TOWN HISTORY: This small neighborhood’s history is often included as a part of Dorchester’s, since the two were annexed simultaneously in 1870. Like neighboring towns, Mattapan was seen as an attractive place for a country estate by early citizens of Boston.  (Read More)

ELECTED OFFICIALS:
President of the United States:
George W. Bush
Vice President of the United States:
Dick Cheney
Senators in the US Senate: Edward M. Kennedy, John F. Kerry
Representative in the US Congress: Michael E Capuano

Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Jane Swift
Secretary of State: William F. Galvin
Attorney General:
Thomas F. Reilly 
Treasurer / Receiver General:
Shannon P. O'Brien
Auditor:
A. Joseph DeNucci
State Senator: Brian A. Joyce
State Representatives: Thomas M. Finneran, Shirley Owens-Hicks

ELECTED CITY COUNCILORS:
Charles C. Yancey

COMMUNITY GROUPS:
Mattapan Branch / BPL
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SCHOOLS:
Mattapan ECC
(P-1), 108 Babson St., 617-635-7680
Charles H. Taylor (P-5), 1060 Morton St., 617-635-8731
James J. Chittick (K-5), 154 Ruskindale Rd., 617-635-8652
Mattahunt (P-5), 100 Hebron, 617-635-8792
Middle School
Solomon Lewenberg Middle School, 20 Outlook Rd., 617-635-8623

Private Schools:
St. Angela Elementary (1-8), 120 Babson, 617-296-1161

LOCAL NEWS:
Bay State Banner, 68 Fargo St, Boston, 02210, P:617-357-4900
Boston City Paper, 65 E. Cottage St, Dorchester, 02125, 617-282-9272
Boston Connections Magazine, PO Box 303, 24 Regis Rd, Readville, MA. 02137 617-722-9422
Boston Globe
Boston Herald, 1 Herald Sq., 02106, 617-426-3000
Boston Irish Reporter, 304 Neponset Ave., 02122, 617-436-5275
Boston Parent's Paper, 670 Centre St., JP, 617-522-1515
Boston People's Voice, PO Box 940, 554 Washington St, Boston, 617-265-9989
Boston Phoenix, 126 Brookline Ave., 02215, 617-536-5390
Boston Tab,
254 2nd Ave., Needham, 781-433-834
Hyde Park / Mattapan Tribune, PO Box 6, 395 W. Broadway, South Boston, 617-268-3440
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