking for ways to increase town's revenues
Feb 02, 2009; ... Hingham With revenues in Hingham down sharply this year, officials arerevisiting possible income sources they may have ignored in moreprosperous times. The town's revenues are expected to increase by just $1 million,to $80 million, in fiscal 2010, which begins July ...
Schools
Feb 02, 2009 ... COMMUNITY CALENDAR ABINGTON Schools APPLICATIONS to South Shore Vocational Technical or any post-secondary vocational school deadline Frolio Middle School by March13. Call 781-982-2172. KINDERGARTEN registration March 30, 31, April 1 and 2, EarlyChildhood ...
North Pembroke Elementary book fair
Feb 02, 2009 ... North Pembroke Elementary book fair PEMBROKE - North Pembroke Elementary School's annual PTOScholastic Book Fair runs through Thursday in the school library.Volunteers are still needed. For more information, call Donna Malleyat 781-829-0019, Pam Roy at 781-829-0057 or Terrie Nolan ...
Tough task ; Braintree's Anthony Aiello and his BC Eagles face a huge challenge
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE 57TH BEANPOT It's an awesome responsibility being defending Beanpot champions.For example, you have to remember to bring the trophy with you tothe following year's media luncheon. So it was that Boston College seniors Anthony Aiello, BrockBradford and Andrew Orpik were ...
Back-taxes payment ends town's landlord stint
Feb 02, 2009 ... PEMBROKE - The town is no longer the owner of the shops at 6Union St. Pembroke Town Administrator Edwin Throne said more than $113,000in taxes owed on the property had been paid. The property is at the intersection of routes 27 and 36. The town took ownership of the ...
O'Brien saves day in Wamps' victory
Feb 02, 2009; ... RANDOLPH - Before Saturday afternoon, sophomore goalie NikkiO'Brien hadn't faced a penalty shot since a Braintree Youth Hockeygame in the fourth grade. But back in her youth hockey days, O'Brienprobably never faced on onslaught like the one Wellesley High Schooldirected at her in the ...
Rejuvenation is a big deal for McHale
Feb 02, 2009; ... BOSTON - When he was a superstar playing in Boston, Kevin McHalenever had a clue he'd become an NBA coach and executive, let alonethat teammates Larry Bird and Danny Ainge would do the same. "No, because when I was really young back in Boston, Bill Fitchwas my first coach and I was ...
Jones nails four 3-pointers to lead Cohasset to 46-43 triumph
Feb 02, 2009 ... H.S. ROUNDUP The Cohasset High School boys basketball team needed a victory tostay hot entering the home stretch of the season. Robert Jones was more than willing to help. The sophomore point guard scored 12 points as the Skippersdefeated Marian on the road, 46-43, on ...
Kielczweski wins third professional fight
Feb 02, 2009 ... Boxer Ryan Kielczweski of Quincy made the most of his mid-wintergetaway, pushing his professional record to 3-0 with a unanimousfour-round decision over Benjamin Borteye at the University of theVirgin Islands Sport and Fitness Center on Friday night. Kielczweski, who advanced to ...
POP QUIZ
Feb 02, 2009 ... 1. Can you name the year, player who scored the winning goal, andthe opponent when Northeastern University won its first Beanpot? 2. This former NHL great scored 10 goals in Beanpot play, atournament record. Can you name ...
Thomas jumps 7 feet; Connor rules in 600
Feb 02, 2009; ... MSTCA ELITE MEET BOSTON - Boston College High School senior Corey Thomas hadalready equaled his personal best in the high jump in Sunday'sMassachusetts State Track Coaches Association Elite Meet at theReggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. Now, he was trying to breakthe ...
Your Views
Feb 02, 2009 ... Give us your ideas on how the town can generate revenue in thesetight economic times. Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony ...
Plugging in to new work
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE ELECTRICIAN MARSHFIELD - The owners of Matthews Electric used to schedulejobs six to eight months out. These days, it's closer to two orthree months. The economy has slowed things down for Debbie and Scott Matthews,but diversifying services has allowed them to remain busy ...
