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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...

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,...

Open Meeting Law And Brookline’s Ninth School

As the town continues to search for a site for the ninth elementary school, the Attorney General’s office is reviewing a complaint that the...
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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...

Brookline One Of 21 Towns And Cities Nationwide To Host Refugee...

The Jewish community in Brookline will join 21 towns and cities across the country this week in hosting a candlelit vigil to welcome refugees,...

Modern Educayshun

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Brookline Residents Clash With Marijuana Retailers Over Potential Opening Of Dispensary

Brookline residents rallied Thursday night against a proposal to put a retail marijuana dispensary in at 1032 Beacon Street, the former location of Waxy’s...

Brookline Residents Brace For New Federal Tax Law Impacts

The new federal tax law changes that will take place for Calendar Year 2018 have caused a bit of a stir at Brookline's Town...

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 Town Clerk Shares Important Information For Voters Ahead Of Upcoming...

The Office of the Town Clerk announces that Brookline residents will have the opportunity to take part in early voting ahead of the upcoming...

Retailers Weighing Sales Tax Cut Ballot Question

There may be a major tax cut competing with the significant tax increase that's already being prepared for the 2018 ballot in Massachusetts. Retailers have...

Brookline Votes To Further Study New School Site

The town of Brookline is holding off on deciding where to locate a badly-needed new elementary school. The town is short on land, and...

No School On September 21

There will be no school on Thursday, September 21st in observance of Rosh Hashanah. Wishing a happy and healthy new year to those celebrating.  

Climate Action Committee To Meet

Select Board’s Climate Action Committee Brookline Town Hall 333 Washington Street First Floor – Room 111 Monday, September 24, 2018 at 06:00 p.m. Agenda: Approval of July Minutes; Mothers...

The Мaking Оf “Soul Witness,” The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project.

Sitting in a cabinet in a Brookline office, untouched for 20 years, was a stack of over 100 tapes containing 90 hours of testimonies...

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...

Brookline Weighs Facial Recognition Restrictions

Brookline Town Meeting member Amy Hummel proposed a ban on government use of facial surveillance software, making Brookline the third municipality in Massachusetts to...

Town Of Brookline Provides Important Updates On Upcoming Town Election

The Office of the Town Clerk announces that Brookline residents will have the opportunity to take part in early voting ahead of the upcoming...

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 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...
Sen. Cynthia Creem

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...

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...

Brookline Attorney, Town Meeting Member, Nominated For Appeals Court

A Brookline attorney who worked for independent counsel Ken Starr during his investigation of the Clinton administration in the 1990s was nominated Wednesday for...

Brookline Votes To Investigate President Trump

A week after the U.S. Justice Department department appointed a special prosecutor to examine President Trump’s ties to Russia, Brookline Town Meeting is demanding...

#Equality

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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...

Slow Joe & Phony Kamala

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The G. Edward Griffin’s Prophecies: 1969

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Brookline Senior Center To Host Immigrant Forum

"Coming to America: Community Forum on Immigrant and Refugee Rights" is set for 3-5 p.m. March 26 at Brookline Senior Center at 93 Winchester...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Reached A Decision On The Legalization Of Sports Betting...

Following a vote that was reached early on August 01, 2022, by state lawmakers, Massachusetts is now one step closer to having legally sanctioned...

Happy Independence Day!

On January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address inspired Americans to see the importance of civic action and public service. His historic words, which...

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...