A downed tree in Brookline closed Newton Street Thursday after it blocked access to the road.
The street is blocked from Nelson Drive to the Horace James Circle rotary, officials said. The tree also knocked down several wires.
Details on what caused the tree to fall were not immediately available. Newton Street in the affected area will be closed until further notice.
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 a Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1985. He remained on that Court for 16 years. At various times during the period, he served as a Regional Administrative Justice for Civil Business in Middlesex County and chaired the Superior Court Rules Committee.
In March, 2001, Gov. Paul Celucci appointed Judge McHugh to the Massachusetts Appeals Court where he served for the next 11 years until his retirement in February, 2012. From July, 2004 through July, 2008, however, he was the full-time Special Advisor to Trial Court Chief Justice Robert Mulligan, working with him and with the Trial Court’s Chief Information Officer on deployment of a statewide electronic case management system. Judge McHugh also chaired the Appeals Court’s Court’s Information Technology Committee and the Supreme Judicial Court’s Committee on Judicial Ethics. He was a member of the Supreme Judicial Court Task Force on Hiring in the Judicial Branch and was active in shaping and implementing the 2011 legislation that reorganized the Trial Court’s administrative structure.
While serving on the Superior and Appeals Court, Judge McHugh received the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorney’s Judicial Award, the Boston Bar Association’s Haskell Cohen Award, the Court Management Advisory Board’s Donald J. Monan Judicial Leadership Award and the National Center for State Court’s William H. Rehnquist award for Judicial Excellence.
In March, 2012, Attorney General Martha Coakley appointed Judge McHugh as one of the five initial Commissioners on the newly-created Massachusetts Gaming Commission and he served on the Commission for the next 3 1/2 years. During that period, he and the four other Commissioners oversaw the creation of the Commission itself and issuance of the Commission’s myriad regulations and policies, held hearings on applications for gaming licenses, issued several of those licenses, and oversaw opening and operation of the first licensed gaming facility in Massachusetts. His experience on the Commission coupled with his earlier experience with Trial Court organization and structure underlies Judge McHugh’s decision to join the TMG “Organizational” practice. There, he will work with other group members to help organizations deal with organizational issues, problems and aspirations.
Before he was appointed to the Superior Court, Judge McHugh was an associate and then a partner at the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould where he was a member of the litigation department and specialized in First Amendment and admiralty law. For 10 years he taught a course in law of the First Amendment at Boston College Law School and later, for two years, taught a course in advance torts at Northeastern University School of Law.
For many years before his appointment to the Superior Court, Judge McHugh chaired the Board of Appeals in the town where he resided. He received his A. B. from Brown University in 1965 and then served on active duty in the United States Navy from 1965 through 1967. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1970 and, before joining Bingham, Dana & Gould in late 1971, served as a law clerk to the Hon. George E. McKinnon on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A kosher restaurant in suburban Boston will be allowed to remain open even though one of its owners has been charged with illegally recording his customers as they used the bathroom.
Owner Tze Chung, 63, who owns the popular Taam China restaurant in Brookline, MA, may have recorded customers up to 20 separate times beginning as early as 2015.
The Select Board of the town of Brookline, last month agreed to allow Taam China to keep its restaurant license during a meeting to discuss whether or not to shut the kosher restaurant down.
Among the conditions needed to be met to keep the restaurant open is that Taam China must hire a new manager, and that Chung may not visit the restaurant. The restaurant must come before the Select Board in two months and present its reorganization and ownership status.
The charges against Chung were levied last month after he was charged in May in the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Chung, who has run the restaurant for 20 years, is accused of primarily recording a waitress at the restaurant whom he used to see romantically. She did not know she was being recorded. He is out on bail and must wear a GPS bracelet.
The restaurant’s chef, Tai-Sheng Ying, owns a 50 percent stake in the business.
Members of the Jewish community came to the meeting to support Taam China, since there are few kosher restaurants in the area.
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 sound more relevant today than ever, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,” challenged every American to contribute in some way to the public good.
We hope we would all be able to decide for ourselves how to become a vital part of our great country’s civic action, and to consider how to become better citizens and members of society today and going forward.
Happy Independence Day, America!
A Brief History
Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The Congress actually voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2.
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.
Observance
With temperatures soaring into the 90s this week, it is important to check on the elderly who can be more prone to heat stress.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heat can impact people over 65 due to chronic medical conditions that change normal body responses to heat and the fact prescription medicines can affect the body’s ability to control temperature or sweat.
At the Brookline Senior Center in Massachusetts on Wednesday, the temperatures may have been in the 90s outside, but it was a comfortable 70 degrees inside.
“If they don’t have air conditioning, come here and enjoy it,” said Brookline resident Eleanor Small.
“I love heat, but this is the first year I felt I better be careful,” added Brookline resident Kathryn Kilpatrick.
Brookline Senior Center Director Ruthann Dobek said the facility serves as an area cooling center.
“For people who may not have air conditioning, we’re an official cooling site where people can come and get comfort,” Dobek said.
Doctors like Brigham and Women’s Emergency Room Medical Director Chris Baugh say seniors and those caring for them need to pay special attention to heat-related symptoms.
“Those patients are more vulnerable to those heat emergencies. They’re often having more chronic health problems, as well as their body physiology is less resilient to manage dehydration and extreme temperatures,” Baugh explained.
In Boston, the Elderly Commission focuses on making sure the senior population is aware of the extreme heat and where to seek help.
“The mayor put a call out to more than 30,000 older adults in Boston — in three different languages — in English, Chinese and Spanish, just making sure that folks in the community knew what they could do to stay safe and stay hydrated,” said Emily Shea, Commissioner of the Elderly Commission.
The CDC recommends the following during times of extreme heat to avoid heat-related illness:
For more information, please visit here.
