

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.

Federal prosecutors unsealed gun and drug trafficking charges last week against individuals they said are members and associates of a Dorchester-based gang that was the target of an undercover operation that resulted in a May 7 raid at a Columbia Point apartment.

The walk began and ended at Town Field in Fields Corner under the theme “30 Years Strong.”
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at 28 Woolson St. between Wildwood and Leston streets in Mattapan shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Chester, a new tavern at 1121 Dorchester Ave. near Savin Hill, will open in the coming days, offering an exciting new dining and gathering option in the neighborhood. Cassidy McNeeley reports

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute will host the 30th Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace on Sunday, May 10, 7 a.m.

Members of the Dorchester Midget hockey team that won a national title in 2000 held a reunion at McGonagle’s Pub in Neponset recently to celebrate the team’s incredible run for Dorchester Youth Hockey (DYH).
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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