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We found my family's old ice cream shop
SCITUATE – My mother, Deborah Spears Moorehead, said traveling to her grandparents’ house in Scituate was like the Christmas song “Over the River and Through the Woods.”. Her grandparents, Beatrice and Edmund Spears, owned a home on Route 14, and the matriarch ran an old ice cream...
Eviction court case of 77-year-old Wheelhouse Diner is settled. What happened
QUINCY ‒ After 77 years serving breakfast and lunch in North Quincy, the Wheelhouse Diner will close its doors June 30, according to owner LeeAnn Vieira McDonough. The announcement came after Vieira reached a settlement with the landlord trying to evict her just moments before a scheduled bench trial in Quincy District Court on May 15. ...
From Asian hot pot to upscale Mexican, here’s what’s happening downtown
I’ve been looking for an opening to write this column. Now I’ve got a few of them to mention. A bunch of businesses have recently opened in the downtown area, or are on track to do so soon. They’re welcome additions to the town’s commercial tax base, which needs all the help it can get after years of underdevelopment at the expense of homeowners. (Check your latest real estate tax bill.)
New beer garden in Hingham this summer with live music, food trucks. Kids and pets welcome
HINGHAM − Untold Brewing is partnering with the Hingham Maritime Center for "Making Waves," a spring and summer beer garden series set on the shore of Hingham Harbor. The series will take place on one Thursday a month from May through September. The series kicks off on Thursday, May. 16.
South Shore man find's beginner's luck with new Lottery scratch ticket. $4M worth of luck
DORCHESTER – Call it beginner's luck. The Lottery's “$4,000,000 Lion’s Share” $10 instant ticket game started April 16, and not long after that, Jason Coulstring, of Whitman, bought a ticket on a visit to Route 18 Super Store in Abington. ...
Quincy diner that has been around since the 1940s is closing after dispute with landlord
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]. A diner just south of Boston that has been around since the 1940s is closing its doors. According to multiple sources, the Wheelhouse Diner in North Quincy is shutting down, with the news coming on the heels of a dispute between restaurant owner LeeAnn Vieira McDonough and the new landlord of the property; McDonough says the following in a Facebook post:
3 Must-Try Winter Flounder Recipes
Winter flounder is the fish that first fueled my passion for saltwater fishing. As a young child in the late 1970’s, my earliest recollections of saltwater fishing were at the Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury, Massachusetts. While that bridge still remains the longest all-wooden bridge in the country, sadly, the flounder stocks that swim beneath it are a shadow of what they once were.
4 free outdoor summer concerts in Quincy. Take a musical tour of the last century
QUINCY ‒ Hep cats and jitterbugs will soon be puttin' on the ritz and bebopping around Quincy Center as the city launches its free summer concert series, a musical journey through time from the 1940s to the 1990s. The first of four concerts takes place Saturday, May 18, at the Hancock Adams Common. Featuring music from the 1940s and '50s, the event runs from 1 to 7 p.m. and includes four bands, classic cars, food and...
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