The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA back issues from July 2009:
Former AG Reilly changes law firms
Jul 01, 2009 ... BUSINESS IN BRIEF Former AG Reilly changes law firms BOSTON - Former Attorney General Tom Reilly will be leaving anational law firm to go to a local law firm with a national presenceas he changes jobs today. Reilly is leaving his position as partner with ...
COMING NEXT WEEK
Jul 01, 2009 ... We reveal our readers' pick for BEST BEACH. Plus we tell youwhat's there and ...
Haldeman leaving Putnam
Jul 01, 2009 ... BOSTON - Putnam Investments chairman Charles "Ed" Haldeman isstepping down from the fund company, and his position will not befilled. Putnam CEO Robert Reynolds, a former Fidelity Investmentsexecutive, has been running the day-to-day operations at Putnam andleading several ...
Putnam closing Franklin office ; Employees can take jobs in Boston or Andover
Jul 01, 2009; ... BOSTON - Putnam Investments is shutting down its Franklin office,although a spokesman for the Boston fund firm said the 500-plusemployees who work in Franklin will be offered jobs at Putnam'sother two locations in the state. Putnam disclosed the decision to close its Franklin ...
Privacy under spotlight ; Weymouth lawyer blogs on Internet and privacy issues
Jul 01, 2009; ... SOUTH SHORE INSIDER - KEVIN WHITAKER WEYMOUTH Kevin Whitaker became interested in computers in high school. Asa law student, he participated in competitions in international lawand cyber crime. As a lawyer at Wilson & Whitaker LLC in Weymouth, Whitaker hasfound a new ...
Braintree homeowner reports theft of money, jewelry
Jul 01, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - Police are investigating a reported theft from aGranite Street home. Money, bank certificates of deposit, and various documents weretaken from a bedroom safe. Gold Italian jewelry, including a ring,chain, earrings and watch, ...
Restoration in the works for 'The Wolly' ; Producer who grew up in Quincy will lead effort at recently sold theater
Jul 01, 2009; ... QUINCY - "The Wolly" is under new ownership, and a Quincy nativewith Hollywood ties will lead the effort to restore the movie house,a longtime Quincy landmark. Street-Works LLC, the New York company that is proposing a $1billion overhaul of downtown Quincy will pay $1,145,000 for ...
ABINGTON
Jul 01, 2009 ... COMMUNITY CALENDAR ABINGTON Public Library 781-982-2139 Contact Emily Miranda at ablib@ocln.org LIBRARY HOURS will be reduced during July and August; Fridays,July 17, 31 and Aug. 14 and 28. Braintree Family Flicks FREE SUMMER FAMILY ...
Police: Boyfriend wanted to burn mom, tot to death ; Rage over suspected infidelity reportedly led to murder-suicide plan
Jul 01, 2009; ... RANDOLPH - His plan was to die with his girlfriend and her child,investigators say. He allegedly set fire to their bedroom in an actof vengeance for her suspected infidelity. Things did not go according to plan. The woman told police that he punched her several times in ...
Town to again recognize 'Great Neighbors'
Jul 01, 2009 ... RANDOLPH RANDOLPH - For the second consecutive year, selectmen willpresent "Great Neighbors" awards to recognize property owners fortheir beautification efforts. This year, the board has added a commercial property category torecognize businesses for their work to improve the ...
New fundraising rules for boosters ; School chief must approve students wearing uniforms
Jul 01, 2009; ... WEYMOUTH Booster clubs that want students to wear their uniforms duringfundraisers will have to get permission from the superintendentunder a new policy. All school-supervised student clubs and teams will be covered bythe new rule, including the band. The policy was ...
Revitalizing Weymouth Landing ; Residents and business owners from Braintree, Weymouth to discuss vision for area
Jul 01, 2009; ... The revitalization of Weymouth Landing will begin next week whenresidents and business owners from Braintree and Weymouth discusswhat the area needs. About one in five storefronts in the Landing are empty. The areaalso has parking and zoning issues. A "visioning and exploring ...
Affordable housing law should evolve, not evaporate
Jul 01, 2009 ... OUR OPINION News that developers have been illegally skimming excess profitsfrom affordable housing projects built under the state's Chapter 40Blaw is a good reason to revise the law but does not justify apending campaign to repeal it. The Senate Post Audit and Oversight ...
