Category: Brookline.News
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Framers’ Workshop celebrates 50 years in Brookline
From branded meter sticks and holographic stickers to a Polaroid selfie station, Framers’ Workshop brought the community together Sunday to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The independent framing store has been doing just that since April 1976, offering professional custom and…
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Five candidates are running for four seats on the Board of Library Trustees
Five Brookline residents are running for four seats on Brookline’s Board of Library Trustees. The Board of Library Trustees is a 12-person elected body with four seats open for election each year. Trustees oversee the library’s budget, services and policies.…
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Two progressives and a Brookline Republican will try to unseat Auchincloss in 4th District race
The race for Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District is ramping up as Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Newton Democrat first elected in 2020, seeks reelection while facing challenges from two progressive Democrats and a Brookline candidate running an unconventional Republican campaign. Brookline…
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Across three Seders, what ‘freedom’ meant to Brookline this Passover
Passover began as it always has, with an ornate, often hours-long Seder meal unfolding in homes, synagogues and community centers across Brookline. The rhythm and ritual of each Seder is as varied as the Jewish diaspora, at its core a…
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A decades-old state law is squeezing budgets in Brookline and beyond. Local legislators aren’t eager to change it.
As Brookline voters go to the polls next month for the second time in three years to vote on a property tax override – this time for roughly $23 million, the largest in state history if approved — local legislators don’t appear…
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Wegmans will offer delivery service to customers of Chestnut Hill pharmacy after it closes
Wegmans is offering free prescription delivery services to customers of its Chestnut Hill pharmacy, which is closing Saturday. Jeff Freilich, who started a petition asking Wegmans to keep the pharmacy open, has been working with Julie Lenhard, the supermarket chain’s pharmacy services…
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Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis made history in Brookline, and hasn’t stopped giving back
Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis holds her Black Excellence on the Hill award. Photo by Eli Pekelny Everything fell into place after Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis saw an ad in the paper. The ad was recruiting people for the Brookline Police Department. At the time,…