Category: Brookline.News
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After flood of interest, town scraps search for cemetery caretaker
Brookline canceled its request for proposals seeking a caretaker for Walnut Hills Cemetery. The town has been looking for a Walnut Hills caretaker since August. One full bid cycle passed without the town receiving a single proposal, and almost an…
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After wrestling with long COVID, a Brookline writer hopes her card game will help others talk about chronic illness
Denise Brodey wants to make chronic illness support more fun and accessible. The former Forbes health journalist created SPIKE!, a card game for chronic illness peer support groups , to help people tell their stories. She developed SPIKE! in the…
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Brookline officials urge ‘yes’ vote on Question 9 to keep 2024 gun law
State Rep. Tommy Vitolo and Brookline officials launched a local push Saturday for a “yes” vote on Question 9, the ballot measure about whether Massachusetts should keep its 2024 gun law. The measure asks voters whether to maintain or repeal…
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Brookline celebrates some of its oldest residents with the ‘Party of a Century’
Francis DiMento, who is 99½, came to Monday’s celebration of Brookline’s oldest residents with one goal. “I’d like to meet some people who are older than me,” said DiMento, a Brighton native and Navy veteran of World War II who…
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Walnut Hills Cemetery needs a new caretaker. No one is dying to have the job.
Walnut Hills Cemetery needs a new caretaker — but no one wants the job. The town has been advertising the position since August and hasn’t received a single application. At an open house for the South Brookline property Wednesday, only…
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A new animal hospital is coming to Harvard Street
Massachusetts’ first branch of the national veterinary chain Livewell Animal Hospital is slated to open November 2 on Harvard Street. Livewell’s parent company, Mission Pet Health, partners with local veterinarians to give them the business backing to operate local animal…
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Brookline’s new renters handbook tries to inform tenants facing eviction about their rights and resources
The Brookline Housing Authority’s Trustman apartment building. Photo by Brennan Kauffman When a Brookline tenant gets an eviction notice, town officials want a guide to their options to arrive alongside it. That is the idea behind the Town of Brookline…