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Remains Of Brookline WWII Airman Returned

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After 72 years of being missing in action the remains of Brookline WWII airman, Richard Horwitz, have been identified and returned to Massachusetts.

Seventy-two years after his Army Air Forces bomber disappeared over the mountaintops in Northern Italy, Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Richard M. Horwitz is coming home.

Horwitz will be buried in West Roxbury Sunday with full military honors, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency reports. Gov. Charlie Baker has also ordered all flags in the commonwealth to be flown at half staff for the day.

Horwitz, a Brookline native and 22 at the time, was a member of the 716th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group and, along with 10 other airmen, was assigned to a B-24J Liberator aircraft. Flying out of Grottaglie Army Air Base in Italy on Feb. 28, 1945, the bomber had completed a combat mission targeting a railroad bridge in Northern Italy to disrupt German supply lines and was headed with other aircraft to a rallying point to regroup. But Horwitz’ bomber never made it.

The B-24J was later seen skimming the mountain tops with at least two damaged engines before disappearing near a lake in Austria. The crew were reported missing in action.

The bodies of five of the 11 crew members were recovered in the years immediately after the disappearance, but the aircraft’s wreckage and other crew members remained unaccounted for. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the American Graves Registration Service, meeting in Rome in 1948, concluded the plane crashed somewhere in the north Adriatic Sea.

In 2013, an Italian citizen located the wreckage of the plane off the coast of Grado, Italy. Horwitz’ remains were identified in 2015. Horwitz’s remains were identified through historical evidence, dental and bone analysis and by comparing DNA to a relative, the Associated Press reports.

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, there are 72,990 service members still unaccounted for from World War II. The Agency estimates approximately 26,000 are potentially recoverable.

 

Brookline Farmers’ Market

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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 products, most of which are produced here in Massachusetts.

The market runs every Thursday 1:30 – 6:30 p.m. from June 1 – November 16, 2017, rain or shine.  It is held in the Centre Street West Parking Lot in Coolidge Corner.

Please explore the Brookline Farmers’ Market website to find out more.

 

Brookline’s New Leaf Blower Laws Take Effect

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It is officially leaf blower season in Brookline, and officials are getting the word out to residents about new regulations approved at Town Meeting a year ago.

A pamphlet detailing the new changes was sent out to all Brookline residents, said Kevin Johnson, the town’s director of highway and sanitation.

The main change in the leaf blower bylaw is that property owners are now liable for any offense, and can be fined up to $150 for repeated infractions.

More specifically, property owners are now co-responsible, along with hired landscaping companies, to adhere to the new permitted hours and times.

In Brookline, leaf blowers are banned between May 16 and September 30, and between January 1 and March 14. During any of the permitted days, leaf blowers are allowed, as long as they comply with noise level restrictions, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, and from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

Previously, the town allowed leaf blower operation until 8 p.m. on weekends.

First offenses come with a written warning, while second offenses will result in a $50 fine. A third offense is a $100 fine, while any subsequent violations would be a $150 penalty.

The revised bylaw also states that only a maximum of two leaf blowers are allowed on properties of 7,500 square feet or less.

Yet another change in the bylaw concerns how the town handles and enforces complaints.

The Department of Public Works is now in charge of receiving and keeping track of complaints and the police department handles enforcement.

Additionally, Johnson said the town recently hired an assistant recycling coordinator, who will partly have the responsibility of monitoring and helping to enforce new changes to the leaf blower bylaw.

Catching rogue leaf blowers in the act, however, is difficult, said Johnson, since a fine can only be doled out if a town official witnesses the infraction.

To comply with the town’s permissible leaf blower noise level, operators must use leaf blowers with a manufacturer’s sticker or a DPW sticker certifying a noise level of no more than 67 decibels when measured at a distance of 50 feet.

To get a sticker from the DPW, operators can visit the town’s Municipal Service Center on the first and third Tuesday of the following months: October, November, December, March, April and May.

 

Tales Of A Brookline Boyhood Recounted

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As a fourth-generation Brookline resident, Jim Harnedy grew up surrounded by an entire clan of relatives that can trace their history in town back to the 1850s. But over the years, his family has scattered around the country and not one of his relatives remains in town today.

Now living in Machiasport, Maine, Harnedy has just finished working on an autobiographical novel called “A Brookline Boyhood in the 1930s and 40s.” In his book, Harnedy shares a series of personal memories, interwoven with local and worldwide historical events such as the burning of Brookline High School in 1936, the Great Depression and World War II. The book is set for release on Nov. 14.

“The book is written from the standpoint of a kid. So if it’s written from that standpoint it provides a totally different view of history, of that tumultuous era of the Great Depression and the war years,” said Harnedy.

In addition to personal anecdotes, you can also find a total of 75 vintage photos depicting Harnedy and his family as he grew up in Brookline.

“A Brookline Boyhood” begins with Harnedy’s family tree, laying out all of his grandparents, aunts and uncles in Brookline. Except for his immediate family, all of Harnedy’s relatives lived on the same street. Many of his relatives were active members of the community — for example, one of his uncles was a firefighter, and another was the postmaster of the Brookline Village post office.

One of the first memories Harnedy presents in his book features Saturday dinners at his grandma’s house. Every week, the entire family would get together and eat.

“The whole clan would show up. For years everyone in the family would gather around the table and dinner would always be the same: baked beans, hot dogs, brown bread and for dessert some kind of pie,” said Harnedy.

After introducing his family, Harnedy then begins a series of memories starting from the 1930s up until his freshman year at Boston College.

“After that, I left Brookline and I haven’t been back to live or do anything in town since then,” said Harnedy.

Even so, Harnedy remembers his Brookline life vividly.

“I didn’t have to do much research. A lot of this came from the top of my head because I have a pretty good memory. I would go back and edit, and if I had questions I would make sure everything was correct,” said Harnedy.

Harnedy describes witnessing the smoke coming out of Brookline High School in 1936 and performing emergency surgery on a kitten during one of his family vacations. He also recounts learning about the German invasion of Poland in 1939 from a portable radio while he and his family were fishing on a lake.

“I talk about what it was like being on the home front during World War II, what radio programs we listened to, my first experience going to a baseball game and our vacations. [The book] tells what life was like before the internet and TV,” said Harnedy.

Harnedy dedicated the book to his best friend, Lieutenant Leroy Randall Filmore Jr., who passed away in a crash in 1958 while doing naval exercises in the Mediterranean. Filmore grew up in Brookline across the street from Harnedy.

Harnedy now lives with his wife and dog in Maine. He is currently a senior editor of “Activities Guide of Maine,” which is a quarterly magazine. He also has extensive experience writing historical novels; “A Brookline Boyhood” is Harnedy’s ninth book. He is currently working on a tenth called “Forgotten Tales of Down East Maine,” which will be published in 2018. Both books will be published by Fonthill Media/Arcadia Publishing.

Harnedy’s latest book offers a unique and personalized account of what it was like to live in the Boston area during the 1930s and 40s. As the Goodreads blurb says, “Through masterful storytelling and a vast assortment of vintage photos, Jim captures the culture, traditions and mood of the country during some of our nation’s most tumultuous times.”

 

Looking To Hire Speech Language Pathologist

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ATX Learning is looking for Speech Language Pathologist for our sites. This is an exciting opportunity to join a stable and growing organization. Candidate must have a current Massachusetts license / eligible to apply, to practice as a speech pathologist.

Benefits:

  • best salaries, 12 months payment schedule;;
  • insurance and retirement plan (with company match);
  • direct deposit;
  • paid time off (PTO) to spend with your family and friends;
  • longevity bonus;
  • paid licensing fees;
  • paid ASHA dues;
  • budget for tools;
  • CFY supervision;
  • referral bonuses;
  • genuine appreciation;
  • career growth;
  • … and many more!

Responsibilities:

  • Responsibilities include providing direct and indirect speech/language services for students.
  • Management of all aspects of student programming include: speech/language therapy, assessment, writing IEP’s, and collaborating with staff and parents effectively.
  • Must be flexible, have a strong desire to improve student learning, and collaborate in a professional learning community.
  • Possess the ability to support children with communication challenges.
  • Develop and maintain collaboration with colleagues, staff and other providers.
  • Demonstrate effective skills in evaluation, screening and assessment, including adhering to state and federal guidelines and procedures.

Qualifications:

  • Connecticut SLP Certification;
  • Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology;
  • ASHA CCC or Clinical Fellow.

Occupation Classification Requirements:

  • Speech-Language Pathologist or
  • Speech-Language Pathologist (CFY) or
  • Speech-Language Pathology Assistant.

To apply, please click here.

