Irish pub that plans live music approved in Adams Village
September 24, 2026
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.
Diana Fernandez Bibeau will become the next Parks and Recreation commissioner on June 1, and will also assume the new role of Deputy Chief of Open Space. Photo courtesy City of Boston.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday that Raymond White, convicted along with another man for gunning down two security guards at a supermarket on Columbia Road in Dorchester in 1971, got a fair trial and so deserves to spend the rest of what’s left of his life in prison.
In the shadow of the National Grid rainbow tank, state and city officials gathered Wednesday morning to cut a ceremonial ribbon at the most recent section of the Neponset Greenway trail to open.
Citizenship Day, which will be held this year on May 2 at the Reggie Lewis State Track Athletic Center in Roxbury, is an annual event where aspiring citizens can get help with their citizenship applications for free.
A bill sponsored by Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid would create the first state-level office modeled after The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands — known as the Freedmen’s Bureau.
In 2024, David and Stephen St. Russell, better known as the “Renovation Husbands,” made their TV debut on HGTV’s “Battle on the Mountain.” Come June, they will make a move toward the bookshelf with the release of their first book, “Good Character: Design with Intention to Reveal Your Home’s Personality.”
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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