

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved plans by Frank Delaney and Teresa Murphy to replace the short-lived Scobie’s, 782 Adams St. in Dorchester, with the Session House, which will feature Irish pub grub accompanied by Irish seisiún music – much of it by local musicians.
Funding is tight in Boston’s public schools (BPS), with budget cuts forcing layoffs for more than 500 teachers as rising costs, flat revenues, and the loss of federal funding has put a hole in the city’s budget.

Boston residents who use the curbside food waste pickup program learned this week that the program will move from a weekly to a bi-weekly schedule starting on Oct. 5., meaning that those who participate in the “green bin” program will have to hold their food waste for two weeks between collections.

Funding is tight in Boston’s public schools (BPS), with budget cuts forcing layoffs for more than 500 teachers as rising costs, flat revenues, and the loss of federal funding has put a hole in the city’s budget.

When Fields Corner’s Taina Mair was selected as the 14th pick in the first round of the 2026 WNBA draft last April, she reminded her Boston neighbors that if you work hard enough, your dreams can take you anywhere.

The fourth annual Pleasant Street Community block party took place last Saturday (Sept. 5) bringing together hundreds of neighbors from Columbia- Savin Hill, Uphams Corner, Jones Hill, and the Polish Triangle.
A 22-year-old Worcester man was ordered held on $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester court last week on a manslaughter charge in the fatal stabbing of 30-year-old Wesley Humphrey, also of Worcester.

The principal at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Columbia campus talks about the start of the school year.

Fresh Mediterranean flavors arrived in Dorchester last month when Thelo Mediterranean opened for diners at 860 Dot Ave, replacing Taqueria Casa Real’s tacos and burritos with gyros and souvlaki.

Collins won 43 precincts across the district, while Gayle prevailed in 39.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.
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