In the town that kicked off a legal challenge to the MBTA Communities Act, the 2021 state law intended to boost housing near public transportation, its voters will once again be faced with a choice.

Boston's homicide rate has more than doubled since this time last year, but officials insist it's still one of the safest U.S ...

Boston police are investigating after a person was shot in Mattapan on Wednesday evening. Police said the shooting happened ...

Boston police arrested a 16-year-old juvenile male Wednesday morning in connection with a firearm incident that occurred last ...

Police are investigating after they say a person was shot in Mattapan on Wednesday. According to officials, the shooting ...

Police responded to a shooting Wednesday evening in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. A person was transported to a hospital ...

A panel with, from left, Café Juice Up owner Denise O’Mard, Fatima Ali-Salaam, chair of Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council ...

Mattapan has Boston’s shortest life expectancy and highest age-adjusted rates of heart disease mortality, yet lacks any ...

Boston police arrested a man in connection with threatening to shoot people at a large party early Friday morning.

A 40-year-old Mattapan man was arrested on firearm charges after allegedly brandishing a weapon and threatening to shoot a ...

BOSTON — A man is facing several firearm charges in connection with a fight that happened in Mattapan. According to Boston ...

Milton’s stance remains mercurial and the town itself tightly divided. Though the planning board and voters at Town Meeting approved a plan in 2023, 54 percent of voters tossed the rezoning plan by ...