Mattapan
A city pilot project aimed at making Cummins Highway safer by reducing the number of lanes from four to two and adding dedicated bicycle paths will be extended from Wood Avenue in Mattapan to American Legion Highway in Roslindale by the end of the month.... Read more
Heading Home, Inc., has filed plans with the BPDA to build a five-story, 23-unit apartment at 37 Wales St. on Wales Street for families trying to get out of homelessness.
If approved, the non-profit group would replace a ten-unit building on the site that... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at 25 Regis Rd. in Mattapan shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Springfield man after he began "actively shooting at a person," but without success, at Gladeside Avenue and Cragmere Terrace in Mattapan shortly before 4 p.m.on Sunday.
According to police:
"On arrival,... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 20 Fairlawn Ave. for a fire on the second floor around 7:10 p.m.
One resident was rescued from the fire, which was contained to a single apartment, the department says, adding that resident and... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot around 7:35 p.m. on Monday on Delhi Street at Violet Street.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
The shooting happened as residents were gathered in the nearby Mildred Street School... Read more
The federal Environmental Protecting Agency is considering whether to designate the Neponset River from Hyde Park to Lower Mills as a place so polluted it requires federal funds and expertise to help clean it up.
The Neponset, from its confluence with the... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was found lying in the middle of the road outside 12 Colorado St. in Mattapan with a gunshot wound around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Anybody with... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court on Monday ordered a new trial for David Nicanor Diaz Perez of Mattapan, sentenced to life without parole on charges he shot a man in the back outside a baby shower at the Roslindale Amvets post in 2003.
The state's highest court... Read more
Authorities on Sunday announced arrests of men for two local murders.
The Boston Police Department reported arresting Marcus Ambroisio, 24, of Dorchester, on charges he fatally shot Gregory Phillips outside 155 Savannah Ave. in Mattapan around 10 p.m. on... Read more
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