 

Brookline To Consider Indigenous Peoples Day Instead Of Columbus Day

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A resolution has been brought forth in Brookline to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day rather than Columbus Day.

The change would bring awareness to the history and importance of Native Americans in the U.S. rather than celebrate the deaths of those people, supporters say.

Voters will take up the resolution at Brookline Special Town Meeting on Nov. 14.

“As we write this, there is increasing awareness about the pain and damage caused by symbols such as confederate flags and statues, attention should also be paid to the longstanding request of many native people to abolish the Columbus Day holiday, which to them is a celebration of the deaths of millions of their people, and instead declare Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October in order to bring more awareness to the history and continued presence of native people here in the US,” reads the resolution, which is article 20 on the Town Meeting warrant.

Cities are beginning to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day rather than Columbus Day in New England and beyond.

Cambridge, Amherst and Northampton all celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrating the natives who lived on the land before Columbus arrived in 1492.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the first Massachusetts tribe to make contact with the Pilgrims, will now call the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day.

And, Plimouth Plantation recently announced that it would recognize Indigenous Peoples Day.

There is a petition circling to name an Indigenous Peoples Day in Boston.

The Indigenous Peoples Day movement started in Berkeley, California in 1992 to change the scope of the holiday in protest of honoring cruelty against natives by Christopher Columbus and his men.

In Brookline, supporters cite various reasons for wanting to make the change, including the reported rape and enslavement of native women and girls and accounts of murder against natives.

The resolution claims that two Brookline residents purchased seven Native Americans and sold them as slaves.

“Other accounts refer to signs of an Indigenous village that was located in the area where the Ackers family subsequently established a farm, near the present-day Brookline Reservoir, by Boylston and Eliot Streets,” the resolution reads.

A Facebook page for the Brookline movement has been updating people with meeting dates ahead of the Special Town Meeting.

 

Police Investigating Thefts In Women-Owned Businesses In Brookline

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Brookline Police are urging business owners to be on the lookout for a man posing as a customer at local businesses as part of a scheme to steal from employees.

Police were first called to Poppy’s Dressmaking back on September 21.

“They heard the front door open, when they went out front, a male was standing there and asked what it cost to have a shirt dry cleaned,” said Lieutenant Phil Harrington.

Moments after the man left, the owner realized he had taken her iPhone right off the front counter.

“The employee then returned to where they had been working, and realized their cellphone was also missing,” said Lt. Phil Harrington, a spokesperson for the department.

Police used the “Find my iPhone” app to track the phone a few blocks down from Beacon Street before it was shut off. When police began canvassing the area, they found the same man hit a nail salon on the same say.

“He asked about paying for an appointment. He was told ‘no, you have to pay at the time of service.

He then asked to use the bathroom in the back of the store and then proceeded to exit the store,” said Lt. Harrington.

Police are now working to determine if these incidents have any connection to a string of similar crimes that happened last year.

Anthony Binsfield hit five stores in Brookline and several in Boston late last year, posing as an HVAC technician to steal credit cards and personal items from employees. He was released from jail August 31 after serving eight months for larceny.

“(It’s a) very specific type of crime where they are taking advantage of these local businesses,” said Lt. Harrington. “It’s very frustrating to think these people were taken advantage of, these employees.”

As the investigation continues, police are urging local store owners to be aware and to keep customers in eyesight if possible.

“If somebody comes in and asks to use your employee bathroom, let us know or keep an eye on them. Escort them to and from the bathroom,” Lt. Harrington said. “It’s unfortunate where we’re at right now, (that) people are out there doing this.”

 

Betty M. Donahue Passes At 89

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Betty M. (Michelini) Donahue of Westwood, a former resident of Mashpee, died October 2, at the age of 89.

She was the widow of Thomas F. Donahue. High school sweethearts, the couple had been married for nearly 60 years at the time of his death in 2013.

Born in Brookline, she was the daughter of Adam J. Michelini and Marion E. (Ingalls) Michelini.

She attended the Devotion School in Coolidge Corner and graduated from Brookline High School in 1945 and Boston University in 1949. She went on to receive her master’s degree in education in 1953 from the Boston University School of Education.

Ms. Donahue worked for many years as an educator in the Lexington, Boston, and Mashpee school systems, as well as at St. John’s in Canton.

She loved to entertain friends playing the piano, including at venues like The Popponesset Inn.

A former resident of Needham, she had also lived in New Seabury; and Stuart, Florida.

She leaves her children, Thomas Donahue Jr. and his wife, Anne Donahue, of Vernon, Connecticut, Patricia Donahue and her husband, Greg Sacca, of Gloucester, Nancy Mihos and her husband, Chris Mihos, of North Easton, Katherine Kelleher of Walpole, and John Donahue and his wife, Lynn Donahue, of Wellesley; 12 grandchildren; her brother, Bradford Michelini of Latham, New York; and extended family.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated yesterday at Parish of Christ the King in Mashpee.

Burial was at Great Neck Woods Cemetery in Mashpee.

 

Parking Garage Extension Forms Home For Architects Ensamble

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To build their own home in the Massachusetts town of Brookline, the principals of Spanish firm Ensamble Studio prefabricated individual parts of the structure in Madrid and sailed them across the Atlantic to be assembled on site.

Although usually based in the Spanish capital, Ensamble founders Débora Mesa and Antón García-Abril conduct research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA. They therefore needed a secondary residence close to the university, so decided to create one for themselves. The result is Cyclopean House, which was completed in 2015.

A decommissioned parking garage serves as the base of the home, in which the architects have installed a workshop, parking, and utility spaces. Their intervention is an extension upwards, which accommodates the family’s living spaces within a 240-square-metre box.

“The gloomy construction is completed with the big room built on it by the assembly of the large prefabricated elements that rest after their long transatlantic voyage,” said a statement from Ensamble, which Mesa and García-Abril founded in 2000.

Prefabricated metal trusses form the living space above the garage, which has a flexible, open-concept layout. “This open-plan double-height living area includes the main domestic activities and enables the transformation of the residual building into a two-story residential unit,” the architects said.

Furniture and other amenities were tucked into spaces that match the depth of the structural beams. On the western facade, the architects tucked away a kitchen nook, bathroom and storage spaces.

To the south, a pull-out bed and wardrobes were also hidden away within the thick walls. The north and eastern sides of the square plan are occupied by bright red couches, which can accommodate guests if necessary.

A flight of metallic stairs with a glass guardrail leads up to a mezzanine overlooking the entire space. Expansive windows on this level bring light into the house, while maintaining some privacy for the open-plan configuration.

“The rest of the plan is cleared to be shared by different events succeeding in time, and functions have the option to expand into the central space as needed, determining its temporary layout,” said Ensamble.

A rooftop deck allows the residents to enjoy an elevated view of the surrounding neighbourhood. A wall on the side of the terrace facing the street partially cuts off the space. However, the other three sides of the square are protected by a simple chain-link fence, which can be seen through easily.

The architects envision this construction system as a rapid and effective way of building. The beams that form the walls of the house are mostly comprised of insulation, making them very light. Furthermore, their size makes it possible to deliver them to a job site ready-made, potentially saving on resources for construction.

“Dry joints and material lightness enable the different elements to be produced out of site, including finishes and fixtures,” the studio said. “These are easily transported by ship and regular trucks and quickly placed together following a rhythmic sequence that is carefully planned beforehand.”

Last year, Ensamble completed several monumental interventions at the newly opened Tippet Rise Arts Center in Montana. More recently, they were invited to participate in the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s reinterpretation of the 1922 Chicago Tribune skyscraper competition.

 

Pine Manor To Brookline’s Elected Officials: You Are Not Welcome Here

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Yesterday the president of Pine Manor, which sits on some 52 acres of land in Brookline, 7 of which the town is considering taking by eminent domain wrote a letter to the town and residents letting them know that they are still welcome to come to the campus, to use the tennis courts, the library and check out the museum. But town officials? Not welcome.

It is the latest in the sudden public back and forth between the college and the town in the past two weeks, following the release of a letter by the board of selectmen outlining why they are looking into the possibility of taking part of the college property to use as a place to build a ninth elementary school.

The president of Pine Manor College previously told town officials the college was not interested in sectioning off any more property (It sold land to the Patriot’s Tom Brady and sectioned off some land if it needed to sell during a period before the current president came on board). But the town has run up against roadblocks to each of the other options it previously thought viable. Two weeks ago the Board of Selectmen and School Committee voted to explore the possibility of taking the Pine Manor land by eminent domain and bring it to the public, to the surprise of Pine Manor.

