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Early voting for the State Primary opens in Brookline Saturday, Aug. 22, and continues through Aug. 28, the Town Clerk's office announced, as the town also preps a DPW trash amnesty collection for the week of Aug. 31 and a Household Hazardous Waste drop-off Aug. 25. The Brookline Public…

Brookline Public Library booked a screening of "The Librarians" with a panel on book bans for Sept. 10. The screening's panel will address the wave of book challenges and bans playing out across Massachusetts communities this year, and it will run at the Brookline Village branch's Hunne…

Brookline adopted a 2026 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan this week, a 10-year strategy toward net-zero emissions by 2050. Town officials framed the plan as a comprehensive roadmap for reducing emissions over the coming decade, releasing it alongside the August Town Administrator News…

Brookline High School ranked among Massachusetts' top public high schools in U.S. News's new 2026-27 rankings, per Brookline Patch reporter Benjamin Pierce. The rankings, based on six performance measures, arrive as the Sept. 1 primary approaches; Brookline.News published a guide to a b…

Brookline added new accessibility requirements for electronic submission of Town Meeting warrant articles this week, town officials announced Monday. The change, posted to the town's News Flash feed Aug. 17, updates how residents prepare digital filings ahead of upcoming Town Meeting se…