

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.

The survey highlighted long-standing racial wealth gaps.

Gov. Maura Healey said Massachusetts will stay on a separate vaccination course.

All three candidates for the Suffolk County district attorney’s seat came out swinging in the first, and most likely only, forum for the race, held at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury on Aug. 6.

A key goal is to combat drug overdoses with Narcan (Naloxone) nasal sprays, which are effective in reducing the effects of an ongoing OD.

Mayor Michelle Wu visited the Meeting House Hill fire station last week with BFD Commissioner Rodney Marshall to promote the a new reading program for kids.

This year, the early vote options start on Sat. Aug. 22 and run through Friday, Aug. 28. Any registered Boston voter can vote at any of the city’s 17 early-voting locations.
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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