The president of the college wrote a letter imploring town officials to reconsider. The following week officials invited him to speak at a public meeting regarding what taking of the land could look like. The following day Pine Manor filed an open meeting law complaint. And then wrote another letter to the town.

The first part of the letter is addressed to residents and neighbors inviting them to come visit the campus. The second part takes a more terse tone with elected officials.

“To the Town Officials of Brookline, this letter shall serve as notice that Town of Brookline officials, employees, and their agents, including professional engineers, surveyors, or others Working for the Town, may not come onto Pine Manor College property for the purpose of testing, excavating, examining, or otherwise inspecting Pine Manor College’s property, without prior written notice and written approval by the President of the College, until further notice. I regret having to take this action, but recent events, of which Town officials are aware, make this action and notice necessary,” reads the letter signed by Tom O’Reilly.

O’Reilly said he sent the letter because at the Tuesday meeting where the unveiling of the potential plans the town mentioned they would need to do the testing.

“Given a hostile seizure has been proposed, the Town cannot be allowed to do this,” said O’Reilly.

The chairman of the Board of Selectmen was not immediately available for comment. We will update.

The full letter:

“To the residents of Brookline, our friends and our neighbors:

On behalf of the Pine Manor College Community I want to affirm that all Brookline residents and the Brookline Community at large are welcome to visit and enjoy the Pine Manor College campus. It has always been that way, and it will remain that way. Come, spend time with us in the way you would with any neighbor or friend.

To the Town Officials of Brookline, this letter shall serve as notice that Town of Brookline officials, employees, and their agents, including professional engineers, surveyors, or others Working for the Town, may not come onto Pine Manor College property for the purpose of testing, excavating, examining, or otherwise inspecting Pine Manor College’s property, without prior written notice and written approval by the President of the College, until further notice. I regret having to take this action, but recent events, of which Town officials are aware, make this action and notice necessary.

If you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact me at the College.

Very truly yours,
Tom O’Reilly”

Paraprofessional / Teacher Assistant Job

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Brookline, Massachusetts – High School Paraprofessional job available – immediate interviews.

Full time, full school year.

Will also provide classroom support for students – wide range of instructional / behavioral needs.

Minimal qualifications:

Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree and experience working with adolescents. Experience working with a behaviorally challenged population is preferred.

Contact Stacy Richardson at 813-749-5187 for additional details, or forward a resume to stacy.richardson@sunbeltstaffing.com for review.

Stacy Richardson
National Staffing Manager- Pupil Services Division

 

DNA Links Man To 2013 Brookline Break Ins

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Brookline police recently connected evidence with a man who previously served time for breaking into St. Mary’s Church and stole the church car to another break in in town. On Sept. 29, the man was sentenced to an additional three to four years of state prison followed by a year on probation, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The connected evidence? Brookline Police were able to capture DNA from the crime scene and send it to the lab for analysis.

Gerard Cribbie, of Dorchester pleaded guilty on Sept. 29 to all of the charges against him: one count of breaking and entering in the night time to commit a felony and two counts of attempting to commit a 2013 crime in Brookline.

Prosecutor David Ringius, Jr. asked the judge to send him to state prison for 5 years with 2 years of probation supervision after. Defense attorney J. Dan Silverman asked for 2 years state prison with 1 year probation to follow.

“We’ve always processed crime scenes for fingerprints, but there have been times recently that we’ve seen culprits wearing gloves,” said Brookline Chief of Police Dan O’Leary. So some times processing for prints is not as successful as it once was. “A half dozen years ago we trained everybody on DNA collection and what to look for,” he said.

They submit DNA samples to an outside lab for analysis. If the lab has a record of the same DNA there’s a match and the case can go from there. The upside is that DNA collection and the database are growing.

“The only downside to that is it does take longer,” he said. If the DNA match is in the database, and it’s not a person to person crime. it can take about 9 months which is better than previously, he said. But it still takes a while.

What happened in Brookline:

On August 18, 2013, Brookline Police received reports of an attempted breaking and entering into several offices at 7 Harvard Street in Brookline. One particular office was in a state of disarray with papers and other objects moved around, a briefcase and polo shirt were both missing. But it appeared the suspect left behind a coke bottle and red t-shirt. Police took various such items for processing as they investigated the case.

That same day, police arrested Cribbie, then 45, for breaking into St. Mary’s on the corner of Harvard and Linden and stealing a laptop, an iPod, and a car that had “St. Mary’s Church” plastered on the side just two days earlier. Dedham police found the car with the hood still warm. Officers were able to charge the man, who they said was known to them for breaking into area churches, after finding his fingerprints on a candy dish. Cribbie had been on the state’s most wanted list in 2006 for escaping from the Department of Corrections Pre-Release center in Boston while serving a sentence for breaking and entering.

He was convicted of the church break in and was still serving time when, in January of 2015, the State Lab was able to get a DNA sample from Cribbie’s shirt and match it to the shirt left behind in the office break in, according to a Brookline Police blog post.

He had just finished serving time for a different breaking and entering this month and taken into custody for the new charges. He was also charged in connection with a break-in in Western Mass while this case was pending and was being held in lieu of bail on that case at the time of this sentencing.

 

Darrius Lee Meets With Members Of The BPD

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Last week members of the Brookline Police Special Response Team had the chance to meet Darrius Lee who spent the day as an honorary member of the Phoenix Police SWAT team.

Darrius has been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and brought his best friend along to be his partner. Darrius’s day was facilitated through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The BPD was honored to meet such a brave boy.

 

Triwizard Tournament – Teens & Adults

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Join us at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament — will you be this year’s Champion?

Once you disembark at Hogwarts, you will:

  • pick up your School (and House, if applicable) badge;
  • pick up your wand at Ollivander’s at your appointed time (check your ticket for your time!);
  • wander through Diagon Alley;
  • show off your Yule Ball best – dress robes at their finest;
  • get your portait taken courtesy of the Daily Prophet;
  • visit our Hogwarts Portrait Gallery (listen carefully!);
  • feast in the Great Hall;
  • compete for School points through competing in the Triwizard tournament challenges;
  • meet your favorite characters from all over the Harry Potter Universe;
  • triumph in the final confrontation with He Who Must Not Be Named.

Tickets:

  • Tickets will be available starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 20th.
  • 50 tickets will be made available on October 20th.
  • Each day after, at 6:00 p.m., 50 more tickets will become available until Friday, October 27th. By Friday, all tickets will be available.
  • We are running the ticketing this way this year to allow as many people as possible the chance to join us.

All ages: This event, taking place from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on November 5th, is for all ages with activities for younger competitors up to 8th grade.

Teens 9th grade and up and adults: Our evening event, 6:30-8:30 PM, is limited to teens in grades 9 and up through to adults. To register for that event, please register here.

If you sign up for the incorrect event, let us know ASAP at brklibeventbrite@minlib.net and we will fix your registration.

The entire trip is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Library, without which we would all be left at King’s Cross Station with no tickets. To find out more about the Friends and how they support our library, please visit their website here.

Public Library of Brookline
361 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445

 

Selectmen & School Committee Hold 1st Meeting About 9th School Alternative Site

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More than 75 people attended the first meeting to consider an alternative site for the 9th Elementary School held at the Brookline High School auditorium

Neil Wishinsky, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, opened the meeting detailing the rapid and ongoing expansion of enrollment growth in Public Schools that started in 2005 and continues today. He summarized the efforts of the Town and School Department to accommodate this growth through dividing classrooms, building classrooms, leasing space, and tolerating core spaces like gyms, cafeterias, and hallways that are two small for the number of students in the schools. Mr. Wishinsky described the legal complexities, conservation restrictions, and the threatened legal challenges from residents that have led the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to identify a parcel owned by Pine Manor College as a possible alternative site. In voting to expand the sites under consideration, Mr. Wishinsky explained that the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee did not remove the Town-owned Baldwin site from consideration, nor did they authorize the taking of the College property by eminent domain. He quoted the exact language of the vote for those present:

“To modify the prior decision to locate the 9th elementary school on the Baldwin site by expanding the Town’s consideration of other sites to include acquiring land at Pine Manor College and conducting due diligence and obtaining public feedback to make a final decision on site selection.”

Mr. Wishinsky also reiterated that tonight’s meeting was just the first meeting of a public process to consider whether or not the Town should consider the Pine Manor parcel as a possible site and that there would be a Public Hearing on October 16th and numerous other hearings related to Town Meeting Warrant Article #5 relative to the 9th Elementary School. Mr. Wishinsky closed by saying:

“To be clear, we have not made any final decision about the site of the 9th elementary school and will not do so until more study has been completed and all public input is considered. Even then, a two-thirds vote of Town Meeting is required to authorize capital funding for a school project and authorize any taking of private property. Those questions will come before Town Meeting at a future date.”