Your Views
Jul 01, 2009 ... What do you think should be done with Chapter 40B? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown Colony Drive,Quincy, ...
Dillinger's wild ride is Mann's dull movie
Jul 01, 2009; ... Movie review ON a sweltering July day in 1934, John Dillinger went to themovies and ended up dead. Now, 75 years later, the movies arekilling him again with "Public Enemies." It's a bio-pic in which the "bio" stands for biohazard, given howMichael Mann pollutes the legendary ...
'Ice Age' WILL MELT YOUR HEART, AGAIN
Jul 01, 2009; ... Movie review It's no "Up," but that doesn't mean you can't get down with "IceAge: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," the third installment in the adventuresof Manny being Manny. He, you'll remember, is the sweet, lumbering woolly mammothserving as the de facto patriarch to a makeshift ...
From start to finish, Tosca's food excels
Jul 01, 2009 ... TASTE & TELL What recession? Have you been to Tosca lately? It's not the firstbusy Saturday night we've run into lately. We recently struck out inCambridge, trying three different restaurants for a same-dayreservation. So, my theory is pretty simple: Serve good food and they ...
LEDGER LINE RESULTS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Q Is it proper to name a school after a sitting superintendent? NO 85 % Yes 15 % 367 respondents We are now running a daily poll in the newspaper and on theLedger's Web site - PatriotLedger.com. You will find the questionevery day in the paper, with a request ...
LEDGER LINE RESULTS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Q Should people over 65 have to retake their driver's test? Yes 62 % NO 38 % 643 respondents We originally asked this ...
Do right by Capt. Peterson
Jul 01, 2009 ... After reading the article on the Braintree pool proposal, I had agood chuckle. My Lord, how long does it take to decide on whether to honorAugust Peterson's request or not. The tugboat captain left $65,000 for a pool to be built at WatsonPark in 1963. Now the amount has grown ...
Milton edges Holbrook
Jul 01, 2009 ... AMATEUR BASEBALL Kerrigan Griffiths pitched six innings and only gave up one runto help lead Milton Post 114 (9-1) over Holbrook Post 137, 5-4,Tuesday night. Nate Ellis and Nick Duffy provided the offense for Milton. Ellisdrove in three runs on two hits and Duffy collected ...
WE'VE GOT THE SCOOP ON BEST ICE CREAM
Jul 01, 2009 ... LEDGERLAND 9
Pension abuse federal issue
Jul 01, 2009 ... I am responding to The Patriot Ledger's series about disabilitypension abuse ("Disability Pensions: Abuse costs us millions," June18-20). The commonwealth and local municipalities will never cure thisabuse. The foxes are guarding the henhouse. There is only one way to prevent ...
Most vulnerable are losing protections
Jul 01, 2009 ... SPEAK OUT - PUBLIC POLICY On June 6, 1969, I became a public advocate for institutionalizedcitizens when my first letter to the editor was published in ThePatriot Ledger. I wrote about the mistreatment of patients at Foxboro StateHospital, where I had been employed as an ...
Ledger Line
Jul 01, 2009 ... QIs it time for the affordable-housing law known as Chapter 40Bto be repealed? Go to Patriot Ledger.com to vote. Or ...
Photo exhibit opens at quincy library
Jul 01, 2009 ... LOCAL IN BRIEF Photo exhibit opens at quincy library QUINCY - ''Fireworks, Color and Light,'' a photography exhibit,opened today at the Thomas Crane Public Library and will continuethrough the end of the month. It features the photography of Richard DeLeonardis and ...
Tri-Town turns down $250,000 offer
Jul 01, 2009; ... WEYMOUTH South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp., the agency overseeing theredevelopment of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, has rejectedthe base developer's offer of $250,000 that would enable Tri-Town tobalance its budget for the fiscal year that just ended. LNR ...
As politicians debate, the crashes pile up ; Two more accidents involving older drivers as lawmakers consider new rules
Jul 01, 2009; ... 'JUST DO SOMETHING' BOSTON Within 24 hours of a public hearing on a possible crackdown onolder drivers, two new accidents again focused attention on theissue. While the hearing was taking place at the State House on Tuesday,a car driven by an 89-year-old Malden man ...
