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Brookline Select Board Approves Town-School MOU, Authorizes $146,000 for Housing Planner

Brookline Select Board approves town-school partnership MOU and $146,000 housing trust transfer at summer workshop.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board Finalizes Chestnut Hill West Deal

Brookline Select Board signed the Chestnut Hill West memorandum of agreement with City Realty. Vice Chair Michael Rubenstein called it "a very big deal for the town of Brookline" after "over two decades" of work, following Town Meeting's passage of related zoning articles the prior week.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 2

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