The City of Quincy is kicking off it's annual Holiday Celebrations. The events get better every year and always include Family oriented activities.The activities include; The Chrstmas Lights Ceremony with over 50,000 lights being displayed. Santas arrival by helicopter. The annual Chrstmas Parade which is one of the oldest Holiday Parades in the Country. Quincy' annual First Night Celebration.This weekend it all begins with activities that the whole family will enjoy.Fore more information CLICK HERE Wishing All a Very Happy Holiday Season! 11/21/2007

City of Quincy - Christmas ParadeCourtesy of Michael C. Mahoney | The NorthCompass Group | Guiding You Home& www.02186.com This Sunday @ 12:30, the City of Quincy will host its 53rd annualChristmas Parade. The parade will have floats, The Shriner Brigade,and Jolly Old Saint Nick. Dress Warmly. The parade route is Hancock Street.See all the properties on the market in Milton, Massachusetts by clicking hereSee all the properties on the market in Quincy, Massachusetts by clicking here Monitor your  property value by joining the Equity Monitor  Michael MahoneyREALTOR®The NorthCompass Group"Guiding You Home"Keller Williams Realtyhttp://www.northcompass.com/617-648-3983  11/20/2007

Novemeber, 2007Thomas Koch has been elected Mayor of the City of Quincy beating 3 term incumbant Mayor William Phelan by over 2000 votes. Although he will not take over the Mayor's office until January 7th, he is already busy laying out his agenda. Quincy is in the process of building a new High School and a Senior Center, as well as the Quincy Center Concourse road. Mayor Elect Koch is looking at making changes to the present plans.Mayor Elect koch has listed his top agenda items as traffic and drugs.Thomas Koch was Parks and Recreation Director before resigning earlier this year to run for Mayor. 11/16/2007

According to Boston Now Downtown Quincy will be getting a much needed face lift. The plan calls for the redirection of Burgin Parkway, with several buildings and established businesses being destroyed in the process. The plan calls for 9 buildings to be demolished in total. This will make way for the new Quincy Center Concourse, a pedestrian walkway, new residential units and retail space. In total, the city plans on spending $80 Million. The plan has many supporters, but it has also drawn criticism for it lack of preservation of historic Quincy. What are your toughs?BR 09/17/2007

The New Quincy High School Building the New High School is moving forward. The City has announced they are now seeking bids for the construction which is expected to begin in the fall and completed in 2010.First Track in Quincy To Begin Soon.Construction of a new eight lane track will begin soon at Pageant Field. This state of the art track will be used for school trank and field events, as well as the public. There will be areas for javelin, discuss, shot put and a soccer field as well. The land at Pageant Field was donated to the city by the Adams Family in 1885, and requires that the land be used for the public to enjoy. Quincy Receives New Fire Truck from the MWRA.The City of Quincy was given a gift from the Massachusetts Water Resources Association of a new Rescue Truck. The MWRA n... 06/30/2007

  Here are some of the latest statistics on real estate transactions in Quincy, Massachusetts. This information was gathered from the Banker and Tradesman newspaper printed on May 7, 2007. The year to date number of real estate transactions by both REALTORS® and private sales closed in Quincy, Massachusetts as of the 7th of May is 95. This is 26 less units than there were sold last year at this time. The median price at this time in 2006 was $360,000. To date in 2007, the median price is equal to last years at $336,500. If you are planning on making a move, please call me @ 617-273-9297.Michael C. MahoneyREALTOR®http://www.mmahoney.com/617-273-9297 Favorite links of mine for you to check out: Milton Real Estate - visit www.02186.comQuincy Real Estate - visit www.02169.comCONDOs in Quinc... 05/11/2007

Living Room Before: Oceanside retreat lacked ambience.   Living Room Staged!   A place to call home.  This home now reflects the hues of the beautiful ocean view.  *** BEAUTIFUL Coastal location. This outstanding waterfront property has a  spectacular Boston skyline view. IN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE AREA, boast 3 large decks, Professionally renovated including NEW kitchen, NEW hardwood floors, LARGE BAY WINDOW in Master Bedroom and ADDED HALF BATH on the first level. Just 10 miles to Boston. Thank you to Sue Shockley of Hidden Potential Staging of Bridgewater, MA.  Sue and her firm are members of the IAHSP Chapter of Boston.  International Association of Home Staging Professionals.  05/03/2007

