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The inscriptions may not be entirely legible, but the stone fragments being stored at the Quincy Historical Society could play a role in the city’s efforts to improve Hancock Cemetery.

An video on the “Yellow Dot” program, which can provide medical information to first responders in an emergency, has been posted on YouTube and Facebook by the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office.

Selectmen endorse plan for a waterfront memorial to Herbert Foss, a recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Spanish-American War.

The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation granted $4500 to seven organizations in Quincy during the last quarter of 2013.

The group Environment Massachusetts says the federal park system was hurt by years of cuts before the 2013 sequester and shutdown.

“The trails hadn’t been cleared and we had had all of those crazy hurricanes so I decided to go into the property with the rest of my troop and clear it,” said John Stewart-Racicot.

News on a Pakistani boy who gave his life to save others, Chris Christie and a rocket launch to the ISS.

Marshfield’s town hall was closed Thursday as crews worked to repair a “major water line break.”

Quincy police are looking for a 73-year-old man from the city’s Germantown neighborhood.

Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez, the Republican who ran for Senate in June's special election, announced Thursday he will not be a candidate for any office this year.