Hard hats, hard realities ; The construction industry has been losing jobs since before the recession began
Feb 02, 2009; ... HARD TIMES - An occasional series Tradesmen were feeling the economic slump long before governmenteconomists got around to calling it a recession. Nationwide, morethan 100,000 construction jobs were lost in December. The industryshed about 900,000 jobs since its 2006 employment ...
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ; Corey Thomas
Feb 03, 2009 ... Track & Field BC HIGH ACCOMPLISHMENTS The senior athlete had the most impressive result for the Eaglesover the weekend, high jumping a personal-best 7 feet and 1 /2 inch to take first place in the MSTCA Elite Track & FieldInvitational. Corey's mark was more than ...
BELIEVE ; Northeastern, Thiessen refuse to be denied against BC
Feb 03, 2009; ... THE 57TH BEANPOT BOSTON About the only thing Boston College could stuff into the netMonday night was Brock Bradford. And he didn't count. Bradford, BC's leading scorer, lost his edge - or so Eagles coachJerry York said - and plowed into Northeastern goaltender ...
Harvard gives BU a scare
Feb 03, 2009; ... BEANPOT NOTEBOOK BOSTON - Jack Parker swears he knew. Too bad he didn't shout overto the Harvard bench. He could have spared Chris Huxley and the restof the Crimson some heartache. Huxley, a sophomore defenseman from Weymouth, was going bonkerswith the rest of his teammates ...
Braintree company sees brighter outlook
Feb 03, 2009 ... BUSINESS IN BRIEF Braintree company sees brighter outlook BRAINTREE - Haemonetics Corp. raised its outlook for the currentfiscal year, saying it now expects 15 percent to 16 percent annualrevenue growth, up from its previous outlook of 12 to 14 percent.The news sent ...
DISHWASHER TO OWNER ; Quincy man now runs five restaurants, including Asian C in Hingham
Feb 03, 2009; ... SOUTH SHORE ENTREPRENEUR - SHUN CHEN HINGHAM When Shun Chen first came to the U.S. from China in 1993, hewashed dishes at a Chinese restaurant in Braintree. Today, he co-owns five Asian restaurants in Eastern Massachusetts, includingAsian C on Route 53 in Hingham. "My ...
New road may close Rockland office-lab ; Maker of genetic tests considers leaving town
Feb 03, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - A new connector road that is aimed at spurringeconomic development could end up chasing away a promising lifesciences firm. Dick Keys, Osmetech's vice president of chemistry and productdevelopment, said the company may be forced to close its Rocklandoperations because ...
Local home values drop 10% ; 32 percent of homes in Greater Boston sold at a loss in 2008, new report finds
Feb 03, 2009; ... Nearly one-third of all homes in the Greater Boston market weresold for a loss last year, according to Seattle-based housing marketresearcher Zillow Inc. About 32 percent of homes in this region were sold at a loss in2008, compared with nearly 35 percent nationwide, Zillow ...
Sketch of Rhode Island kidnapping suspect released
Feb 03, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - Police in Cranston, R.I., have released a sketch ofthe man wanted for kidnapping a woman and later dropping her off atSouth Shore Plaza. Police said the woman was opening a nails salon when a white malewith a weapon forced her into a vehicle and drove off Jan ....
Your Views
Feb 03, 2009 ... What do you think of Quincy College's bid to become independent,with no official affiliation with the city? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, ...
College wants to cut the cord ; Quincy College makes official move toward independence
Feb 03, 2009; ... QUINCY - Quincy College, one of the last municipally ownedcolleges in the nation, is asking the city for its independence. The college has delivered a home-rule petition to the city thatneeds signatures from both the city council and the mayor to go tothe Legislature for ...
Should be a batty weekend at Quincy library ; Duxbury author-illustrator will discuss ideas behind his best- selling book
Feb 03, 2009; ... QUINCY - When you want to get kids excited about reading, batswill do the trick. That's what the staff at South Shore Day Care Service's QuincyPreschool suspected. They brought the book "Bats in the Library" byDuxbury author-illustrator Brian Lies to a story hour, and theirhunch ...
Man guilty of beating Quincy resident ; Assault occurred in N.Y. after baseball game
Feb 03, 2009 ... WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A New York jury has convicted a man ofbeating a Quincy carpenter nearly to death after a Red Sox playoffgame in 2007. The Journal News of New York reported that Duane Somers, 33, ofPennsylvania was convicted Monday of second-degree assault forattacking Carlos ...