Brookline author Rachel Slade is out with a new book, “Into The Raging Sea,” which investigates the hundreds of mistakes that led to the tragic sinking of the container ship, El Faro, as Hurricane Joaquin raged in the Bermuda Triangle.
She joined Morning Edition to discuss the fatal voyage and her work.
Firefighter Edward Donnelly is retired from the Brookline Fire Department effective June 29, 2018.
Young Edward was destined to follow his father’s footsteps in becoming a Brookline Firefighter. After graduating from Brookline High School in June of 1973, Edward served his country by joining the United States Air Force. He became an Electrical Power Production Specialist for the 780th Squadron. After an honorable discharge, Ed sought meaningful employment within a number of career opportunities. After taking the Civil Service exam, Edward was finally called and on November 29, 1982, F.F.O.P. Edward Donnelly was appointed to the Brookline Fire Department. After Drill School, “Young Tuna” was assigned to Station 5, Group 3 where he rode “The Nickel” for many years helping to protect the residents of Coolidge Corner and beyond.
On July 25, 1994, FF Donnelly, along with another firefighter, was instrumental in preventing a suicide. He positioned himself such that when an opportune moment came, he reached out and grabbed a patient who was about to jump. Due to his efforts, the patient was restrained and transported for treatment.
Realizing that the provision of E.M.S. was a major part of the job, FF Donnelly became an E.M.T. in July of 2001.
On July 18, 2004, Firefighter Donnelly performed another heroic life- saving act in the Plum Island basin. He jumped from his jet ski and rescued a swimmer in distress. He swam with the victim over 100 yards to shore and then with the assistance of a nurse, he administered C.P.R. until help arrived.
In March of 2008, Ed was transferred to Engine Co. No. 3 where he became the senior chauffeur of the company.
Edward’s dedication to the fire service did not end in Brookline. He served as a Deputy Chief on the Newbury Fire Department for 6 years and still continues to serve in an advisory capacity.
Throughout his career, Firefighter Donnelly affectionately known as “Little Tuna” was instrumental in coordinating the Muscular Dystrophy collection efforts conducted over the Labor Day weekend. He coordinated the companies and locations so as to maximize the fund raising efforts then went to the T.V. station to present the monies to the M.D.A. Congratulations Ed for a job well done!
Please join me in congratulating Firefighter Edward Donnelly on over 35 years of service to the Brookline Fire Department.
We wish him health and happiness and the longevity to enjoy both!
Good luck, Tuna!
Brookline police say they are investigating after a woman was caught on surveillance video Thursday snatching a backpack that belonged to an employee at a Thai restaurant near Boston University.
Resturant worker Pemika Limpongsa says the woman walked in around 03:00 p.m. and asked to use the bathroom before running off with the bag.
“She seemed really nice and cool when she walked in,” she said. “I guess looks defy how things are.”
Video shows the woman coming out of the bathroom, looking both ways, then grabbing the bag off a storage shelf. She was already wearing two other backpacks.
Limpongsa says the bag that was stolen belongs to a very hard working employee.
“There was a lot of money and I think his passport,” she said. “There were a lot of valuables in there. He does the dishes and he’s a really nice person.”
Anyone who recognizes the woman is asked to contact the Brookline Police Department.
All tips will be kept confidential.
Alana Eve Berman-Gnivecki and Martin Moritz Solomon are to be married June 17 in Sheffield, MA. Aurora M. Katz, a rabbinical student and cousin of the groom who received permission from Massachusetts to solemnize the marriage, is to officiate at the home of Edith Cooper and Jed Horowitz, also cousins of the groom.
The bride and groom both work at Kolbo Fine Judaica Gallery in Brookline, MA. She is the gallery manager and he is the e-commerce manager.
Ms. Berman-Gnivecki, 29, graduated from Emory and received a master’s degree in elementary education from Boston University.
She is the daughter of Mary Jane Berman and Perry L. Gnivecki of Oxford, OH. The bride’s mother is an associate professor of anthropology at Miami University in Ohio, specializing in archaeology and museum anthropology of the Caribbean. The bride’s father is a lecturer in anthropology at Miami University, specializing in the study and research of the Lucayans, the original inhabitants of the Bahamas and the first inhabitants of the Americas encountered by Christopher Columbus. Together, they coordinate a field school in the Bahamas where students learn archaeology while conducting research on the Lucayans.
Mr. Solomon, 30, graduated cum laude from Tufts.
He is the son of Dr. Judith F. Katz and Dr. Dean Solomon of Watertown, MA. The groom’s mother retired as an assistant professor of radiology at Tufts University Medical School and the chief of ultrasound at Tufts Medical Center, both in Boston. His father, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, is a founding partner in Southeastern Psychiatric Associates, which has offices in Cambridge, MA, in Randolph, MA, and the Dorchester section of Boston.
The couple met in 2014, when a mutual friend who thought they should meet took them out on two chaperoned pizza dates in Brookline.
Brookline Bank has selected Complete Payroll Solutions (CPS) to provide cost-effective payroll, compliance and integrated human resource solutions for its business banking customers. A high-touch, affordable provider of payroll and HR solutions, CPS has over 6,000 customers in the Northeast and 10 New England-based offices. CPS delivers quality products and a level of customer service that integrate seamlessly with Brookline Bank’s high standards.
“A business with five employees has vastly different needs than one with 500. With Complete Payroll Solutions as our provider, Brookline Bank can deliver a range of scalable payroll solutions that offer customers greater efficiencies and affordability,” said Darryl Fess, President and CEO of Brookline Bank. “Ultimately, this is about making banking easier for business customers and helping them grow.”
CPS’s services ensure that customers are compliant with ever-changing federal, state, and local regulations. In addition to payroll the company offers optional human resource tools including employee handbook creation and health and benefits administration services.
CPS Payroll & HR services include:
Customers can learn more about these new services at the Brookline Bank Payroll Services web page, here.