Mr. Wishinsky then introduced Jonathan Levi, the architect who has been working with the Town and School Department on the 9th Elementary School project.Mr. Levi made a short presentation describing the planning previously completed on the Baldwin site and the upcoming review of the alternative site named by the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee. After reviewing the preferred design option for Baldwin considered by the 9th School Building Committee and the School Committee during spring 2017, he showed a new concept for Baldwin for a school that would fit on the southern portion of the Baldwin School. He explained that this alternative design at Baldwin would be between 3 and 5 stories and would have a greater impact on the existing traffic pattern at Hammond Street, Heath Street and Route 9. Mr. Levi concluded his presentation by showing a map of current and former Pine Manor property and three preliminary conceptual drawing showing how a school building could potentially fit on the Pine Manor parcel under consideration. Mr. Levi stressed that these drawings were made simply to illustrate that the site was large enough for a school building the size needed by the Town.

After Mr. Levi’s presentation, Chairman Wishinsky invited Tom O’Reilly, the President of Pine Manor College to make remarks. Mr. O’Reilly’s statement described the value of Pine Manor to its students, and shared the demographics of its students, their graduation and employment rates, and the perspective of two students and what they value about the college.

The next scheduled meeting on the 9th Elementary School will be a Joint Public Hearing on October 16 at the Brookline High School Auditorium.

Residents are encouraged to provide public comment at the public hearing or in advance via e-mail to Stephanie Orsini at sorsini@brooklinema.gov or by sending it as follows:

Board of Selectmen
Brookline Town Hall, 6th Floor
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445

 

Fenway Area To Take Time Out For New Food Hall

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Boston is getting another food hall — this one in the Fenway, featuring food and drink from the city’s top chefs, restaurateurs and mixologists along with work by rising Hub artists, all curated by a British media company.

Time Out Market Boston is scheduled to open in 2019 at 401 Park, the former Landmark Center in the Fenway that Samuels & Associates is redeveloping.

The 21,500-square-foot market is slated to have 16 food offerings, two bars, a cooking academy and retail store, with seating for 532 people indoors and 120 outdoors. It will be located at Brookline Avenue and Park Drive, in front of the new one-acre park that Samuels is creating to replace a former parking lot.

Time Out Group PLC’s print and digital media is focused on food, drink, music, theater, art, style, travel and entertainment for 108 cities in 39 countries. In 2014, it launched Time Out Market Lisbon in Portgual, which attracted 3.1 million visitors in 2016. A Miami market will open next year.

“We were very impressed with the overall energy of the (Lisbon) market, the great food experience and entertainment,” Samuels principal Peter Sougarides said. “We were very impressed as to how they’re using their editorial curation within their market experience as well, in terms of reviews and feedback from their digital audience.”

Time Out will manage the Hub market’s bars and provide other tenants with facilities, equipment and support services in return for a share of revenue.

“This is an exciting time to open Time Out Market in Boston, where the food scene has been steadily evolving,” Time Out Market CEO Didier Souillat said. “The restaurant sector is enormously supportive of young local chefs — as are we — which ensures … the pool of talent in the city is continuously growing.”

 

Indian Orphanage For Children Affected By AIDS Holds Fundraiser On Thursday In Brookline

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Agape International, a Hyderabad-based orphanage for children affected by AIDS, is holding its annual Fall fundraiser on October 5th at the Holiday Inn in Brookline, MA. It will feature a silent auction, Bollywood dances and dinner.

Agape feeds, clothes, shelters, and provides medication to the children in its orphanage. In addition, Agape also educates the children in its own English-medium school, all the way from nursery to high school. The first batch of children that Lynne took in 14 years ago are now going to college.

Tickets can be bought here. You can learn more here or by e-mailing joe@agapeintl.org.

Agape is an orphanage in Hyderabad that was started by Lynne Guhman, a Massachusetts native, when, on a visit to India, she realized that poor children whose parents had died from AIDS had nowhere to live after their parents died from the disease. Their relatives did not want to take them due to fears of contagion, stigma, and higher costs. The government orphanages did not want them for the same reasons. The children were forced to beg and live on the streets. Starting in 2004 with a room and six children in Hyderabad, Agape now has close to 250 orphans, half of whom are HIV+.

Agape feeds, clothes, shelters, and provides medication to the children in its orphanage. In addition, Agape also educates the children in its own English-medium school, all the way from nursery to high school. The first batch of children that Lynne took in 14 years ago are now going to college.

Agape cares for orphans from cradle to college with the goal of making them independent, productive citizens of India.

Agape is funded by individual donors who sponsor a child residential or schooling expenses.

 

Police Blotter

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All of the following is from Brookline Police log or online blog. They are excerpts taken from the public police log and represent a portion of what kinds of calls the police respond to. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Friday, Sept. 29

  • Rocks: A woman came into the station to report someone threw a rock into her car’s window while it was parked at Dunkin Donuts on Route 9.
  • Pedestrian hit: A pedestrian was involved in a crash near the corner of Fuller and Centre streets and was transported to the hospital. Unclear if they were hit by a car.
  • Biker down: Someone called to report a cyclist fell off a bike and hit their head, near Amory Park. They were taken to the hospital. Unclear if they were hit by a car.

Saturday, Sept. 30

  • Larceny: An Emerson student called to report a wallet was stolen somewhere on South Street.
  • Bike crash: A black SUV hit a biker on Beacon Street around 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 1

  • Loud: Someone called to report a loud party on Babcock Street just after midnight.
  • That was weird: A White Place resident called to report a man, she described as white wearing a black shirt, was banging on her front door around 5:38 a.m. Someone was transported to the hospital.
  • Assault: Someone called to report she saw a man assault a child. She described the man as a white, and in his 60s with a long beard and not much hair on his head. She said she saw him throw a 12-year-old girl on the ground near a white van and he had his hands around her throat near the corner of Rt 9 and Reservoir Road. Police talked to multiple witnesses and said they determined there was no crime.

 

Happenings Around Town

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Upcoming

Thursday, Oct. 5

Oktoberfest: 5:30-7 p.m., Courtyard Marriott, 40 Webster Street, Brookline. A social networking event in the neighborhood. Live music, BBQ, craft beer, craft soda and wine. Cost: $30; $20 chamber members. To register: http://tinyurl.com/BCCOktoberfest; 617-739-1330.

Saturday, Oct. 7

“The Baha’is” documentary screening: 1:30-3 p.m., Brookline Main Library, Hunneman Hall, Hunneman Hall, 361 Washington St., Brookline. Free. This one-hour documentary asks viewers to consider a different perspective on religion than the one portrayed in the mainstream media. This film illustrates the profound impact the Bahá’í faith has had on individuals, institutions and communities. The Bahá’ís follows a set of individuals as they help to build peaceful, just and unified communities.

Sunday, Oct. 8

American history lecture: 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For information or RSVP: 617-244-6400. Gary Hylander, professor of history at Framingham State University, is a frequent presenter at library forums and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Massachusetts Boston, and is often featured as a commentator on local cable news and radio.

Tuesday, Oct. 10

Musician Rick Olsen to perform: 3:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For information or RSVP: 617-244-6400. Olsen is known as “The Man of a 1,000 Songs” for his extensive repertoire that includes classic and contemporary hits.

Wednesday, Oct. 11

HUBweek 2017: GlobeDocs: Oct. 11, 12 and 15, Coolidge Corner Theatre, 209 Harvard Street, Brookline. For information: https://hubweek.org. Opening night film, “Bending the Arc”: 7-9 p.m. Oct. 11. Cost: $15. “Unrest”: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 12. Cost: $15. “I Am Evidence”: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 15. Cost: $15. Closing night film, “A Fine Line,” and reception: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 15. Cost: $30.

Thursday, Oct. 12

Community Climate Coffee: 8-9 a.m. Oct. 12, Koo Koo Cafe, 7 Station Street, Brookline. For information: http://ma.mothersoutfront.org/community_climate_coffee. A chance for mothers who are worried about climate change and their children’s future to meet other mothers who are just as worried. Attendees will discuss the work in Brookline and at the state level and present opportunities for them to do something big or small.

“Going to Extremes”: 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For information or RSVP: 617-244-6400. During the presentation, travel writer and photojournalist Peter Mandel will present slides of his most extreme adventures, including visiting a city of penguins in the South Pole, fishing for piranhas in Brazil, floating in the Goodyear blimp and camping in the African bush. He will also discuss the power of travel writing in today’s age.

