Category: Brookline.News
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10 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Brookline
As Brookline observes Pride Month, there are many opportunities to celebrate across town. Below is a selection of local LGBTQ+ owned businesses, upcoming Pride events and other avenues to support and engage with the Brookline LGBTQ+ community throughout the remainder…
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At 102 years old, local artist showcases ‘one-of-a-kind’ prints at Gallery 93
Nyna Brael Polumbaum’s life has been filled with firsts. She was in the first class of graduates from New York’s High School of Music and Art in 1940. She was one of the first families to form a utopian, cooperative…
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After fire, East Coast Divers recovery is fueled by community efforts
Signs of a recent fire linger in the boarded windows and scorched walls of a scuba shop on Boylston Street. Alongside the damage, newly spray-painted artwork is visible on the storefront: the business’s logo set ablaze, a phoenix-like image staff…
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A third space for creativity: Brookline Village’s Hipstitch offers hands-on crafting for all ages
With schools letting out next month, Hipstitch , a sewing and crafting studio in Brookline Village, is gearing up for its busiest time of the year. As staff prepare to host summer camps, they hope to provide kids with more than just…
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Five months after fire, Washington Square businesses still wrestling with insurance, electrical issues
Two businesses remain shuttered five months after an electrical fire broke out at a commercial building in Washington Square. Heat and smoke damage forced the Painted Burro, a Mexican restaurant formerly known as Burro Bar, and Vinodivino, a wine shop, to close…
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‘People are starting to boil over’: Police link increasing assault arrests in Brookline to domestic violence
Brookline police cruisers. Photo by Zoe Zekos. Brookline police have been arresting people on assault charges at rates significantly higher than the statewide average, a stat that Brookline police officials attribute in part to domestic violence. From 2023 to 2025,…
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The 65 bus route is changing. Here’s what Brookline riders need to know.
Brookline officials say upcoming route and service changes to the MBTA Route 65 bus will improve connections to employment hubs such as the Longwood Medical Area and locations accessible by the Orange Line and the Commuter Rail, though some riders…