Quincy
2013 Big Game Bash This Weekend
The 4th Annual Big Game Bash will be held this weekend (February 22 and 23) at the Marriott Hotel in Quincy, Massachusetts. The intensive, 2-day seminar is focused on Northeast offshore fishing techniques, and features some of the region’s...
Quincy, MA, Examines Public Access to Broad Meadows Marsh
Patriot Ledger: With a $6 million project in its final stages, the city is considering how and when the 30-plus-acre Broad Meadows salt marsh will be open for public recreation. The Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the city...
Quincy, MA, Marsh Restoration Completed
Patriot Ledger: With a $6 million restoration of the Broad Meadows marsh in its final stages, Quincy officials and the Army Corps of Engineers are beginning to negotiate how it will be maintained. The parties are in early discussions...
Boston Harbor Report: 10.2.12
BoatingLocal’s Tom Richardson went fishing with Bill and Jules Boston Saltwater Fishing charters out of Quincy on Tuesday, October 2, and has this report: Had a great day of fishing and shooting video footage with Bill Bryant and Jules...
Teen Drowns in Quincy, MA
Boston.com: A teenager swimming with friends off the public landing next to the Quincy Yacht Club drowned Sunday afternoon , according to Quincy police. Lamar Thompson, 18, of Quincy, was jumping off the public landing, an 8’ to...
Quincy-Neponset Riverwalk Progressing
Boston.com reports on the progress of the “massive and ambitious” 5-mile Riverwalk along Quincy’s northern shore. If completed, Riverwalk would comprise a patchwork of paved and dirt paths stretching from Milton up past Sagamore Creek, along the Neponset River...
Quincy, MA, May Host Seafood Operation
Boston.com: If the Quincy City Council gives its blessing, the vision of turning Southern Artery’s Souther Tide Mill into a tourist-drawing seafood operation may come true for 2 Quincy businessmen. Submitted by Tide Mill Partners LLC —consisting of John...
MA Sees Coastal Flooding
Boston.com reports that the full moon and strong northeast winds sent caused flooding in many coastal communities late Monday night and early Tuesday morning in Massachusetts. Among the towns affected were Scituate, Dorchester, Weymouth, Quincy, Salem and Sandwich. The...
Scenes from the 2012 Big Game Bash
The 3rd Annual Big Game Bash is happening this weekend, and BoatingLocal dropped in on the festivities last night (Friday, Feb. 24). Fishermen were checking out the various sponsor booths and products, and gathering offshore knowledge in the seminars...
Action Urged to Continue Harbor Islands Ferry Service
Discussion continues about the MBTA’s proposed dramatic service cuts, which could include the elimination of ferry service from Quincy and Hingham, as well as fare increases as a means to balance the MBTA’s budget as of July 1, 2012....
