

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.

A spring break volleyball camp in Roxbury drew big numbers, an indication of the sport’s growing popularity.

Dorchester’s Sarah Greenwood School, a dual language K-8 schoolhouse on Glenway Street, has become a city volleyball powerhouse with two straight middle school championships and consecutive undefeated seasons.

A partnership between Boston Public Schools and support organizations that helps families avoid homelessness has seen its funding cut.

The 24th annual Haitian American United (HAU) Unity Parade kicks off this Sunday (May 17) at 1 p.m. from Mattapan Square with a march up the inbound side of Blue Hill Avenue to Harambee Park in Franklin Field.

Project DEEP celebrated three decades of empowering and tutoring Dorchester’s kids and teens during its 30th annual awards ceremony held last Friday (May 8) at Florian Hall.

The Rebuilding Together Boston organization, now 35 years in service, met up with its long-time partner, Grand Circle Travel Corp., on Sat., May 2, to spend a day of hard volunteer service in Dorchester.
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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