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Wonder ghost kitchen opens Harvard Street location

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 …

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Board opens hearings on housing trust cap fight

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 …

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Brookline opens affordable housing lottery for 24 Juniper Street unit

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…

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Brookline Remembers Retired Judge Julian Houston, Dead At 82

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…

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Brookline Voters Head To Polls Tuesday For State Primary

Brookline voters go to the polls Tuesday for the state primary, with the Markey-Moulton Senate race atop the ballot. The town's News Flash confirms precincts open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on September 1, while Brookline Patch reports the Democratic Senate primary clash between Sen. Ed Mark…

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Brookline Library Launches Community Catch-up Speaker Series

Brookline Public Library launches a new Community Catch-up speaker series at its Putterham branch this week. The social hour, opening Thursday, Sept. 3, brings local guest speakers to the branch alongside two other new fall offerings: an offsite Caffe Italiano conversation group at the …

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Single deed recorded in Brookline as August sales data remains limited

Norfolk County Registry of Deeds recorded just one Brookline home sale between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2026: 168 Gardner Road, which sold for $2,910,000 on Aug. 5. Sellers Sarah K. and Jonathan M. Abbett transferred the property to buyers Ira P. Michaelson and David Gerrie. With only one recorded

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Brookline DPW Offers Trash Amnesty Collection Week Of Aug. 31

Brookline's DPW will offer trash amnesty collection for town service customers the week of August 31. The program waives normal curbside limits for Town Trash Service customers from August 31 through September 4. Brookline Public Schools students return September 3, with a PreK-8 Teache…

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Brookline Adopts Climate Plan Targeting Net-Zero By 2050

Brookline adopted a 2026 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, a 10-year strategy aimed at reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, town officials announced Friday. The move came alongside a Department of Public Works Trash Amnesty Collection set for the week of August 31 and the release of t…

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Brookline Students Return To Class September 3

Brookline Public Schools students return to class Thursday, September 3, opening the new school year districtwide. The Public Library of Brookline is easing into September with calligrapher Debby Reelitz's brush-lettering class and two other programs on September 10, alongside a Friday …

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