Townsend Street

Boston Latin Academy put into safe mode after parent calls to report a kid's inside with a gun, only it turned out to be a Nerf gun and the school had already confiscated it

By adamg - 1/12/24 - 2:42 pm

Screen captures of message about safe mode at Boston Latin Academy

Screen captures from one parent's phone of the message parents got.

Police ordered Boston Latin Academy into "safe" mode early this afternoon after a parent reported her daughter had just called her to tell her another student was inside the school with a gun. Read more.

Another bag of bullets found at Boston Latin Academy

By adamg - 6/26/22 - 6:31 pm

A parent volunteer found "a small bag of bullets" during a staff-appreciation event at Boston Latin Academy around noon on Friday, BLA Head of School Gavin Smith said in e-mail to the school community. Read more.

Lots of shots fired on Codman Park at Townsend Street in Roxbury

By adamg - 10/15/19 - 10:43 pm

Live Boston reports repeated gunfire - possibly as many as 19 shots fired in the area of Codman Park and Townsend Street shortly before 8:30 p.m.

Developer tries again with plans for new housing complex at old Radius Hospital site in Roxbury

By adamg - 1/16/19 - 1:07 pm

Architect's rendering.

A developer has filed revised plans for the old Radius Hospital site on Townsend Street in Roxbury that now call for 300 apartments and 232 parking spaces. Read more.

Old Roxbury hospital site could become apartments

By adamg - 5/19/17 - 9:19 am

Rendering by Studio G Architects.

Kensington Investment Co. has filed a letter of intent with the BPDA to turn the former Radius hospital complex off Townsend and Harrishof streets into a 322-unit market-rate apartment complex with 217 parking spaces, a cafe and a billiards room. Read more.

Teen charged for stolen-SUV crash that injured passenger in Roxbury, shut intersection

By adamg - 9/22/16 - 5:41 pm

A teen from Dorchester was ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail after allegedly flipping the stolen SUV she was driving on Warren Street at Townsend yesterday, sending another teen to the hospital with critical injuries, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Two shot in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/29/15 - 9:39 pm

Around 9:15 p.m. at Townsend Street and Humboldt Avenue. Police found one victim there; the second victim showed up about 1 1/2 miles away in Dorchester.