Wicked Local - Quincy

Beginning next year, developer Street-Works hopes to transform 50 acres in the heart of this historic city, building office and lab space, dozens of stores and restaurants, satellite college campuses and housing for thousands of new residents.

Lack of English language skills in some sections of Quincy, Randolph and Weymouth is so acute that nearly one in two households are functioning without an adult in the home who speaks or understands English, new U.S. Census data shows.

Matias “Matt” Temperley, 30, a Quincy Repulican, says he will run against Stephen Lynch, a Democrat from South Boston, in November’s election for the newly drawn 8th Congressional District.

The courses – designed for persons of all ages, will be taught at Hough’s Neck Maritime Center. They are being organized in partnership with the Massachusetts Environmental Police.

Valentine’s Day story slam at the Fowler House will be dedicated to the times that love has fallen short.

Legislators like state Sen. John Keenan of Quincy deserve credit for pushing laws aimed at fighting drug abuse. But the true power behind this movement is the families of addicts who reject immobilizing feelings of shame and instead embrace the empowering realization that going public with their tragedy is a crucial part of preventing it from being repeated.

If there’s anything more dangerous or elusive than grabbing a tiger by the tail, it’s wrestling runaway government spending into submission. In the case of Gov. Deval Patrick’s recently proposed Corrections Master Plan, the challenge involves reining in ever-spiraling state corrections costs, which are devouring precious public resources. And the worst is yet to come.

A Milton man was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment of serious injuries when he was struck by a car near Quincy Center; second pedstrian accident this week in city

The state Senate has approved a bill that would require doctors to register with the state before being permitted to prescribe opiate painkillers. The bill was proposed by Sen. John Keenan, D-Quincy, to address opiate abuse in Massachusetts.

Federal prosecutors have put a judge on notice that they will fight his decision to vacate a death sentence for Gary Lee Sampson, the Abington native who murdered three men during the summer of 2001.

The public will have its first chance to comment on the city of Boston’s proposal to install a 400-foot wind turbine on Moon Island. The Quincy Planning Board will hold the hearing at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday at city hall.

A man was injured in a pedestrian accident on Granite Street in Quincy Center.

Two Quincy landlords will spend up to three years in prison for the fire deaths of an Iraqi immigrant and his two young sons in 2009 apartment fire.

Federal prosecutors have put a judge on notice that they will fight his decision to vacate a death sentence for Gary Lee Sampson, the Abington native who murdered three men during the summer of 2001.

The state Senate on Thursday is expected to consider making bath salts, a relatively new designer drug, illegal in Massachusetts.

Whether it’s blamed on despair over the economy, depression or drug problems, suicides in the state are on the rise and spiked sharply in Plymouth County and some South Shore towns.

Police and defense attorneys will be watching closely as Quincy police implement a new drug detection technology that could meet a higher standard for drug-case convictions established by a 2009 Supreme Court decision.

Massachusetts Wellness Group, at 360 Brockton Ave. in Abington, is the newest clinic on the South Shore to treat alcohol and opiate addicts using a drug called Vivitrol to help prevent relapses. The clinic opened two weeks ago.

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