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QUINCY — The long-awaited Generals Bridge downtown is behind schedule thanks to pandemic-related construction delays and unexpected challenges in soil and asbestos abatement work. The bridge is starting to take shape and will open to the public roughly two months after a dedication ceremony this September. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May, but was delayed due to COVID-related gathering restrictions. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation says the bridge is now expected to be finished Nov. 10, months after its original May 3 estimate. The demolition of the Revel Bui...

QUINCY – Well, it's over.  2020, a year unlike any other, has come and gone. It unleashed a once-in-a-generation pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown, exacerbated by lockdowns aimed at protecting people as cases mounted. Gov. Charlie Baker and local politicians have called on the federal government for more help, which is on the way after President Donald Trump signed a second federal COVID-19 aid bill. As the death toll from COVID-19 in Massachusetts surpassed 12,000 this week and continues to climb, there is hope as the state starts to administer vaccines. The country has als...