Mattapan
Mattapan
Tuesday Talks
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Tuesday Talks is a group for family members who have lost a loved one to homicide hosted by the Louis D Brown Peace Institute. It is a safe place to be yourself and surround yourself with others who understand what you are going for. It is an opportunity to connect with others in your community. Join us ever Tuesday 6-8pm. Transform your pain and anger into power and action.
Schedule:
Feb 2nd - Self-Care, ANGER...Healthy solutions for dealing with our Anger!
Feb 9th - Self-Care, Journaling...Ways to get out feelings out, even if it is just for us to read! Read more
Tuesday Talks
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Tuesday Talks is a group for family members who have lost a loved one to homicide hosted by the Louis D Brown Peace Institute. It is a safe place to be yourself and surround yourself with others who understand what you are going for. It is an opportunity to connect with others in your community. Join us ever Tuesday 6-8pm. Transform your pain and anger into power and action.
Schedule:
Feb 2nd - Self-Care, ANGER...Healthy solutions for dealing with our Anger!
Feb 9th - Self-Care, Journaling...Ways to get out feelings out, even if it is just for us to read! Read more
Man shot to death in Mattapan
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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. Read more
State comes up with $1 million to redesign Morton/Gallivan intersection
Jan. 21, 2010
Issues surrounding what many claim is one of the most dangerous intersections in Dorchester may soon be resolved after it was announced this week that nearly $1 million in state funding is being designated to redesign streets in Dorchester and Milton.
Part of that allocation includes $750,000 to redesign the Morton Street and Gallivan Boulevard intersection. Read more
High court disbars Finneran
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The state Supreme Judicial Court on Monday took away former House Speaker Thomas Finneran's law license, citing his pleading guilty to obstruction of justice charges in 2007. Read more
Have Your Taxes Professionally Prepared for Free at DotWell
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DotWell, in partnership with the Boston EITC Coalition, will professionally prepare your taxes for FREE if you worked and earned less than $49,000 this year.
Free tax clinics begin Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the Codman Square Tech Center, 450 Washington Street, Dorchester, and at Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, 1353 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester.
For more information, email Shauntell Foster, Fiscal Health Coordinator, or call 617-822-8171.
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Police investigate possible murder-suicide in Mattapan
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Boston Police report finding the bodies of a man and a woman in an apartment on Fairlawn Avenue before 9 a.m. today.
Registration for Boston Public Schools
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Boston Public Schools registration for first round begins
January 4 -February 5, 2010 for kindergarten, grade 6, and grade 9. February 10 - March 26, 2010 is for all other grades.
Boston Public Schools
East Zone Family Resource Center
1216 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Ma 02125
(617)635-8015
Man convicted of murdering, dismembering father in 2006
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A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Brian Lee, 45, first-degree murder for the 2006 death of his father, Edward Lee, in his Mattapan home, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Judge John Cratsley quickly pronounced the mandatory sentence of life in state prison without possibility of parole for Lee, who represented himself.
Prosecutors say the elder Lee obtained a restraining order against his son on Oct. 25, 2006 and that his son murdered him sometime between then and Oct. 27. Read more
What to do with the old cote ford site
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The site of the old cote ford building, What to do?. How about a full service black owned and operated Ford Dealership seving the community as well as bringing in revenues from out side the community. Increasing revenue for gas stations and creating jobs.
Proposal two, "Indoor Skateboard Park", with addl' rooms for cyclist and joggers..with indoor shops for parts for skate boards as well as the sell of new ones. with other shops to be determined.
