Two men who run neighboring micro-markets on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square – one just 150 square feet – were arrested today on federal charges they paid cash for SNAP benefits and sold rice diverted from programs trying to feed starving children in other countries.
A man charged with murder in a fatal stabbing in Mattapan last weekend is one of more than 200 defendants who saw their criminal cases dismissed in October due to a lack of legal representation.
Neighbors on Woodhaven and Culbert streets in Mattapan are pressing for relief from city officials this week as a pair of construction projects are disrupting daily life on the side
A state agency has sold a 10-acre parcel of land on the former Mattapan State Hospital property to a development team that plans to build 287 new housing units— the
Boston’s bike share system is expanding throughout Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, with 20 new Bluebikes stations to be installed in those neighborhoods. City officials hosted an open house
Mattapan’s Canterbury Brook might as well be the Loch Ness Monster. Few have actually seen it, no one is quite sure if it’s real, and it disappears right after it
One hundred newly sworn-in Boston Police officers began their assignments in districts across the city last Monday (Sept. 8) including at Area C-11 and Area B-3, the two largest districts
For ten young people from Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury, the summer of 2025 was a time when words like urban agriculture and food justice turned into reality with their participation
With the sound of the starter’s horn, 380 participants in the first-ever Mattapan Unity 5K were off and running on Saturday morning.
The Boston Licensing Board decided Thursday to take no immediate action on a request from the owner of Aguasvivas Market, 926 Morton St. in Mattapan, to add Caribbean and Latin
The issue involved MassBiologics – an agency run by the University of Massachusetts’s Chan Medical School – and whether or not it will move ahead with plans to expand its
When egg prices shot up dramatically earlier this year, the Urban Farming Institute (UFI) in Mattapan decided to take a crack at providing its neighbors with a more affordable option
The 15th annual Mattapan on Wheels bicycle rally celebrated a milestone on Saturday morning (July 26) before excited riders set out to usher in the use of the Neponset Greenway
A crowd of neighbors and guests, including Mayor Wu, gathered in the park with the Lewis family for the occasion as the thwacking rhythm of the Tenacity summer program’s tennis
The Rev. Pearline James and her husband Evan immigrated to Boston from Jamaica in 1971 as part of an early wave of Jamaican arrivals in the city. They were the
In Mattapan, the Urban Farming Institute (UFI) has launched its Farm Stand Fridays, which will run from noon to 5 p.m. through Nov. 21.
More than 100 people gathered on Monday night to celebrate the life of the late David Lopes, a storied Wellington Hill resident who passed away after an illness in 2023