Instructors: Test drivers more ; Local driving teachers call for more road, vision tests
Jul 01, 2009; ... ROAD SAFETY BOSTON - Local driving instructors who ride shotgun every daywith teens learning to drive and adults preparing for road tests saythe state's licensing requirements should be stricter. Three instructors interviewed Tuesday about possible newlicensing rules said ...
Jeffrey White, former Ledger reporter, 32
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jeffrey White, a former Patriot Ledger reporter who went on to acareer covering news in 15 countries, has died of cancer at the ageof 32. Most recently, he was based in Germany, where he lived with hiswife, Nicole Zimmermann White. They were married in Bonn less thanfour weeks ...
VOX BOX ; THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY TODAY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Does everything have to be a big production? Last I checked therewere bigger things to get all upset about. app at Patriotledger.com On a controversy over the naming of a school in Hingham They are the only union in town that got pay raises so why notgive them up to ...
Older drivers and automobile accidents
Jul 01, 2009 ... June 30, 2009: An 89-year-old Malden man faces charges ofnegligent driving after a Woburn collision that sent the 78-year-old driver of the other car to the hospital with life-threateninginjuries. June 29, 2009: Joyce Studley, a 79-year-old driver, hits ChelseaAnthony, 17, while ...
BEST of SUMMER on the SOUTH SHORE ; Peaceful Meadows a treat for all ages
Jul 01, 2009; ... WHITMAN They've been coming for 20, 30, and 40 years for the peppermintpatty, the maple walnut and the grapenut ice cream. The current andformer South Shore residents lined up at the windows made the sameclaim: Peaceful Meadows ice cream can't be beat. Patriot Ledger readers ...
Other places readers liked
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dairy Freeze in Quincy Dairy Queen in Weymouth and Quincy Dairy Twist in Pembroke Farfars in ...
WHAT'S IN A NAME? ; Barstow Ave., Hanover
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ever wonder how streets, parks and ponds get their names? So have we. Each Wednesday, you can read about the history and people behindthose names, only in your Patriot Ledger. WHERE: Between Washington Street and Oakland Avenue in the FourCorners ...
Parade focuses on local traditions ; Festivities scheduled for Saturday morning
Jul 01, 2009; ... HINGHAM Reminders of Hingham's treasured landmarks and hidden gems willroll down Main Street on Saturday in the annual Fourth of Julyparade. The procession of floats will focus on Hingham's favorite placesand local traditions - from sleigh riding at South Shore CountryClub ...
Removal of deadly culvert may be near ; Army Corps of Engineers decision being awaited
Jul 01, 2009; ... Ledger UPDATE - HINGHAM A deadly culvert at World's End in Hingham could be removedwithin a few weeks if the Army Corps of Engineers agrees to fast-track the project. It has been a year since Leon Granahan, 48, died from theinjuries he suffered when the current pulled him ...
Hingham teen elected to office
Jul 01, 2009 ... HINGHAM - Michael Murphy of Hingham, a 2009 graduate of BostonCollege High School, was recently elected youth lieutenant governorof Massachusetts. Murphy was among 250 high school students in the state wholearned how politics works through the YMCA's Youth and GovernmentProgram ....
Furnace Brook Middle School's third-trimester honor roll
Jul 01, 2009 ... MARSHFIELD - The following students are on the Furnace BrookMiddle School honor roll for the third trimester: GRADE 8 FIRST HONORS - Robert Acer, Catherine Askew, Alex Bachman, MeghanBanks, Peter Bent, Jessica Breda, Taylor Cahall, Elise Campbell,Paige Comerford, Neil Conway, ...
Learn what wild plants could be on your menu
Jul 01, 2009; ... NORWELL Where many people see flowers and weeds, Russ Cohen sees dinneroptions. Cohen, author of "Wild Plants I Have Known ... and Eaten," willteach the finer points of eating wild plants at a workshop tonightat the South Shore Natural Science Center. Cohen will guide ...
