




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.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by Brian and Jason Chavez to add a third floor to what is now a two-family house at 567 Adams St., between Lydon Way and Mallett Street and to build a rear extension with five townhouse units.

The owner of a vacant home damaged by a fire in 2021 has proposed to tear it down and building a 24-unit apartment building on the lot and a neighboring vacant lot on Hannon Street.

A South Boston developer has filed plans to replace the vacant Old Dorchester American Legion Post at Gallivan Boulevard and Adams Street in Dorchester with a five-story, 24-unit condo building with ground-floor commercial space and ten parking spaces in a garage.

How George Washington rolled the dice in Dorchester to break the British occupation of Boston in 1776.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans by Joey Arcari to sell his liquor license for 1121 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester to Five Horses Tavern for its third craft-beer-focused bar and restaurant.

A federal funding bill that ended last year’s US government shutdown also unlocked funding for a long-awaited Blue Hill Avenue improvement project that will include center-running bus lanes.

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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