The Public Library of Brookline held a drop-in Adult Crafternoon Saturday and lined up five summer programs for the week ahead. Coolidge Corner hosted the craft session alongside an origami workshop, continuing the library's summer push under its Plant a Seed, Read! banner. Next week br…

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 adopted a ten-year Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Thursday, charting a path to net-zero emissions by 2050. The town's move comes as Brookline Public Health's extreme heat emergency stretches into its second day, with cooling centers open through Saturday, August 8. Elsewhe…

Brookline Public Health declared a heat emergency from Thursday through Saturday amid a dangerous heat wave. The Aug. 6-8 emergency opens cooling centers around town as forecasts point toward a 90-degree high, according to the town's News Flash alert. At the library, origami expert Jing…

Brookline's library pressed ahead with its summer reading push as tax bills became due. The library held a Hands on Nature seed mosaic session Tuesday for children 5 and older as part of its Plant a Seed, Read! program, with an ELL conversation group, movie matinee, and kindergarten tra…