Affordable housing project gets go-ahead ; Simon Hill Village OK'd following yearlong review
Jul 01, 2009; ... NORWELL After 364 days of review, a controversial affordable-housingproject proposed for Simon Hill Road has gained approval. Simon Hill Village, a project first proposed in early 2008,rejected, then proposed again last July, has been given the greenlight by the zoning board ...
Woman hurt in Route 3 accident
Jul 01, 2009 ... PLYMOUTH - A Plymouth woman was injured when her car smashed intothe back of a truck on Route 3 early today. Shannon Bamford, 30, who had been wearing a seat belt, was takento Jordan Hospital with injuries to an arm and foot, State Policesaid. "She was a very lucky young ...
HISTORY LESSON
Jul 01, 2009 ... On this date in 1953 ... Mel Parnell wins his 100th career game for the Red Sox, defeatingthe Yankees, 4-0, in New York. Parnell joins Cy Young, Joe Wood,Lefty Grove and Joe Dobson as the only pitchers at that time to havewon at ...
POP QUIZ
Jul 01, 2009 ... 1. Mel Parnell, who won 123 games during his 10-year career withthe Red Sox (1947-56), is one of 10 pitchers to win at least 100games while playing for the Red Sox. How many can you name? 2. Tim Wakefield, above, has appeared in 489 games for the RedSox, second on the team's ...
TITLE TWOSOME ; Duxbury's Woods teams up with Bellingham friend to win crown
Jul 01, 2009; ... BRAINTREE JUNIOR FOURBALL BRAINTREE Bellingham's Peter French and Duxbury's Jonathan Woods are two ofthe best 15-year-old golfers in the country. Separately, their two-player teams would have been two of the favorites in Tuesday's 54thannual Braintree Junior Fourball at ...
Quiz answers
Jul 01, 2009 ... 1. The 10 pitchers to earn at least 100 wins while playing forthe Red Sox are Roger Clemens (192), Cy Young (192), Tim Wakefield(174), Mel Parnell (123), Luis Tiant (122), Pedro Martinez (117),Joe Wood (116), Bob Stanley (115), Joe Dobson (106) ...
OUI suspect doesn't get the test he wanted
Jul 01, 2009; ... BRAINTREE - He wanted to take a test drive, but ended up ridingin a police car. Peter R. O'Connor drove to Landing Auto Sale in South BraintreeSquare last week and asked to test drive a car, a normal enoughrequest. But police say there was a hitch. His request "was denied by ...
Tuna steaks recalled from supermarkets
Jul 02, 2009 ... BUSINESS IN BRIEF Tuna steaks recalled from supermarkets BOSTON - North Coast Seafood of South Boston has recalled tunasteaks that were sold at Shaw's, Star Market and Big Y stores in NewEngland. The recalled products were sold from June 20 to June 24.The product was recalled ...
BAKING BROTHERS ; Fratelli's Pastry Shop a big hit in Weymouth
Jul 02, 2009; ... A SHARED VISION WEYMOUTH Mouthwatering Ricotta pie. Cannolis encased in a delicately sweetyet crispy shell. Tiramisu soaked in espresso coffee, covered withwhipped cream. These are just a few of the top sellers at Fratelli'sPastry Shop in Quincy and ...
Restaurant won't budge ; Little Q in the way of Quincy project
Jul 02, 2009; ... QUINCY - Little Q is putting up a big fight. The Mongolian hot pot restaurant, located in the mostly-vacantQuincy Fair building on Hancock Street, is disputing in court thecity's right to evict them. Quincy served the restaurant with a 30-day notice to vacate in March. The ...
Stop & Shop heading to court ; Wants retailer to halt campaign for 'Real Deals'
Jul 02, 2009; ... BOSTON - Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has headed back to court todefend its assertion that its "Real Deal" is the real thing and acompetitor's slogan is an imposter. The Quincy-based grocery chain filed a trademark infringementlawsuit on Tuesday in Boston federal court against Big ...
NEW BEGINNING ; Begin's sure that new teammates will let past stay in the past
Jul 02, 2009 ... PRO HOCKEY - EX-CANADIEN WAS A PEST TO BRUINS As far as Steve Begin is concerned, what goes around has alreadycome back around. If that's not the case, the newest Boston Bruinwill be a pretty lonely guy. Begin, a 31-year-old center signed Wednesday for one year at$850,000, ...
