Eastern Nazarene College has agreed to sell its Wollaston campus to a Kansas-based private equity and development firm with ties to the school ... community here in Quincy,” Derr wrote.

The answer lies in the family of Abigail Adams, whose roots in the Wollaston Hill area of the city go all the way back to the 1630s. Quincy is named for Abigail Adams' grandfather, Col.