Quincy Herald Whig

I was reading the Saturday edition of the Quincy Herald Whig and came across a story about hospital gowns. Apparently, a Detroit based health system has come up with  a new hospital gown. Now, before you go off thinking that this story is not what it is "cracked" up to be, think about how long people have been complaining that the hospital gown they are wearing fails to provide "rea

Parade Magazine came out in Sunday's Quincy Herald-Whig with a story listing the most popular jobs in all 50 states.

July is National Ice Cream Month, which was established in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan. For the past 30 years, we have been enjoying our ice cream, especially during the heat of the summertime. Yesterday in Parade Magazine, there was a story about each of the 50 states having their own favorite kinds of ice cream.

It looks like construction has begun in the Shopko parking lot at 3200 Broadway in Quincy to build a Panda Express restaurant. Workers were seen digging in an enclosed area in the northwest corner of the parking lot today.

The Quincy Public School Superintendent, Steven Cobb, has established a Steering Committee to develop a district wide improvement master plan.  It is a comprehensive plan that is looking for public input and as a result they are conducting a 6 question survey for you to fill out.

I was reading the Sunday Quincy Herald Whig a couple of weeks ago and in the Parade Magazine there was a question of "Could You Ace the SAT?"  The small article stated that there was a site to go on line and try my hand at 10 SAT questions. I am one to never miss an opportunity to see how I would do, so I headed to that site.

The employment of Sean Taylor as head basketball coach of the Quincy Senior High Blue Devils came to an end this morning. The Quincy School Board voted to remove him, according to Quincy Herald-Whig. School Board President Stephanie Erwin made the announcement after the board voted 6 to nothing to remove Taylor from his basketball position.

Ralph McReynolds, Vice President of Camp Callahan's Board of Directors, will be celebrating his 50th birthday this weekend. Most people would mark the occasion with a party with cake and ice cream but not Ralph.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day for January.  The January thaw came early as the temperatures rose to nearly 60 degrees.  This, one week to the day when temperatures were around 15 below zero.  I went out to get my paper on the front step and I could hear birds chirping, the sun was shining and the temperatures were warming. It was such a nice start to a Sunday morning.  Life was good! That all

The Annual Quincy Society of Fine Arts/ City of Quincy Arts Awards Luncheon was hosted by the Quincy Exchange Club today at the Stoney Creek Inn.