

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.

Leaders in Codman Square are gathering support this month for a Letter of Interest (LOI) that would start the process of the neighborhood becoming a state-designated cultural district.

About 25 Eversource employees traded their regular workday for weeding, harvesting, and greenhouse chores in Dorchester on Thursday morning as they joined youth interns and staff from The Food Project for a second consecutive year of volunteer work.

In the race for First Suffolk Senate, contrasting views on how to relieve the tax burden on city residents is the primary topic of debate.

An exultant Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated today’s decisive Supreme Judicial Court ruling that ends a prolonged legal battle over the reconstruction of Franklin Park’s White Stadium.

The flowers and plants in the Shawmut Corridor Gardens, also known as the “tunnel cap” gardens, don’t just sprout up on their own.

In a major victory for Mayor Michelle Wu, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday in favor of the City of Boston and its private soccer team partners in the long-running legal battle over the redevelopment of White Stadium, clearing a major legal obstacle facing the controversial Franklin Park project.
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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