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Brookline Morning Brief, Oct. 29: Town scraps cemetery caretaker search
Brookline scraps its search for a cemetery caretaker after a flood of applicant interest.
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Schools · School Committee
Committee Debates WISP, Takes No Vote
The Brookline School Committee heard but did not vote on the future of WISP, the ninth-grade social studies course, after the department recommended keeping it unchanged.
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Brookline Morning Brief, Oct. 28: Harvest Fest fun, hockey teams play full slate
Harvest Fest fun, hockey teams play full slate. From our own coverage: Harvest Fest fun, hockey teams play full slate.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Approves Pleasant Street Zoning Overlay
The Brookline Select Board voted 5-0 to advance zoning for a 94- to 96-unit apartment building at 26 Pleasant Street, rejecting a petition to refer the rezoning to a study committee first.
Morning Brief
Brookline Morning Brief, Oct. 27: Harvest Fest fills Golf Course as hockey teams compete
Harvest Fest fills Golf Course as hockey teams compete. From our own coverage: Harvest Fest fills Golf Course as hockey teams compete.
Morning Brief
Brookline Morning Brief, Oct. 26: Select Board revises Nordblom project deal
Select Board revises Nordblom deal for 96-unit Pleasant Street project ahead of Town Meeting. From our own coverage: Select Board revises Nordblom deal for Pleasant Street.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 19, 2026 through October 25, 2026
Two Brookline obituaries were published this week: Chiquiar-Rabinovich, Salomon, and Gribnikova, Anna, 94; both died October 19, 2026, according to Echovita's Brookline, Massachusetts obituary listings.
Sports
Harvest Fest brings fall fun to Brookline Golf Course
Brookline Recreation Department's Harvest Fest brought live entertainment, farm stands, food trucks and family activities including inflatables and pumpkin decorating to the Brookline Golf Course on Sunday, Oct. 25.
Morning Brief
Brookline Morning Brief, Oct. 24: Lighting limits debated amid golf revenue warning
Brookline School Committee weighs outdoor lighting limits as golf course warns of lost revenue. From our own coverage: School Committee takes up outdoor lighting limits; Affordable Olmsted Road condo accepting lottery applications.
Town News
Brookline opens lottery for affordable Olmsted Road condo
Brookline announced an affordable housing lottery for a 3-bedroom condominium at 6 Olmsted Road, Unit 104, with applications due Nov. 13 and the lottery drawing held Nov. 23 via Zoom.