About Brookline Bank
Brookline Bank is a subsidiary of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKL), and is headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts. A full-service financial institution, Brookline Bank provides individuals and businesses with deposit and lending services, residential mortgages and home equity lending, commercial and CRE banking, cash management, foreign exchange, and merchant services, as well as access to investment services. Brookline Bank operates 25 offices in Greater Boston. For more information go to brooklinebank.com. Brookline Bank is an Equal Opportunity and Equal Housing Lender. Member FDIC / Member DIF.
About Complete Payroll Solutions
Complete Payroll Solutions is the Northeast’s largest and fastest-growing human resource, benefits and payroll service provider, helping employers address the ever-changing complexities of employee life cycle management. Founded in 2003 by owners with a long tradition in the industry, Complete Payroll Solutions has maintained its “customer first” philosophy that has defined the company since its inception, even amid rapid growth. Investing heavily in the belief that local is better, the company continues its mission to deliver cutting-edge technology with world-class products and service at the community level. Complete Payroll Solutions now has 10 locations throughout the region that service more than 6,000 business customers and is continuing to expand in area communities. To learn more about the company, visit here.
A Brookline restaurant owner was arrested for allegedly videotaping customers in the restaurant’s bathroom, police say.
Brookline Police put out a release on Thursday, saying detectives had arrested the man, 63-year-old Weston native Tze Chung, in the afternoon after videos came out with customers in the bathroom.
This afternoon, detectives arrest a man for videotaping patrons in a bathroom at his restaurant, police need your help identifying victims. 423 Harvard Street, read about it. https://t.co/I6Og5Xffv7
— Brookline PD (@BrooklineMAPD) June 7, 2018
The videos came after an investigation into the incidents, which all happened at the Taam China on Harvard Street.
Police released dates for the instances in hopes of finding the victims, listing 20 dates over three years, and telling customers to contact them if they were in the restaurant on any of these days.
Pam Fleetman, an Acton native who occasionally eats at the restaurant with her son, was shocked by the news.
“It’s just creepy and disgusting, and there’s just a sickness in society,” Fleetman said.
Meanwhile, one employee of almost 10 years says she doesn’t believe the accusations.
“I’m telling you, it’s probably somebody who just wanted to get back at him for something,” Ruth Dinerman said.
The owner’s sister, Connie Chung, agreed that someone has it out for the restaurant owner.
“He not really do any bad things,” Chung said.
The man was charged with two counts of aggravated rape of a child and forcible rape of a child.
He was also charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child, one count posing a child in a state of nudity and secretly recording a person, and four counts of possession of child pornography.
Chung is scheduled to be arraigned in court on Friday.
A man accused of choking a boy at a Brookline playground will have to spend at least another night in jail.
Christian Amaral, 23, of Newton, has been behind bars since May 31st. On Memorial Day, a 12-year-old Brookline boy told police that Amaral put his hands around his neck and lifted him off the ground because Amaral thought the boy was mistreating a pet hamster.
There were two boys with the victim who told police the same story but Amaral’s attorney argued Tuesday in a dangerousness hearing that no adults in the crowded playground saw the alleged assault.
The hearing will continue Wednesday in Brookline District Court.
Police are responding to a report of a child who was hit by a vehicle at Beacon Street and Winthrop Road in Brookline.
The child was in a crosswalk and is believed to have suffered only minor injuries, according to police.
The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene.
No further information was immediately available.
Brookline Town Meeting voted Tuesday to rename the Edward S. Devotion School, which was named after a resident who owned a slave in the 18th century.
The name will be changed before students return in the fall, and the school will go by the name the Coolidge Corner School until a new name is chosen.
The decision to bring the issue to a vote was controversial in Brookline and among “Devo” alumni.
President John F. Kennedy attended the school as a child.
Residents of Brookline have voted to rename the elementary school once attended by John F. Kennedy because it was named for a former slave owner.
Town meeting members voted Tuesday 171-19 to change the name of the Edward Devotion School.
It will be known as the Coolidge Corner School, after its neighborhood, until a new name can be approved at next spring’s town meeting.
Deborah Brown, who proposed the change, said, “No child should have to walk into a school named for someone who enslaved people.”
Devotion, who died in 1744, left money to the town on the condition it is used for a school.
The future president attended from kindergarten through third grade.
Sponsored by the Center Communities of Brookline, the Brookline Police Department is excited to be a participant tomorrow evening in a program called: Hello Brookline, The Conversation Game For Living & Dying Well.
The event will take place tomorrow night, Thursday, May 31st from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Center Communities of Brookline – Skyline Cafe, 100 Centre Street, Brookline, MA 02446.
Advance care planning in a surprisingly fun and upbeat way will be discussed. Members of the public are invited to join.
To register in advance, please visit here.
Police are looking for a man in connection with an incident at a Brookline Village playground, but they are not saying much else.
The Brookline Police Department shared photos on social media of a bearded man in red shorts and a white t-shirt, with a large tattoo on his right arm.
They say they want the public’s help in finding the man “related to an ongoing investigation.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 617-730-2222.
All tips will be kept confidential.
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 02445.
Elected Town Meeting members are expected to vote on a proposal to rename the Edward Devotion School to the Roland B. Hayes School.
Devotion was an XVIII century slave owner who bequeathed land to the town for use as a school.
“Holding a slaveholder up as a beacon of virtue to young people sends the wrong message to our youth, people of color, allies, and the broader Brookline community,” wrote article proponents Deborah Brown and Anne Greenwald in Town Meeting filings.
The alternative proposed by Brown and Greenwald would recognize Roland Hayes, who was an award-winning African-American musician who moved to Brookline in 1933.
A bronze plaque, mounted on a granite post, marks Hayes’ home, at 58 Allerton Street in Brookline, MA 02445. The plaque was dedicated on June 12, 2016, in a ceremony in front of the home in which Hayes lived for almost fifty years.
The ceremony was attended by his daughter Afrika, former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, Brookline Town officials, and many more.
