Three obituaries this week identify the deceased as Brookline, MA residents, current or former: Fitzgibbons, Janet Bowler; Levin (Tarutz), Charline Ruth; and Zedek, Meira. Fitzgibbons, born in Hanover, NH, died September 10 at a senior living community in Washington, D.C., with arrangem…
MBTA shuts down Green Line's core for nine days starting Saturday, cutting off downtown subway access for Brookline riders. Also in today's brief (10 items): MBTA shuts down Green Line core for nine days; Wet weather shuts green dog fields through Monday; Coolidge Corner Library marks M…
A forecast nor'easter with high winds and heavy rain prompts cancellation of Sunday's Brookline Day. Also in today's brief (14 items): Nor'easter forces cancellation of Brookline Day; Nor'easter could bring 60 mph winds to area; Veteran Brookline police officer retires after 30 years; W…
Wonder ghost kitchen concept opens new multi-brand food delivery location on Harvard Street in Brookline. From our own coverage: Select Board weighs housing trust funds for Kent Street. Also in today's brief (7 items): Ghost kitchen concept Wonder opens on Harvard Street; Library marks …
Brookline's Select Board approved a $4 million-linked housing deal and debated banning election-day meetings.
Select Board opens hearings on 20-article fall warrant amid fight over housing trust funding cap. From our own coverage: Park and Rec seat pits four contenders against each other; Fall warrant hearings open housing trust funding fight. Also in today's brief (13 items): 9-day MBTA Green …
The Brookline Recreation Department announced this week that all grass athletic fields in town are closed because of wet field conditions, an alert posted to its website without a specified reopening date. The closure could affect youth and community groups that use town grass fields fo…
Four Brookline-connected obituaries were published this week: Kear, Alan D.; Shaked, Varda; Shandalov, Felix; and Snell, Bradley Allen. Snell's notice, posted through the Boston Globe, identifies him as a grandson of Stanley Blinstrub, former owner of Blinstrub's Village in South Boston…
Brookline opens an affordable housing lottery for one unit at 24 Juniper Street. Also in today's brief (9 items): Affordable housing lottery opens for Juniper Street unit; Brookline schools closed Monday for Yom Kippur; Library hosts edible bird feeder program today; Why Driscoll's roof…
Brookline is remembering retired Judge Julian T. Houston, a longtime resident who died September 10 at 82. The Boston Globe reports Houston was a retired Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Brookline Public Schools will close September 21 for Yom Kippur, and the Brook…