City Councillor At-Large Erin Murphy on Thursday offered a redistricting map of her own as she and her colleagues drew closer to a deadline to finish the redrawing of Boston’s political boundaries involving the nine council districts. The redrawing occurs every ten years to address population shifts and changes as outlined by the US Census. Each district in the city must have
The Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) hosted its second block-by-block neighborhood planning session for Blue Hill Avenue on Mon., Sept. 12, with the controversial related topics of parking and parking meters rising to the top of the discussion. The meetings are meant to engage the community in the Blue Hill Avenue Action Plan process with the Boston Transportation
A drive-thru location that once delivered crispy fried chicken and hot mashed potatoes might soon be replaced by cash withdrawals and late-night deposits if the long-vacant former Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Frontenac Street in Mattapan is finally turned over to a new bank tenant. Several sources have told the Reporter that a
Mattapan includes some of the most well-known traffic congested roads in Boston – Cummins Highway, American Legion Highway, Morton Street, Norfolk Street, River Street, Harvard Street, and Blue Hill Avenue. A few of them now have added bike lanes.
A Taco Bell franchisee on Tuesday withdrew its request for zoning permission to raze a former tire store and replace it with one of its outlets at 1578 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan Square. The proposal was hotly debated throughout the spring in neighborhood meetings and received a great deal of community opposition. Derric Small, attorney for Cantina Hospitality of Greenwich,