In April, the School Committee voted to support renaming the school, which is undergoing a $120 million renovation.
Town officials have also proposed a series of local rules to govern the sale of recreational marijuana in Brookline, including for zoning and licensing.
Voters in the state, including Brookline, supported legal sales of recreational marijuana in November 2016.
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission expects sales to start later in 2018. Brookline currently holds a moratorium on recreational marijuana establishments.
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Leon Trilling, a professor emeritus in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and co-founder of the Massachusetts Department of Education’s statewide METCO Program, passed away on April 20. He was 93.
Trilling was born in Bialystok, Poland, on July 15, 1924, the son of Oswald and Regina (Zakhejm) Trilling. The family fled to France in the 1930s, and in 1940, Trilling came to the United States and enrolled as an undergraduate at Caltech. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1946.
Trilling received a BS in mechanical engineering in 1944, a master of science in 1946, and a PhD in aeronautics in 1948, all from Caltech. He was also for a time a Caltech research fellow and instructor. After a year in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship, he began his MIT career in 1951 as a research associate in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, which eight years later was renamed the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro). Trilling spent 1963 studying gas dynamics at the University of Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship.
At MIT, Trilling focused his research on the development of jet aircraft; the history of engineering, technology, and science; and the role of the science and mathematics curricula in middle schools. In 1978, in addition to his position in AeroAstro, he joined the faculty of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, based in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, where his teaching centered on the history of engineering, technology, and science — in particular, the relationship between technology and the military.
Trilling’s community involvement began in 1965. He and his family had settled in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he served as president of the Brookline School Committee. He was well aware of the lack of diversity in the classroom. He believed that equal economic and cultural opportunity begins with equal educational opportunity, and he helped to design a program that would expand public school students’ educational opportunities, increase diversity, and reduce racial isolation by allowing individuals to attend schools in communities other than their own.
Concerned Brookline residents including Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife Kitty worked closely with Trilling to transform his idea into reality. “This was a time when people of color could not live in the town of Brookline,” Dukakis recalls. “Leon was deeply involved. He was active at a time when some of these ridiculous prejudices and biases were beginning to crumble. He had a very strong set of values, and we greatly admired what he did.”
In 1966, Trilling’s vision of educational equality became METCO. The program has expanded beyond Brookline, and today, as administered by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, is the second-oldest voluntary program in the country dedicated to increasing diversity in schools.
Trilling’s leadership helped bridge cultural and racial differences and increase diversity on the MIT campus as well. He founded MIT’s Integrated Studies Program; played pivotal roles in the Office of Minority Education, the MIT Second Summer Program, and the Course XVI Outreach Committee; served as academic advisor to the MITES program; and co-directed the New Liberal Arts program. He was a senior staff member of The Institute for Learning and Teaching and was passionate about introducing minority students to science and engineering.
Professor Emeritus Louis Bucciarelli ’66, was a student of Trilling’s in the early 1960s while studying for his PhD in aeronautics and astronautics, and later, he became Trilling’s colleague in the department. “Throughout my years on the faculties of the School of Engineering and the program in STS, Leon was a natural ally in working to broaden undergraduate education,” says Bucciarelli. “He was always available to hear me out, to read and critique my proposals and essays. He was a mentor who showed how, with clear thinking, persistence and drive, it was possible to bridge the cultures of engineering and the humanities at MIT.”
In 1972, Trilling invited Wesley Harris, now the C. S. Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, to join the MIT faculty. “He served as my mentor, my guide, and my counselor,” says Harris. “He provided a philosophical basis that allowed me as an African American to flourish in a sharply racist environment. He had a sense of humanity that he exercised in such a way that everything he touched became better.”
In a 2002 interview with Clarence G. Willis, founder of MIT’s Black History Project, Trilling explained, “The essence is to create an atmosphere which is encouraging to young people of a minority background who would consider the possibility of careers in the field, to keep them interested, to keep them confident that they can do the job, and to show them that there are role models for them at MIT to be sure, and elsewhere, also.”
Merritt Roe Smith, the Cutten Professor of the History of Technology in the STS program, remembers Trilling as one of the first professors he met when he came to MIT in 1978. “I remember him as a true gentleman scholar, whose European background and education made him a special type of intellectual who deeply appreciated the humanistic and social science dimensions of engineering,” he says.
“We ended up teaching a course together on the role of the military as a catalyst of technological change. It was in that class that I came to appreciate his technical expertise and how he deftly combined it with a wide-ranging knowledge of the history of science and technology. He was a genuinely good person who cared a lot about students of all ages. I will miss him. His was a special presence among us.”
After his retirement in 1994, Trilling continued teaching at MIT for another 23 years. As recently as 2016, Trilling took public transportation to Kendall Square in Cambridge each day and climbed the steep stairway to the MIT campus. In a video produced that year by Jonathan Sachs for Boston’s Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, Trilling revealed his secret to longevity. “Keep busy,” he said. “Get yourself emotionally involved, and feel that you’re doing something useful.”
Trilling explained the motivation for his work in justice and civil rights in his interview with Willis. “It comes from having come as a Polish Jew to the United States in 1940 and having been welcomed for what I was, given every opportunity and being … profoundly inspired by this hospitality,” he said. “In fact, this is what the United States means to me most, that it is an open society which believes in and tries to promote equality of opportunity.”
In 1996, Trilling received MIT’s Martin Luther King Leadership Award in recognition of his “deep and enduring commitment to improving the quality of education for people of color.”
Harris describes Trilling as “a true renaissance man, a learned scholar, a highly cultured individual, and extremely well read.” Generations of students will remember him for his insights and inspiration, his soft-spoken manner, and his signature red neckties.
Trilling was preceded in death by his wife, Edna. He is survived by two sons, Roger and Alex, and one daughter-in-law, Marlene.
