

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.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was acquitted by a federal jury Wednesday of corruption charges related to a cannabis investment, according to reports from inside the courtroom.

Some of the ideas included using landscaping and new walkways to center the stature of Edward Everett.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden won a decisive victory on Tuesday as he fended off challenges from former staffer Linda Champion and Rachael Rollins, his predecessor.

For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term.

The discussion, presented in partnership with Massachusetts Action for Justice and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, will focus on the housing crisis that gripped parts of Dorchester from roughly 1968 to 1972.

Marcus McNeill, a 22-year-old Fields Corner native, is a key go-between for residents and City Hall services.
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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