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The Mattapan Square Main Streets has been revived with new leadership that is going to canvass the community to re-imagine and re-brand the area for businesses and residents. With Black Fridays and Small Business Saturdays in mind, many have dreams that one day the business corridor in Mattapan Square will be teeming with shoppers and holiday cheer, and officials at Main

The Democratic nominee for governor, Maura Healey, has mainly positive things to say about Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration. By and large, we tend to agree. But, when Healey takes charge – as expected – at the State House next year, there certainly will be room for improvement and reform. And one agency that is ripe for an overhaul is the state’s Department of

Construction was set to begin on Saturday to transform the wading pool into a spray deck, but was canceled after community opposition.

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is backing off its plan to convert a wading pool off River Street into a spray deck, according to a state lawmaker, days after community members, calling the plan short-sighted, lit into the agency for leaving them out of the loop. At a public meeting last week, DCR officials said the decision to remake the wading pool

Residents on Wednesday lit into the state Department of Conservation and Recreation over a plan to convert a wading pool off River Street into a spray deck, saying the agency left them out of the loop and calling the plan short-sighted. DCR officials acknowledged the decision to remake the wading pool at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground as a spray deck had already been made, citing

A few stray thoughts while waiting for the first frost of the season: • By most accounts, Saturday’s ‘Open Streets’ event on Dorchester Avenue was a success. The event shut down Dot Ave to vehicular traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and required even more parking restrictions for those who live along the route. But the net outcome was a positive experience, according to those who

There is no truth to rumors that a popular spray deck water feature at Ryan Playground on River Street will be closed permanently, according to state Rep. Brandy Fluker Oakley. “I’m going to kill the rumor,” she said during Monday’s Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) meeting. “We’ve been inquiring about the wading pool since mid-July when this was brought to our

Coastal flooding is a legitimate threat to the safety of many, and the likelihood of flooding will only increase over the coming years.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has added a section of the lower Neponset River to the Superfund list for cleanup.

Updated: 7:08 PM EDT Jul 24, 2021 A nonprofit group that works to help protect Boston’s youth from violence hosted its 20th “Scoops & Hoops” event in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood.Youth in Crisis, which is geared toward youth crime prevention and helping young people who are victims of violent crimes, hosted a basketball tournament at Ryan’s Playground that also offered free food, ice cream, train rides, pony rides, bouncy houses and fire engine tours.â€�...