Retired Appeals Court Judge James F. McHugh Joins The Mediation Group
Retired Appeals Court Judge James F. McHugh has joined The Mediation Group (TMG) in Brookline.
James F. ("Jim”) McHugh was appointed by Gov. Michael Dukakis as...
New Vendor Takes Over MBTA Parking
Republic Parking System begins its five-year management contract to operate the MBTA’s parking system on Saturday.
The company will manage 10 garages and 91 surface...
Officers Face Termination In Hearing
Police officers Prentice Pilot and Estifanos Zerai-Misgun’s disciplinary hearing for potential termination due to absence from their jobs at the Brookline Police Department occurred...
Drivers Are Using Brookline’s Parking App
It has been about six months since Brookline joined the likes of Boston and Newton and allowed folks parking in town to pay via...
New Shop Open In Washington Square Society Of Grown Ups Spot
A little more than a year ago the Society of Grownups, a two-year Mass Mutual experiment, abruptly shuttered its doors and took its financial...
Brookline Police Arrest Two in International ATM Scam
Two men have been arrested in connection to international ATM theft. Brookline police were dispatched to a bank on Harvard Street on Tuesday night...
Legal Pot Opponents Urge Cannabis Commission To “Protect The People”
One year ago, the battle over whether marijuana should be legal for adults to use was raging in Massachusetts. Now that it’s settled, the...
Town Of Brookline Provides Halloween Guidance
Public Health Commissioner Dr. Swannie Jett would like to share guidance and safety tips for Halloween celebrations this year to help prevent the spread...
Brookline Honors JFK During Centennial Celebration
A man of eloquent speeches, a drive for global unity, and a love for Boston creme pies, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been nothing short...
Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 29
Laser on Colbourne Crecsent: At 7:46 p.m., a caller reported that someone in a home by Colbourne Cresvent and Winthrop Road was shining...
Town Reaches Temporary 40B Safe Harbor
The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has certified that the Town of Brookline is in compliance with its Housing Production Plan,...
Fired Brookline Firefighter Will Get His Job Back
Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins has upheld an order for the Town of Brookline to reinstate firefighter Gerald Alston, after a Civil Service Commission...
Girl Scouts To Host Waltham Camp Open House
The Girl Scouts will hold a summer camp open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 16 at Camp Cedar Hill, 241 Forest St.,...
New Brookline FD Training Tower Construction Underway
Anticipated date of completion of the tower is November, 2018.
Maintenance and classroom facility are anticipated to be ready in April, 2019.
Talk To Address Health Impact Of Fracked Gas
Dr. Susan Racine, a member of Massachusetts Health Care Providers Against Fracked Gas, will speak at 7:00 p.m. April 6, 2017 at 11 Pierce...
Police Blotter
Crude vandalism: A caller on Gerry Road reported vandalism to a car at 6:01 p.m. that had genitalia carved into it.
An egging: At 6:01...
Brookline Youth Participate In Kick Butts Day
Youth from Brookline joined others from across the Commonwealth on April 26, 2017 for a Kick Butts Day event to celebrate their role in...
Educators Officially Ratify Contract
The Brookline Educators Union (BEU) voted overwhelmingly to approve a contract proposal on Monday afternoon, March 27, 2017. The vote, completed by handwritten ballots...
Police Blotter
Graffiti: A caller reported that three people used chalk to draw a swastika on a Clinton Road sidewalk.
Suspicious activity: Someone reported that a man...
Understanding Brookline: A Report on Poverty
In 2014, Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) launched the Understanding Brookline: A Report on Poverty, a follow up to Understanding Brookline: Emerging Trends and Changing Needs.
The finding...
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition Premier Event (AUDIO)
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Cheryl Osimo Executive Director of the Massachusetts Breast Cancer...
New, Clear Path To Outlaw Pot Shops
Uncertainty over the process cities and towns must follow to opt out of the sprouting legal marijuana market has sparked confusion across the state...
Mass Pike Rebuild Project Could Mean Better Public Transit For Brookline
As MassDOT looks to finalize the details of its I-90 Allston Interchange Improvement Project, Brookline is weighing in on the project.
Curving around old rail...
Fireman’s Prayer In Remembrance Of 9-11
FIREMAN'S PRAYER
When I am called to duty God,
Where-ever flames may rage,
Give me strength to save some life,
What ever be it's age.
Help me embrace a...
Chiapas Photography Project Opening
Respeto/Respect features photographs and trilingual text by 7 Maya women from two different ethnic-linguistic groups and non-traditional religions who are staff of the Chiapas Photography Project,...
Brookline Teenager Named A Top 300 Scholar In 2023 Regeneron Science...
Alex Jin, 18, of Brookline, MA, a senior at Boston University Academy, was named a top 300 scholar in the 2023 Regeneron Science Talent...
Police Blotter
Breaking and entering: At 7:57 a.m. a caller reported the breaking and entering of an Audi between 4 p.m. and that morning at a...
New Public Art In Brookline’s Coolidge Corner
A holiday project by the artist who floated a giant lamb in Boston’s Fort Point Channel in 2015. Inspired in part by the witch...
Town Of Brookline Closes CoViD-19 Testing Site, Urges Continued Vigilance To...
Town Manager Mel Kleckner and Health Commissioner Dr. Swannie Jett wish to inform the public that the town’s CoViD-19 testing site closed on Thursday,...
Launching The Annual Hand-Washing Campaign
As the cold and flu season approaches, the Brookline Department of Public Health is again launching its annual “Clean Hands for Good Health” campaign.
In...
Brookline With 2 Million Rides Via Ride-Hailing Apps In 2017
Each day last year, on average, more than 177,000 people across Massachusetts took out their cellphones, opened a ride-hailing app and summoned a driver...
