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Judge overturns jury’s verdict after man convicted in gun case
The Boston Globe City/Region News
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MBTA to speak with Mattapan community about fare hikes tonight
The Boston Globe Mattapan News
Jan 31The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will be before the community Tuesday night to hear exactly what Mattapan thinks about the potential fare hikes and service cuts proposed by the agency earlier in the month. »
Judge overturns jury’s verdict after man convicted in gun case
The Boston Globe City/Region News
Jan 28The Suffolk County district attorney’s office is appealing a gun case involving a Mattapan man after a judge overturned the jury’s guilty verdict on charges of possession of a loaded firearm without a license. Errol Reece, 21, of Mattapan, was charged ... »
Mattapan High Speed Line gets safety enhancements
The Boston Globe Mattapan News
Jan 27The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority recently added safety enhancements to its Mattapan High Speed Line after the recommendation of one of its operators »
Mattapan Square businesses still waiting for Main Street program
The Boston Globe Mattapan News
Jan 25It's no secret that businesses throughout Boston are struggling through these tough economic times. But with the announcement in fall 2010 that Mattapan Square would soon become a Main Streets district, many business owners were encouraged that the cit... »
Jack Hart named assistant majority leader in state Senate
Your Town
Jan 24State Senator Jack Hart (D-Boston), who represents Dorchester, South Boston, Mattapan and a portion of Hyde Park, was named the Assistant Majority Leader for the Massachusetts State Senate Tuesday. »
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Mattapan man charged with stabbing woman in his apartment - but what was she doing there?
Universal Hub
Feb 03Jimmy Ammons's attorney acknowledges a struggle inside his apartment yesterday morning ended with a woman rushed to the hospital near death and Ammons fleeing to his mother's house in Dorchester. But at his arraignment in Dorchester District Court toda... »
MBTA Hearings: Boston Neighborhoods
Commonwealth ConversationsTransportation
Jan 26The MBTA next week continues a series of more than 20 public hearings regarding proposed fare and service changes with four hearings in Boston neighborhoods. The public is encouraged to participate. Tuesday, January 31, Mattapan: 6:00-8:00 PM, Mildred ... »
Councilor: City could raise hundreds of thousands of dollars by putitng ads on city Web sites
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Jan 25City Councilor Rob Consalvo (Hyde Park, Roslindale, Mattapan), today proposed slapping advertising on city Web sites, including library and school sites - and even the site run by the city's public-housing authority. Consalvo says cityofboston.gov got ... »
MIT: On the Front Lines of Hummus Innovation?
Grub Street Boston
Jan 24Hummus recipes are complex and precise things, so it seems only right that the science-minded wizards at MIT should host an annual hummus taste-off, part of a winter series devoted to the pleasures of that zesty Middle Eastern spread. For the uninitiat... »
Class is in session
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Jan 20(This post originally appeared at www.BostonBastard.com) Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Boston City Council readily presented their version of Boston race relations by making an example out of Charles Yancey, a black City Councilor wh... »