Featured Articles
Below following are “snarq-filled” featured stories about the news of the day, with most of it breaking badly bad news©.
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J. Jonah White, Acting Publisher
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Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II arrested on federal felony charges
– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II arrested on federal felony charges. ‘‘His actions were underhanded, shameless and greedy,’’ FBI agent Hank Shaw said. Mayor Correira, who was first elected at age 23, was arrested and charged on Thursday with using investments in […]
Commonwealth Magazine reports State police sought to destroy Logan's Troop F pay records
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Massachusetts State police sought to destroy Logan’s Troop F pay records. Commonwealth Magazine reports that Massachusetts State Police officials tried to secure approval from the Commonwealth’s Records Conservation Board last month, as required by law, to destroy detail and roster assignments from […]
Massachusetts' fiscal condition ranks forty-seventh out of fifty
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Massachusetts’ fiscal condition ranks forty-seventh out of fifty states. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ fiscal condition is one of the worst in the country, according to a new ranking by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The ranking is based on […]
Massachusetts’ fiscal condition ranks forty-seventh out of fifty
The only states to rank lower than Massachusetts were New Jersey, Connecticut and all but bankrupt Illinois …
Quincy Center MBTA station demo protection enhanced or a preview of its future?
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News. Quincy Center MBTA station demo protection enhanced or a preview of its future? While straphangers continue to face all manner of travails given the ongoing demolition of the long closed Quincy Center MBTA parking garage – including suffering bus shuttles at night and on weekends – and […]
Fat Bear Week: Alaskan bears “compete” for fat fame ahead of hibernation months
Today is the Fat Tuesday final for the Katmai National Park & Preserve Fat Bear Week competition. Let’s just say that one has to do what one can to create some excitement at this remote national park. …
Quincy Quarry Weekly Fish Wrap: Play Ball!
<![CDATA[ – News from Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Quincy Quarry Weekly Fish Wrap: Play Ball! The Weekly Fish Wrap took a day off last week. The reason: everyone in the Quincy Quarry newsroom was glued to the office flat screen watching the Senate Judiciary Committee Supreme Court nomination hearings. Plus, as much […]
Massachusetts Environmental Police Chief suspended without pay
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News. Massachusetts Environmental Police Chief suspended without pay. The toxic waste that has sludged up things at the Massachusetts State Police has apparently flowed over to the Massachusetts Environmental Police. After his involvement in all sorts of controversies in recent years, Environmental Police Colonel James […]
Massachusetts State Police Union Picks New President Amid Federal Probe Into Union's Campaign Donations
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News. State Police Association of Massachusetts (“SPAM”) picks a new president amid a federal probe into union’s campaign donations. When it rains, it pours even more. Former SPAM president Dana Pullman is said to have cited personal reasons for leaving his position. Reports indict […]
Massachusetts State Police Union Picks New President Amid Federal Probe Into Union’s Campaign Donations
Former union president Dana Pullman is said to have cited personal reasons for leaving his position. Reports indict that the personal reasons include apparent incidents of the union reimbursing union members for making campaign donations …
Inside the Secret Courts of Massachusetts
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Inside the Secret Courts of Massachusetts. In the darkest corner of Massachusetts’ justice system, criminal charges disappear often without a trace during so-called “just cause” hearings, reports the Boston Globe. There are few rules in these private hearings and fewer records. […]
New York Times Reports Housing Market Slows As Rising Prices Outpace Wages
<![CDATA[ – News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added. Housing market slows as rising prices outpace wages. The New York Times has reported that even in fast-growing cities or otherwise hot local economies such as Denver, New York and Seattle, selling prices for residential housing are rising more slowly and asking […]















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