

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 development team has floated a plan to build 12 single-family homes at the former Full Life Gospel Center property at 183-185 Norfolk St. in Dorchester.

The state Senate last Thursday voted 37-3 to pass its version of the PROTECT Act — a bill aimed at limiting federal immigration agents’ deportation activities in Massachusetts communities.

Like any great recipe that becomes better through trial and error, Sweet Teez Bakery in the Dot Block building on Dorchester Avenue has overcome many trials and challenges but is finally ready to open next month.
Thomas Rosa of Chelsea, who was only officially absolved in March of the 1985 murder of Gwendolyn Taylor on Monday sued the state for the 34 years he spent in prison for her murder. In his suit, filed in Suffolk Superior

The fifth annual music festival, organized by Greater Ashmont Main Street, runs from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 6.

Shuttle buses will replace train service on the Red Line between Broadway and Ashmont later this week.
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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