Brookline Democrats To Caucus
Brookline Democrats will be holding a caucus at 2:00 p.m. Feb. 3 to elect delegates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Convention, which will be...
Brookline’s Grab At Pine Manor Land Is Ill-Conceived
Re: “Town broke law, says college” (Metro, Oct. 11): If the residents of Brookline allow the town to take by eminent domain land from Pine Manor...
Brookline Residents Are Divided Over Whether To Seize Pine Manor Land
More than 200 people gathered in a high school auditorium Monday evening to spar over whether Brookline should seize 7 acres land from Pine Manor...
Northeastern University Suspends “Students For Justice In Palestine”
A young man from Brookline, Massachusetts poses for a photo somewhere inside the Palestinian territories. He has got a bullet belt wrapped around his shoulders, wannabe-Rambo-style.
Together with...
Brookline Student Addresses Youth In Government Conference
Boston College High School Youth Senate President Carlos Tamayo, a senior from Brookline, led 21 BCHS students at the annual YMCA Youth in Government...
Sen. Cindy Creem Appointed MA Senate Majority Leader
The state senator who represents Newton, Brookline and Wellesley was appointed Senate Majority Leader Wednesday.
"I'm thrilled. I'm very, very excited. I'm really so happy...
Happenings Around Brookline
Thursday, Jan. 11
"Movement to Music and Imagination”: 11:00 a.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information...
Find Out Which Towns Will Or Will Not Allow Recreational Marijuana,...
Town-by-town, city-by-city residents of Massachusetts are deciding if they want to be able to drive to the corner store to buy marijuana.
State officials delayed...
Are Brookline Voters Going To Be Asked To Increase Their Taxes?
Brookline voters have passed property tax increases twice over the past decade. Will they do it again this year?
The town’s Select Board will hold...
“What’s Happening? Resisting The Assault On America II”
Boston OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing For Change) presents “What’s Happening? Resisting the Assault on America II” on Sunday, May 6th, from 2:00 p.m. to...
Brookline Student Argues To Keep Devotion Name
To the editor:
I recently read a column (An open letter on “the two Brooklines”) submitted to the Brookline Tab regarding the renaming of the...
Brookline Considering License Cap, Buffer Zone Among Recreational Marijuana Regulations
In line with new state laws for recreational marijuana, Brookline is working toward a list of local regulations, to be addressed as warrant measures...
Treasurer Candidate Deb Goldberg Gets Firefighter Support
The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts endorsed state treasurer candidate Deborah Goldberg, a Democrat, on Monday.
The fire fighters are a powerful state lobbying group. The...
Brookline Elections: What You Need To Know Before May 2
If you live in Brookline, chances are you have seen the elections signs around town. That's right. On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, there is...
Pine Manor To Brookline’s Elected Officials: You Are Not Welcome Here
Yesterday the president of Pine Manor, which sits on some 52 acres of land in Brookline, 7 of which the town is considering taking...
Proposed Early Education Center Passes Important Milestone
The planned early education building that will be built privately and used by the school department for the Brookline Early Education Program passed an...
We The People (And Corporations)
Where is it written in our Constitution that Corporations have the same rights as “we the people”? Yet, our Supreme Court has ruled it to...
Brookline Residents Slam Proposed Police Rules On Immigration
A group of residents on Tuesday blasted a proposed policy that would block Brookline police from detaining immigrants at the request of US Immigration...
3-Year Override Funding Plan To Be Discussed March 6
Select Board Chair Neil Wishinsky has developed a 3-Year Override Funding Plan for discussion at the Select Board meeting on Tuesday evening, March 6. This includes a...
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,...
Labor Organizations Endorse Deb Goldberg For MA Treasurer
Deb Goldberg’s campaign for Massachusetts Treasurer received a boost Thursday after receiving endorsements from three labor organizations. Teamsters Local 25, Painters DC #35 and...
New Speed Limit Comes To Brookline
Drivers will soon have to slow down as they navigate Brookline’s roads.
In October 2017, the Transportation Board voted in favor of establishing a new...
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...
A Saxophone At Brookline Town Meeting
It may have been a first. Tonight during a discussion at Brookline's Town Meeting on whether to pass a resolution supporting a program that...
Brookline Resident Tommy Vitolo Kicks Off State Rep Campaign
Tommy Vitolo's campaign to run for state representative kicked off Sunday, January 28 in Coolidge Corner with a packed party at Hops N Scotch,...
Recreational Marijuana-Related Public Hearing
The Town of Brookline’s Licensing Review Committee and Planning Board will hold a joint Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at 7:00 p.m....
Brookline Preservation Commission Sub-Committee Meeting
Notice of a Brookline Preservation Commission Sub-Committee Meeting to discuss the proposed exterior work at 14 Allerton Street on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at...
Massachusetts Senior Action Council Meets In Brookline
The Massachusetts Senior Action Council (MSAC) held three informational meetings in Brookline recently at which community organizer Justin Rose and state board member Joan McCabe,...
Brookline’s Tommy Vitolo Running For State Representative
After years spent advocating for articles at Town Meeting and serving on town committees, Tommy Vitolo has set his sights on Beacon Hill.
Following 18...
Brookline Pays $180K To Settle Former Police Officer’s Racial Discrimination Complaint
Brookline has reached an $180,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a racial discrimination complaint.
The town will pay the former officer, Estifanos...
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....
