Mattapan
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday.
The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He was the first murder victim in Boston since a woman was... Read more
The state Department of Revenue formally moved Thursday to seize Simco's, 1509 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan, for non-payment of $736,000 in taxes and interest.
In a request filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the state says Simco's has tax debts dating back to... Read more
More BCYF pools expected to re-open by summer
The long-awaited and delayed $12.7 million renovation of the Mattahunt Community Center is about to come to an end, according to city officials, who say students at the Mattahunt School are now able to use the... Read more
For decades, if there was a problem that seemingly couldn’t be fixed, Mattapan’s Muhammad Ali-Salaam was the person that the city sent in to take a look, and solutions usually followed in short order.
Mr. Ali-Salaam, who passed away on Jan. 4 at 78, moved... Read more
A Mattapan man on parole after serving an eight-year federal sentence for sex trafficking a minor was sentenced to 33 more months behind bars last week for witness intimidation, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports.
Mark Pinnock, 32, was working as... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a new trial for a man convicted of gunning down Marcus Hall behind a Blue Hill Avenue barbershop, where Hall had brought his four-year-old son for a haircut on June 14, 2016.
The state's highest court concluded... Read more
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a 41-unit, five-story apartment building at 1471 Blue Hill Ave. at Culbert Street in Mattapan.
Eight of the units would be rented to people making no more than 30% of the Boston-area median income.... Read more
Industry pressures nationwide have led the Mass Biologics Lab (MBL) in Mattapan to make significant layoffs this year and rethink its strategy regarding its plans for growth on its Walk Hill Street campus.
A year ago, MBL, an anchor industry on the... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally shot at 46 Corona St. in Dorchester around 2:05 p.m. on Friday, and that another man was shot to death outside 1194 Blue Hill Ave., near Morton Street, in Mattapan around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday.
Both... Read more
The owners of Macumba Latina, 477 River St. in Mattapan Square, say they've fired two bouncers who failed in their main job of watching the club's supposedly locked rear door, letting in a man who then shot two men - one a club regular - in what seemed... Read more
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