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...
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...
Brookline To Change Columbus Day To “Indigenous People’s Day”
Brookline just dropped Columbus Day. After hearing arguments from both sides, including a Brookline High School student for the name change and a group...
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 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 School Committee Set To Have Contested Race
Town elections are set for next month and already groups are pledging support for candidates for School Committee - because it is set to...
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...
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...
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...
No Asking For Immigration Status In Brookline
It is official: even though the heads of both the Brookline Police and Public Schools have already made statements saying they did not and...
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...
How A Brookline Teachers’ Aid Got To The UN
One Brookline teachers aid is going to Switzerland for a special UN human rights program after community members pitched in and helped him via...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I Do Not Support George Floyd And Refuse To See Him...
"Confession: I DO NOT support George Floyd and I refuse to see him as a martyr. But I hope his family receives justice.”
Candace Owens
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Select Board, January 9, 2018, Executive Session 6:00 p.m., Public Session...
SELECT BOARD
CALENDAR
FOR
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018
SELECT BOARD’S HEARING ROOM
Neil Wishinsky – Chair
Benjamin J. Franco
Nancy S. Heller
Bernard W. Greene
Heather A. Hamilton
...
Brookline Fire Fighters Union Files Charges Against Town, Negotiations To Start...
The Brookline Firefighters Union filed a Prohibited Practice against The Town of Brookline with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations for what...
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...
I Have A Dream
As we celebrate the life and achievements of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, let us remember the speech, which delivered on August 28,...
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...
Brookline Special Town Meeting: The Ninth School, High School Expansion &...
The first night of Special Town Meeting began with a teller count caused by a glitch in the electronic voting system and a debate...
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...
Kennedy Launches Bid For 2nd US House Term
Congressman Joe Kennedy of Brookline is on the back nine of his first term in the House, where he has taken over a district...
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...
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 Votes To Rename School Attended By JFK Over Slavery
Residents of Brookline have voted to rename the elementary school once attended by John F. Kennedy because it was named for a former slave...
Brookline Seeking Public Input On Recreational Marijuana Regulations
With the state expected to start accepting applications for recreational marijuana licenses in April, Brookline is seeking public input on potential regulations, starting with...
Brookline’s Rebecca Stone Kicks Off Run For State Rep
Rebecca Stone's campaign for State Rep kicked off February 11, with a packed party at the home of Stuart Shieber and Cassia Wyner, in...
Brookline To Get A New Fire Chief
Last week, following a review of finalists, the Town Administrator recommended an outside candidate for the job of Fire Chief in Brookline ahead of...
