

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.

Adjie Hurley was a retired senior registrar for the City of Boston Election Department. She was a former crossing guard for the City of Boston, at St. Mark Grammar School

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that the initiative petition seeking to impose statewide rent control “impermissibly” relates to religion and religious institutions.

The trend in parts of Dorchester toward investor-owned homes and short-term rentals is bad for the neighborhood, writes Cara Gillis.

A Boston judge today ruled that a Hyde Park man arrested for killing a 32-year-old Dorchester woman on Saturday in Mattapan Square should be held without bail while he undergoes a mental health evaluation for the next two weeks.

Residents from Dorchester and beyond gathered in Town Field on a gorgeous Friday (June 19) to celebrate the sixth annual Juneteenth federal holiday.
Boston Police are investigating a shooting on Quincy Street that left an adult man in critical condition late Sunday night.
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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