Category: Brookline.News
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What’s that smell? Sewer pipe work in South Brookline prompts complaints of odor, blocked parking
Insituform is a construction company that specializes in cured-in-place pipe refurbishment method, or CIPP. Some of its workers can be seen applying the technique on Larkin Road. Photo by Eli Pekelny. Some residents are complaining about the smell and steam…
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How a Brookline pediatrician’s positive take on trauma care went national
What is it that allows some children to flourish despite everything stacked against them? It’s a question that has long puzzled researchers, and one that helped define the work of Brookline pediatrician Dr. Robert Sege. As a pediatric resident in…
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Police officers again top the list of Brookline’s highest-paid employees in 2025
A child opens the car door of a Brookline Police cruiser in front of a member of the Brookline Police Department Animal Control at Brookline Day on Sept. 14. Photo by Kate Kotlyar Nineteen of the town’s 20 highest-paid employees…
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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…