




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.

In honor of National Women’s Month, PickleBOS has launched Female Fridays Open Play, a two-hour-long weekly court time where women can pick up their paddles and get to playing.

Middle school students from Dorchester are invited to participate in an essay contest as part of the Dorchester Day celebrations.

A proposal to replace the Old Dorchester Post site next to the Eire Pub with 24 condos and commercial space was roundly criticized by neighbors and abutters at a meeting on Tuesday evening.
A man who was 17 when he shot two other teens on Geneva Avenue in 2011, killing one and leaving the other with life-altering injuries, was sentenced today to 14 to 17 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office reports.

The St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast, where elected officials, military leaders and faith figureheads recognize local performers and trade light-hearted jabs, is set for Sunday, March 15 at 9 a.m.

At 2 o’clock this coming Sunday afternoon (March 15), the Dorchester Historical Society’s historic William Clapp House at 195 Boston St will echo the words of someone who had intimate ties to the times of George III’s reign and the Revolution.

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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