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🌱 Patch AM: Quincy and Braintree remember the life of Dorothy E. Caruso

Spotted on the Quincy calendar: Dive In Commonwealth Virtual Information Session

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Good day Quincy! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Quincy and Braintree remember the life of Dorothy E. Caruso
  • How a Quincy couple’s $100M gift could transform kids’ mental health
  • Quincy native Barrett L. Gilchrist remembered for a life of service

Also on today's calendar: Dive In Commonwealth Virtual Information Session and 1 more event.

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  • Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 27 and low of 22 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy with variable clouds, temps: high: 34, low: 25.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 30 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

1. Dorothy E. Caruso, 88 (thequincysun.com) — Longtime Braintree resident Dorothy E. Caruso, who was born, raised, and educated in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School in 1956, has passed away at 88. She spent her final years living in Quincy and was devoted to her close-knit family. Services were private, with a memorial Mass planned for a later date under the direction of Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals on Independence Avenue.
   

2. A Mass. billionaire couple donated $100M for mental health care at Boston Children's Hospital (masslive.com) — A billionaire Quincy couple, Rob and Karen Hale, has donated $100 million to expand pediatric mental health care at Boston Children’s Hospital, funding a major new facility in Brighton. Their gift will nearly double the hospital’s mental health bed capacity and add extensive outpatient and specialty services, aiming to ease the statewide crisis in children’s behavioral health care.
   

3. Barrett L. Gilchrist (boothbayregister.com) — Quincy readers may remember Barrett “Barry” Gilchrist, who grew up in Quincy before a long life that took him across New England and ultimately to Concord, New Hampshire, where he has died at 90. A Bowdoin graduate, Navy veteran, and devoted family man, he was also a longtime Brae Burn Country Club member and active in his Maine summer community. A celebration of life is planned for 2026.
   

4. Our Lend a Hand PayPal link is fixed. Will you give today? (patriotledger.com) — Quincy residents are being asked to support the revived Lend a Hand campaign, which directs donations to groups including Quincy Community Action Programs Inc. to help South Shore neighbors in need. With the PayPal link now fixed and the drive extended into mid-January, readers can give online or by mail in any amount that fits their budget.
   

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    Tuesday December 30
  • Device Advice (RICC)
    Turner Free Library , 128 Pleasant St , Randolph
    10:00 am
  • Toddler & Baby Playdate
    Children's Rooms Winthrop Public Library & Museum , 2 Metcalf Square , Winthrop
    10:30 am
  • Baby Story Time
    Jamaica Plain Branch Library , 12 Sedgwick Street , Jamaica Plain
    10:30 am
  • Toddler Time with Self Help CFCE
    Turner Free Library , 2 N Main St , Randolph
    10:30 am
  • Preschool Story Time
    Children's Area Avon Public Library , 280 West Main Street , Avon
    10:30 am
  • Ringing in the New Year with Self Help Inc. đ
    Meeting Room Rockland Memorial Library , 20 Belmont Street , Rockland
    10:30 am
  • Sensory (0 - 5)
    Children's Room The Revere Public Library , 179 Beach Street , Revere
    11:00 am
  • December Films: Celebrating Agnes Moorehead
    South Boston Branch Library , 646 East Broadway , South Boston
    1:00 pm
  • Teen Open Studio
    Turner Free Library , 2 North Main Street , Randolph
    3:00 pm

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