“Plans, Policy, and Passion: How the Olmsteds Helped Shape Our National Park System:” 7 p.m. Oct. 12, Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline. A panel discussion featuring the authors of a recent study that looks at critical ways the Olmsteds shaped national parks commissioned by the National Park Service and the Organization of American Historians. Rolf Diamant, University of Vermont; and Ethan Carr, University of Massachusetts; and landscape architect/historian Lauren Meier will discuss their work in adding a new narrative about the birth of the nation’s “best idea.” Reception at 6 p.m. Advance registration required; space limited. Free. To register: http://friendsoffairsted.org/programs/nhs-programs.

Free dentistry for veterans: Longwood Dental Group, 1842 Beacon Street, Brookline. Dr. Berdj Kiladjian host a Freedom Day USA Event. Free cleanings, exams and fillings will be offered to active military and veterans by appointment. To make a reservation: 617-566-5445.

Friday, Oct. 13

“Ovoids and Ovules” reception: 6-8 p.m., Brookline Arts Center, 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline. For information: http://brooklineartscenter.com/gallery/JenniferLanghammer. Jennifer Langhammer’s “Ovoids and Ovules” is a series that began with the same shape, a 6-inch-high egg. Langhammer adds to and takes from this form to explore nature’s patterns and relationships. The process is informed by the growth and evolution of living things, with forms and ideas taken from nature, but not a direct representation. Exhibition runs Oct. 13 to Nov. 17.

Saturday, Oct. 14

“Music for Oboe, Viola and Piano”: 3-4:30 p.m., Bakalar Recital Hall, Lincoln Elementary School, 25 Kennard Road, Brookline. Free; $10 suggested donation. For information: http://BMSmusic.org; 617-277-4593. Brookline Music School’s 2017-2018 Faculty Artist Series comprises four performances featuring the professional musicians who make up the Brookline Music School faculty. Followed by a meet-the-artists reception. BMS oboe faculty member Catherine Weinfield-Zell is joined by Lauren Nelson, viola, for a program of trio works for this unique combination of instruments. The program will include works by Bach, Klughardt and Loeffler.

Sunday, Oct. 15

Remembering Gatsby: 7-9 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline. Cost: $10-$30. For information: 781-863-2861; winsormusic@gmail.com;http://winsormusic.org/concerts. Winsor Music begins its 21st season with a program that honors the vision of its previous director, Peggy Pearson, while reflecting the ideals of its new artistic directors, Gabriela Díaz and Rane Moore. The program includes a new Bach transcription by Pearson, a new Harbison arrangement by Díaz, a Harbison Song for the Spirit, a newly commissioned work for chamber ensemble by James Primosch, two Dvorak cello works, and Bartok Contrasts.

Tuesday, Oct. 17

Art Matters to present American painter Mary Cassatt: 1:30 p.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street., Brookline. Free; space limited. For information or RSVP: 617-244-6400. Art education and awareness program Art Matters will present on Cassatt, a radical impressionistic known for her unromanticized images of women and children.

Encore Living 101: Ask the Experts”: 3 p.m. Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. Oct. 22, Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill. For information or RSVP: 617-232-3634; living@waterstoneatthecircle.com. Waterstone at the Circle, a luxury independent living community opening at 385 Chestnut Hill Ave., will host a Q&A panel of four local senior service experts will teach attendees about moving into a senior living community and answer questions.

AAUW Work Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop for Women: 6-8 p.m., Pine Manor College, Presidents Building, 400 Heath Street, Brookline. Free. For information or to register: http://bit.ly/2xLbY9c. A two-hour salary negotiation workshop to gain the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate salary and benefits packages. AAUW Work Smart in Boston is an initiative of AAUW and the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement to train half the working women of Boston to negotiate their salary and benefits packages over five years. Check-in will begin 30 minutes before the workshop.

Thursday, Oct. 19

What is renewable energy and how do we get more of it?: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Coolidge Corner Library, 31 Pleasant Street, Brookline. For information: http://ma.mothersoutfront.org. A community talk by Eugenia Gibbons, clean energy programs director, MassEnergy, and organized by Mothers Out Front in Brookline. Talk starts at 7 p.m.

Ongoing

“Fruits, Flowers and Old Streets” exhibit: Sept. 5 through Oct. 31, Brookline Senior Center, Gallery 93, mezzanine level, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline. Paintings and pastels by Miriam Aaronson.

Be The Parent You Want To Be: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Sept. 27 through Oct. 18, Brookline Teen Center, second-floor conference room, 40 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline. The Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving approach gives parents the tools they need to parent more competently and confidently. Private group workshops and individual/couples CPS coaching also available. For information and to register: http://BeTheParentBoston.com; KarenKraut@gmail.com.

“Everything You Can Imagine is Real” art installation: Through Oct. 15, Chestnut Hill Square, 200 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill. Studios Without Walls is a Brookline-based collaborative group of sculptors and conceptual artists who produce exhibitions of art in outdoor and public settings. The exhibit will feature the works of 10 artists. Each artist will display his/her work in outdoor locations nestled throughout the Chestnut Hill Square shopping center. A reception to meet the artists and learn more about their work will be held from 3-5 p.m. Sept. 24 at the center. For information: http://chestnuthillsquare.com.

Waterstone at the Circle information sessions: 10 a.m and 3 p.m. Oct. 10, 5 p.m. Oct. 11, 10 a.m. Oct. 14, and 5 p.m. Oct. 25, Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill. For information or RSVP: 617-232-3634; living@waterstoneatthecircle.com. Waterstone at the Circle, a luxury independent living community opening at 385 Chestnut Hill Ave. in early 2018, will host information sessions for attendees to meet its leadership team and learn more about the lifestyle it will offer.

NAMI Basics — six-week parent education class: 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 18 through Nov. 22, Brookline Main Library, Hunneman Hall, Denny Room, 361 Washington Street, Brookline. Free. Offered by the National Alliance for Mental Health. Designed for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents who experienced emotional and/or behavioral difficulties prior to age 16. Attendees learn communication tips, problem-solving skills, coping mechanisms and how to navigate the mental health world. Taught by trained teachers who are also the parents or family caregivers of individuals who experienced emotional or behavioral difficulties.

Fall Learn-To-Skate classes: 4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 1 p.m. Sundays, Brookline/Cleveland Circle Reilly Memorial Rink, 355 Chestnut Hill Avenue. For children, ages 4 ½ to 18. Participants can use figure, recreational or hockey skates. Beginner, intermediate and advanced classes available. For information or to register: Bay State Skating School, 781-890-8480; http://BayStateSkatingSchool.org.

Sean Roberts Challenger League — Super Stars: 4:45-5:45 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, Sept. 6 through Oct. 28. Baseball for children 7 and older with a wide range of abilities. No experience necessary, no limitation too great. Children with intellectual, physical, emotional and behavioral challenges can all enjoy being part of a team in this relaxed, supportive environment. Dates and times subject to change. To register: http://brooklineyouthbaseball.org. Volunteers age 15 and older needed. For information regarding sponsorship, donating, player registration, becoming a volunteer or general information: Melissa, challenger@brooklineyouthbaseball.org.

Zen meditation and talk: 6-7 p.m. Thursdays, Eishoji Zen Center, 1318 Beacon Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. RSVP: Jason, 508-360-2323.

Al-Anon Family Group meeting: 7-8:30 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.

Koleinu Open Rehearsals: 7 p.m. Sept. 14 and 28, Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline. Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus, Koleinu is a non-auditioned chorus and performs a wide range of sacred, secular, tradition and contemporary Jewish choral works. Open to all individuals regardless of previous musical experience or affiliation, with an opportunity to learn, sing and perform Jewish music. The Chorus performs at two self-produced concerts, winter and spring, and in many multicultural collaborations through the New England area. They have also performed at the North American Jewish Choral Festival, and at the Holocaust Memorial. For information: http://koleinu.org.

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: https://brooklinelibrary.org/events.

Game Day for Seniors at Putterham Library: 1-3 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 information or to request a game: Helen, 617-942-7547.

Mindfulness Practice Community of Greater Boston: 7-8:30 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 information: 617-738-5917; 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 information: 617- 734-1498; boston.shambhala.org.

Overeaters Anonymous: 9:45-11 a.m. every Saturday, Brighton Marine Health Center, Hawes Building, third floor, 77 Warren Street, Brighton. Attendees find physical, emotional and spiritual recovery. For information: Deanna, 617-731-8150.

