Public Safety
Dorchester and Mattapan residents are seeing a surge of investment in their green spaces from the state and the city, with numerous park and playground projects earmarked in Mayor Martin Walsh’s proposed budget and advanced by Dorchester’s state... Read more
The preservation of the historic Mattapan Trolley Line and the construction of the Blue Hill Avenue commuter rail station are one step closer to funding, as substantial sums are included for the projects in the draft capital investment plan released by... Read more
Updated April 22, 3 p.m.: City Councillor Andrea Campbell will be facilitating community meetings over the coming weeks to discuss a pilot program of body-worn cameras on the city’s police officers.
One of the meetings will be held in Dorchester on Thurs... Read more
(Updated— Wed., April 20)— Boston Police are investigating the death of a man who was found seriously injured following an apparent altercation early Sunday morning in Adams Corner. Police were called to the scene at Adams Street and Gallivan Boulevard... Read more
Mayor Walsh’s proposed FY ’17 budget includes a five-year capital plan that outlines some much-needed infrastructure improvements in Dorchester and Mattapan. The plan lays out intentions, not hard and fast promises to deliver funding. But it nonetheless... Read more
City Councillor At-Large Annissa Essaibi-George and four of her colleagues heard emotional testimony on Jones Hill Tuesday evening at the second hearing of the new Committee on Homelessness, Mental Health, and Recovery at St. Mary’s Center for Women and... Read more
A helicopter equipped with radiation-sensing technology will make several low passes over the Boston Marathon route later this week to measure naturally occurring background radiation ahead of the 120th Boston Marathon next week.
Between Tuesday and... Read more
A Hyde Park man is charged with shooting a man over an argument he initially had nothing to do with inside the T-Mobile store on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square Wednesday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Saquan Gaul,... Read more
Two home rule petitions – extending the term of office for Boston city councillors and limiting candidates to running for a single office at a time – were voted through at the council meeting on Wednesday.
District 3 Councillor Frank Baker has proposed... Read more
Charbonnier-Dever Memorial plannedRep. Dan Hunt sponsored legislation – signed into law last November – that will create a permanent memorial to two fallen law enforcement heroes from Dorchester: State Trooper Mark S. Charbonnier and Deputy Sheriff Sgt.... Read more
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