

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.

Host Charlie Titus, of the Titus Foundation, with Olympic champion hurdler Edwin Moses.

From left, Latoya Gayle, Sen. Nick Collins, and Juwan Skeens at 1st Suffolk District candidates’ forum at Berklee College of Music on June 9.
Yawu Miller photo

After weeks of failed attempts to reach consensus and a two-hour disruption by obstreperous protesters, the Boston City Council voted decisively on June 10 for an amended version of Mayor Michelle Wu’s $4.9 billion FY27 operating budget

By George Lehman, Camille Bugayong and Ellen Dong
By Shangcao Yuan Special to the Reporter A long-awaited plan to bring battery-powered trains and more frequent service to the Fairmount Line has been pushed back after MBTA officials required accessibility design changes. The first of the battery-electric multiple-unit trains,

City public health officials announced a major milestone in the decrease of drug overdose deaths in 2025, as well as a decrease in new illicit drug users and the number of people congregating and openly using drugs on the Mass and Cass corridor.
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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