Irish pub that plans live music approved in Adams Village
September 24, 2026
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.
Several political and community leaders with ties to Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan have been named to a series of advisory councils formed by US Sen. Ed Markey’s re-election campaign.
A developer’s plan to demolish a single-family home at 59 Gibson Street and replace it with a 4-story, multi-unit building took an unexpected turn Monday evening.
Their legislation — which faces long odds in the current Republican-controlled Congress—would provide $25 billion over five years for transit agencies nationwide to eliminate fares, improve service, or both.
The goal: Transition large energy users to clean infrastructure
Boston Police officials say nighttime shutdowns of Talbot Avenue and other selected streets near Franklin Park this summer have been successful in curbing late-night gatherings before they overwhelm neighborhoods — and police resources.
Membership and activities at many veterans’ posts around the city have gradually faded over recent years, but new leadership of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Ramsay/Toy VFW Post #8772 on Woodrow Avenue is looking at reviving their organization, which has its roots as the first all-Black veterans post in the United States created after the First World War.
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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