Flew The Q
Stories about people and businesses that have left the Q for one reason or another, usually something unique to Quincy that makes life or success difficult for its residents and businesses.
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Latest Posts from “Flew the Q”
Doggy Style no more in Quincy
– News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Doggy styling no more in Quincy. Doggy Style, Quincy’s longtime do it yourself day spa for dogs has gone to the dogs. Just exactly when it gave up on doggy styling is uncertain, but when have such facts every gotten in the way of good story in […]
Hallmark Cards says sayonara to Quincy
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Hallmark Greeting Cards store says sayonara to Quincy. After well over a decade of operation in a storefront adjacent to the 99 Restaurant in the strip mall across the street from the Super Stop and Shop on Newport Avenue in North Quincy, this particular Hallmark Gold […]
Wollaston Theater is a hole …
– News about Quincy from and commentary by Quincy Quarry News Wollaston Theater is now but a hole in the ground. After years of multiple failures and thus many broken promises by City of Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch to save the beloved Wollaston Theatre both in general and as a key competent of his […]
Villa Rosa calls it quits
– News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Villa Rosa calls it quits. After roughly 65 years of providing generous portions that have long been favored by local diners, the Villa Rosa restaurant has closed its doors. While it’s been a while since Quincy Quarry has run a Flew the Q story, it was only […]
Scientology leaving Quincy
<![CDATA[ – News from elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry News Scientology leaving Quincy. The Church of Scientology announced that it will be closing its Quincy Center. As noted in the South Shore Broadsheet, The Church of Scientology will be returning to Boston after its always planned to be short term residence in the Q after […]
Quincy Boy Scout raise big bucks Punkin Chunkin at Pageant Field
<![CDATA[ – Quincy News from Quincy Quarry News Quincy Boy Scouts raise big bucks Punkin Chunkin at Pageant Field on a crisp fall Sunday afternoon. Local Boy Scout Troop 6 had hundreds lined up to pay $3 to launch their used Halloween jack-o-lanterns into the air and then watch them go splat. Locals residents were […]
Quincy Koch campaign sign trafficking continues to go down?
<![CDATA[ – Quincy News from Quincy Quarry News Quincy Koch campaign sign trafficking continues to go down? As election day approaches and in the wake the embattled incumbent Mayor Thomas P. Koch thumpings in not merely one, not two, but three publicly available sets of polling data showing massive as well as statistically consistent percentages of local […]
Quincy Chamber of Commerce President leaves post unexpectedly
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy MA from Quincy Quarry News Quincy Chamber of Commerce President and Director of the Quincy 2000 Collaborative Dean Rizzo announced his wholly unexpected resignation from this two Quincy Chamber of Commerce posts, effective by no later than the end of year. Not only was this news wholly unexpected after his 12 […]
Quincy Mayor Koch Curse cursing Boston 2024's 2.0 Plan do over?
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy MA from Quincy Quarry News Quincy Mayor Koch Curse cursing Boston 2024 2.0 proposal do-over? As previously reported – if not also all but predicted by Quincy Quarry, it would appear that Boston 2024’s proposal to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024 is all but doomed at this point. […]
Pink Flamingos lose their flock leader
<![CDATA[ – News from elsewhere spotted by Quincy Quarry News. Whimsey lost a major contributor to kitsch on Monday with the passing of Don Featherstone, the creator of the plastic Pink Flamingo. Mr. Featherstone, said to be as kind and humble human being as they come, created this iconic plastic ornamental icon in 1957 while […]
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