The last 10 acres of land available at the former State Hospital in Mattapan will be home to several new and different ways of housing community members in settings that include multi-generational buildings and key mentorships to some of the most vulnerable young people in the neighborhood, according to the designated developers for the state-owned site. The Lena New
Several streets in Boston are closed overnight through Sunday, police announced Thursday. The closures affect several parts of Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica.
A plan to re-develop the final 14 acres of the old Boston State Hospital property along Morton Street became a flashpoint of controversy this month as some leaders in Mattapan and Dorchester say that a process to pick a new developer for the site was not transparent, a position disputed by a committee set up to oversee the undertaking. The site in question sits near the corner