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By adamg - 9/11/24 - 9:08 am
Boston Police report the arrest of Edwin Santos, 22, on charges he was the guy ripping off gold chains off the necks of older people he would follow home from train or bus stops in several neighborhoods. Read more.
By adamg - 9/10/24 - 2:58 pm
A Mattapan man was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing Friday on charges he raped and beat a woman so badly police found her covered in blood and spitting up blood clots early Sunday morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 9/7/24 - 12:51 pm
Rendering by MicDougal Architects.
Local developer and restauranteur has filed plans to build a seven-story, 30-unit apartment building on what is now a vacant lot at 691-695 Morton Street, next to the Mobil station on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan. Read more.
By adamg - 9/7/24 - 12:10 pm
A fed-up resident files a 311 complaint about two coyotes on Ellison Avenue on the Mattapan/Dorchester line: Read more.
By adamg - 9/1/24 - 11:53 am
Boston Police report arresting a man and a woman in connection with a fight that left three injured at 70 West Selden St. in Mattapan shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday.
By adamg - 8/15/24 - 10:03 am
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police report a guy has been looking for chain-wearing seniors getting off buses or trains in Hyde Park, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury, then following them and ripping the chains off their necks. Read more.
By adamg - 8/12/24 - 4:57 pm
A federal judge last week sentenced the owner of Economy Plumbing and Heating Supply on Morton Street in Mattapan to four months in prison, a year of probation, restitution of $2.96 million and a fine of $200,000 for his guilty plea to four counts of filing false tax returns, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 8/8/24 - 4:02 pm
Chart from BPHC July 28 report.
The amount of Covid-19 viral particles in Boston sewers - an indicator of the virus's presence in the community - soared in July, when levels were 163% higher than in May, - still way lower than numbers around New Year's and especially two years ago - the Boston Public Health Commission said today. Read more.
By adamg - 8/8/24 - 9:51 am
A Manchester, NH man faces charges that he spent part of Monday driving around Mattapan and Dorchester, pointing a BB gun that looked more like an assault weapon at people - and that he got off at least three rounds from the thing without hitting anybody while strolling down one Dorchester street. Read more.
By adamg - 7/31/24 - 11:19 am
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the Domino's at 1514 Blue Hill Ave. extend its closing time to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday - with delivery only via car and payment only by credit card. Read more.
By adamg - 7/25/24 - 1:14 pm
The MBTA board today approved a $54-million plan to replace the diesel-powered trains on the Fairmount Line with more climate-friendly battery-operated cars within four years, which could mean almost subway-like train frequency - and some relief for Readville residents who live near the yard where diesels now loudly vibrate, hum - and have their horns blared - into the early morning hours. Read more.
By adamg - 7/10/24 - 10:47 pm
Boston Police report they are investigating the death of three dogs found in a U-Haul at 69 Edgewater Dr. in Mattapan around 9 p.m. on Tuesday as a case of animal abuse.
Police say anybody with information on how the dogs wound up in the truck can contact detectives at 617-343-5607 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).
By adamg - 7/7/24 - 12:35 pm
Boston Police report officers responding to a ShotSpotter signal at 85 Astoria St. in Mattapan early this morning arrested a man they say fired one round into a neighboring ball field. Read more.
By adamg - 7/6/24 - 2:20 pm
Stoughton Public Schools today identified the person fatally shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan yesterday as Christian Cousins, who would have begun his senior year at Stoughton High School this fall. Read more.
By adamg - 7/5/24 - 2:13 pm
Victim identified as Christian Cousins of Stoughton.
Two people were shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan around 12:25 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 6/17/24 - 10:00 am
Bobby Boyd went for a walk along the Neponset River Greenway in Mattapan and Milton the other day. Among the things he saw was a snake resting in a tight space on the Milton end of the Harvest River Bridge, a goose of the non-Canada variety near that and a pair of deer on an islet in the river between Central Avenue and Capen Street. Read more.
By adamg - 6/12/24 - 9:46 am
Akmal Moawed, owner of a gas station at 841 Morton St., at Norfolk Street, in Mattapan, says he will soon file plans with the BPDA to raze the station for a five-story, 48-unit residential building. Read more.
By adamg - 6/5/24 - 10:23 pm
Just when you think you've heard it all: At 9.26 p.m., the MBTA reported 20-minute delays on the Mattapan Line "due to poor lighting at Valley Road" - which the trolleys were just completely bypassing. The T rolled out shuttle buses.
By adamg - 6/5/24 - 9:57 am
Boston Police report arresting the man they say gunned down George Deeble at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street in Mattapan on April 27. Read more.
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