Public Safety
Residents want to see healthy, smoke-free apartments, award-winning design elements and — critically— a family-friendly, fine dining restaurant included in a mixed-use development now on the drawing board for Mattapan Square. A development team led by... Read more
Terrance Roberson sat motionless in the front seat of his friend’s black 2001 Honda Civic as fire trucks and police vehicles encircled the car, sirens blaring. Phone wires and electricity cables hissed on the roof over his head and snaked down the window... Read more
MBTA riders can expect shuttle buses to replace train service on the Red Line for nine weekends beginning in September and running through December as winter resiliency work takes place, MBTA officials said last week.
The MBTA Fiscal Management and... Read more
Mattapan’s Almont Park has another new amenity this summer— a security camera aimed at helping the already vastly-improved city park become even more of a safe haven. The park— home to the Mattapan Patriots Pop Warner program, which kicks off its season... Read more
Mice, cockroaches, mold, shut-off heat, no electricity, jammed doors, open gasoline canisters. This is what we live with, said the tenants of several dilapidated Dorchester and Mattapan properties as they loudly protested on Monday evening week against... Read more
A fast-moving fire caused by careless disposal of smoking material destroyed a multi-family home on Jones Hill on Tuesday afternoon, displacing residents and prompting a huge response from the Boston Fire Department.
The Reporter recorded scenes from the... Read more
Boston Police in Area C-11 will host a free juvenile boot camp from August 15-19, 8-10a.m. each day for boys and girls ages 13-16. Spots are limited. For additional info and to sign up please contact the C-11 Community Service Office at 617-343-5315.
Businesses and residents abutting 114B Stoughton St. may have had no idea what the strange packages entering and exiting the hair-braiding salon contained, but smoked fish likely would not have topped the guessing list.
Earlier this month, the city’s... Read more
An estimated 10,000 "copycat" assault weapons were sold in Massachusetts during 2015, according to the attorney general's office, which announced a crackdown effort on Wednesday.
Joined by anti-violence advocates and members of law enforcement, Attorney... Read more
About fifty Dorchester residents joined Police Commissioner William Evans, Capt. Tim Connolly and police officers from Boston Police C-11 District to click on flashlights for a half-hour walk around the neighborhood on Tuesday night.
Striking out side-... Read more
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