Boston Police report officers responding to a ShotSpotter signal at 85 Astoria St. in Mattapan early this morning arrested a man they say fired one round into a neighboring ball field. Read more.
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By adamg - 7/6/24 - 2:20 pm
Stoughton Public Schools today identified the person fatally shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan yesterday as Christian Cousins, who would have begun his senior year at Stoughton High School this fall. Read more.
By adamg - 7/5/24 - 2:13 pm
Victim identified as Christian Cousins of Stoughton.
Two people were shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan around 12:25 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 6/17/24 - 10:00 am
Bobby Boyd went for a walk along the Neponset River Greenway in Mattapan and Milton the other day. Among the things he saw was a snake resting in a tight space on the Milton end of the Harvest River Bridge, a goose of the non-Canada variety near that and a pair of deer on an islet in the river between Central Avenue and Capen Street. Read more.
By adamg - 6/12/24 - 9:46 am
Akmal Moawed, owner of a gas station at 841 Morton St., at Norfolk Street, in Mattapan, says he will soon file plans with the BPDA to raze the station for a five-story, 48-unit residential building. Read more.
By adamg - 6/5/24 - 10:23 pm
Just when you think you've heard it all: At 9.26 p.m., the MBTA reported 20-minute delays on the Mattapan Line "due to poor lighting at Valley Road" - which the trolleys were just completely bypassing. The T rolled out shuttle buses.
By adamg - 6/5/24 - 9:57 am
Boston Police report arresting the man they say gunned down George Deeble at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street in Mattapan on April 27. Read more.
By adamg - 5/25/24 - 3:00 pm
Boston firefighters responded around 2 p.m. to a double three-decker at 706 Walk Hill St., off Blue Hill Avenue, for what quickly turned into a three-alarm fire. Read more.
By adamg - 5/8/24 - 9:50 am
Boston Police responded to River Street and Edgewater Drive in Mattapan on a report of at least four rounds fired around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.
By adamg - 5/2/24 - 9:18 pm
Boston Police report arresting two alleged package thieves and one shoplifter over the past week, two at Washington and Morse streets in Dorchester and one at 108 River St. in Mattapan. Read more.
By adamg - 5/1/24 - 12:39 pm
The co-owner of Economy Plumbing and Heating Supply on Morton Street in Mattapan was charged yesterday with filing false federal tax returns for several years so he could buy $10 million worth of gold - and silver - bars, the US Attorney's office in Boston announced. Read more.
By adamg - 4/27/24 - 9:02 pm
Victim identified as George Deeble, 42, of Dorchester.
Boston Police report a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. Read more.
By adamg - 4/27/24 - 1:27 pm
The FCC says it's grown tired of a man it says has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph and Brockton for nearly two decades, so it's now proposing to fine him $597,775 in an attempt to get him to stay off the air. Read more.
By adamg - 4/18/24 - 1:24 pm
Melvin Gross, who says he was one of the two people shot at a party at 1601 Blue Hill Ave. shortly before 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2023, today sued the building's owner for allegedly failing to keep him safe. Read more.
By adamg - 4/3/24 - 11:31 am
Former Transit Police officer Jacob Green yesterday sued TPD Chief Kenneth Green, TPD Superintendent Richard Sullivan, the MBTA, former Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins and former Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, alleging he was forced into early retirement in 2022 because Green hates white people and veterans and because Rollins and Arroyo conspired to make a big deal out of what he claims was a road-rage run-in with an angry Black guy on his way to work one day. Read more.
By adamg - 3/17/24 - 1:59 pm
Streetsblog Mass gets the scoop that the MBTA and Keolis are going to try to get battery-operated trains running on the Fairmount Line within 3 1/2 years in a pilot aimed at increasing the frequency of trains, shorten trip times and replace some antiquated old diesel-powered trains. Read more.
By adamg - 3/15/24 - 12:14 pm
The state Department of Revenue yesterday formally moved to seize Simco's, 1509 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan, for non-payment of $736,000 in taxes and interest. Read more.
By adamg - 3/2/24 - 11:58 am
The Dorchester Reporter talks to people with reservations about the $44-million project, which would include new center bus lanes.
By adamg - 2/29/24 - 9:19 am
The Dorchester Reporter has the details of the plan, which calls for reconstruction to start in 2026.
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Two shot in Mattapan, one dies, 7/5/24