The long-awaited re-opening of the renovated Mattahunt community center and pool drew an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors and officials, including Mayor Wu, to the city-owned facility off of Cummins Highway last Thursday (April 25). “I don’t like how it turned out, I love how it turned out,” said Robert Jenkins, a longtime Mattapan resident who was relieved that a four-year
The proposed fare changes would expand eligibility for reduced fares to low-income rider ages 26 to 64 if they are enrolled in programs like SNAP and MassHealth, MBTA officials said.
The Mildred Avenue Senior Citizens group had a lively Christmas breakfast and lunch party at the community center on Dec. 19 – with more than a little dancing and singing mixed in as well. The seniors started their day-program at the Mildred Avenue Community Center last February. It has become wildly popular with scores attending every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1:30
Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics to the 13-member body. The new faces will include John FitzGerald, who posted a decisive victory over Joel Richards in the race to succeed Frank Baker as the District 3 councillor.
The summer swimming season is winding down, and the city earlier this month expanded its Swim Safe Boston programming, but city-owned pools in Dorchester and Mattapan remain closed and are unlikely to open before fall. According to a City Hall maintenance and safety survey of all municipal-owned pools published last week, a litany of problems affect the six city pools here,