Category: Brookline.News
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With words and actions, Brookline clergy take on ICE
The Brookline Interfaith Clergy Association is condemning ICE operations nationwide, calling on Brookline to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities and demanding action from local officials. “As faith leaders in Brookline, we stand together at a moment of deep moral…
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How growing up in South Africa influenced a Brookline professor’s work on refugees
Karen Jacobsen, a Brookline resident of almost 30 years, said she has “one of the best jobs in the world.” At 67, the author and professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University has dedicated her…
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Brookline housing groups team up for third holiday toy drive
Two Brookline housing organizations are banding together for the third time to bring holiday cheer to children of families in need. The Brookline Housing Authority and the Brookline Community Development Corporation organized their annual Brookline Holiday Toy Drive to provide…
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Brookline housing groups team up for third holiday toy drive
Two Brookline housing organizations are banding together for the third time to bring holiday cheer to children of families in need. The Brookline Housing Authority and the Brookline Community Development Corporation organized their annual Brookline Holiday Toy Drive to provide…
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‘The need is huge’: Retired Brookline attorney fights to protect immigrant children amid changing legal system
Jacob Walters started the most gratifying work of his life after he retired. At 76, the former zoning attorney and longtime Brookline resident now spends his hours volunteering in local probate courts representing immigrant children as he seeks to secure…
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Outside Coolidge Corner Theatre’s signature event, its workers rally for contract
The Coolidge Corner Theatre Union held a rally Wednesday night to demand improved wages and working conditions as contract negotiations with theater management persist. Around 30 demonstrators, some members of the union, held signs and chanted by the theater entrance,…
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‘A Renaissance man’: Actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke honored with 2025 Coolidge Award
Actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke was honored Wednesday night as with the 2025 Coolidge Award, a recognition of outstanding and original contributions to cinema. Hawke is a four-time Academy Award-nominated actor famous for critically acclaimed films including “Dead Poets Society,”…