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.
The Reporter’s Seth Daniel documented the under way of the USS Constitution on Sat., March 28, 2026 in Boston Harbor.
Students, staff and community members gathered at the school last Thursday (March 26) for Dever Digitizing Day, an initiative to create a digital archive preserving the school’s nearly seven decades of history.
The “Voices of Dorchester” program on April 11 presented by Historic New England and the Dorchester Historical Society aims to amplify stories from the time period using diaries, letters and personal accounts.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says she has secured enough support from her colleagues in the House to seek a vote to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States.
The USS Massachusetts, a $2.8 billion Virginia-class nuclear submarine, will be officially commissioned in a ceremony in South Boston on Saturday.
Neighbors spoke out forcefully against the proposal to add 24 additional units in two new buildings next to an existing two-family house on Minot Street.
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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