The Dorchester Reporter takes a look at the race for the 6th Suffolk state rep's seat, which covers parts of Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, and Roslindale and which pits incumbent Russell Holmes against challenger Haris Hardaway in the Democratic primary, which will determine who goes up to Beacon Hill in January.
Boston Police report officers arrested seven people and seizing seven guns at Elizabeth and Astoria streets in Mattapan last night after gang-unit officers arrived there last night in search of one Brockton man they believed was in possession of a gun. Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld Dwayne Moore's conviction for murdering four people - including a toddler - and permanently paralyzing a fifth person in what became known as the Mattapan Massacre on Woolson Street in Mattapan early on Sept 28, 2010. Read more.
What began as a shutdown of the roads in Franklin Park Thursday nights through Sunday mornings has now expanded to numerous other street across Boston, BPD reports. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting Christopher Howard, 39, on charges he fatally stabbed Terkeshia Boykins on Rosewood Street in Mattapan on May 10.
Police say Howard, a Boston resident, was nabbed Tuesday in Jacksonville, FL.
Innocent, etc.
Boston Police report arresting Esther Exil, 29, on an attempted-murder charge for a stabbing at Blue Hill Avenue and Livingstone Street in Mattapan on May 11. Read more.
Boston Police report they are looking for Chistopher Howard on charges he stabbed Terkeshia Boykins to death on Rosewood Street in Mattapan on May 10. Read more.
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.
Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.
Update: Suspect arrested.
Live Boston reports a man was stabbed at Blue Hill Avenue and Livingstone Street in Mattapan around 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The homicide unit was called in just in case due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
Victim identified as Terkeshia Boykins, 40.
Boston Police report a woman was stabbed on Rosewood Street around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Developer Rise Together has told the BPDA it will soon file detailed plans for two six-story residential buildings, one to replace a repair garage at 1590 Blue Hill Ave., the other behind it on River Street. Read more.
David Cange first started planning his Fritay Haitian restaurant a couple of years ago. Covid-19 forced a delay, but Cange went before the Boston Licensing Board today to seek a food-serving license at 532 River St. in Mattapan Square.
Read more.
Boston Police report a 17-year-old didn't get far after he used a piece of concrete to smash his way into the Boys and Girls Club on Hazleton Street in Mattapan and made off with "several computer monitors, hard drives, headphones and a laptop" around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports two adults and two children had to be taken to a local hospital from a fire at 115 Deering Rd. in Mattapan this morning. Read more.
Boston firefighters responded to 1333 Blue Hill Ave. at Hazleton St. in Mattapan for what became a three-alarm fire that burned through the third floor and roof this afternoon. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter reports on a city plan to make Mattapan Square safer for pedestrians that would include moving one of the "heritage statues" now there.
Transit Police report arresting Ricardo Blake, 35, of Mattapan on charges he's the guy who ended an argument on an MBTA bus on Morton Street Monday by shooting the guy he was arguing with. Read more.
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.
Most of the T excitement today is over the new service past Lechmere on the Green Line, but Mattapan High Speed Line fans are loving this morning's reintroduction of car 3265, the first ever modern PCC car, and the first to finally get back on the rails as part of an MBTA refurbishing program.
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