City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George's proposes a commission that would take aim at Boston's rising number of homeless children. Five Massachusetts colleges have added the business of pot to their course curriculums. And a new plan to tear down a beloved South End institution, the historic Villa Victoria Arts Center, faces demolition.

It’s our local news round table.

Guests:

Gin Dumcius - Digital editor for the Boston Business Journal.

Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal.

Sue O’Connell – Commentator for NECN and WGBH and Co-Publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News.

Later in the show…

The glitzy and glamorous Windows on the World restaurant sat at the top of the North Tower of New York’s iconic Twin Towers. The restaurant boasted what author Tom Roston has described as a “God’s eye view” high atop one of the tallest buildings in New York City. For 25 years, the restaurant drew prideful New Yorkers and tourists from around the globe until it was destroyed in the terrorist attack of 9/11. The book tells both the story of the birth and death of the restaurant and the rebirth of New York. Tom Roston's* The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York* is our November selection for "Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club."

Guest:
Tom Roston - freelance journalist, writing consultant and author of The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York, which is available for purchase in stores and online now.

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Local News: Youth Homelessness, Mass Colleges Offer Pot Business Courses, And South End's Villa Victoria Arts Center's Demolition