Around 6:40 p.m. on Wood Avenue at Mariposa St. The fatal-accident reconstruction and homicide units were called in, just in case.
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By adamg - 4/5/17 - 1:42 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that former House Speaker Thomas Finneran of Mattapan forfeited his right to a state pension when he pled guilty in 2007 to lying in federal court about his role in a state redistricting plan following the 2000 census. Read more.
By adamg - 3/29/17 - 3:15 pm
Boston Police report using a search warrant around 2:0 p.m. yesterday to bust into a Norfolk Street home, where they found a loaded 9mm Luger PT11GT handgun and the 15-year-old they say was the focus of an investigation into gang activity in the area.
The teen, too young to be named, was charged with being delinquent for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
By adamg - 3/27/17 - 9:35 am
WCVB reports the shops on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square, Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner, Liberty Plaza in East Boston and Beacon Street in Coolidge Corner are among two dozen the perpetually teetering chain is closing in Massachusetts (in other news, there were still two dozen Radio Shacks in Massachusetts).
By adamg - 3/16/17 - 6:04 pm
A pre-teen boy was hit by an SUV on Blue Hill Avenue near Fessenden Street around 5:50 p.m. Not long after, police stopped a suspect at Wildwood and Middleton streets, off Morton.
Traffic was diverted from Blue Hill Avenue onto Norfolk Street.
By adamg - 3/15/17 - 9:38 am
NBC Boston reports two people were injured around 3:20 a.m. when their car slammed into a car that State Police said was too close to a plow truck putting down salt at American Legion Highway and Morton Street.
By adamg - 2/27/17 - 3:26 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports the money will keep the Mattapan Line's historic trolleys running while the T figures out what to do to maintain service in the long run.
By adamg - 2/24/17 - 9:20 am
Bruce Sadler, 59, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of rape of a child for repeated incidents in the early 1990s while he lived in Mattapan and other parts of Boston, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 1/31/17 - 11:55 am
Boston Police report arresting a man for the murder of Marcus Hall June 14 in a Mattapan barbershop where he had brought his son.
William Shakespeare, 29, of Dedham, was arrested in the Bronx by BPD fugitive-unit officers and US marshals early this morning, police say.
Innocent, etc.
By adamg - 1/23/17 - 3:45 pm
The MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board voted today to hire a construction company to build a $17-million station for the Fairmount Line between Blue Hill Avenue and Cummins Highway, about a quarter mile outside Mattapan Square. Read more.
By adamg - 1/18/17 - 10:21 pm
Ortiz Grocery, 1300 Blue Hill Ave., was held up around 9:50 p.m. by two black men, one with a gun, one 5'5" and the other about 5'8" and both between 35 and 45.
By adamg - 1/15/17 - 11:58 pm
The Herald reports Jean-Claude Sanon is gearing up for his third try for the District 5 City Council seat (Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale) held by Tim McCarthy.
Sanon, who lost to McCarthy in 2013 and 2015, says he has gained inspiration from the example of Donald Trump, whom few experts expected to win last fall.
By adamg - 1/13/17 - 1:00 pm
Shortly after 11:50 a.m., Boston Police found a car with fresh bullet holes at 765 Morton St.
At 12:10 p.m., Jim Corbo reported:
Saw man ordered out of car w hands up at gunpoint by Boston & State Police Rt3 Braintree/Wey line b/t exits 17 & 16
By szapata617 - 12/29/16 - 1:03 pm
Prevailing sentiment in progressive haunts is “2016, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” Between a stressful election season, acts of terror, and the crisis in Syria, many of us will be glad to see the calendar page turn on Sunday night. Still, to every cloud there is a silver lining, and at least when it comes to tackling climate change in the US, Massachusetts was a bright spot amidst the clouds of 2016.
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