




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.

Dorchfest, the community’s porch fest-style musical celebration that has become a beloved Dot Day weekend tradition, returns on Sat., June 6.

Neighborhood House Charter School educators have reached a preliminary agreement with the administration on their first union contract.

Pippin, a 3-year-old pure-bred boxer, is the most recent, and arguably the cutest, addition to the Codman Academy charter school’s staff roster.

A New Jersey company hopes to build a 145,000 sq. ft. self-storage facility in an industrial park near Fields Corner in Dorchester.

Residents’ reaction to two redevelopment plans in Mattapan diverged sharply between criticism and optimism Tuesday night as developers of the 1576 Blue Hill Avenue project and the former Carney Hospital site presented plans to the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) over Zoom to just under 50 attendees.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at age 84, led a life that was hardly limited to a church’s pulpit and his influence was profound in Boston, according to local clergy.

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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