Public Safety
The Mattapan Square Main Streets board of directors held a public “visioning” meeting at the Mattapan Branch Library on Tuesday night, the first such event held by the organization since it was officially designated by City Hall last fall. Tuesday’s... Read more
Traffic mess: Cars and trucks were stacked up at 2:15 on Tuesday on Dorchester Ave. southbound near Glover's Corner.City Hall is seeking ways to remedy the traffic troubles plaguing the intersection at Dorchester Avenue and Freeport Street, also known as... Read more
Steven Bolley, 29, of Willowwood Street, was ordered held without bail Wednesday at his arraignment in Roxbury District Court on a charge of murder.
Bolley was one of several men who surrounded Justin Albert, 22, of the South End around 12:45 a.m. at... Read more
Javann Hall, 26, was arraigned Monday on charges he acted as the driver for a gunman who blasted away at a Readville man about to get his todller out of the car Saturday night.
Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Mark Lee estimated the victim was... Read more
Fire damage. Photo by Boston Fire Department.
The Boston Fire Department reports nine people were displaced by a one-alarm fire that broke out shortly before 5 a.m. at 130 Devon St.
The department says investigators have determined the fire was... Read more
Workers remove huge ledge from Washington St.The rehabilitation of a pipe under the streets of Lower Mills is weeks behind schedule as construction crews have hit underground boulders, including a piece of ledge the size of a car that was taken out of the... Read more
The latest— and, we hope, the last— incarnation of the one-mile Neponset Greenway connection through Mattapan and Milton made its debut at a public meeting on Tuesday evening on River Street.
The design includes a compromise, cross-river bridge that... Read more
Mattapan Crossing and Canopy Walk: A graphic from a DCR presentation shown during a meeting on Aug. 30 depicts a proposed bridge at Mattapan station.
Residents from Dorchester, Mattapan, and Milton sounded notes of support Tuesday night for the state... Read more
Mt. Ida SRoad three-decker. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department is investigating the cause of a large fire in a Mt. Ida Road three decker this afternoon that send a firefighter to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
The department responded to a call... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man, 26, with multiple gunshot wounds around 7 p.m., Saturday, at 11 Fayston St.
The man was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
He is Dorchester's 19th murder victim... Read more
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