Quincy News Briefs

Snow removal costing the City dearly. After Tuesdays storm the City of Quincy has spent upwards of 2.5 million dollars on snow removal efforts. The City only budgeted $300,000 for snow removal. Seeing that the Winter is only half over, who knows where the final tally will end up. Unfortunately, this is not good news for the City of Quincy, especially with the current economic situation. The Mayor has warned of property tax increases even before the snow cut into the budget.

New Quincy High School – The first wing of the new high school is opening in mid February. This state of the art facility contains some unique features such as automatic light shut offs for rooms not being used, electronic blackboards, laptop computers on a wireless network, and a solar powered greenhouse to mention a few. The Mayor is also saying that the new High School is both on time, and on Budget.

Quincy College Looking To Break Ties With The City. Quincy College The College wants to be independent of the City and apparently has the funds available to make such a move. It is now up to the Mayor and City Council. It should be interesting to see what happens.

City Councilors Looking To Limit Sex Offenders in Quincy. Councilors Doug Gutro and Kevin Coughlin have proposed a bill to not allow sex offenders in Quincy. From what they are saying, Quincy has the highest number of sex offenders of all the towns on the South Shore. The do not want Quincy to become a haven for sex offenders who are being barred from other towns.

North Quincy High School was recently ranked in the top 50 high schools in the State according to an article in Boston Magazine. Good news for the City of Quincy.