What the Q?
Humorous, bizarre and strange stories involving Quincy, Massachusetts and which those in the know refer to as “The Q”.
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City Hall Dumps on the Church of the Presidents
The diss was done in a way that many local homeowners are familiar with suffering given the way that city operated or contracted snowplows wall off their driveways and especially so all but invariably after local homeowners have shoveled out their driveways.
Quincy Streets So-So After Snowstorm
As such, count on Quincy Quarry to continue to hit the snow covered streets of Quincy and then report the bad news.
Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch Inexplicably Proclaims Quincy’s New Red Zone COVID-19 Risk Rating Is Not So Bad
In Mayor Koch’s apparently first public statement about Quincy flipping into COVID-19 Code Red risk last Thursday, the mayor downplayed things. In fact, he failed to specifically note the fact that Quincy just crossed over into COVID-19 Red Zone status.
Quincy 2021 Property Tax Bills Yet Again Fraught With City Hall Games
At least locally, December 7 is yet again a day that will live in infamy.
Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch finally admits Quincy is heading towards Red Zone COVID-19 risk rating
After weeks of Quincy Quarry repeatedly pointing out that Quincy was experiencing a second COVID-19 surge and so again ending up on the COVID-19 Yellow Zone risk list as well as is now on track to likely soon be moved into the Red Zone, Mayor Koch finally acknowledged that the Q is Q’ed.
Quincy Quarry Weekly Fish Wrap: Football Happens …
For those Quarry readers who pay attention, the Weekly Fish Wrap for November 19 was errantly repeated on November 26. Why offering no excuse, the reason for this Q-up was that the football bacchanal that is also Thanksgiving Day distracted the writer tasked with writing the Fish Wrap for last week.
NTSB slams trucking company and RMV for administrative failures before deadly New Hampshire crash
The National Transit Safety Board review of the tragic accident that killed seven motorcyclist last year found that a variety of systems that are supposed to help protect motorists failed to see that the truck driver who caused the accident was stripped of his commercial driver’s license before the accident.
COVID-19 Pandemic MBTA Service Cuts Imperil Transit-oriented Residential Housing Building Boom
In recent years public policy has encouraged developers to build multi-unit housing projects within walking distance of public transit stations. Now, however, the residents of such projects are facing greatly reduced to outright elimination of public transit service.
Quincy returns to COVID-19 Yellow Zone status per weekly state report update
In fact, before the Department of Public Health recently downgraded its ratings criteria, Quincy would most likely now be in Red Zone statue per its old ratings criteria.
Kim Jong Koch Plaza water fountains looking to freeze during run of cold weather?
While many turned off the water supply to their outside water lines to head off freeze damage during the current cold snap of cold to hard freeze weather, the maintenance crew for Quincy’s City Hall and two other nearby water fountains inexplicably remain vulnerable to freeze damage.
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