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Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs 3% Water, Sewer Rate Increase

Brookline's Select Board approved a 3 percent increase to water and sewer rates.

Townbrief reporting · May 19

Government · Select Board

Board Votes to Raise Parking Fines to $45

The Brookline Select Board elected David Pearlman chair and voted to raise parking fines for the first time since 2007.

Townbrief reporting · May 12

Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs Chestnut Hill West zoning deal

Brookline Select Board clears Chestnut Hill West zoning, locks in no-override budget.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 28

Government · Select Board

Select Board Opens Hearing On Rewritten ADU Rules

The Brookline Select Board opened hearings on a rewritten ADU zoning bylaw after the state attorney general struck down parts of the town's 2024 law.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 21

Government · Select Board

Board Awards $3.18M Harvard Street Contract

Brookline's Select Board approved a $3.18 million contract to repave Harvard Street over objections from cyclists seeking protected bike lanes.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 14

Government · Select Board

Select Board Presses Staff To Fix Override Calculator

Brookline's Select Board pressed staff to revise an online calculator estimating the cost of a proposed $23.25 million property tax override after members said it could mislead voters about future tax bills.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 7

Government · Select Board

Brookline board reaffirms override ballot question

The Brookline Select Board voted to reaffirm its vote placing an operating override question on the May ballot and locked in a tight mailing schedule for the required information booklet.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 31

Government · Select Board

Select Board sets $23.25M override question

The Brookline Select Board voted to place a single $23,254,439 override question on the May 5 ballot, rejecting a lower-funded alternative.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 24

Government · Select Board

Brookline Select Board Eyes Tiered Override Up to $23 Million for May Ballot

BROOKLINE -- March 17, 2026, Brookline Select Board opens debate on tiered property-tax override of up to $23.25 million. The board held its first of up to three override deliberations at a March

Townbrief reporting · Mar 17

Government · Select Board

Board weighs delaying Chestnut Hill rezoning vote

The Brookline Select Board stopped short of a final decision on whether to delay a May 26 special town meeting on Chestnut Hill rezoning after a second developer, Growth Companies, objected days before the vote.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 10