




Allan and Joycelyn Edwards spoke to the celebrants at the event on Sept. 20.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

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.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and residents of the Twin Cities of Minnesota will be the recipients of the 2026 Profile in Courage Award.

Boston firefighters responded to 158 Harvard St. near Gleason Street in Dorchester around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday for an attic fire that went to two alarms as flames burst through the roof.

City officials received a tough critique last week from neighbors wary about the latest White Stadium gameday transportation plan to accommodate the Boston Legacy women’s professional soccer team starting in 2027.

Ella Adams of State House News Service on the commemoration ceremonies to mark the 250th anniversary of end of the Siege of Boston, best known as Evacuation Day.

Emmanuel Damas, 56, was living in Dorchester until his arrest last year. He died earlier this month in Arizona where he was being detained by ICE. Family photo

The Boston Bridge Brigade sets up on the Savin Hill bridge with anti-war messaging that they say is resonating with the drivers passing-by on the southeast expressway.

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.
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