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By adamg - 1/23/24 - 10:25 am
Orange sunrise over Morton Street

Handmaid got a good view of this morning's sunrise over Morton Street and the Arborway in Forest Hills.

Mary Ellen got a good view of those clouds, at Millennium Park in West Roxbury: Read more.

By adamg - 4/5/23 - 8:43 pm
Bus on grass with missing windshield

Photo by Joy O. See it larger.

WCVB reports six people were injured when a Route 31 bus driver plowed through a fence and into Forest Hills Cemetery on Morton Street at Forest Hills Avenue around 5:30 p.m. The station says a motorist suddenly swerved in front of the bus, and the two vehicles collided, then the bus driver steered into the cemetery to avoid further crashes. Two of the injured were in the car.

By adamg - 3/24/23 - 9:46 am

NBC Boston reports what sketchy details have come out involving an incident on an afternoon bus from the Taylor School on Morton Street in Mattapan this week, its 70-something driver and a parent.

By adamg - 5/13/22 - 3:09 pm

A Roslindale man was arraigned today on charges he punched a woman in the face in the Arnold Arboretum and then raped her repeatedly on Aug. 13, 2013, and will be arraigned on Monday on charges he raped a 16-year-old on Morton Street in Mattapan on April 1, 2007, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 3/31/22 - 9:12 am
Suspect's car

Suspect's car after crash. Photo by Live Boston.

Update: The Suffolk County DA's office reports Jeff Anilus, 31, of Randolph will be arraigned "when deemed medically appropriate."

Live Boston reports a man who shot at police twice in the area around Shattuck Hospital was himself shot and critically injured after the second round early this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 3/21/22 - 10:50 am

Stanley Stacos reports somebody was shot on a bus on Morton Street near Lorna Road shortly before 10:30 a.m. Transit Police report the victim was shot in the leg following an argument with the shooter, who fled the scene - after possibly discarding a gun on West Selden Street.

By adamg - 11/15/21 - 4:42 pm
A Pallet shelter

A Pallet shelter.

The state next month will set up a "temporary cottage community" on the grounds of Shattuck Hospital in Franklin Park to house and care for up to 30 people who now live - or try to live - in tents along Methadone Mile, state Health and Human Services Secretary Mary Lou Sudders said today. Read more.

By adamg - 11/8/21 - 6:37 pm

Boston Police say things went south quickly for Marlon Raymond, 18, of Roxbury after he ran a red light outside the B-3 police station at Morton Street and Blue Hill Avenue shortly after midnight today: Read more.

By adamg - 9/2/21 - 8:56 am
Flooded bocce courts in the North End

North End bocce courts turned into reflecting pools. Photo by Nathaniel Stinnett.

The Boston area remains under a flood warning until 1 p.m. as Ida moves out. Read more.

By adamg - 6/5/21 - 12:14 pm

An outraged citizen files a 311 complaint about the mega-pothole/trench along Blue Hill Avenue at Morton Street in front of the B-3 police station: Read more.

By adamg - 5/10/21 - 10:42 am
Crash scene in Mattapan - traffic light destroyed, car bursts into flames

Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a driver suffered only minor injuries after speeding down Morton Street, jumping the median strip and taking out a traffic light, after which his car burst into flames, on Morton Street near Theodore Street, around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday.

By adamg - 1/22/21 - 9:58 am

Boston Police report a man was shot at 750 Morton St., around 1 a.m. on Jan. 6. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died on Thursday.

This is Boston's third murder in 2021.

By adamg - 1/6/21 - 12:39 am

Update: Victim died. Identified as Lance Norwood, 22, of Hyde Park.

Stanley Stacos reports a person was shot on Morton Street at Leston Street, around 12:30 a.m. The homicide unit was called in. Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/21 - 2:46 pm

Boston Police report recovering a loaded gun on Morton Street between Wildwood and Theodore streets in Mattapan, thanks to a motorist who wondered why her rear license plate seemed to be newly bent Sunday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/20 - 9:28 am
Detective looks for evidence

Detective looks for evidence. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a gun battle between the occupants of two cars extended over three blocks in the area of Morton and Norfolk streets shortly before 1 a.m. As many as 15 shots may have been fired. No people hit, but at least one house and several cars were hit by the gunfire.

By adamg - 7/1/20 - 8:56 pm

Live Boston reports somebody fired several shots on Fuller Street at Morton Street in Mattapan around 8:40 p.m.

By adamg - 5/24/20 - 12:17 pm

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Massachusetts Attorney General's office have sued Nikitas Tsoukales and his Key Credit Repair of Mattapan over what they say are failed promises to repair people's credit, deceptive marketing and repeated violations of a state law that prohibits taking somebody's money before actually fixing their credit. Read more.

By adamg - 5/13/20 - 11:07 am
Soccer field proposal

Rough soccer-field proposal. Morton Street at the top.

The Boston Zoning Commission today approved a plan by the developers of the Olmsted Green development to swap in a soccer field and tot lot for the four-acre urban farm that was part of the original plans but never built. Read more.

By adamg - 3/30/20 - 9:28 am
Plastic sheeting at local market

A roving UHub photographer couldn't help but notice the DIY shielding now in place at Mama Supermarket at Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street in Mattapan.

By adamg - 7/26/19 - 11:20 pm

Shortly after 11 p.m., somebody fired at least ten rounds from a spot near the Dunkin' Donuts at Morton and Evans street. Some damage was found at the Morton House of Pizza across the street. One person suffered a minor graze injury; unclear if from a bullet or something else.

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