 

Brookline Capital Markets Beefs Up Staff With Five New Additions

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Brookline Capital Markets, LLC (“Brookline”) is pleased to announce the recent expansion of its healthcare investment banking services and team. Brookline has a strong established business of raising private equity for both private and public life sciences, medical technology and diagnostics companies, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and participating in public offerings. Building on its success, Brookline has recently increased its services to include publishing equity research and underwriting public securities offerings, including IPOs and secondary offerings. In order to support this continued growth. Brookline has made five key appointments: Kumar Raja, Ph.D. has joined as Senior Biotechnology Analyst; Graham A. Powis has joined as Senior Capital Markets Advisor; Samuel P. Wertheimer, Ph.D. has joined as Senior Scientific Advisor; Michael D. Rhea has joined as Managing Director, Institutional Sales; and Joseph A. LaSala has joined as Senior Associate, Investment Banking.

“We are thrilled to welcome these experienced veterans and talented professionals to our growing healthcare team,” said William Buchanan, Jr., Managing Partner of Brookline Capital Markets. “The addition of these professionals underscores our commitment to providing our clients the best possible financial solutions, as well as thoughtful analysis and research. These are exciting times in health care, and we see enormous untapped opportunity in the markets.”

“The addition of these professionals underscores our commitment to providing our clients the best possible financial solutions, as well as thoughtful analysis and research. These are exciting times in health care, and we see enormous untapped opportunity in the markets.”

Kumar Raja, Ph.D. joins Brookline from Noble Life Science Partners and prior to that, Citigroup. He is an experienced research professional with a focus on fundamental equity analysis of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. His research leverages a unique combination of expertise in deep scientific analysis, medical markets, and competitive analysis. Graham Powis was most recently Head of Investment Banking at BTIG. Previously, he spent seven years at Lazard as Head of U.S. Equity Capital Markets and, prior to that, nine years at Cowen & Co. where he ultimately ran the Equity Capital Markets division as a market leader in health care underwriting. Samuel Wertheimer, Ph.D. is a 25-year veteran of life sciences investing, including 12 years as a Venture Partner with Orbimed Advisors in New York where he vetted investment opportunities for Orbimed’s flagship private equity fund and private placements for their public funds. Michael Rhea is a 30-year veteran of Wall Street and has enjoyed a successful career in institutional sales and capital markets activities, having served in a variety of roles at Lehman Brothers, Soleil Securities and Oppenheimer & Co. Joseph LaSala was most recently Global Equity Capital Markets Analyst at Monashee Investment Management in Boston, MA. where he spent the last five years analyzing investments and expanding the firm’s global footprint.

About Brookline Capital Markets

Brookline Capital Markets, a division of CIM Securities, provides a comprehensive suite of capital markets and advisory services to transformative emerging growth companies, with an emphasis on the life sciences, medical technology and diagnostics sectors. Headquartered in New York City, the firm seeks opportunities to accelerate growth for its client companies while delivering results to its sophisticated investor base. Brookline differentiates itself by its ability to source capital from traditional institutional investors, as well as from its proprietary global network of family office and high net worth investors.

Cotacts

Brookline Capital Markets
Investment Banking
Graham Powis, 646-762-0826
Senior Capital Markets Advisor
graham.powis@brooklinecm.com

Brookline Capital Markets
Equity Research
Kumar Raja, Ph.D., 646-462-4671
Director, Senior Biotechnology Analyst
kumar.raja@brooklinecm.com

 

Cab Companies Like Brookline’s Bay State Taxi Struggle To Compete With Ride-Shares

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As they struggle to compete with ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft, many traditional taxi companies face challenges posed by their business models and outdated government regulations, transportation analysts say.

This is the challenge facing Brookline taxi service, Bay State Taxi.

Recently, the Brookline Transportation Board tasked the company with implementing changes to its dispatch service. Some of those changes, Bay State Taxi manager Paul Fornaro said, could put the company out of business.

“We’re just barely making ends meet financially,” said Fornaro

In response to concerns that vehicles dispatched to customers were livery vehicles rather than taxis, the board is requiring the company to clearly differentiate between its livery and taxi vehicles.

The company must remove the taxi dispatch number from its livery vehicles, and can no longer dispatch livery cars to respond to calls for taxis.

The required changes come in response to concerns from customers and the police department that customers were calling for taxis but were instead being picked up by livery vehicles.

In order to be licensed as a taxi, the vehicles must pass town inspection and the drivers must pass a background check and be fingerprinted. The taxi license allows the vehicles to pick up street hails.

“The vehicles are much older, there’s no safety check,” Transportation Administrator Todd Kirrane said of livery vehicles.

According to Fornaro, getting a taxi license costs more for drivers than livery, which is why when the company switched to a dispatch model, allowing drivers to purchase their cars, many of them opted for the livery license.

The concerns with dispatching livery vehicles and taxis from the same dispatch without distinguishing between the two, is that customers expect a taxi and often do not realize the difference.

“When you call that number you’re expecting a taxi to drive up,” said Kirrane.

Though the company plans to comply with the requirements, Fornaro said there are not enough vehicles to support separating the system.

Bay State Taxi has until November to make the changes.

Competing against ride-shares

The smaller companies that employ drivers and own facilities and vehicles are the ones typically hit hardest by the entry of Uber and Lyft into the market, analysts say.

“Because of the business being the way it is, ridership is down 40 percent from 2012,” said Donna Blythe-Shaw, a taxi industry advocate and retired representative of the Boston Taxi Drivers Association. “Before, the taxi industry survived on street hails and taxi pull at the airport and major hotels. They lost major business as a result of Uber and Lyft.”

In Brookline, Kirrane said the number of licensed taxis in Brookline has dipped from 187 to 34 since the arrival of ride-sharing services.

Competing with ride-sharing services like Uber is pointless for taxi companies, according to Arthur Goldberg, a Brookline resident and former Bay State Taxi owner.

“It bears no fruit at all,” he said.

Newton’s Yellow Cab recently became the latest taxi company to close it doors for good.

“This is the end of the line for a local institution,” longtime Yellow Cab owner Richard Johnston said before the company gave its last ride Aug. 30. “The whole company is honestly a dinosaur.”

In response to the changing industry, Goldberg, who plans to return to Bay State Taxi as a partner, said the company is going to switch to a new model intended to help its primary customers – senior citizens.

“We are looking to provide alternative transportation concentrated on people who are not as technology-oriented and who want to have the source of transportation they have been used to for many many years,” said Goldberg.

The company will announce the change in the coming months. Goldberg expects it will help the company stay relevant without having to compete with ride-share companies.

The role of government

Government regulations also put traditional taxi companies at a disadvantage against Uber and Lyft, said Matt Blackbourn, a researcher with the Boston-based Pioneer Institute.

While a cab can drop off a passenger in any community, it can only pick up new passengers in the city or town it is licensed in. That means a cab, for example, could bring someone from Newton to Boston, but would have to drive back to Newton before picking up any new customers.

While rideshare companies are regulated by the state, traditional taxi companies are still regulated by local municipalities.

When Uber first entered the scene, Kirrane said that Brookline along with other area municipalities asked the state for the ability to regulate the companies. According Kirrane, the state said no.

According to Fornaro, this is unfair.

“Uber is getting a free ride and we’re subject to their regulations that don’t reflect the market,” he said.

While it would not be prudent public policy to prop up a failing industry against overwhelming market forces, it would make sense to move toward a more level regulatory playing field, Blackbourn said.

“We want to celebrate innovation … but, at the same time, it is imperative that lawmakers have to revise these regulations to reflect the realities of the 21st century,” he said.

 

The Day I Died: The One-Year Career Of Vaughn Meader

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On November 22, 1963, when a Milwaukee cabbie picked up his passenger, the driver recognized 27-year-old Vaughn Meader of the wildly successful comedy album, The First Family. “Did you hear about Kennedy in Dallas?” asked the driver.

Meader, figuring it was a joke set-up, answered, “No, how does it go?”

Then he heard the world-changing news on the taxi’s radio.

Vaughn Meader (1936 - 2004)
Vaughn Meader (1936 – 2004)

Born in Maine in 1936, Meader moved around often before settling in Brookline, Mass. He finished Brookline High Scool in 1953 and joined the army shortly afterward. While stationed in Germany, Meader found an interest in music, and, with some fellow soldiers, formed a country-music band called the Rhine Rangers.

Back in the U.S., he became a piano-playing nightclub performer in Greenwich Village. When John F. Kennedy became president—and a national presence—Meader discovered his facility for crowd-pleasing JFK impersonations when he tossed out a few Kennedyesque lines onstage one night. Meader, who bore a passing resemblance to the young president, quickly mastered Kennedy’s gestures and facial expressions and moved onto the stand-up circuit with an amusing Kennedy-based shtick.

