Brookline Snow Day: What To Know Thursday
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm advisory and a wind advisory for until 1:00 p.m. Thursday across the state, including in Brookline,...
Police Blotter
Monday, Feb. 26
Shoplifting: At 3:31 p.m. police received a report of two men who took two pairs of Nike sneakers from TJ Maxx.
Needle found on...
Five Things To Do In Brookline
1. Put on your dancing shoes and raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital’s Every Child Fund on March 9. The Brookline High School Dance Marathon...
Preserving Chinese Culture At Brookline Chinese School
Considering the refreshing breeze outside and scattered auburn leaves decorating Lowell Road by Brookline High as children and their colorful backpacks excitedly skipped inside...
Brookline To Get A New Fire Chief
Last week, following a review of finalists, the Town Administrator recommended an outside candidate for the job of Fire Chief in Brookline ahead of...
3-Year Override Funding Plan To Be Discussed March 6
Select Board Chair Neil Wishinsky has developed a 3-Year Override Funding Plan for discussion at the Select Board meeting on Tuesday evening, March 6. This includes a...
Brookline Boy Asked To Get In Stranger’s Car
Police say a man driving an old green or brown Honda asked a 12-year-old boy to get in his car while the boy was...
Brookline Should Remove Slaveholder’s Name From School
When Brookline’s $120 million renovation of the Devotion School is complete, it will feature about 24,500 square feet of new space and accommodate an...
Waxy’s Closed At Kingston Collection
The signs on the doors read: “Closed for renovations – Thank you Kingston for your business.”
Waxy’s: The Modern Irish Bar opened in January 2016...
Sen. Cindy Creem Appointed MA Senate Majority Leader
The state senator who represents Newton, Brookline and Wellesley was appointed Senate Majority Leader Wednesday.
"I'm thrilled. I'm very, very excited. I'm really so happy...
Lesbian Senior Housing Dilemma
Boston OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing For Change) presents “Telling It Like It Is & Isn’t: Older Lesbians Living in Senior (hetero) Housing” on Sunday...
Brookline Looks To Voters To Help Fund High School Expansion
A Proposition 2 1/2 override is on its way to Brookline voters in May to help fund the high school expansion. During a joint...
Two Newton Colleges Consider Merger
It is tough out there for a small liberal arts college. But Newton's Lasell College and Mount Ida College are in talks considering combining...
Police Blotter
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Graffiti on Stetson Street: Around 8:53 a.m. a caller reported graffiti on the front steps of a Stetson Street building.
Coyote on Hawthorne Road: At...
An Uncommon Feast In Brookline
Unlike many a chef, neither of her parents cooked. Brookline's chef Michelle Mulford ate out every week without fail as a child. She remembers...
Police Investigating Racist, Concerning Graffiti In Brookline
The Brookline Police Department is currently investigating spray-painted messages on the side of the gym at Brookline High School.
The graffiti was first reported last...
New Speed Limit Comes To Brookline
Drivers will soon have to slow down as they navigate Brookline’s roads.
In October 2017, the Transportation Board voted in favor of establishing a new...
Brookline Police, Firefighters Escort Boy To School After Leukemia Diagnosis
Police and firefighters in Brookline joined the more than 200 students from The Driscoll School welcoming back a student to school for the first...
Are Brookline Voters Going To Be Asked To Increase Their Taxes?
Brookline voters have passed property tax increases twice over the past decade. Will they do it again this year?
The town’s Select Board will hold...
Brookline Pays $180K To Settle Former Police Officer’s Racial Discrimination Complaint
Brookline has reached an $180,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a racial discrimination complaint.
The town will pay the former officer, Estifanos...
Shopping For Seniors: Brookline Program Creates Bond Between Seniors & Students
Grocery shopping usually just one more errand to add to the list. But for the elderly, it can be a daunting task.
That is why...
Medical Visionary, Harlem Renaissance Writer Among Famed Black Brookline Residents
Founder of Plymouth Hospital and Nurses Training School, Dr. Cornelius N. Garland was a visionary and a Brookline resident.
Garland opened the small bi-racial hospital...
Surveillance Video Shows Group Setting Construction Equipment On Fire
Police in Brookline are trying to track down the people who doused a Bobcat machine with gasoline then lit it on fire.
Brookline police say...
PSB Hosting Talk On Dyslexia On February 27
On February 27, the Public Schools of Brookline is hosting a presentation and discussion about dyslexia in children. Dr. Nadine Gaab, a researcher in...
