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics will sponsor a memorial service for Trilling on Thursday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. in the MIT Chapel. For more information and to rsvp, please visit here.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Trilling’s name may be made to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Police in Brookline are searching for an armed robbery suspect who they say held up a convenience store and stole more than $3,000 over the weekend.
Officers responding Saturday around 8:30 p.m. to One Stop Market on Cypress Street learned a cashier had just been robbed at gunpoint. The cashier told police the suspect flashed a semi-automatic firearm, pointed it in his direction, demanded money and ordered him to empty out the cash register.
The suspect fled the store on foot with a bag containing about $3,500, according to police.
The suspect is described as a black male who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, with a medium build. He was said to be wearing a black facemask, a black hooded sweatshirt with a Nike logo on the upper left chest, black pants, dark-colored sneakers with a white Nike logo, a dark-colored backpack, and a black baseball hat with a yellow brim and yellow circular logo.
The robbery is under investigation.
On the night of April 11, 61 Brookline students and four adults received awards and acknowledgement for their hard work in humanitarian and activism arenas. The 2018 Brookline Youth of the Year is junior Sabrina Zhou, who was recognized for her character, hard work and dedication to all aspects of her life.
2018 Recognition Award Recipients
Abigail Jaynes
Anaisa Pennick
Angie Li
Allie Mundis
Andrew Ervin
Andrew Gerber
Anthony Saunders
Becky Mason
Ben Gordon
Ben Haber
Caleb Barer
Chloe Jepson
Diego Echeverria De Cordova
Emily Zhu
Evan Yu
Eva Earnest
Jackie Mundis
Jackie Perelman
Jacob Cohen
Kaya Andrews
Kevin An Li
Lucia O’Brien
Lydia Xing
Maya Hertz
Michelle Garcia
Nadia Vitek
Penelope Cruz
Sofia Reynoso
Richard Desir
Rosella Gargiulo
Rebecca Perez
Sabrina Pierre
Sophia Bodine
Sophie Arnstein
Sara Snyder
Sari Gubar
Saya Ameli
Sonia Bhattacharyya
Tiara Ranson
2018 Youth Award Recipients
Abby Mason
Anthony Vieti
Carolyn Parker-Fairbain
Isaiah Goldsmith
Jimmy Ricks
Jocelyn Zhou
Joshua Gladstone
Komal Wasif
Lena Harris
Paul Miller-Schmidt
Priya Karumanchi
Sabrina Zhou
Sagamore Scholars Team:
– Ella Kitterman
– Lauren Mahoney
– Maddie Nagler
– Sascha Wolf-Sorokin
VIcka Ter Ovanesyan
Vishni Samaraweera
Yama Estime
2018 Brookline Youth of the Year Finalists
Carolyn Parker-Fairbain
Jocelyn Zhou
Lena Harris
Paul Miller-Schmidt
Sabrina Zhou
Vishni Samaraweera
2018 Brookline Youth of the Year
Sabrina Zhou
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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 — a total of about 64.8 million trips in 2017.
The number is a testament to the explosive growth of ride hailing companies, which are quickly reshaping transportation options, threatening taxi services and forcing city planning and public transit officials to rethink the impact the services have on traditional urban transportation networks and traffic patterns.
Most of the rides were concentrated in the Boston metropolitan area with more than half — 34.9 million — originating in Boston, followed by the neighboring cities of Cambridge with 6.8 million rides and Somerville with 2.7 million and the town of Brookline with 2 million, according to a report released by the state.
A law signed in August 2016 allowed the state to start collecting the data for the first time. The report contains the most detailed information yet on the scope of the ride hailing phenomenon in Massachusetts.
Of the rides that started in Boston, 1.8 million left from Boston Logan International Airport. Overall, most trips are relatively local, with an average length of about 4.5 miles.
Many smaller communities, especially in the central and western part of the state, recorded few or no rides. Some, like Worthington and Plainfield, recorded just a single ride originating in the town.
According to the report, as many as one-third of trips involved more than one person sharing a vehicle, the ride-hailing companies said, suggesting most carried single occupants. Ride-hailing companies said the soaring number of rides shows the popularity of the services — neither of which existed a decade ago.
“Uber’s long-term goal is to end the reliance on personal vehicles across Massachusetts and allow a mix of public transportation and ridesharing,” said Uber spokeswoman Alix Anfang.
Lyft spokeswoman Campbell Matthews said the company wants to continue expanding in Massachusetts, giving passengers a chance to hail an affordable ride and drivers a chance to make extra money.
Matthews said many rides that are shared, meaning that fewer cars are required to get the same number of people where they need to go.
“Many of these rides are providing vital first- and last-mile connections to bus stops, train stations and other transit hubs,” she said.
Some researchers have reached different conclusions, saying ride-sharing services are increasing congestion in urban area.
Are you missing a pet snake?
Police in Brookline are turning to the public for help tracking down the owner of a reptile that was recently found slithering on a playground in the town.
The snake was found on the Lawton Playground. A woman said she was walking in the area when she saw the python curled up in a ball under a stone wall.
The reptile is being looked after at the Boston Animal Rescue League — it was doing well as of 5:00 p.m.
The woman who found the snake said it appeared to be more afraid of people than people were of it.
“It was not moving very much, it was pretty coiled up in the sun. We figured it was just trying to stay warm and probably was a little scared, assuming this was not its natural habitat,” she said. “It moved a couple of feet in the 45 minutes before they came.”
If you are missing your reptile friend or know the owner, please contact Brookline Animal Control by calling 617-730-2730, or by sending an e-mail to dcheung@brooklinema.gov, otherwise, the Animal Rescue League will put the snake up for adoption.
Residents will get their first look today at the new Blue Bikes about to hit the streets of Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Somerville, as part of the Metro Boston public bike share system’s new partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”). The six-year agreement will build on the success of the Hubway system and greatly expand access to bike share in the four municipalities. Blue Cross’ support also will allow for upgrades to the system overall, including new bikes, new mobile app features, and more valet service to guarantee bikes at busy stations.
