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By adamg - 6/25/19 - 12:32 pm
Architect's rendering of 775 Morton St.

Architect's rendering.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 27-unit apartment building at 775 Morton St., on the corner of Wildwood St., after confusion caused by a shortage of members due to holdups by city councilors on questions for proposed new members involving marijuana-related zoning. Read more.

By adamg - 3/7/19 - 1:35 pm

WCVB reports on a 75-yard swath of garbage along Morton Street between Norfolk and Verrill streets today. The owner of the garbage-strewing vehicle is pledging to clean up the mess.

By adamg - 2/19/19 - 1:53 pm
Talk It Out

On Nov. 8, the Chez-Vous skating rink - right behind the B-3 police station - opened its doors for a police-sponsored teen event that started with police officers rapping with teens about relations between the two and concluded with some free roller skating. Read more.

By adamg - 12/23/18 - 10:58 pm

WHDH reports on the crash around 7:20 p.m. on Morton Street at Canterbury Street.

By adamg - 11/6/18 - 4:21 pm

A Boston health inspector yesterday ordered La Belle Capoise, 884 Morton St., closed for a number of health violations. Read more.

By adamg - 10/20/18 - 10:36 pm

Boston Police report that after a Dorchester 16-year-old gets out of the hospital, he'll be formally charged with a variety of gun offenses for a fight at the Morton Street Walgreens in which he managed to shoot both his opponent and himself Friday night. Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/18 - 10:34 pm

Update: Suspect in hospital, to be charged upon his release.

One in the hand at the Walgreens, 750 Morton St., around 9:45 p.m., CrimeHub reports.

By adamg - 9/6/18 - 10:40 pm
Morton Station proposal

Archictect's rendering.

Two non-profit groups have filed plans with the BPDA for a 31-unit apartment building where the B-3 police station used to be on Morton Street next to the bridge over the train tracks and 9 condos nearby on Hopkins Street, which will be next to the Stephen P. Odom Serenity Garden the city is planning in memory of the teenager shot to death in 2007. Read more.

By adamg - 7/25/18 - 9:31 am
Rendering of proposed 775 Morton St.

Architect's rendering.

A developer is proposing a 27-unit apartment building on what is now two vacant lots on Morton Street at Wildwood Street. Read more.

By adamg - 6/4/18 - 10:03 am
Wanted car for Dorchester crash

Investigators are looking for the driver of a dark blue or black Chrysler 300 that they've identified as the one that slammed into Pierre Desir on Morton Street early Saturday and then just kept driving early on May 26. Read more.

By adamg - 5/27/18 - 3:50 pm

State Police are now looking for a dark-colored sedan, possibly an older Accord, that now has serious front-end damage - including missing a headlight - to find the driver they say hit Pierre Desir on Morton Street early Saturday and then just kept driving, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 5/26/18 - 2:03 pm

UPDATE: Victim identified as Pierre Desir.

State Police report a pedestrian was struck and killed on Morton Street near Fuller Street around midnight by a driver who just kept on going west on Morton.

State Police say they victim, a man, 40, was declared dead at the scene.

By adamg - 4/12/18 - 8:49 am

The Dorchester Reporter surveys the scene at the Pit Stop, the barbecue place on Morton Street in Mattapan.

By adamg - 9/12/17 - 11:54 am

UPDATE: The board took no action Thursday as it continues to investigate the case.

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday considers whether to take any action against Prestige Cuisine, 924 Morton St., after a BPD detective said an investigation - started after patrons were shot at as they left around 4:30 one March morning - showed an owner was opening up the basement for a nightclub at 2 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 6/6/17 - 2:23 pm

UPDATED, 6/7 with additional BPD info.

Boston Police report arresting Jonathan Brown, 26, on charges he opened fire in broad daylight on Morton Street. Read more.

By adamg - 1/13/17 - 1:00 pm

Shortly after 11:50 a.m., Boston Police found a car with fresh bullet holes at 765 Morton St.

At 12:10 p.m., Jim Corbo reported:

Saw man ordered out of car w hands up at gunpoint by Boston & State Police Rt3 Braintree/Wey line b/t exits 17 & 16

By adamg - 9/6/16 - 1:36 pm

A Dorchester man was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail today on charges he drunkenly ran down a woman crossing Morton Street Saturday night. Read more.

By adamg - 9/3/16 - 10:41 pm

Updated, 8:55 a.m.

State Police report Johnette Sims, 46, died around 10:30 p.m. when hit by a drunk driver on Morton Street across from the VFW post. Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/16 - 6:03 pm

Car Accident Pedestrian Runs into Traffic Gets Launched and Walks Away

Tom captured the incident on Morton Street just past Blue Hill Avenue on his car dashcam late Thursday afternoon.

WBZ reports police are aware of the incident but that nobody came into B-3, which is right across the street, to report anything. If you go to the video and set it to the slowest possible speed, it sure looks like running guy was running because he'd just taken something that didn't belong to him.

Via Boston Reddit.

By adamg - 3/16/16 - 2:28 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Mattapan man on charges he took several shots at a group of men on Morton Street last Wednesday evening from the window of his red Bentley. Read more.

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