Brookline Lands $175,000 in State Grants for Energy Upgrades
Brookline landed $175,000 in state grants to fund energy upgrades and renter weatherization, per Brookline.News. The package includes a separate $50,000 EmPower Massachusetts grant, and the town's veterans services office reportedly hired away Saugus's top veterans advocate, according t…
BROOKLINE — Brookline secured $175,000 in state funding for energy upgrades and renter weatherization, according to a report from Brookline.News, while the town's library kicked off a week-long crawl through the Minuteman Library Network's branches.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Public Library of Brookline is taking part in the Minuteman Library Crawl, giving residents six days to visit participating Minuteman-network libraries as part of the event. The crawl launched Friday and runs alongside the library's ongoing Plant a Seed, Read! summer reading program at its three branches: Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner and Putterham.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Brookline lands $175,000 in state grants for energy upgrades, renter weatherization": the town received the funding to support energy efficiency work and weatherization for renters, including a separate $50,000 EmPower Massachusetts grant, per Brookline.News (read it at https://brookline.news/brookline-lands-175000-in-state-grants-for-energy-upgrades-renter-weatherization/).
"Patch AM: Why Brookline's veterans office just lured away Saugus' top advocate": Brookline's veterans services office reportedly recruited Saugus's top veterans advocate to join its staff, according to Patch AM (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/brookline).
COMING UP
The library hosts "Learn Origami with Jingting" on Saturday, August 8, an introduction to paper folding led by librarian and origami expert Jingting. Also on August 8, the library holds its Adult Crafternoon, a drop-in session for residents to work on current crafting projects alongside other crafters.
The Department of Public Works accepts household hazardous and universal waste at the Brookline Transfer Station, 815 Newton Street, on Tuesday, August 11, taking items including lightbulbs, batteries, oil-based paint, fuels and pesticides.
On Thursday, August 13, the library welcomes the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile for a "Farm Fresh" visit tied to the summer reading program.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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