

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 May 17 community dance fundraiser is planned at Tony Williams Dance Studio to support a scholarship named for Kyre Ambrose, who was killed in Jan. 2025.

Vu Huynh — shown with his daughter, Emma, inside their restaurant, Huong Que, at 272 Adams St.—plans to open a companion billiards hall next door. Seth Daniel photo

A review of public comments submitted to city officials about a proposed condo project next to the Eire Pub show widespread opposition to the current plan.

New book by Andy Woodruff examines the ebb and flow of neighborhood boundaries.

Dorchester’s dbar offers a new look that takes its energy from inside the building out onto the avenue.

Monique Tú Nguyen has stepped down as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement (MOIA), which she has led since 2022.
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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