The City of Quincy is in negotiations with Honeywell Corp. to upgrade and modify all schools and municipal buildings. The improvements will consist of newer more efficient heating and lighting systems. There has been some talk of solar panels also being used.After having an evaluation done, it was determined that the City would save approximately $600,000 per year in energy savings.The legislature has recently passed legislation that allows communities the opportunity to save energy with these programs and pay for them with the savings involved. This eliminates the bidding process and saves money for the tax payers. The project will actually be paid for by the City with money saved on energy costs. This bill also allows for a longer pay back period.Many other communities are watching Qu... 04/08/2007

Quincy has something for everyone when it comes to finding something to do. There are many ballfields throughout the city, tennis courts, basketball courts, and skateboard parks.For the Golfing Enthusiasts, Quincy has 3 Golf Courses, including the new Granite Links Golf Course at Quarry Hills. For the boating, fishing, and swimming enthusiasts, with 27 miles of coastline, you don't have to look far. Wollaston Beach is the largest beach at 2.5 miles long. There are also several small, quiet beaches throughout the city.For the outdoors type, there is the Blue Hills Reservation with many miles of trails for hiking, mountain bike riding, horseback riding, and cliff climbing. The granite cliffs of the former quarries are very popular with rock climbers.Quincy also has several road races ever... 04/05/2007

On Sunday, February 25, 2007 the 19th annual Asian Festival was held at North Quincy High School from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM. This festival is a celebration of the Lunar New Year which actually began February 18th.Quincy is a very diverse City and the Asian population has grown steadily over the years. This is a family oriented event sponsored by the City of Quincy and other sponsors. There will be food, games for the children, music and dance, art exibits, etc. Local restaurants will be serving Chinese and Japanese dishesOver 4000 people attended the event, and this year extra attractions were added. This year (2007) is the year of the Pig.The festival was started 19 years ago and has grown each and every year, as the Asian population in Quincy has also grown. For More Information on this... 02/23/2007

Quincy Center consists of the Quincy Square area, as well as, the Hospital Hill and Presidents Hill areas.Quincy Center is loaded with history. The Hancock Cemetery is located next to City Hall, and is the burial ground for John Hancock, and John Adams and John Quincy Adams were buried there before being moved the Church of The Presidents across the street.Quincy Center has many unique buildings and architechure. The Thomas Crane Public Library is a perfect example. Back several years ago, they decided to put an addition on to the library, and wanted to keep the new addition similar to the older building. The results were incredible. The Thomas Crane Public Library was recently ranked 43rd for architectural design in the Country. Thomas Crane grew up in the Quincy Point section of Quinc... 02/22/2007

The Quincy City Council just voted to approve a 1 year moratorium on building three or more units in resdience B zoning.Residence B zoning allows for construction of Multi-Unit dwellings. Older homes have been bought up, torn down, and 3 plus Townhouse units built in it's place.The City Councillors have been concerned about the changing neighborhood character, and have decided to vote for the moratorium until they can take a long look at the issue. There could be zoning changes coming that would stop the building permanantly, however, this vote is for the one year period. 02/06/2007

The Adams Shore section is one of three peninsulars in the City of Quincy. Like the Houghs Neck area, Adams Shore was a cottage community at one time, but is now completely a year round community.Adams Shore borders the Merrymount, Houghs Neck, and Germantown sections of Quincy. It is primarily a residential area with some retail and office sites on the main street which is Sea Street.Lately, there have been some new Condominium Townhouses built in the area.Bus service is available from Adams Shore to the Quincy Center T Station, where red line service is available to Boston. There is also a Thomas Crane Public Library branch in Adams Shore.  View of the Boston Skyline from Adams Shore  View of the Boston Harbor Islands from Adams Shore. 01/31/2007

North Quincy borders Boston's Dorchester section. There is a T Station in North Quincy with Red Line access to Boston, and easy highway access, making this area very popular with commuters. North Quincy also borders Milton and the Wollaston and Squantum sections of Quincy. Wollaston Beach is actually partly in North Quincy.Back in the early 1800's, there was a horse racing track in the North Quincy section that was owned by the Jockey Club of Boston.In the 1960's the State Street office park was built on what used to be marshland. The T Station was built in the 1970's to service the growing number of commuters to the State Street Complex.North Quincy was actually one of the last areas of Quincy to be developed. Today, it is a mix of residential, single family, multi unit and condominium... 01/30/2007