Metro Boston public bike share system becomes Blue Bikes this month.
As part of the sponsorship, the existing system is being rebranded as Blue Bikes, reflecting Blue Cross’s support for the bike share system, which will continue to be a municipally-owned, public transportation system and to be operated by Motivate International, Inc. By the end of 2019, there will be 3,000 Blue Bikes on the streets — up from the 1,800 that exist today — and more than 100 new stations throughout the four municipalities.
“We’re excited to get the new Blue Bikes out on the streets,” said Andrew Dreyfus, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. “We think riders will be pleased with the improvements they’ll see, and we hope to encourage new users to take a Blue Bike for a spin to school or work. We’re proud to help expand bike share access across the metro region, since it aligns with our mission to help residents of the Commonwealth lead healthy lives.”
Features of the new Blue Bikes include:
The transition to Blue Bikes is now officially underway, with the first batch of new bikes rolling onto streets today. All bikes, stations, webpages, and the mobile app will reflect the new Blue Bikes branding by May 16.
For a limited time, as part of the Blue Bikes launch, riders can save $15 on an annual membership. And, for the first time, riders will now have the option of purchasing a single ride fare for $2.50.
To celebrate the launch of Blue Bikes and National Bike to Work Day, Blue Cross will sponsor a “Free Ride Day” on Friday, May 18, to encourage new users to take the bikes for a spin free of charge. To participate, simply open the Blue Bikes app on a mobile device and select “Free Day Pass”.
About Blue Bikes
Blue Bikes is public transportation by bike. Owned and jointly governed by the municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville, Blue Bikes offers a fast, fun, and affordable transportation option. Today, users can ride any of the 1800 bikes to and from the 195 stations across the region. By the end of 2019, the municipalities will provide 3000 bikes and 300 stations for their residents, workers, and visitors.
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is a community-focused, tax-paying, not–for–profit health plan headquartered in Boston. We’re the trusted health plan for more than 25,000 Massachusetts employers and are committed to working with others in a spirit of shared responsibility to make quality health care affordable. Consistent with our corporate promise to always put our 2.8 million members first, we are rated among the nation’s best health plans for member satisfaction and quality. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
About Motivate
Motivate is the largest operator of bike share systems in North America—operating in eight cities including several major urban centers. Working with cities, Motivate has helped bring the benefits of bike share to more urban residents and visitors. To learn more, please visit here.
President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday against resuming its nuclear weapons program, a day after announcing that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
“I would advise Iran not to start their nuclear program,” Trump told reporters at the start of a Cabinet meeting when asked about the potential consequences. “I would advise them very strongly. If they do there will be very severe consequence.”
The comments came a day after Trump announced he was withdrawing the U.S. from the accord with Iran, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his presidency. He declared he was making the world safer, but he also deepened his isolation on the world stage and revived doubts about American credibility with a rationale that contradicted the analyses of U.S. and foreign intelligence sources.
The 2015 agreement, which was negotiated by the Obama administration and included Germany, France and Britain, had lifted most U.S. and international economic sanctions against Iran. In exchange, Iran agreed to restrictions on its nuclear program, making it impossible to produce a bomb and establishing rigorous inspections.
But Trump, a severe critic of the deal dating back to his 2016 presidential campaign, said Tuesday in a televised address from the White House that it was “defective at its core.”
On Wednesday, he claimed the deal “was going to lead to nuclear proliferation all over the Middle East” and bragged the sanctions would be among the strongest “that we’ve ever put on a country.”
Trump also pointed to Iran’s actions in countries including Syria and Yemen.
“With all of the places they’re involved, it’s bedlam and death and we can’t allow that to happen,” he said, adding: “They’ve gotta understand life. ‘Cause I don’t think they do understand life.”
U.S. allies in Europe had tried to keep Trump in and lamented his move to abandon it. Iran’s leader ominously warned his country might “start enriching uranium more than before.”
The sanctions seek to punish Iran for its nuclear program by limiting its ability to sell oil or do business overseas, affecting a wide range of Iranian economic sectors and individuals.
Major companies in the U.S. and Europe could be hurt, too. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that licenses held by Boeing and its European competitor Airbus to sell billions of dollars in commercial jetliners to Iran will be revoked. Certain exemptions are to be negotiated, but Mnuchin refused to discuss what products might qualify.
He said the sanctions will sharply curtail sales of oil by Iran, which is currently the world’s fifth largest oil producer. Mnuchin said he did not expect oil prices to rise sharply, forecasting that other producers will step up production.
Iran’s government must now decide whether to follow the U.S. and withdraw or try to salvage what is left with the Europeans. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he was sending his foreign minister to the remaining countries but warned there was only a short time to negotiate with them.
Trump also left open the possibility of a new deal, and told reporters Wednesday: “We’ll make either a really good deal for the world or we’re not going to make a deal at all. He predicted Iran would choose to negotiate eventually, or face consequences.”
The administration said it would re-impose sanctions on Iran immediately but allow grace periods for businesses to wind down activity. Companies and banks doing business with Iran will have to scramble to extricate themselves or run afoul of the U.S. government.
Meanwhile, for nations contemplating striking their own sensitive deals with Trump, such as North Korea, the withdrawal will increase suspicions that they cannot expect lasting U.S. fidelity to international agreements it signs.
Former President Barack Obama, whose administration negotiated the deal, called Trump’s action “misguided” and said, “The consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility and puts us at odds with the world’s major powers.”
Yet nations like Israel and Saudi Arabia that loathed the deal saw the action as a sign the United States is returning to a more skeptical, less trusting approach to dealing with adversaries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Trump’s announcement as a “historic move.”
Trump said Tuesday that documents recently released by Netanyahu showed Iran had attempted to develop a nuclear bomb in the previous decade, especially before 2003. Although Trump gave no explicit evidence that Iran violated the deal, he said Iran had clearly lied in the past and could not be trusted.
