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Town Meeting emails: June 1 to July 1, 2026
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (122+ words) Brookline. News Brookline. News is publishing the latest emails from the Town Meeting Members Association listserv, which were obtained as part of an ongoing public records request. In these messages sent between June 1 and July 1, 2026, Town Meeting members discuss Town…...
The new Select Board wants to push for more development. Here's where they're looking
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (441+ words) With a newly-elected majority of pro-development candidates, the Select Board is starting to plan out its next moves. At a recent meeting, Kara Brewton, the town's director of planning and community development, laid out possible development priorities over the next…...
Town Meeting members push town to pay colleagues' legal fees for ethics investigation
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (238+ words) A majority of Town Meeting members have signed on to a letter asking the Select Board to pay the legal fees for five of their legislative colleagues who were investigated over their advocacy related to a trash pickup contract." In…...
With statewide ballot question dead, what's next for Brookline's own rent control effort?
2+ day, 3+ min ago (967+ words) The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to remove a statewide rent control question from the November ballot has left supporters and opponents of Brookline's own rent stabilization proposal divided over what the ruling means for the town's years-long effort to…...
Two Brookline leaders weigh in on DA race, endorsing Djuna Perkins
3+ week, 4+ day ago (549+ words) Two Brookline Select Board members, Chair David Pearlman and Bernard Greene, have endorsed Djuna Perkins, one of six Democrats competing to become Norfolk County's next district attorney." The Sept. 1 Democratic primary is expected to be decisive in the heavily Democratic…...
What John Van Scoyoc and Paul Warren learned about Brookline from being on the Select Board
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1063+ words) This spring saw more turnover than usual on Brookline's Select Board, as member Paul Warren decided not to run for reelection, and new candidates defeated incumbent John Van Scoyoc at the polls. " At the end of Van Scoyoc's six years…...
Reflecting on School Committee service, Nobrega decries 'austerity mindset"
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (909+ words) Professional local journalism in Brookline MA On Election Day in early May, instead of running for reelection, School Committee member Mariah Nobrega was making one last push to win votes of approval for the largest by-dollar override ever in Massachusetts....
Town Meeting calls for higher pay for elected officials; study of police connections to ICE
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1285+ words) Professional local journalism in Brookline MA Town Meeting this week narrowly approved a resolution that calls on the town to introduce stipends for School Committee members, who are currently unpaid, and increase the existing stipends for Select Board members." Warrant…...
Superintendent's mass email about override violated campaign finance law, state agency says
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) Professional local journalism in Brookline MA Superintendent Bella Wong violated campaign finance laws by using Public Schools of Brookline staff time and the district's email system to send a message in support of the tax override that was ultimately passed…...
What to know as Town Meeting gets ready to vote on Brookline's biggest redevelopment project in decades
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (906+ words) Professional local journalism in Brookline MA After two years of planning, it's crunch time for Brookline's biggest redevelopment project in decades. Town Meeting will vote on Thursday, May 28 whether to rezone an office park on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill to…...