

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.

Concerns about weekend street “takeovers” and loud parties in the vicinity of Franklin Park have largely fallen on deaf ears this summer, according to several leaders and neighbors who want more to be done to contain the disruptions.

The 53rd installment of Boston’s Caribbean Carnival will be one of gratitude and appreciation – with a side of feathery costumes and Soca beats – according to leaders of the festive event, which steps off from Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury at 1 p.m. this Saturday (Aug. 29).

Jordan has been the chief of staff in the city’s Department of Innovation and Technology.

The Healey-Driscoll administration has awarded a $370,408 grant to advance plans to restore Canterbury Brook and surrounding wetlands at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan.

A mural located in an expressway underpass near Pope John Paul II Park just got a much-needed facelift.

When three candidates running in the primary for the First Suffolk District’s state Senate seat gathered on Aug. 20 for a virtual forum organized by the Ward 13 Democratic Committee, the most contentious differences were between the incumbent, Nick Collins, and a figure not on the ballot—Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
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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