

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.

In hopes of finding a way to keep her language alive, Windy Pham took on a personal mission through bilingual children’s books.

A proposal to redevelop the former Carney Hospital campus in Lower Mills will formally enter Boston’s development review process this week.

With less than a month before the deadline for voting on Mayor Michelle Wu’s FY27 budget plan, Boston city councillors are feeling pressured from multiple sides.

The 223rd anniversary of Haitian Flag Day brought a crowd to Dorchester and Mattapan – and even Boston City Hall – for a long weekend of prime-time events to celebration Haitian American Heritage Month.

Martin Richard’s spirit alive at Monday scene on Mount Vernon Street

Boston Police are investigating a shooting incident near the intersection of Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue at this hour.
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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