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Pre-Pay Property Taxes In Calendar Year 2017

Based on media reports about the impacts of the new federal tax law changes that will take place for Calendar Year 2018, the Town...

MAB Community Services Receives Grant

Fallon Health, a nationally recognized nonprofit health care services organization, announced that it awarded $100,000 in grants funding to 10 nonprofit, community-based programs across...

Looking To Hire A Relationship Banker

Location Brookline, Massachusetts Job ID/ Req. Number173671 Category Retail Banking Full/Part Time F Regular/Temporary 1st Shift Description You have been told you’re a “people person” and you place great value...

Brookline High School to compete on High School Quiz Show

Brookline High School will compete on Season 9 of WGBH’s High School Quiz Show, airing at 6 p.m. Feb 3 on WGBH 2. Their academic...

Is A Parking Space In Brookline Worth $45,000

A piece of real estate about the size of a coffin comes with a drop-dead price in Brookline. It is nearly $45,000 for a parking...

Dr. Keith Lezama named METCO Director

Dr. Keith Lezama will become the Interim Director of Brookline's Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) Program for the 2017-2018 school year. This leadership...

Around Town

1. Bring LEGO to life on May 3. With the help of Empow Studios instructors, students can learn animation software, film editing and bring LEGO...

Brookline Rejects Effort To Ban Secrecy Clauses In Harassment Settlements

The Brookline town meeting defeated a proposal Tuesday night to do away with secrecy provisions in settlements of racial or sexual harassment claims again...

26th Annual “A Woman Who Inspires Me” Essay Contest

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the Brookline Commission for Women (BCW) is currently running its 26th annual “A Woman Who Inspires Me” Essay Contest and accepting nominations for the 2018...
Sidonie Brown

Sidonie Brown Is One Of The Recipients Of The 2019 OMEGA...

On June 06, 2019, the MIT AgeLab, in partnership with AARP, presented the fourth annual OMEGA scholarship awards to three accomplished young adults from New England....

Brookline Farmers’ Market

The Brookline Farmers’ Market has been running for over thirty years, thanks to hard-working vendors and wonderful customers.  Market vendors bring a diversity of...

Brookline Soccer Club Teams Up With Porn Site For Sponsorship

A Brookline amateur soccer team has found a new way to raise money - sponsorship from a pornographic website. Washington Square FC - whose roster...

Lindsay Lohan’s Cousin, A BC Hockey Player, Assaulted In Boston

A Boston College hockey player is "out indefinitely" after being assaulted in Boston on Jan. 19. Kevin Lohan, a graduate student and defenseman on...

Brookline Town Meeting Starts May 22

This year's Brookline Town Meeting is scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 22, in the Brookline High School auditorium at 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA...
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Chemical Health Policy Stricter Than State’s

Since the 90s, the high school has enforced a chemical health policy that is more strict than the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA), specifically...

Bob McKay Passes At 91

Bob McKay had no illusions that his work would be easy when he arrived in Boston in 1967, fresh from 15 years as a...

Brookline Business Loses $1K In Eversource Scam

On Saturday a Brookline business owner got a phone call from someone claiming to be a representative from Eversource. The woman told the business...

First Circuit Court Of Appeals Rule No Right To Bear Arms...

On 2 November 2018, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held the Second Amendment effectively does not apply outside the home. From uscourts.gov: "This case involves...

Brookline Resident Wins $1 Million In The Lottery

If you are the type to spend money on lottery tickets here and there "just in case," this is a story for you. If...

Brookline Students And Allies “Walk Out” Undeterred By Snow

The snow day did not stop dozens of students across the town from walking out in an effort to show where they stood on...
The Public Library Of Brookline

Library Events March 22 – April 5

Brookline Eats! at Putterham Until the end of March, the Putterham Library is host to “Food for Thought: the Origins of Massachusetts Food and Why...
HCHC

Hellenic College Holy Cross Searching For A New President

The Board of Trustees of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is seeking a dynamic, visionary, and strategic leader to...

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Ani Mathison

Brookline High School Senior Ani Mathison Wins Pearlman Writing Award

The third annual Edith Pearlman Creative Writing Award was presented to senior Ani Mathison at the Brookline High School awards ceremony on Tuesday April...

Around Town

Upcoming events Thursday, April 12 Lavenber Bee Baking Company Pop-Up: Noon to 6:00 p.m., Lavender Bee Baking Company, 14 Pleasant Street, Brookline. For more information, please...

Ice Cream On Sundays And Water From The Charles: A look...

Centuries after Brookline was established, it is easy to take for granted what makes Brookline, Brookline - from the representative Town Meeting to the...

Medical Visionary, Harlem Renaissance Writer Among Famed Black Brookline Residents

Founder of Plymouth Hospital and Nurses Training School, Dr. Cornelius N. Garland was a visionary and a Brookline resident. Garland opened the small bi-racial hospital...

All Politics Is Local: The Brookline League Of Women Voters

While they had accomplished their goal, suffragists knew that their work was far from over once the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. Carrie...

New Pipeline – Access Northeast (Ane) Will Be Unnecessary Shortly After...

A new report by Synapse Energy Economics released on February 7th, 2017 shows that the new natural gas pipeline project advanced by Governor Baker and...