Building Trades Support Tom

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, pipefitters, sheet metal workers, and…

Ledger confirms: Trader Joe’s coming to downtown

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…

Governors Healey and Baker Endorse Tom

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…