Quincy Building Trades Council President Bob Rizzi announced that the hard-working men and women of the Quincy Building Trades Council proudly endorsed Mayor Thomas Koch for re-election. The Trades Council consists of electricians, plumbers and pipefitters, carpenters, boilermakers, laborers, operating engineers, roofers and water-proofers, bricklayers, plasters and cement mixers, painters,…
A well-known specialty grocery store was proposed to the City’s Planning Board this week as the anchor tenant to a new downtown development at the site of an International House of Pancakes adjacent to the Generals Bridge, officials said Neither the developer, Atlantic Development, nor the City named the specialty grocer citing confidentiality requirements through…
Governor Maura Healey and former Governor Charlie Baker have endorsed Mayor Tom Koch’s re-election in the November 7 election, calling his leadership pivotal to the progress Quincy has made and for its future. In a letter, Governor Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, cited the success of the city’s public schools, public safety, the transformation…
A new Quincy High; a new Central Middle School; a new South-West Middle School; a new special education learning center; and now officially in the pipeline: A new Squantum Elementary School. Planning is officially underway to replace the century-old Squantum School after Mayor Koch and the City received a critical vote welcoming the project into…
Keeping to a long-standing practice of finding creative solutions to protect the City’s taxpayers, Mayor Koch is pursuing an innovative proposal that will save tens of millions dollars by changing how the City pays for its outstanding pension costs. The City has more than $400 million in outstanding pension costs, primarily costs associated with retirees…