Friends of the Blue Hills

The Best Way to Keep Our Forests Healthy: Eat It

Join us for Green Up the Blue Hills to remove garlic mustard on June 2 at Ponkapoag Pond ...
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Scituate meeting kicks off state loan program for sea walls

Local communities are about to get the state aid for seawalls they
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Obituary: Carol A. Gillenwater

Gillenwater, Carol A. (Joyce)Of Quincy, formerly of Dorchester, May 21 devoted wife of the late Ronald Gillenwater ...
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Obituary: William T. Spencer

SPENCER, William T. Age 98, Quincy Police Department, Retired, of Quincy, formerly of Braintree and Malden, died peacefully Monday, May 20, 2013 at the William B ...
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Braintree police credit Amber Alert with quick end to parental kidnapping case; children are safe

Police today credited the Amber Alert system for leading to the quick recovery of two children who were allegedly kidnapped from a foster home in Braintree Monday by their father, who has no custody rights ...
Your Town

Quincy council rejects C-Mart application for second time

For the second time, Quincy city councilors denied a proposal for an Asian supermarket slated for North Quincy in a tense debate that has become almost as much about race as it has about traffic ...
Your Town

Federal law complicates medical marijuana debate in Quincy

Quincy’s City Council will contemplate new rules regarding medical marijuana treatment centers that may essentially bar any from opening in the city ...
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Obituary: Arlene Elizabeth Byrne

BYRNE, Arlene Elizabeth (Cole) 81, of Hingham, formerly of North Quincy, died May 19, 2013 ...
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Manet meets goal at Quincy fund-raiser

Manet Community Health Center raised 0,000 at its Annual Dinner and Auction Thursday night at the Boston Quincy Marriott, according to preliminary figures ...
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Braintree Scanner Tales: Braintree man caught selling marijuana out of shed, Police make cocaine drug bust, Quincy man charged with theft

Braintree man caught selling weed out of shed, Police make cocaine drug bust, Quincy man charged with theft
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Obituary: Elizabeth M. Collins

COLLINS, Elizabeth M. (Coady) Of Quincy, May 17, 2013 ...
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Obituary: Lillian L. Foley

FOLEY, Lillian L. (Ceurvels) 93, of Quincy and former resident of South Boston for more than 75 years ...
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Obituary: Elizabeth Payne Morath

MORATH, Elizabeth Payne Of Quincy and Natick passed away peacefully on May 15, 2013 after a brief illness ...
Friends of the Blue Hills

Tell Your State Senator to vote YES on the Bottle Bill Amendment

The Updated Bottle Bill is now before the State Senate In the next few days, the State Senate will be voting on a measure that would update the state's Bottle bill ...
Your Town

MBTA to launch faster, more informative 'T-Alerts' system; old system to be discontinued

The MBTA says riders will soon be able to receive faster, more reliable, and more informative alerts, via text and e-mail, about sudden service delays and disruptions and planned changes.
Your Town

Snapshot: Majority rules

Percentage of females, 2010 By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | May 16, 2013 Click here to see a larger, interactive version of this chart ...
Friends of the Blue Hills

In the Blue Hills after the Bombing

A Long View of a Wide Horizon By Daniel Byrnes I was just stepping onto the blue trail behind Houghton's Pond when we first heard the news about the bombing ...
Your Town

Quincy High School honored for environmental action

L-R: Secretary EOEEA Richard Sullivan; Quincy Planning Director Dennis Harrington; Representative Tacky Chan; Representative Bruce Ayers; Award Committee Chair Ursula King; MA DOER Deputy Director Lisa Capone; Quincy High School Principal Frank Santoro; MA DOE Program Coordinator Lauren Greene, Sustainable ...
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South Shore Walk benefits Marathon victims

Only a few days after the devastating tragedy in Boston, over 300 local residents participated in Interfaith Social Services South Shore Walk on April 20th ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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