Brookline town officials will take down a Black Lives Matter sign in front of Town Hall after voting on a new public signage policy Tuesday.… Read More »Town will take down Black Lives Matter sign after Select Board agrees on new signage policy …
Wondering why 10 utility boxes around town have turned colorful over the past few weeks? It’s part of a town-led effort to make Brookline more… Read More »Who’s behind the colorful utility boxes popping up around Brookline? …
Long-time Lincoln principal dies Barbara Shea, who helped transform the Lincoln School during her 16 years as its principal, died on Nov. 28. Shea was… Read More »News in brief: Former Lincoln principal dies, Green Line closure coming next week …
The state Office of Campaign and Political Finance found that Brookline school officials violated campaign finance laws by sending emails with information about ballot questions… Read More »School officials violated law by emailing information on May ballot questions to parents, state finds …
The Brookline Select Board voted Tuesday against scheduling a Special Town Meeting to debate a controversial resolution in support of Israel, breaking state law in… Read More »Select Board votes not to call Special Town Meeting on controversial Israel resolution, defying state law …
United Parish is planning to host a community Thanksgiving dinner for 200 people on Thursday afternoon, rekindling a decades-long tradition for the first time since… Read More »United Parish brings back its Thanksgiving dinner, a decades-long tradition halted by pandemic …
Brookline.News is publishing the latest emails from the Town Meeting Members Association listserv, which were obtained as part of an ongoing public records request. In… Read More »Town Meeting emails: Oct. 30 to Nov. 12 …
Brookline will ask the state legislature for permission to cap annual rent increases, adding the town to a growing group of voices in the Boston… Read More »Brookline will ask state legislature for ability to cap annual rent increases …
On Tuesday evening, Brookline Town Meeting passed a rezoning plan which is likely to reshape Harvard Street, one of the town’s central corridors, and pave… Read More »Town Meeting passes major rezoning plan likely to reshape Harvard Street …
Brookline Town Meeting will vote on a major rezoning of Harvard Street and other parts of town on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know… Read More »Explainer: Brookline’s MBTA Communities rezoning plan …
Brookline’s town administrator on Friday asked residents to stop placing posters featuring kidnapped Israeli people on public property, saying that the Department of Public Works’… Read More »Town administrator asks residents to stop putting Israeli hostage posters on public property …
The Brookline Housing Authority has received $500,000 to redo dozens of kitchens in two of its buildings and to transition them to electric stoves, thanks… Read More »Brookline Housing Authority will use $500k earmark to redo dozens of kitchens with electric stoves …
Brookline Town Meeting members are set to debate a measure this month asking state legislators to let the town impose a cap on yearly rent… Read More »Town Meeting proposal would throw Brookline into statewide debate over rent control …
Malcolm Cawthorne has seen the Brookline Public Schools from all angles: as a student, teacher and now an administrator. As Brookline’s METCO director, he leads… Read More »Q&A: Malcolm Cawthorne on the METCO program, testing and the culture of Brookline schools …
A senior living development in the works on the former Newbury College site has been taken over by a new company, Kisco Senior Living. Balfour… Read More »Senior living project on former Newbury College site changes hands …
Police arrested a third man on Wednesday in connection with a July armed home invasion in Brookline. Corey Buchannan, a 31-year-old from Lowell, was arrested… Read More »Third suspect arrested in July Brookline home invasion …
The new Driscoll School on Washington Street officially opened on Monday after years of construction. When Brookline.News visited the new building on Friday, there were… Read More »A look inside the new Driscoll School …
State increases contribution for Pierce School project The state’s school building agency will send more money to Brookline for construction of a new Pierce School,… Read More »News in brief: State pitching in more for Pierce, former BHS headmaster passes away …
Brookline.News is publishing the latest emails from the Town Meeting Members Association listserv, which were obtained as part of an ongoing public records request. In… Read More »Town Meeting emails: Oct. 9 to Oct. 22 …
The Brookline Select Board voted on Tuesday to suspend the liquor license of Sunset Cantina, a popular student bar near Boston University, for four days… Read More »Select Board hands four-day liquor license suspension to popular BU bar Sunset Cantina …
