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A Massachusetts man who fell down a cliff and became trapped for two days has been rescued, officials said Thursday. The Quincy Fire Department said the man was found by a hiker who heard him moaning in pain in the Quincy Quarries Reservation at around 10 a.m. The man, who is in his 60s, suffered extensive injuries after he apparently…

An 80-year-old woman has died after being hit by a vehicle in Quincy, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon, authorities said. Quincy police say a 73-year-old man was driving in the area of South Street and Southern Artery around 1p.m. when his car struck the woman. According to police, the woman was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. The woman...

Police need the public’s help locating a missing teenage girl last seen in Quincy, Massachusetts. Maxberly Martinez, 17, was last seen June 4, police said. Since then, she has not had any contact with her family. Martinez has a condition that requires medication, police said. The teen is described as 5’2″ and 130 pounds. Anyone with information on her whereabouts…

A man in his 70s was killed when he was struck by a vehicle in Quincy, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. Quincy police said the accident occurred around 7:45 a.m. in the 300 block of Quincy Avenue. The road was closed from the Southern Artery to Scammel Street as a result of the investigation. Police reported later in the morning that…

Before coronavirus numbers in the U.S. significantly spiked, Dina Akel was already keenly aware of the virus’s dangers. Her husband’s family is from China, where the virus originated.  “We were kind of scared that it was going to happen here. And low and behold things did occur,” Akel said.  When it became clear that the US had a shortage...

Dina Akel, of Quincy, started Covid Shield Boston, an organization that makes and donates masks to health groups and others in need.

Parking is prohibited on Quincy Shore Drive in an effort to stop crowds from gathering at Wollaston Beach, but people are parking on neighborhood streets and going to the beach anyway.

Arthur McIntosh not only survived World War II, but the Army veteran has now also made it through a battle with COVID-19. The 100-year-old likely contracted the virus from his son, Chip. They live together in Quincy, Massachusetts. Chip McIntosh went to a hotel to self-quarantine, and his sister, Marifrances, moved in to take care of their father. “Unfortunately, about…

A 100-year-old veteran of World War II has recovered from coronavirus.

A Walmart store in Quincy, Massachusetts, remained closed Tuesday for cleaning after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus that killed an employee and sickened 10 others. The store abruptly shut down Monday afternoon to be sanitized and is not expected to reopen until it has been inspected by city health officials. According to the city, the fatal case was a…

A Quincy Walmart store is closed after 11 employees tested positive for coronavirus and one died.

Eleven employees of a Walmart in Quincy, Massachusetts, have tested positive for coronavirus, and one of those workers has died. Shoppers were greeted by yellow tape Monday afternoon. The store abruptly shut down around 3:30 p.m. “We just came over here, but it’s closed,” said one customer. The city says the employee who died is a woman who’s a...

An employee at a Walmart in Quincy has died after contracting coronavirus; 10 others have also tested positive.

The store is closed to be cleaned after nearly a dozen positive cases of coronavirus.

A large crowd applauded an emergency room nurse at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital as she went home Thursday after spending weeks at the hospital fighting the new coronavirus. Debbie Buonopane held up a hand-written sign to the cheering crowd of dozens as she was wheeled out of the Brigham around 1 p.m. Police from her home town of...

A nurse who works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was cheered by her colleagues as she was released from the same hospital Thursday after a bout with COVID-19

A new coronavirus drive-thru testing site will be opening Friday in Quincy, Massachusetts, as the state braces for an expected surge in cases. ConvenientMD and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation announced Thursday they are partnering to open the COVID-19 testing site at Harvard Pilgrim’s headquarters’ parking lot. “This creative partnership with ConvenientMD is designed to help provide timely,...

A new coronavirus testing site opened Friday at noon in Quincy, Massachusetts.

ConvenientMD and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation have partnered together to open a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. It will open at noon on Friday, April 3, at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Quincy headquarters’ parking lot, located at 1600 Colony Drive.

ConvenientMD and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation have partnered together to open a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. It will open at noon on Friday, April 3, at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Quincy headquarters’ parking lot, located at 1600 Colony Drive.