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For the Rizzi family, the Thanksgiving holiday starts with making a stop at all eight of the fire stations in Quincy, Massachusetts. “When my father passed away we were thinking of a way we could keep his name going in the fire department,” son John Rizzi said. It’s a part of a family tradition that has gone on for 13…

For the Rizzi family, the Thanksgiving holiday starts with making a stop at all eight of the fire stations in Quincy.

Police in Stoughton, Massachusetts, say a Silver Alert has been issued for a missing man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Lane Yerxa, an 82-year-old Walpole resident, was last seen around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday on Canton Street in Stoughton, driving a green 2012 Honda CR-V with Massachusetts plates reading “1JJ879.” There were two dogs in the vehicle, police said, noting that…

Students and staff in one classroom at a Quincy, Massachusetts, elementary school will remain in quarantine for the next week due to a coronavirus outbreak.

Students and staff in one classroom at a Quincy, Massachusetts, elementary school will remain in quarantine for the next week due to a coronavirus outbreak. At least seven students and staff members tested positive for COVID-19 in one kindergarten class at the Beechwood Knoll Elementary School, Principal Janet Loftus said in a letter to the school community Tuesday. The cases…

Students at Quincy and Braintree High School are calling for change following the circulation of racist videos among students.

Concerns over racism have prompted student walkouts in two Massachusetts communities, and a hazing scandal in another has a superintendent in hot water. The TEN takes a look at the issues facing many students in the Bay State.

Quincy High School and middle school students planned to stage a walk out again Monday after a new racist video circulated through the community.

Quincy High School and middle school students are expected to stage a walk out again Monday after a new racist video circulated through the community.

Quincy High School and middle school students planned to stage a walk out again Monday after a new racist video circulated through the community. Hundreds of students walked out of Quincy High School last week after a year-old video containing “racist hate speech” resurfaced and led to a fight between two students. A new video emerged Friday of three Point…

Students in all grades walked out of class and marched down the busy streets of Quincy Friday. Some stopped at the district’s administration building to chant, “we want change.”

Hundreds of students walked out of Quincy High School on Friday morning after a year-old video containing “racist hate speech” led to a fight between two students earlier this week.

Parents will voice their concerns Friday after a year-old video containing “racist hate speech” lead to a fight between two Quincy High School students earlier this week.

Hundreds of students walked out of Quincy High School on Friday morning after a year-old video containing “racist hate speech” led to a fight between two students earlier this week. The fight broke out after dismissal over a video that was created outside of school over a year ago but recently shared between students on social media. Freshman Jayden Harris…

A video containing hate speech made more than a year ago led to an altercation between two high school students in Quincy, Massachusetts, the city’s school department said. The incident, which occurred earlier this week at Quincy High School after dismissal, boiled over after the video had been shared by students on social media a week earlier, the department...

A person is seriously injured after the vehicle they were operating crashed into a pole on Burgin Parkway in Quincy, Massachusetts, forcing part of the roadway to be closed for several hours Monday night in both directions. Quincy police put the traffic alert out on social media just before 5 p.m. and said the parkway would be closed from Dimmock…

A man suffered serious injuries and a dog was killed when they were struck by a car in Quincy on Friday morning.

A dog was killed and a pedestrian injured in an early-morning crash on Friday in Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy police said they received numerous calls around 5:25 a.m. reporting a pedestrian struck in the area of Hancock and Carruth streets. The pedestrian, believed to be in his 60s, was taken to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries. His dog was struck…

A man charged with fatally punching another man during a fight outside a Quincy American Legion post nearly three years ago was found guilty Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter. Matthew Potter, 38, of Weymouth, was facing multiple charges in connection with the January 2019 death of Chris McCallum. He was acquitted of several other charges. McCallum, 44, a father of three…

Police say they have located the parents of a child who was found unattended in Quincy on Friday morning. Quincy police said they located the young girl, who is approximately 4 years old, around 11 a.m. at Atherton and South streets. Within an hour of when they asked the public for help finding the girl’s parents, they announced they had…