Mattapan News

Police say six Hesser College students from Massachusetts have been arraigned on rioting and resisting arrest charges after a brawl in a college dorm.  Two Manchester police officers suffered minor injuries responding to the fight at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

December 10, 2009 - As PEACE BOSTON prepares to enter its 5th year on Martin Luther King Weekend, they hope that people will support their efforts to promote peace in Boston.

For the first time in three years, taxes for single-family homes in Boston are set to rise as the city tries to make up for declining property values, officials said today.

A Mattapan man was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for fatally beating his father, dismembering his body, and dumping the parts in a Roxbury yard, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

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.

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis announce that an arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect responsible for the August homicide of 29 year old Erica Field in Mattapan.

Authorities say a man who may now be living on Trinidad is now wanted for the deaths of three people outside a Dorchester party in March.

A third Hub man was also shot dead in the same gun battle. Pvt. David Thomas, 22, a Mattapan native who is stationed at Fort Hood was pronounced dead at the scene on Dorrance Street said Providence Police Captain James Desmarais.

But a 3 PCC train is still shorter and less capacity than two LRVs. You can't run a three car on the green line until all the station upgrades are done because the platforms are currently shortened to facilitate construction.

A holiday grinch set fire to a Mattapan woman's beloved holiday wreath, leaving residents in her apartment building worried that an arsonist may be on the loose.

Mattapan man in prison for armed home invasion and robbery walked away from his minimum security lockup in Bridgewater last night, one week after he was indicted on charges of breaking into a woman's house and raping her, authorities said.

Peace activists and Boston area law enforcement officials today launched the third annual Season of Peace, the winter campaign that calls on gangs in the city to put down their guns and agree to a "ceasefire" between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Share + Nov 28, 2009 10:57 am US/Eastern BRIDGEWATER There is a massive search underway for an escaped inmate in southeastern Massachusetts.

A local woman was forced to put her Thanksgiving feast on hold to make a special delivery.

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Image by b_skerratt from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Massachusetts lost out on $147 million in federal stimulus grant money available for public transportation upgrades along Blue Hill Avenue due to bickering between the Patrick administration and residents of Roxbury and Mattapan.

A man was kidnapped and robbed in Jamaica Plain on his way home from work Friday night.

Brian Lee, 46, is charged with first-degree murder for the October 2006 death of his father, Edward Lee, 70, who was beaten to death and dismembered with a power saw inside the Hollingsworth Street triple-decker the two occasionally shared.

Claude Leonidas continues to make his weekday trek from Mattapan to South Station on the MBTA, undeterred by a critical report last week highlighting a huge backlog -- $500 million worth -- of maintenance projects needed to keep the system safe.

Leta s give a big shout-out to those two MBTA employees who worked together to save a life.