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Residents describe Mattapan as a center of Black life in Boston. A residential neighborhood in the south part of the city, it's been largely untouched by the kind of development changing the face of so much of Boston.

Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

There’s no doubt the pedestrian situation in Mattapan Square has been life-threatening for generations, and while most everyone favors the major safety improvements that are being planned, one part of the re-design –a call to move one of the Mattapan Heritage Statues – is facing some community opposition. The two statues commemorate both the Mattahunt Tribe that once called

Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.

Wilson is the first Black woman to publish a novel in English. Rebecca Davis found a copy of "Our Nig; or Sketches in the Life of a Free Black."

Whats the number one change you want to see in Arlington in... What’s the number one change you want to see in Arlington in 2021? Thank On Friday, April 2, I took a bad fall in front of the B&B liquor store on Mass Ave in the Heights. My daughter was with me, but there were several other people who called 911 and stayed to be supportive. I just want to say thank you to those of you who were there. I was in alot of pain and couldnt move off my side, so I didnt see anyones face, so I dont kn...