

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 development team behind a plan to construct a 5-story, 46-unit building at 1428 Dorchester Ave. returned to the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) last month to discuss changes to their plan for the site, which includes a building that once housed an insurance business that would be demolished.

Ties cost of living numbers to property taxes on annual basis.

Longtime Boston Police Officer Eddy Chrispin retired on Tuesday and was hailed as a courageous leader and mentor to other officers.

The festival will begin on Sat., July 11, with the Meet Boston Parade of Sail, expected to draw millions of spectators along the waterfront.

Local activists and city officials gathered in Nubian Square on June 18 to celebrate the topping off of 75 Dudley Street, a new building that will provide 15 affordable condominiums.

The stone sculptures by local artist Nora Valdez feature two women, Betty and Bristol, and one girl, Cambridge, standing side by side.
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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