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A pair of city councilors have raised questions about the recent pause in the $1.6 billion Quincy Center redevelopment project.

News on George Zimmerman, a body on Google Maps and the Russian plane crash.

Some 30 students, teachers, and alumni from the Quincy Public Schools HYPER Robotics team recently visited underwater robot manufacturer, Bluefin Robotics; headquartered in the Fore River Shipyard.

Police plan to charge a Weymouth man with a rash of break-ins after they say he led officers on a car chase through Jackson Square and into Hingham on Monday morning.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley will present 93 Cheverus Award Medals to laypersons, deacons and members of religious orders during a service at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of The Holy Cross, 1400 Washington St., Boston.

Dave Prock, director of product development for GateHouse Media is reporting back from the 2013 LA Auto Show in Los Angeles Nov. 18-22, 2013.

Quincy Public Schools HYPER Robotics team, including students, teachers, and alumni, visited underwater robot manufacturer Bluefin Robotics, located in Quincy’s Fore River Shipyard on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Team HYPER consists of students from Quincy and North Quincy High Schools. The team has competed in the annual FIRST Robotics Competition for 19 years. The facility tour was led by Mechanical Engineer, Thaddeus Stefanov Wagner. He and other engineers and machinists discussed engineering services with students.

Posters are an art form that communicates a specific message to its viewers. Through written word or graphic artistry, posters encapsulate a concept and tell a story representative of its time.

Chef Paul Wahlberg is putting the budget-conscious, healthy eating dish he created for Quincy Community Action Programs’ 2013 Top Chef competition on the menu at Alma Nove this week, with all proceeds to benefit the agency's food pantry.

Tim Schaefer is still happily married to his husband and living in Massachusetts, but his father’s career as a Methodist minister in Pennsylvania is threatened.