Iran has denied ever pursuing nuclear arms.
In a burst of last-minute diplomacy, punctuated by a visit by Britain’s top diplomat, the deal’s European members had given ground on many of Trump’s demands for reworking the accord, according to officials, diplomats and others briefed on the negotiations. Yet the Europeans realized he was unpersuaded.
In Iran, many are deeply concerned about how Trump’s decision could affect the already struggling economy. In Tehran, Rouhani sought to calm nerves, smiling as he appeared at a petroleum expo. He didn’t name Trump directly, but emphasized that Iran continued to seek “engagement with the world.”
An affiliate of The Grossman Cos. has sold the Citizens Bank branch building in Brookline, MA, to Oak Hill Properties, LLC. The suburban Boston asset traded for $4.1 million, representing a 4 percent cap rate on the current rent.
The property is located at 429 Harvard Street, on the western outskirts of Boston, in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner. The quarter-acre site includes a 3,000-square-foot building and 14 parking spaces. The asset is part of the Harvard Street retail corridor, which includes numerous dining options, shops, other banks and retail centers.
David Ross, executive vice president & principal in NAI Hunneman’s Investment Sales & Capital Markets Group, represented the buyer. Michael O’Mara, broker at Atlantic Retail Properties, handled the negotiations on behalf of the seller.
“When we bought the property in 2013 for $2.3 million, we viewed it as part of our long-term ‘Main Street’ portfolio in well-located affluent communities,” said Jake Grossman, co-president of The Grossman Cos., in a prepared statement. “But our strategy changed as the capital markets heated up, and we realized that we could deploy the capital into other opportunities with more near-term growth potential.”
Upcoming
Thursday, May 10
“A Crooner’s Caravan Tour of New England:” 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-244-6400. Frank King leads a virtual bus tour of the birthplace of some of New England’s singers and composers.
“The Power of Play” and Spring Member Celebration: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline. Cost: $10; free for BrooklineCAN members. For more information, please visit here; or call 617-730-2777. BrooklineCAN will present “The Power of Play: Games, Puzzles, and Trivia to Keep Your Brain Young” at its annual Spring Membership Celebration. Led by Nancy Linde, author of two books of games.
Pop! and Protection: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., In Good Company, 1653 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free. Space limited; RSVP recommended. For more information, please call 617-695-4617; e-mail ingoodcompany@massmutual.com; or visit here. A class about three important ways to protect one’s family: insurance, basic estate planning and bubbles.
Amy Nathan to speak: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Brookline Music School, 25 Kennard Road, Brookline. Free. For more information, please call 617-277-4593; e-mail info@bmsmusic.org; or visit here. Brookline Music School’s first event of the Brookline Music School Speaker Series. Author Amy Nathan will discuss her newest book, “Making Time for Making Music.”
Sip and Script — Calligraphy and Cheese: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., curds&co, 288 Washington Street, Brookline. Cost: $70. For more information, please call 617-879-0565; e-mail info@curdsandco.com; or visit here. An introduction to modern calligraphy with a pointed dip pen and ink. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and demonstration, the beginner’s calligraphy kit, writing materials, complimentary wine and curated cheese plates available for purchase.
“Is Your Teenager Drinking Too Much Soda?”: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. May 10, Brookline High School, MLK Room and Atrium, 115 Greenough Street, Brookline. The Brookline High School Food Justice Committee will host Harvard nutritionist Eric Rimm to address the current realities and risks of teenage nutrition.
Saturday, May 12
Mother’s Day Yoga: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Coolidge Corner Yoga, 1297 Beacon Street, Brookline. Cost: $50. For more information, please visit here. Katie Day leads a mom and kids yoga class to celebrate Mother’s Day. This all-levels class will feature relaxing breath exercises, a restorative yoga flow, partner poses and a reflective art activity. Designed for moms to bring up to two children each.
Kites Over Brookline: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Larz Anderson Park, 25 Newton St., Brookline. For more information, please e-mail acassie@brooklinema.gov. Brookline Parks and Open Space Division in partnership with Eureka Puzzles and Games presents a free family-friendly day of airborne exploration. Attendees of all ages build and decorate their own kite.
Brookline Cherry Blossom Festival: noon – 4:00 p.m., Brookline High School, MLK Room and Atrium, 115 Greenough Street, Brookline. Suggested donation: $10-20 for families; $5 for students. Features Japanese crafts, games, family-friendly activities, taiko drums, music, dance and Japanese food. Proceeds benefit the BHS Japan Exchange Program and support the arts.
Handmade pottery pop up: noon – 2:00 p.m. May 12, Olive Connection, 1426 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free. For more information, please call 617-879-9980; e-mail info@oliveconnection.com; or visit here. Local artist Jayne Raphael will bring her handmade pottery, including olive oil dipping dishes and serving dishes, to Olive Connection for a pop up pottery shop.
Sunday, May 13
Mother’s Day cabaret celebration: 2:00 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-244-6400. Vocalist Jan Peters, accompanied by pianist Tom LaMark, celebrates moms with a selection of music from the Great American Songbook.
J.D. Foster to perform: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Wingate at Chestnut Hill, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; RSVP required. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-243-9990. A musical performance to celebrate Mother’s Day with songs spanning the 1800s through the 1970s.
“Peter and the Wolf” with the Boston Chamber Symphony: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline. For information or tickets, please visit here. The Boston Chamber Symphony performs a theatrical, family-friendly concert.
Tuesday, May 15
Couples and Money: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., In Good Company, 1653 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free. Registration recommended; space limited. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-695-4617; e-mail ingoodcompany@massmutual.com; or visit here. This class covers the roles behavior and money play in every relationship. Each person should register individually.
