Mattapan
Three people were stabbed at a party on Floyd Street - the same street where Ramone Daley was gunned down last week and the scene of a 2004 murder for which three men were recently arrested. Two more people were stabbed on Park Street.
Around closing at 2 a.m., two people were stabbed outside the Avenue Tavern, 1583 Blue Hill Ave.
None of the injuries are considered life threatening.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports that Phil Dunkelbarger of Westwood, who ran as an anti-war candidate against Stephen Lynch in the 2006 Democratic primary, is running against Lynch again this year.
Keith Lepor of Roslindale and Vernon Harrison of Braintree are running on the Republican side.
Anybody who's ever driven down Morton Street in Mattapan knows the white-bearded guy who shuffles up and down the middle of the street by Blue Hill Avenue. Our own eeka reports that for some continuing-ed class, she did "a functional behavioral assessment" on him:
... The function of waving seems to be attract positive attention from other individuals. The purpose might also be to avoid the negative interactions that are often aimed toward people who are perceived as not having a job; it does seem that everyone in the area knows of this person and many seem to find him charming – while at the same time feeling a bit exasperated that he is behaving unsafely. This latter perception might in fact be a product of his waving, and the fact that people find him friendly might mean that they are more likely to avoid him and wish him well rather than finding him annoying and trying to run him off the road. It seems to be an adaptive response that he responds in a friendly/apologetic manner to cars honking at him, rather than a reactive manner that is more likely to start an altercation. ...
My (first! and totally amateur!) video project on the challenges around finding fresh produce in Boston's Sixth Suffolk. (And trying to explain why I keep ending up in the McD's drive-thru... mmmmmm Big Mac....) The Sixth Suffolk is currently represented by Rep. Willie Mae Allen and comprises the bulk of Mattapan, parts of North Dorchester and Roslindale. There are approximately 39,000 people living in the district. There are 2 supermarkets. Only one has a decent produce selection. Read more.
Boston Police report the teenager was murdered around 3:15 p.m. today in front of 619 Cummins Highway.
He was brought to Brigham and Women's Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Anyone with information can call the homicide unit at 617-343-4470 or contact the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or texting TIP to CRIME.
Boston Police report arresting a Boston man yesterday following a carjacking in Mattapan and an attempted carjacking in Quincy. Read more
Ghetto Uprising notes the strange absence of mailboxes along the street:
if my frustrated, informal, impromptu, rushed survey of Blue Hill Ave while looking for a mailbox is correct, then there are more liquor stores and churches on that street than there are mail drops. ...
Channel 7 reports on a late-night crash in which the truck went up the front steps of St. Paul's Victory Christian Assembly of God, 870 Cummins Highway.
Boston Police report officers responded to 60 Goodale Rd. around 5:40 this morning to find a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.
He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died later in the day. Police are describing him only as black and 22.
Bob LeLievre breaks down Coakley's large win in Boston by neighborhood, along with comparisons to 2006 numbers for Deval Patrick. Some interesting numbers: She lost South Boston, barely took West Roxbury, Charlestown and Tom Menino's redoubt of Readville, but got 96% of the vote in Mattapan and 92% in Roxbury.
Next stop, Newport, RI
You cross over to Milton from Mattapan Square and one of the first things you see is a sign pointing the way to Newport, RI, and you think "Huh?" Was there ever a time when people in Mattapan or Milton needed to know the way to Newport, RI?
UPDATE: Yes, there was. See NotWhitey's note in the comments.
Boston Police tweet a car and bus carrying 16 students collided at Blue Hill Avenue and Woodhaven Street this morning. Police say the injuries were minor.
Boston Police tweet the two bodies were found inside 50 Fairlawn Ave. this morning and that the homicide unit is on scene. The Globe reports police are looking at a murder/suicide.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Brian Lee, 45, guilty of first-degree murder for the 2006 death of his father, Edward Lee, in his Mattapan home, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more
Chris Faraone interviews Singapore Kane, who says he's the best rapper in Mattapan:
... "I stand out for a few reasons," he says. "I don't really consider myself a street dude, but you can look me in the eyes and see that I got stabbed right in my face. I've seen someone get shot a couple of times, and it's something that will give you nightmares. Rappers need to stop glorifying bullshit and tell both sides of the story. If you talk about selling drugs, then you have to talk about going to jail." ...
But is Mattapan too old school? Maybe it's time to make way for Roslindale.
And now the state loses out on $145 million in federal stimulus funds; money was to have gone to a fancy-shmancy Silver Line extension through Roxbury and Mattapan that state officials tried to foist on the neighborhoods as a fait accompli.
Lawmakers ask state to withdraw 28X proposal (from the Dorchester Reporter a couple weeks ago).
Steve Poftak is sad.
Earlier:
Gloria Fox, Byron Rushing objected to bus cramming.
Brian Lee faces life without parole if convicted of the 2006 murder of his father, who had taken out several restraining orders against him in the years before his death. More from Channel 4.
Local 718 tweets hazmat units are at 1509 Blue Hill Ave. dealing with "unknown substance oozing from suitcase."
UPDATE: That's out behind Simco's. Gosh, what could be there that might ooze?
Sameski is being lauded for racing into a burning house in Dorchester this afternoon and saving the life of an unconscious 14-year old.
Two years ago, Sameski climbed up into a burning building on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan and saved a little girl.
Via GC.
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in a single-family house on 83 Blake Street went to two alarms this evening and caused an estimated $400,000 in damage.
The homeowner had a fire going in the fireplace; the department says the fire escaped the chimney and set the home's walls ablaze.
Boston Police report that while they continue to look for the killer of Carlos Romero Franco, 31, shot in the face on Oct. 16 at 598 Harvard St., they are now also looking into the ownership of heroin worth an estimated $1 million at the same location.
Police records show that a few hours after Franco's death was reported, a resident of the building was arrested and charged with heroin trafficking. Police did not say if the arrest and Franco's death are connected. In addition to the heroin, police say they also found a gun and cash.
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