Oct. 16 book event explores Black family history, genealogy
September 28, 2026
American Ancestors will host a Boston book launch for genealogist André Kearns’s new book, Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family’s History, on Friday, Oct. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. at 97 Newbury St. in Boston.
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.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.
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.
A Weymouth man was arrested after a joint BPD-DEA raid on a Dorchester house netted a large quantity of cocaine, meth, and fentanyl.
Boston has a $48.4 million budget deficit that must be addressed this fiscal year which ends in June, city officials said this week.
Activists hoping to halt an ongoing construction park at White Stadium made a public appeal this week ahead of what will likely be a decisive court hearing on April 8.
Rev. John Ronaghan grew up on its streets
A group of students at TechBoston Academy has formed a non-profit organization aimed at creating “a sense of belonging” for young adults in Boston.
Gov. Maura Healey has named Dorchester resident Joyce Linehan to the 19-member governing board of the Mass Cultural Council.
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.
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