Lack of crash report criticized ; State: How did department know Hingham girl was dead?
Feb 03, 2009 ... PLYMPTON FIRE CHIEF BOSTON - The state says it can't determine whether Plympton'sfire chief and EMTs acted appropriately at the scene of a 2006accident that took the life of a 16-year-old Hingham girl because amandatory report was not filed. Victoria Wightman, a student at ...
Auditor says South Shore charity paid execs too much
Feb 03, 2009; ... Ledger UPDATE MARSHFIELD - A prominent Marshfield nonprofit used state money topay its founders more than half a million dollars, an amount thestate auditor says was "excessive" and "unnecessary." An audit released by state Auditor Joe DeNucci on Monday saysRoad to ...
A TOWN MOURNS ; Matthew Pollini's body was carried in a horse-drawn hearse from the funeral home to Holy Family Church. National Guardsmen, the State Police honor guard and a bagpiper walked ahead of the casket, while about two dozen family members walked behind.
Feb 03, 2009 ... ROCKLAND HONORS SOLDIER Thousands lined Union Street, including 1,500 students from twoelementary schools, the middle and high schools, all holding flags. The family received a Bronze Star and a Good Conduct Medal ...
AARP
Feb 03, 2009 ... COMMUNITY CALENDAR Braintree Thayer Public Library Computer Class, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, pre-registrationrequired. Valentine's Day movie for children, 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14,Charlie Brown's Valentine's movie. Valentine's Day movie for adults, 2 ...
Manhole explosion in Quincy blamed on a cable failure
Feb 03, 2009 ... QUINCY - A cable problem caused the underground explosion thatpopped the cover off a manhole at Hancock and Hunt streets in NorthQuincy on Sunday, National Grid says. No one was injured. National Grid had halted the flow of power through the high-voltage cable so the MBTA ...
Story time in Braintree kindles tots' interest in books
Feb 03, 2009; ... BRAINTREE - Winter can be a long season when you have youngchildren and are indoors a lot, but Allie O'Hara has found one goodsolution for her 1-year-old daughter, Mia. "We do the library circuit," she said Monday, as she and Miajoined a dozen other mothers with babies and toddlers ...
Man beaten may himself face charge ; Milton resident assaulted at Rockland tavern
Feb 03, 2009 ... MILTON - A Milton man who was beaten with a golf club outside aRockland bar could himself face criminal charges in connection withthe case. Anthony Gaul, 37, was attacked in the parking lot of the LibertyTavern, where he is a bartender, on Jan. 25, apparently inretaliation for a ...
Will to live: Firefighters save man having heart attack
Feb 03, 2009; ... GOOD AGE - AN APPRECIATED 'THANK YOU' Arthur Roebuck, a Cohasset caterer who has served royalty, waschoking on a cracker in the back seat of his son's car. That's thelast he remembers about his brush with death. "I got really lucky," he said, home after receiving ...
TEACHER OF THE WEEK ; Jennifer DeMariano Graphic communications teacher/South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School/Hanover
Feb 03, 2009 ... NOTABLE Jennifer DeMariano graduated in 1986 from the South ShoreVocational Technical School graphic arts program. After a successfulcareer in the printing and design industries, she returned to theschool in 2007 to teach. She said she enjoys watching her studentslearn a new ...
Mayor asks for freeze in budgets
Feb 03, 2009; ... Weymouth Weymouth Mayor Sue Kay is asking all departments to study whatwould happen if they held their budgets at the same level next yearas this year, an exercise she hopes will provide a way to compensatefor an expected multimillion-dollar reduction in state aid. To ...
Weymouth cop hurt; man accused of OUI ; Police: Car crosses center line, hits cruiser
Feb 03, 2009; ... WEYMOUTH - A Weymouth police officer suffered minor injuries andhis cruiser was totaled when a drunken driver crashed into his caron Washington Street, police said. Police arrested Richard Dearden, 33, of Whipple Street after thecrash about 9:45 p.m. Friday. Police Capt ....