Quincy Sets July 2 Patriotic Celebration to Open Fourth of July Weekend

Mayor Tom Koch has invited residents and visitors to a city-sponsored Patriotic Celebration on July 2 to kick off the Fourth of July weekend, and several municipal facilities are posting holiday closures ahead of the holiday.

TOWN HALL

The city is marking the Independence Day stretch with a cluster of service notices. Mayor Koch and the City of Quincy are hosting a Patriotic Celebration on Wednesday, July 2, as the official launch of the July 4th weekend — details are on the city's events calendar at quincyma.gov.

On the facilities side, the Department of Public Works has confirmed there will be no delay in waste and recycling collection for the week of June 29. However, the DPW Rear Yard will be closed on Saturday, July 4. Residents should also be aware that the City Hall elevator is temporarily out of service; the city has posted a notice on its homepage.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The Thomas Crane Public Library — Quincy, MA's branch — did not post fresh event listings in this cycle. Note: the library feed captured in today's sources appears to be from the Quincy Public Library in Quincy, Illinois, and its event listings (including a Monday Morning Movies screening of Zootopia 2 and a B.A.B.Y. S.T.E.P.S. program on June 29) are not confirmed as Quincy, Massachusetts events and cannot be reported as local news.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

Quincy Patch carried its morning digest under the headline "🌱 Patch AM: How Quincy's House speaker is steering the State House audit showdown," reporting on the role a Quincy-connected House speaker is playing in an ongoing Beacon Hill budget oversight fight, per Quincy Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/quincy).

A separate Patch digest ran the headline "🌱 Patch AM: Why a Quincy bar fight cost a state trooper his badge," covering disciplinary action against a state trooper stemming from an incident in the city, per Quincy Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/quincy).

Earlier this week Patch also reported "🌱 Patch AM: Trader Joe's confirms plans for a new Quincy grocery store," noting that the grocery chain has confirmed it intends to open a location in the city, per Quincy Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/quincy).

COMING UP

- Wednesday, July 2 — City of Quincy Patriotic Celebration; launch of the July 4th weekend. Details at quincyma.gov. - Saturday, July 4 — DPW Rear Yard closed all day. - July 6 — Summer 2026 High School Program enrollment event listed on the Quincy Patch calendar (per Patch).