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QUINCY — Mayor Linda Moore was absent from Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting as she is in Germany on a Sister City tour, so Alderman Dave Bauer (D-2nd Ward) was nominated by his peers to serve as chair for the evening. The council sat as the Town Board temporarily to approve the Report of The…
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QUINCY — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers. However, these limits…
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QUINCY — Public Works Director Jeffrey Conte told the Quincy City Council during its Monday meeting that the city may be forced to double water rates within 10 years unless it gets help paying for an unfunded mandate the Environmental Protection Agency recently announced. The EPA announced on Dec. 1 a proposed update to the lead…
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