NOT A BIG NAME ... Bruins' Chiarelli wasn't going to let Bitz' size get away
Jul 02, 2009; ... winger wasn't looking to leave Boston General manager Peter Chiarelli warned people not to expect theBruins to sign big-name players when NHL free agents hit the marketon Wednesday. But Chiarelli did re-sign a big player. Byron Bitz, the 6-3, 200-pound-plus winger who ...
Bottle and Can Collection
Jul 02, 2009 ... COMMUNITY CALENDAR ABINGTON Daylily Sale DAYLILY SALE to benefit St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry, MusicParents, Children's Library Garden Fund and Boy Scout Troop 41, 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18, home of Jack and Kathy Bailey, 645Washington St., $3 per fan, ...
Weymouth man charged
Jul 02, 2009 ... BRAINTREE - A Weymouth man faces charges he waved a handgun outthe window of his pickup truck at another driver. Police arrested Scott P. Byron, 48, at his home Tuesday afternoonafter a 30-year-old Quincy man called 911 and reported the incident.The caller said that he and the ...
Milton's new fire chief: In his father's footsteps
Jul 02, 2009; ... CHANGE As a teenager, John Grant Jr. had thoughts about becoming afirefighter just like his father. "It wasn't something I reallyplanned, but it was always there," Grant, the town's new fire chief,said Wednesday. "I knew I did want to wind up as a firefighter." The ...
3 facing drug charges after Quincy raid
Jul 02, 2009 ... COCAINE, STERIODS QUINCY - A suspected drug dealer threw a bag of cocaine andsteroids out a window as officers swarmed his home, but his aim wasbad: the drugs landed at the feet of a detective, police said. Quincy police, who had obtained a search warrant for 28 LyonsSt., ...
Quincy mom remains unfit for murder trial ; She is charged with killing daughter, 9, and unborn baby
Jul 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - Eleven weeks after the killings of which she is accused,a Quincy woman remains mentally unfit to stand trial for allegedlymurdering her 9-year-old daughter and unborn baby, her attorneysaid. During a brief hearing Wednesday in Quincy District Court,lawyers in the case ...
Hearing pushed back for suspected arsonist
Jul 02, 2009 ... QUINCY - A Quincy District Court hearing for a Randolph man whoprosecutors say survived a fire he intentionally set to killhimself, his girlfriend and her 3-year-old child has been postponeduntil later this month. Physicians did not give medical clearance for Mikelange St. Paulto ...
Driver gets jail time in hit-run case ; Weymouth man said he was high on heroin
Jul 02, 2009 ... WEYMOUTH - A Weymouth man who was high on heroin when his minivanstruck a pedestrian in a Roslindale intersection Oct. 22 pleadedguilty Wednesday and was sentenced to three years in prison. Corey Legere, 25, of Babcock Avenue hit a 50-year-old JamaicaPlain man crossing the street, ...
Ethics reform treats symptoms not problem
Jul 02, 2009 ... OUR OPINION When legislators and their powerful leaders are regularlyarrested, it's not unreasonable for people to conclude there is aculture of corruption in the State House. Legislators have, to some degree, addressed this issue with oneof the more sweeping ethics reform ...
Your Views
Jul 02, 2009 ... What do you think needs to happen on Beacon Hill to end theculture of corruption? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown ...
LITTLE BITES
Jul 02, 2009 ... WHERE TO EAT 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 local restaurants and foodpurveyors by Patriot Ledger food critics Mimi Claffey, ChristineOrdway and ...
SNEAK PREVIEW - What's Opening This Week
Jul 02, 2009 ... ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS The third installment of the popular animated tale aboutprehistoric creatures offers more of the same mix of heart andhijinks. Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo top the voicetalent. PUBLIC ENEMIES Johnny Depp plays a pirate of ...
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
Jul 02, 2009 ... Free Shakespeare Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will present "Shakespeare onLove" at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Adams National HistoricalPark, 181 Adams St., Quincy. The 55-minute show blends speeches, sonnets, scenes and songsinspired by Shakespeare on the subject of ...