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Police Commissioner Edward Davis issued the following letter to "the residents of Mattapan and Dorchester" today regarding last night's ... Read more.

Two teens on dirtbikes were sought Monday night for firing into a crowd at Harambee Park around 9:20 p.m., Monday, sending a child, possibly as young as 4, to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the back.

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The Boston Police Department reports a man, 35, was shot repeatedly around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday outside 4 Summer St.

He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley says a Boston police officer and a state trooper "acted appropriately" in a shootout that ended with teenager Manuel DaVeiga's death on Navillus Terrace in April of last year ... Read more.

Mattapan residents clashed last week over the siting of a commuter rail station between Blue Hill Ave. and Cummins Highway. The MBTA is building the train station on the Fairmount Line as part of a court mandate that came ... Read more.

The general manager of the MBTA said last week that the planned expansion of the Neponset Greenway will go through Mattapan, after officials from the mass transit agency, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and ... Read more.

Six of the seven candidates running for the four City Council At-Large slots faced off on Tuesday night in the first forum of the city’s election season, covering their positions on school transportation costs, city ... Read more.

For the City Council, a long nightmare of its own making is almost over. A Superior Court judge is now weighing whether – and how – to further punish the 13-member body, which was first yanked into court in 2005 over ... Read more.

Local nonprofit Work, Inc., which specializes in providing employment and training to people with disabilities, will move forward in developing its old North Quincy headquarters with the help of a federal grant. Company ... Read more.

Local and city-wide representatives from the Boston Police Department heard an array of complaints and proposals from Polish Triangle residents at Tuesday’s meeting of the McCormack Civic Association. Police ... Read more.

The Franklin Park Zoo has announced the birth of a new bongo – a species of African forest antelope. ... Read more.

My Dot Tour, a nonprofit collaborative that promotes the Fields Corner area by hosting local walking tours, will kick off its second tour season this August and is looking for high school students interested in becoming ... Read more.

The city’s top planning and development agency on Thursday night signed off on redevelopment and education projects in Grove Hall and Codman Square, along with a master plan for the Columbia Point neighborhood.

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