




Allan and Joycelyn Edwards spoke to the celebrants at the event on Sept. 20.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

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.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

Mattapan’s George Boakye-Yiadom was a professional basketball player in Finland until a heart condition forced him out of the game, and nearly took his life. Now, four years after a heart transplant, he is finally feeling “normal” again and advocating for all residents to become organ donors. Seth Daniel photo

AG Campbell on why her office recently launched two new public tools: a Storytelling Portal and Federal Funding Dashboard.

Twenty young men and women took the first step toward becoming members of the Boston Fire Department during a pinning ceremony held last Thursday (Jan. 21) at the new Engine 17/Ladder 7 station on Dorchester’s Meeting House Hill.

Gov. Maura Healey demanded Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem resign on Monday, following outrage that erupted around the nation this weekend after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Boston firefighters responded to 26 Wentworth St., off Norfolk Street in Dorchester, around 3:25 p.m. on Sunday for a fire that was shooting out of the third floor when they arrived.

A winter storm that could bring more than a foot of snow to Boston later this weekend has prompted Mayor Wu to declare a “snow emergency” that will go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 8 a.m.

American Ancestors will host a Boston book launch for genealogist André Kearns’s new book, Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family’s History, on Friday, Oct. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. at 97 Newbury St. in Boston.
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