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Newbury College In Brookline To Close Next Year

Newbury College, a small liberal arts college in Brookline, MA,  says it is shutting its doors after years of financial struggles. The college announced Friday...

9th School Public Hearing

After hearing the Mid-Point Progress Update on the work HMFH has done to date to study the existing school site options on February 8th,...

Chief O’Leary Visited Sean Roberts Challenger League’s Super Stars Celebration

Chief O'Leary visited the Sean Roberts Challenger League Super Stars for their year end celebration this week. The Challenger League is a baseball league for...

Selectmen & School Committee Hold 1st Meeting About 9th School Alternative...

More than 75 people attended the first meeting to consider an alternative site for the 9th Elementary School held at the Brookline High School...

The Art Of Remembering Names

What is the cost to you of not remembering names? Embarrassment? Missed opportunities? Missed connections? Fear of meeting new people? Lost business? This method has...

Brookline Honors

Jason H. Fehrnstrom, of Chestnut Hill, was named to second honors on the Clark University dean's list for the fall 2016 semester. Jacob B....

TRIPPS – Ride-Hailing Class

Have you been hearing a lot about Uber and Lyft in the news? Curious how this new way of getting around can work for...

Brookline Should Remove Slaveholder’s Name From School

When Brookline’s $120 million renovation of the Devotion School is complete, it will feature about 24,500 square feet of new space and accommodate an...

Devotion Project Remains On Time & On Budget

The Devotion School Renovation continues to be on time and on budget. If you have driven by the project site on Harvard Street recently, you may...

Brookline Names Ben Lummis Interim Superintendent Of Schools

The town of Brookline has a new Interim Superintendent of Schools and his name is Ben Lummis.Ben was recommended unanimously by a search committee...

Become The Police Chief For A Day

The Brookline Police Department Patrol Division is offering an exciting opportunity to all 5th graders in the Town of Brookline to become the police...
Casey McNamara (2nd left to right)

Brookline’s Casey McNamara Advocates For Diabetes Research In Dc

Casey McNamara, a former Brookline high student and current rising junior at Ursuline Academy, excels as a three-sport varsity athlete. By looking at her, you...

How This Mustached Woman Hopes To Send A Brookline Boy To...

When you think about summer camp, visions of swimming, boating, archery, arts and crafts, bugs and dirt, and hiking might immediately come to mind. Mustaches,...

Composition Recital

Brian Friedland, BMS faculty member, is leading a very exciting recital program coming up next month. This is an open call to all students...

Commentary: It Is Time To Have “The Other Talk”

As April showers start to usher in a hint of springtime, the month also marks a host of high school transitions, as many juniors...

BC Students Injured In Acid Attack In France

The four Americans who were injured by acid in an incident in Marseille, France are all Boston College students, the school confirmed. The university said...

New Task Force Set To Review Devotion’s Name Due To Slaveholding...

“You just picture a little black kid having to walk into a school with the name of a slaveholder,” Brookline resident Deborah Brown said...

Heath School Principal Asa Sevelius To Be Honored

Asa Sevelius, principal of the Heath School in Brookline, and the first transgender principal in the state, and possibly the second to transition on...

Mid-Day Monday Mystery Book Club

Join Monday, January 8, 2018 from 12:30 to 1:30 at the Coolidge Corner library Meeting Room. Copies of the book to be discussed will be...
Terry and Tom Hamilton

Brookline Residents Plan Aspire Gala

The work of Brookline residents Terry and Tom Hamilton will culminate on March 30, 2017, as MassGeneral Hospital for Children celebrates its 17th annual...

Brookline Select Board Focuses On Ninth School Options

Faced with more than 20 options for alternative ninth school sites, Brookline is close to wrapping up the first phase of site studies. On Feb....

Academic Honors

Madelyn Abbott and Benjamin Mooney, both of Brookline, and Alexandria Werrick of Chestnut Hill, have enrolled at James Madison University for the fall 2017...

Students Left Scrambling As AG Healey Looks Into UMass-Mount Ida deal

Thousands of students are scrambling to decide on their future as the state’s attorney general looks into a deal between UMass-Dartmouth and Mount Ida...

Settlement Reached In Discrimination Allegations Against Brookline School

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Park School in Brookline over allegations that it discriminated against a disabled girl,...

Brookline Educational Honors

Chestnut Hill residents Lauren Hawkins and Stephanie Scanlon both received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Curry College on May 21 at the commencement ceremony...

Farlow’s legacy continues through Brookline’s students

Frank Wendell Farlow’s legacy will continue to support the Brookline community and encourage activism through a scholarship newly created in his name. A Town Meeting...

Brookline Library Provides Update On Hours & Programming

Library Director Sara Slymon is pleased to announce several updates on the Public Library of Brookline's operations, including expanded pickup hours and new programming. Beginning...

Brookline Students, Composer Team Up To Share “A Gift Of Music”

The altruism and innermost thoughts of today’s high school-and-under set are often validated through social media posts gone viral. So rarely do we get...

Jewish Teen Fellowship Comes To Metrowest, Brookline

The Peer Leadership Fellows program trains Jewish high school students (in grades 10-11) to connect and engage with other teens. The PLF program is based...

Telescope Launch Party

“Backyard Astronomy : Scanning January Skies Using the New Library Telescope!” Join us as the Library celebrates the expansion of our latest collection, circulating telescopes!...