

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.

Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience, the popular summer and fall tradition, is back in Dorchester, beginning a Thursday through Monday run that will conclude in early November.

“This work asks us to slow down and encounter the harbor differently,” says artist crystal bi.

Asked last week about the delayed implementation, Mayor Michelle Wu said city officials are still working on a new detail assignment system.

Marico Levy, 17, of Aubrey, Texas, who is wanted for murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old Tennessee man at South Station last week.

On Sunday, the 41st annual Dominican Festival parade went past Mozart Park on its way to the Playstead in Franklin Park, where it drew thousands of spectators, writes Yawu Miller.

The city of Boston saw roughly $83 million in consumer spending accompanied by an estimated $1.5 million boost in tax revenue in June, according to Mayor 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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