The Germantown section is a peninsular (one of three peninsulars in Quincy) and is bordered by the Adams Shore section.Germantown got its name because of all the German settlers that moved into the area during the ship building boom.Before the war, Sailing Ships were being built in Quincy, and the last known Clipper Ship was built in Germantown in the 1870's.Today, Germantown is a community of primarily single family homes. Germantown is an affordable sea side community. There is bus service to and from Germantown, with access to the Quincy Center T Station where the Red Line provides access to Boston.One of Quincy's large Elderly Housing complexes is located in Germantown.Elderly Housing complex in Germantown 01/28/2007

The  South Quincy section borders Braintree. South Quincy has easy access to all major routes, as well as the Quincy Adams T Station with Red Line service to Boston.South Quincy is home to the Crown Colony Office Park, which is the site of a former stone crusher. The new Marriott Hotel was added about 5 years ago. This office park is right off the expressway making for an easy commute. The park is tastefully designed with small ponds, etc. The Marriott Hotel at Crown Colony Park in South QuincySouth Quincy's Centre Street used to be lined with Monument Companies. Years ago they would get their Granite Right from the Quincy Quarries. Most of the companies have vanished, but there are still a couple remaining.Many Italians came to the area back when the Granite and Shipbuilding Industries... 01/26/2007

                                                           Marina Bay is a waterfront community in the Squantum section of Quincy. This area was the site of one of the first air fields in the world. Dennison Airport, of which Amelia Earhart was one of the developers. The Navy took control to be used as a Naval Airstrip during the war. When the Navy left, in 1953, the area was vacant for many years before the vision came about to build a waterfront community of both residential and retail. The Vietnam Veterans Clock Tower at Marina Bay During the war, the Fore River Shipyard had a secondary facility in this area, and 35 Destroyers were built from this site.There are now several different Condominium communities, as well as retail shops and restraunts with a boardwalk overlooking the Mari... 01/25/2007

Merrymount is a community of Quincy located next to the Wollaston section, and borders Adams Shore on the other side. Merrymount was origanally known as Mount Wollaston. Thomas Morton and Captain Wollaston had left the Plymouth Colony with a group of Colonists, and made their way to Merrymount. About a year later, Captain Wollaston and most of the Colonists left the area. Thomas Morton remaind and renamed the area Mare Mount, which later became Merrymount.Mount Wollaston is now the name of Quincy's largest cemetery, located in Merrymount. Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Merrymount For More History on Merrymount, visit this site!Today Merrymount is a wonderful sea side community with mainly single family housing. The residents have a Homeowners Association that is voluntary. Merrymount has a... 01/25/2007

Wollaston is between North Quincy and Merrymount and also borders Quincy Center. Wollaston contains the largest beach in the city, aptly named Wollaston Beach, which is actually partly in Wollaston and partly in North Quincy. Wollaston Beach is 2.5 miles in length. There are 2 yacht clubs along the beach making it a very scenic area in the warmer months with all the boats in the water. Wollaston Beach is also well known for it's clam shops. The Clam Box and Tony's Clam Shop have been there for many years and are very popular for their fresh fried clams and fish. There are also parks along Wollaston Beach, such as, Caddy Memorial Park, with a parking area and a hill overlooking Black's Creek and the Salt Marsh. This park has a playgroung for children with swings and slides.The Wollaston ... 01/24/2007

The Squantum section of Quincy is a peninsular at the northern end of Quincy Bay. Squantum got its name from an Indian guide to Myles Standish, named Squanto. Facing north the views are of the Boston skyline and the Boston Harbor Islands. Marina Bay is a section within Squantum.Squantum used to be a popular summer destination and was a resort community before the road was built making access easier. Squantum is now a year round community.The Marina Bay section was the site of one of the worlds first regional airports, and Amelia Earhart helped to develop it and was on the first flight from the airstrip. The airstrip was originally called Dennison Airport before becoming a Naval Air Strip. The base was commissioned in 1923 and thae bases first Commander was Richard Bird, who later comman... 01/24/2007