On October 22, 1962 (the same night as JFK’s historic Cuban missile-crisis speech),and before a live audience, Meader, three writer friends, and a small ensemble recorded The First Family. In the course of 17 skits, Meader offered spot-on sendups of both John and Robert Kennedy while Naomi Brossart provided the voice of Jackie. The Cadence Records disc poked good-natured fun at JFK’s PT-109 history, Kennedy athletics, White House kids, and even Jackie’s breathy description of her White House redecoration.

Released in November, in its first six weeks, The First Family racked up sales of 6.5 million discs—the fastest-selling LP in history at that time—and won the 1963 Grammy Album of the Year award. Meader became an overnight celebrity.

While Jackie Kennedy disliked her portrayl, JFK enjoyed much of the album and gave several copies as Christmas gifts that year. He even opened a Democratic National Convention dinner with the line, “Vaughn Meader was busy tonight, so I came myself.”

After the assassination, Cadence Records destroyed all unsold copies of The First Family to avoid being accused of “cashing in” on the president’s death. Meader never did another JFK impression and would sometimes refer to the Dallas tragedy as “the day I died.” He drifted around the country, unsuccessfully trying new routines before descending into depression and embracing a hazy world of booze and drugs.

He found God in the late 1960s and returned to Maine, where he managed a pub in the small town of Hallowell. To further distance himself from his once-famous past, he reclaimed his given first name of Abbott (Vaughn was his middle name).

Near the end of his life, Meader, a lifelong smoker, sold the movie rights to his story to pay his medical expenses for ongoing COPD treatments, though the movie was never made. On October 29, 2004, Vaughn Meader died in obscurity at age 68, a mere footnote in 1960s entertainment history.

 

College, Town Locked In Land Dispute

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Pine Manor College is locked in a land battle with the town where it is located.

The college’s president Thomas O’Reilly says a year ago, the town of Brookline called, looking into buying some land from the college.

A couple years back, O’Reilly says they had sold some acres, to Tom Brady in fact, but that was when the school was having financial problems. Since he has arrived 15 months ago, they have worked to bring the school into stable financial ground, and he says they are thriving.

“We’re not in the real estate business anymore,” he said. “I get a lot of calls for real estate, it would not be hard to sell real estate, but we’re not in that business, we’re in the education business.”

So when the town called Tuesday to tell the head of this small, private liberal arts college that the town may take roughly seven acres by eminent domain, O’Reilly was angry.

“This is [the students’] home,” O’Reilly said. “How would you feel if someone said to you, ‘I’m going to take your front yard, and by the way, put a big building on it?'”

The town of Brookline says it has been searching for land to build a much-needed K-8 school for five years.

“We’re bursting at the seams,” said Selectman Neil Wishinsky. “We need a new school and our options are limited.”

The selectman says Pine Manor College is one of just two viable options the town has, but this isn’t imminent, rather the start of the public process.

“[The college is] valued and respected and we hope we can do something to strengthen the institution,” said Wishinsky.

There is a public meeting next Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at town hall where the architect will present some preliminary plans before a public hearing on Oct. 16.

 

National Hispanic Heritage Month At The BPD

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In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Brookline Police Department is honored to introduce you to Detective Carlos Crespo.

Detective Crespo, a first generation American whose parents came from Puerto Rico in 1968, was born and raised in Boston. He graduated from Boston Latin Academy in 1988. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force (1988-1999). During his time in the USAF, Detective Crespo was stationed at Bitburg AFB Germany and Eglin AFB FL as an avionics technician that worked on the following airframes: F-15, F-16, A-10 and F-111. He did two tours in Saudi Arabia at Prince Sultan AFB during the Gulf War. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice from Western New England College.

Detective Crespo joined the Brookline Police Department in 2000. From 2000-2003, he was assigned to the Patrol Division. In 2004, he was transferred to the Detective Division where he worked as an investigator. In 2015, Detective Crespo was transferred to the Identification Unit. As a detective, he has received training in criminal investigations, homicide, interview and interrogation, crime scene processing, fingerprint identification, cell phone and GPS tracking. Detective Crespo has received several commendations for excellent police work and holds the distinction of being the most senior and longest serving Hispanic officer in the Department.

Detective Crespo is also a member of the Special Response Team (SRT). After the Boston Marathon bombing, the SRT was assigned to guarding the local hospitals. He also deployed to Watertown to help contain and locate the missing Tsaernayev brother. As an active member of the Brookline Police Honor Guard, he participates in parades, flag posting ceremonies and police funerals.

Detective Crespo has been an active Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner since 2006. He received his black belt in November of 2016. He routinely teaches members of the Brookline Police Department self-defense techniques that may help them in a violent encounter. Members of the news media were invited and participated in the de-escalation class he taught this summer. Portions of the training were aired on the evening news.

Detective Crespo is a regular volunteer at the Brookline Food Pantry helping to unload the weekly delivery and was part of a team of Brookline officers who pulled a plane to raise funds for the American Cancer Society in last year’s Pulling for Hope Challenge at Logan Airport.

Detective Crespo is married to his wife Diana and has two children Diego and Andres. You will agree when we say, we are proud of Detective Carlos Crespo and grateful for his service.

 

Jamaica Way Bridge Over Route 9 Renamed For Carlos Arredondo

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The Jamaica Way Bridge is being renamed in honor of the late sons of the cowboy-hat-wearing man who was captured in an iconic photo helping to save a man in a wheelchair during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

The bridge, built in 1936 at River Road and Route 9 was renamed the Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo and Brian Arredondo Memorial Bridge. Veteran’s Groups, Gold Star Families, elected officials, and neighboring communities including those from Boston and JP showed up and were serenaded by the Sacred Heart School Children’s Choir.

Carlos Arredondo, and his wife Melida, as well as Victoria Foley who is the mother of the boys, were at the renaming ceremony of the bridge for, Alexander and Brian. Arredondo and Foley lost their son Alexander, a Marine, in Iraq in 2004. Brian committed suicide 2011. Arredondo became an advocate for suicide prevention.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker was at the renaming ceremony as well.

The bridge was built with federal funds in the mid-1930s along the Brookline, Boston border as a public works project during the depression, according to the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, and at the time ran into a number of issues, including peat bogs.

“When the approach ramps were done, the one facing JP started to sink, while in the middle of Leverett Pond an isle of peat began to rise from the pond’s surface. The difficulty was that the approach was resting on an unstable peat bog 60 feet beneath it,” according to a post by the society.

Here is what is posted on the plaque under it:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934
Project No. NRM 235E
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President of the United States
James Michael Curley
Governor
Department of Public Works
William F. Callahan
Commissioner
Richard K. Hale – Frank E. Lyman
Associate Commissioners
George H. Delano – George E. Harkness
Chief Engineer – Bridge Engineer
Coleman Bros. Corporation
Builders
Completed 1936

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKL) Stock Closed 7.4% Above Its 50 Day Average

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Shares of the company are trading at $15.30 which is slightly above $14.25, the stock’s 50 day moving average and which is just a bit higher than the 200 day moving average of $14.59. The 50 day moving average was up $1.05 or +7.34% and the 200 day average moved up $0.71. (NASDAQ:BRKL) shares saw light trading volume with 510K shares changing hands on Thursday. Shares saw a steep decrease in trading volume of 28.75% under the normal average daily volume.

Traders are more bearish on Brookline Bancorp, Inc. of late if you pay attention to the motion in short interest. The firm saw a rise in short interest from August 15, 2017 to August 31, 2017 of 7.27%. Short shares grew 127,288 over that timeframe. Days to cover decreased from 6.0 to 6.0 and the short interest percentage is 0.03% as of August 31.

Here are a few substantial investment firms who have updated their positions. UBS Group Ag bolstered its holdings by buying 47,436 shares an increase of 2,737.2% from 03/31/2017 to 06/30/2017. UBS Group Ag now controls 49,169 shares valued at $718,000. The total value of its holdings increased 2,559.3%. As of the end of the quarter Moors & Cabot, Inc. had acquired 16,428 shares growing its stake by 29.2%. The value of the investment in BRKL increased from $889,000 to $1,066,000 increasing 19.9% quarter to quarter.

Fj Capital Management, LLC augmented its ownership by buying 107,500 shares an increase of 1,014.2% as of 06/30/2017. Fj Capital Management, LLC claims 118,100 shares with a value of $1,725,000. The value of the position overall is up by 939.2%. As of quarter end Gwm Advisors, LLC had bought a total of 8,998 shares growing its holdings by 14.0%. The value of the total investment in Brookline Bancorp, Inc. went from $974,000 to $1,072,778,000 a change of 110,041.5% since the last quarter.

The company is trading up from yesterday’s close of 14.95. Brookline Bancorp, Inc. also declared a dividend for shareholders that was paid on Friday the 25th of August 2017. The dividend payment was $0.090 per share for the quarter or $0.36 annualized. The dividend yield was $2.42. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday the 9th of August 2017.

