Government & development in Brookline
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Last 14 days
- Fisher Hill West panel opens community visioning workshop. The Fisher Hill West Uses Advisory Committee held a community-centered workshop Monday, October 5, asking residents to share their vision for the future use of the town-owned site.Town of Brookline
- State heating oil rebate opens to 50,000 households. Gov. Maura Healey declared an energy state of emergency and launched a rebate program that could make $680 available to up to 50,000 Massachusetts households that heat with oil this winter, Brookline Patch reported.Brookline Patch
- Select Board lifts affordable housing fund cap. Brookline's Select Board voted to lift the cap limiting free cash flowing into the town's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, then weighed a town meeting article to ban cryptocurrency kiosks after petitioners said Brookline's machines have been linked to local scams.Brookline News
- Foie gras ban part of wider trend, Patch says. Brookline Patch's morning roundup noted that the town's ban on foie gras sales fits into a broader wave of similar bans spreading across Massachusetts communities.Brookline Patch
- Fisher Hill West Advisory Committee launches community study. The Fisher Hill West Uses Advisory Committee has kicked off a community-centered study of the site and is inviting residents to help shape its future at an Oct. 5 public workshop.Town of Brookline
- MBTA shuts down Green Line core for nine days. The MBTA began a nine-day shutdown of the Green Line's core Saturday, blocking Brookline riders' direct subway link to downtown Boston, Brookline.News reported.Brookline.News
Coming up
- Wed, Oct 7, 4:30 p.m.: Driscoll School hosts flu clinic Wednesday evening. The town offers a flu clinic at the Driscoll School from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, with Walgreens also providing COVID-19, shingles and RSV vaccines.Town of Brookline
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