The Quincy Sun

08/20/2026

https://thequincysun.com/massachusetts-high-court-upholds-injunction-in-statues-case/

By SCOTT JACKSON The state’s highest court on Thursday dealt another blow to the city of Quincy’s proposal to put statues of two saints on the façade of the new public safety headquarters, affirming a lower court’s preliminary injunction that barred the city from doing so while litigation con...

08/05/2026

https://thequincysun.com/blue-hills-road-closures-begin-friday/

07/21/2026

https://thequincysun.com/firefighters-receive-new-pfas-free-gear/

By SCOTT JACKSON The Quincy Fire Department has completed its move to firefighter turnout gear that is free from PFAS, eleven months after local officials sounded the alarm over gear that contained the forever chemicals despite being touted as free from them. “Today is a proud day not only for our...

07/20/2026

https://thequincysun.com/road-closure-pilot-program-addresses-public-safety-concerns-in-wq-neighborhood/

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is preparing to launch a seasonal weekend pilot program that will temporarily close Wampatuck Road and Chickatawbut Road to general vehicle traffic in an effort to address longstanding public safety concerns in the Blue Hills Reservation. DCR offic...

07/16/2026

https://thequincysun.com/eight-sea-turtles-return-to-ocean-after-months-of-care/

  The New England Aquarium released eight more sea turtles off Cape Cod, Mass., on Thursday morning (July 16). Among the turtles were seven Kemp’s ridleys and one loggerhead. For the past seven months, staff at the Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, Mass., treated the hypothermic turtles...

07/15/2026

https://thequincysun.com/city-of-quincy-invites-families-to-submit-photos-for-annual-candlelight-vigil-memorial-video/

Mayor Tom Koch and the City of Quincy invite families and friends who have lost loved ones to overdose or substance use disorder to honor their memory by submitting a photograph for inclusion in the memorial video presented during the 16th Annual Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Each year, t...

07/10/2026

https://thequincysun.com/virtual-meeting-july-15-on-proposed-pilot-program-to-close-wampatuck-road-chickatawbut-rd-to-traffic-on-weekends/

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will host a virtual public meeting on Wednesday, July 15, from 6:00–7:30 PM to discuss a proposed pilot program that would close Wampatuck Road and Chickatawbut Road to vehicle traffic during weekend hours to address ongoing public safety concern...

07/01/2026

https://thequincysun.com/koch-city-emergency-management-operations-to-continue-uninterrupted/

Operations of the City’s Emergency Management Department will continue uninterrupted through funding from both the Quincy Police and Fire Departments, Mayor Thomas Koch said Wednesday. The mayor’s office issued a press release on the matter Wednesday afternoon – July 1 – the start of the new...

06/25/2026

https://thequincysun.com/salary-petition-clears-threshold/

By SCOTT JACKSON An initiative petition that would set the mayor’s salary at $183,000 has enough supporters to advance to the next step in the process. City Clerk Nicole Crispo on Thursday said her staff had certified 5,820 names on the petition, surpassing the 5,373 needed to move the petition on...

06/18/2026

https://thequincysun.com/enc-vote-not-orchestrated-mahoney-says/

By SCOTT JACKSON City Council President Anne Mahoney on Thursday said Mayor Thomas Koch’s claim she had orchestrated the recent vote to reject the purchase of Eastern Nazarene College was offensive to the body and the residents who elected them. Councillors on Monday voted 6-3 to reject the purcha...