Mattapan
Heavily armored police burst into a house at 14 Leston Rd. shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into crack dealing in the neighborhood.
The Boston Police Department reports members of the SWAT and drug control units... Read more
Keisha Gilmore, 25, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in a car outside 26 Alabama St. around 9 p.m. on Sunday. She was rushed to a local hospital, but died, Boston Police report.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact homicide... Read more
Jimmy Ammons, 50, was arraigned today in Dorchester District Court on charges he plunged a knife into a woman in his apartment at 884 Cummins Highway yesterday morning.
The woman, 31, is recovering today at Boston Medical Center from a single stab wound... Read more
While several new developments are poised to make their debut in Mattapan Square in the new year, one veteran merchant has decided to make a move to a new part of the neighborhood. Roberts Photo Studio recently relocated to Morton Street after nearly four... Read more
The Boston Police Department was busy Monday investigating at least two shootings, two incidents of gunfire without injury and a carjacking.
At least one person was injured when two groups exchanged gunfire around 10 p.m. on Columbia Road near Geneva... Read more
Eldrick Broom, 27, was arrested Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted and then murdered Rosanna Camilo, a Dominican resident who had moved to Boston to obtain medical care for her young son.
Broom is scheduled for arraignment today in Dorchester... Read more
District 7 City Councillor Tito Jackson would not have to move or give up his seat on the City Council, according to a draft map featuring redrawn political boundaries for the city's 9 district council seats. Jackson's colleague, Michael Ross, isn't as... Read more
Community Center in Mattapan Revived by New Partnership from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.
This report by BNN-TV's Neighborhood Network News highlights the good progress made by Wheelock College— which has stepped up to manage and program the Mattahunt Community... Read more
Four years after a feeble economy put transit-oriented development at the Mattapan Square trolley and bus station on hold, MBTA officials are heading back to the community in a renewed effort to develop the station’s parking lot.
The meeting is set for... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports Rosanna Camilo, 34, was murdered in her apartment at 50 Fairlawn Ave. Her body was discovered around 3 p.m., Monday - as was her 1-year-old son, who was unharmed.
About four hours later, police responded to the parking... Read more
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