Mattapan

Boston Fire Department crews worked to put out a fire Sunday at a triple decker in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood. When firefighters arrived on scene, they saw fire showing from the porch on the third floor of the home. Everyone got out of the building. Boston fire was able to quickly knock down the fire on the outside of...

Csean Skerritt is being held without bail, with a probable cause hearing set for March 17.

The 34-year-old man charged with murder in the shooting death of 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence in Mattapan is being held without bail after a court arraignment on Friday. Csean Skerritt faced a judge Friday morning for his murder charge in Dorchester’s division of Boston Municipal Court. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced at a press conference earlier this month that...

A pedestrian was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday night in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. The crash happened around 9:30 p.m., the Boston Police Department said. The victim was taken to a hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries. Police did not say whether the driver remained at the scene. No further information was immediately available.

A man suspected of shooting his brother in the face over the sale of their family’s home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood nearly two years ago was arrested this weekend, prosecutors said. Trevor Lawrence, a 32-year-old from Mattapan, was arrested during a drug investigation in Dorchester on Saturday, according to a release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Tuesday....

A teenager was killed Sunday morning in what officials are calling a “targeted” shooting in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, prompting a swift response to the area for an investigation.

Crews had a tough time as the fire traveled across the roof of the duplex building, with officials noting several obstacles they faced while battling the flames.

Emergency crews in Boston knocked down a fire early Tuesday morning in the Mattapan neighborhood. Firefighters were called to 55 Cedar Street at around 1:25 a.m., with the fire extending to 57 Cedar Street. By 2 a.m., fire officials said they had the heavy fire knocked down, and everyone in the home had been safely evacuated, including children. Crews had…

Boston police are trying to figure out what happened in the moments before gunshots rang out in a Mattapan neighborhood, leaving a teenager dead.

A young man was killed Sunday morning in what officials are calling a “targeted” shooting in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, prompting a swift response to the area for an investigation.

A teenager was killed Sunday morning in what officials are calling a “targeted” shooting in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, prompting a swift response to the area for an investigation.

The teacher who was taken to the hospital had injuries that were not life-threatening. Information on the extent of the student’s injuries was not immediately clear.

Boston police said they responded to 20 Outlook Road in Mattapan, which is the address of the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers said a fight broke out between a group of female students and led to injuries.

Administrators at Boston Public Schools said they were “shocked and deeply saddened,” after a fight broke out and ended with a student and teacher in the hospital on Wednesday. Boston police said they responded to 20 Outlook Road in Mattapan, which is the address of the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers said a…

A teacher and a student were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a fight broke out near a school in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. Boston police confirmed they responded to 20 Outlook Road, the address of the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School, around 3:30 p.m. They said a fight broke out between a group of female students and led…

The New Year got off to a horrific start in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood after an early morning double shooting left one person dead and another hurt.

People across Boston suffer from food insecurity, and an organization in Mattapan is trying to help.

One person was taken to the hospital following a shooting in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood on Saturday. Boston Police responded to Westmore Road shortly before 5:30p.m. where they found a person suffering from gunshot wounds. The person was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. No arrests have been made.

The decision to close the three Walgreens locations in Boston neighborhoods, leaving two of those communities without a convenient pharmacy, isn’t sitting well with residents. Hennie Beaman lives in Mattapan and is upset the Walgreens at 90 River St. is closing. “This store was just open three or four years ago and now they are closing again?  It’s absolutely ridiculous.”...

One person was taken to the hospital, according to Boston EMS.