Rosé all May: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Curds & Co., 288 Washington Street, Brookline. Cost: $35. For more information, please call 617-879-0565; e-mail info@curdsandco.com; or visit here. Rosé tasting flights and cheese pairings to celebrate National Wine Day.
Wednesday, May 16
One-man Walt Whitman show: 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-244-6400. Stephen Collins a salesman turned actor who uses his literature degree from University of Massachusetts-Boston to teach seminars on famous poets such as Frost, Whitman and Shakespeare.
Spring dinner event: 6:15 p.m., Olive Connection, 1426 Beacon Street, Brookline. Cost: $30. For more information, please e-mail info@oliveconnection.com; or visit here. Dinner with cooking demonstration with Rifrullo Cafe owner and chef Colleen Suhanosky join for. Wine pairings curated by The Wine Press.
Book talk on climate change: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Courtyard Marriott Brookline, 40 Webster Street, Brookline. For more information, please e-mail greenup@upbrookline.org. UCC denominational and climate leader, Jim Antal, will discuss his new book, “Climate Church, Climate World.”
Thursday, May 17
David Polansky to perform: 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information or to RSVP, please call 617-244-6400. A musical performance for all ages that mixes music, humor, wit and sensitivity.
Wednesday, May 23
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Brookline Main Library, Hunneman Hall, 361 Washington Street, Brookline. Free. To RSVP, please visit here. Presented by the Brookline Asian American Family Network. Feature the Asian American Essay Contest winners as well as guest speaker Janet Wu, a journalist at Bloomberg TV and Radio and an adjunct professor at Emerson College. She will speak on “Diversity, Conflict and Information.” Light refreshments served.
Ongoing
Panoramic Photos: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. weekdays, through June 29, Gallery 93, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline. An exhibit of panoramic photographs by Francis Gardino.
Be the Parent You Want to Be: 10:00 a.m. – noon May 15 and 22, Brookline Teen Center, 40 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline. For more information, please visit here. The Collaborative Problem Solving approach helps parents relate better to their kids, reduce challenging behavior and build their kids’ skills in self-regulation, flexibility and problem-solving.
Eric Benton’s Magic Test Kitchen: 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Fridays, through June 15, Knight Moves Cafe Brookline, 1402 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free; seating limited. For more information, please e-mail ericbentonmagic@gmail.com; or visit here. Magician Eric Benton tests his magical creations in this casual, up-close performance.
Release Rebalance Restore Essentrics Class: noon – 1:00 p.m. Fridays, All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street. Cost: $15-$65. For more information, please call 617-738-1810; or visit here. A full-body, rebalancing exercise program designed to slowly build strength, flexibility and balance. This class is for those who are new to, or returning to exercise, have slightly-limited mobility, or have atrophy-related stiffness, frozen shoulder or other chronic aches and pains.
Zen meditation & talk: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursdays, Eishoji Zen Center, 1318 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information, or to RSVP, please call Jason at 508-360-2323.
Al-Anon Family Group meeting: 7:00 – 8:40 p.m. Tuesdays, United Parish – Brookline, Choir Room, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline. For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anonymous, confidential and free. Open to newcomers.
Caffe’ Italiano — Free Italian Conversations: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and noon Fridays, Coolidge Corner Library, meeting room, 31 Pleasant Street, Brookline. Supported by the Publish Library of Brookline and the Italian Consulate in Boston. A free and friendly Italian conversation, leaded by an Italian teacher. Participants practice and improve their Italian regardless of proficiency. No registration require; drop-in. For information here.
Game Day for Seniors at Putterham Library: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Thursdays, Putterham Branch Library Community Room, 959 West Roxbury Parkway, Brookline. MahJongg, chess, Scrabble, dominoes, bring your own game or request. Handicapped accessible; wheelchair available. For more information or to request a game, please call Helen at 617-942-7547.
Mindfulness Practice & Meditation: 7:00 – 8:40 p.m. Tuesdays, United Parish of Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline. Attendees sit and walk mindfully together, read a text and share what comes up for us in the reading. MPCGB links the 17 ongoing meditation groups in the greater Boston area that practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, to build relationships and deepen the practice of mindfulness. Free. For more information, please call 617-738-5917; or e-mail Sangha.Matters@gmail.com.
Learn to Meditate: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Sundays, Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston, 646 Brookline Avenue, Brookline. Taught by qualified instructors, this basic meditation class is for beginners, as well as anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of the technique. Drop-in class; no registration required. Participants are welcome to come as often as you like, but the class is designed as a one-time introduction with the same content each week. Suggested donation: $5-$10. For more information, please call 617-734-1498; or visit here.
Overeaters Anonymous: 9:45 – 11:00 a.m. every Saturday, Brighton Marine Health Center, Hawes Building, third floor, 77 Warren St., Brighton. Attendees find physical, emotional and spiritual recovery. For more information, please call Deanna at 617-731-8150.
A student at Pine Manor College has been charged with having a gun in his dorm room.
Ebrahim Jallow, 24, of Hartford, Connecticut, pleaded not guilty to several firearms charges in Brookline District Court Monday.
Jallow, a former basketball star, was arrested early Friday morning in his dorm room. Police were looking into an armed home invasion in a residence hall involving four masked men. Officers executed a search warrant for Jallow’s room, where they say they found a Taurus .44 caliber revolver fully loaded with hollow-point bullets.
He is charged with improper storage of a gun and possession of a gun and ammunition without a license.
Brookline Police said both cases are still under investigation and it is not clear yet if they are connected.
“As a community, our top priority is the safety and well-being of our students. We have increased student counseling and support, campus security, and various communication outlets for the students and college community for both transparency and healing,” Pine Manor spokesman Efrat Zinnar-Shavit said in a statement.
When WBZ-TV’s David Robichaud asked Jallow why he was arrested, he responded, “young black in America man.”
On May 1st we asked the question is metal detecting technology used on the points of entry/exit and on the premises of the local education institutions in a publication here.
