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With the price of gasoline skyrocketing and an emphasis on moving away from vehicles in Mattapan, it seems appropriate that the long-abandoned Cote Ford dealership has been replaced by 76 units of affordable community housing with a train to downtown outside the back door. That irony was not lost on most attendees at last week’s official ribbon cutting for Cote Village, which
For the first time in a decade, there will be a primary race this year for state representative in the 6th Suffolk District. Incumbent state Rep. Russell Holmes, running for a sixth term, will face challenger Haris Hardaway. Both men are Democrats. Holmes, 52, first claimed the seat in 2010, beating out four other hopefuls to succeed Rep. Willie Mae Allen. In each of the next
Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction 'They Want To Push Us Out': Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction As New Rail Stops Drive Rent Increases The Blue Hill Avenue MBTA stop opened in 2019, the last of four new stops created along the Fairmount Line. Jenifer McKim / GBH News Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction Annie Gordon lives in a two-bedroom apartment several hundred feet from the Fairmount Line commuter rail that used to pass by her Mattapan neighborhood without stopping. The 69-year-old retiree says she was at first thrilled when the city announced plans to create a train stop nearby, streamlining the on...