The company currently has a P/E ratio of 19.87 and the market cap is 1.17B. As of the last earnings report the EPS was $0.77 and is projected to be $0.79 for the current year with 76,607,000 shares now outstanding. Next quarter’s EPS is forecasted to be $0.20 with next year’s EPS anticipated to be $0.96.

About Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. operates as a multi-bank holding company for Brookline Bank and its subsidiaries; Bank Rhode Island and its subsidiaries; First Ipswich Bank and its subsidiaries, and Brookline Securities Corp. As a commercially-focused financial institution with approximately 50 banking offices in greater Boston, the north shore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Company offers commercial, business and retail banking services, including cash management products, online banking services, consumer and residential loans and investment services in central New England. The Company’s activities include acceptance of commercial; municipal and retail deposits; origination of mortgage loans on commercial and residential real estate located principally in Massachusetts and Rhode Island; origination of commercial loans and leases to small- and mid-sized businesses; investment in debt and equity securities, and the offering of cash management and investment advisory services.

 

Marissa Meyer Renegades Tour

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Join Marissa on tour for her latest book, Renegades, and the beginning of a new superhero series.

This event will be co-hosted with the Brookline Booksmith and will take place on November 7th, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are required and available through Eventbrite by clicking here.

Brookline Village – Hunneman Hall
361 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445

 

Looking To Hire General Music Teacher

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Job Description

The Public Schools of Brookline is seeking a highly energetic and enthusiastic music teacher for the Edward Devotion School (Lower Devotion) for a part-time (0.6 FTE) position This teacher will be responsible for teaching Kindergarten through 4th grade General Music, collaborating with the other music teacher at the school and preparing and leading elementary grade level concerts. The position is Mondays through Thursdays.

The successful candidate will have experience teaching singing, music literacy, song games and music and movement activities, and some knowledge of and experience teaching takadimi or a similar music literacy system and solfege. Preference is given to candidates with piano and/or guitar accompanying ability or experience on another accompaniment instrument.

The successful candidate will possess and transmit a deep love for making music, and is a team player who works well with colleagues from within and beyond the Performing Arts department.

Brookline is a diverse school community and one of our core values is respect for human differences. We are looking for candidates who understand the need for differentiation within the curriculum and have the ability to reach and support all students. Candidates with a passion for music and teaching, an ability to engage students in music, and teach skills in a joyful manner while maintaining high expectations and a classroom environment of rigor for all are encouraged to apply.

MA DESE certification Music is required.

  • Position type: part-time
  • Job categories : Music Education

Equal Opportunity Employer

Brookline Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Contact Information

Jill Kennedy
Administrative Assistant – Human Resources
c/o Brookline Town Hall, 5th Floor
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445

Tel.: 617-730-2406

Public Schools of Brookline

The Public Schools of Brookline provide education to PreK through Grade 12 students in eight elementary schools , one comprehensive high school, and three Early Childhood Education sites with vision that guides education in all our schools. Brookline provides an extraordinary education for every child. Each child’s unique path to achievement is supported in academically exciting and programmatically rich environments. A dynamic, diverse community of teaching professionals works collaboratively, innovating and inspiring each other and their students. Staff gets to know students intellectually, developmentally and culturally. Students are encouraged to question and challenge ideas and participate as active citizens. Schools use a variety of assessments to get the fullest picture of student learning and growth over time. These data are shared regularly with the community, and they form the basis of how we understand and improve student, teacher and administrator performance. Parents are partners with the schools in supporting their children’s education, and schools communicate effectively so that parents are confident of the response to their child’s circumstances and needs. The community, well informed and involved in the schools, supports these efforts that continue a tradition of challenging ourselves to do better, efforts that ensure the enduring value of a Brookline education.

 

 

 

Party For The Pantry

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Blossom Bar Will Fully Take Over For Sichuan Garden In Brookline

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A 20-year-old Brookline restaurant will hold its final service in just a few days as the owners prepare to remodel the space and rebrand with a new cocktail focus. Sichuan Garden (295 Washington Street) in Brookline Village will open for the last time on October 1 before beginning its transformation into Blossom Bar.

Blossom Bar will “focus on pairing comforting flavors with unique ingredients.” The project has been rumored for quite some time and was officially announced in August 2016, although it was not clear at the time that Blossom Bar would be completely taking over the space. At sibling restaurant Sichuan Garden II in Woburn, the restaurant coexists with its two popular cocktail bars, the Baldwin Bar and the Baldwin & Sons Trading Co.

Ran Duan, a former Eater Boston Bartender of the Year, will lead the transition of his parents’ Brookline restaurant to its new form. Duan has already gained acclaim for his work leading the two distinct bar programs at the family’s Woburn restaurant. The news about Sichuan Garden’s closure, posted on the forthcoming Blossom Bar’s Instagram page, expressed thanks for the community support over the years and shared some details about what’s in store for the space.

“We will be remodeling/rebranding and we look forward to continuing to be a vital part of the Brookline Village community with our new concept,” the post read.

Stay tuned for details on a timeline for the buildout of Blossom Bar, and check in for updates on the restaurant’s Instagram page.

 

Brookline Preservation Commission Sub-Committee Meeting

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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 8:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Town Hall
Room 111, 1st Floor
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445

Tel.: 617-730-2617
E–mail: mhrichard@brooklinema.gov

This is a public meeting and the public is invited to attend.

 

Breaking Matzo, Brookline Resident Helps Bring Holidays To Life

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In hopes of creating holidays that are “magical, meaningful and memorable,” a Brookline resident built an online platform to share Jewish traditions, recipes and more with anyone and everyone.

Andy Goldfarb founded Breaking Matzo two years ago, compiling recipes, do it yourself projects and discussion questions for Jewish holidays, such as Hanukkah, Passover and Succot. Passover was the first portion of the website, built from Goldfarb’s love of the holiday and his annual creation of a new Haggadah (Passover ritual book).

“I’m trying to give people resources so that they can lead and make their home holy, by providing education, fun and food to bring together that experience,” Goldfarb said. “What these biblical holidays are is a framework that’s tried-and-true, like a perfect chocolate chip cookie, it’s a formula that’s worked for thousands of years and it brings people together, and then there’s an opportunity to innovate and make it your own because there are no rules. That’s why with “Breaking Matzo” we’re sort of breaking the mold, breaking tradition while making new tradition.”

The inspiration for the site came about Goldfarb’s interactions with others in the Jewish community stuck in the holiday routine.

“What really stuck with me at the beginning is people would say, “Oh, Passover and Seder is boring,” and I’m like, “What?!” or “We did such a short Seder or a really long Seder,” I want it to be connecting,” Goldfarb said. “When we do our Seder, we laugh and we cry and there’s dancing and singing and eating, we have every emotion in every engagement.”

Recently “Breaking Matzo” launched a new portion of the site focusing on Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. This page offers different viewpoints of what makes the celebration more of a “holy day” versus a “holiday,” along with other activities and recipes to add to the event.

“In the Bar and Bat Mitzvah tradition, children will lecture and teach the congregation about their Torah passage… having a voice for the young is very important. I want them to experience everyone listening to them, and I want them to experience listening to other people.”

To encourage listening, Goldfarb also offers discussion questions to use during the holidays, thinking from the perspective of a child and an adult and what may pertain to them.

“When you have people of all ages and backgrounds sharing their heartfelt sentiments about what their personal slavery is or whatever the discussion question is, it’s very important to be engaged and notice people are talking to each other and sharing their experience,” he said. “I think that’s the framework of these holidays, it’s being able to bring people’s heart, mind and soul together.”

Although it is based on Jewish tradition and holidays, “Breaking Matzo” is an open space connecting all religions and cultures, acquiring an audience two-thirds Jewish, one-third Christian and 1 percent Muslim. Goldfarb focuses on the importance of spirituality rather than just religion.

“One of the things I’m really committed to and proud of on the site, in the recipes I do a lot of exploration of other cultures, for example I have eight types of Charoset, such as Chinese Charoset, which is a recipe that I developed, and then I write about the history of Jews in China,” Goldfarb said.

“People of different flavors share a common purpose in uniting by food, although with different interpretations, makes the planet much smaller when you recognize that everyone has a different perspective although they may have the same philosophy and spirit. I think the differences really should unite people when you identify the commonalities.”

Even with the recipes, Goldfarb takes the opportunity to teach something new about the culture to his audience. From traditional favorites like challah and Goldfarb’s “lucky” matzo balls to Indian Charoset, the recipes come with a story and an addition to each holiday celebration.

 

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