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By adamg - 3/15/24 - 10:10 pm
Car on its side

Ari Ofsevit captured a car on its side behind Temple Beth Zion on Lancaster Terrace in Brookline tonight. Based on the condition of the roof, looks like it was originally on its roof.

By adamg - 3/13/24 - 11:40 am

Cheryl-Anns' in South Brookline, closed since a 2021 fire, is kvelling this morning that it's gotten the final town permit it needs and it will re-open promptly at 7 a.m. on Friday - just in time for the shabbat rush.

By adamg - 3/6/24 - 11:14 pm

Brad in Lower Allston reports that New England Comics alerted customers tonight it's closing its store at 316 Harvard St. in Brookline on March 21 after 35 years in business there. Read more.

By adamg - 2/21/24 - 10:21 am

A housing advocacy group today sued a series of Boston-area landlords and brokers it says violated state law by refusing to consider prospective tenants who said they had Section 8 or other government housing vouchers. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 9:47 am

Brookline.News reports Brookline will soon raise the price for all its parking meters to $2 an hour - bringing them in line with what parkers have to pay across the line in the Hub. The extra money will go, in part, to fix broken meters, which could mean even more revenue.

One member of the Select Board said the increase will be fairly invisible since people nowadays mostly use an app to pay, which is far more effortless than rummaging around the center console for some spare quarters.

By adamg - 1/29/24 - 4:50 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports a California chain called Baby Cafe Kitchen is opening outlets on Brighton Avenue in Allston - in that spot where the laundry place used to be - and on Beacon Street in Brookline.

By adamg - 1/25/24 - 1:51 pm

At 1:45 p.m., the MBTA reported it was rolling out buses to take the place of Riverside trolleys between Reservoir and Kenmore due to a train that kicked the bucket at Brookline Village.

By adamg - 1/23/24 - 10:53 am
Wanted for armed robbery at TJ Maxx in Brookline

Brookline Police report they are looking for a pair of shoplifters who legally became a pair of armed robbers when one of them "brandished a knife when confronted" at the TJ Maxx store on Harvard Street near the Allston line on Jan. 15.

If they look familiar, contact Brookline Police at 617-730-2222.

By adamg - 1/5/24 - 3:59 pm

State Rep. Bill MacGregor, who represents West Roxbury and a smidge of Brookline, says he'll send a $5 JP Licks gift card to any young'un in Boston or Brookline who shovels out a hydrant when it's safe to do so after the weekend storm then has a parent take a photo on Instagram, tagged @votebillmacgregor and fills out a form.

By adamg - 12/30/23 - 9:43 pm
Rivera and Crosby

Rivera and Crosby photos by Brookline PD.

Brookline Police report arresting a pair of Boston men they say tried to hold up the Citizens Bank branch at 315 Harvard St. in Coolidge Corner around 11:15 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 11/20/23 - 9:58 am

The Heights reports on the state of BC's most recent acquisitions: The 23-acre former Mount Alvernia High School in Newton and the former Pine Manor College in Brookline. Read more.

By adamg - 11/15/23 - 11:14 am

Brookline.News reports on a rezoning proposal approved by Town Meeting last night. The measure would, among other things, allow four-story residential buildings "as of right." The vote comes a week after voters in neighboring and even leafier Newton voted out city councilors who supported more residential development there.

By Kaz - 11/13/23 - 11:36 am

According to an email sent to Brookline department heads and Town Meeting members, Brookline's town administrator Chas Carey is reaching out to residents to stop putting up the "Kidnapped" posters on public property in Brookline. Read more.

By adamg - 11/9/23 - 10:04 am

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng this morning released a proposed schedule for track repairs across most of the T subway system in 2024 that will mean more of the multi-day shutdowns riders have grown accustomed to over the past couple of years, but which he says will ultimately mean faster, smoother rides. Read more.

By adamg - 11/8/23 - 9:36 pm

The MBTA reports delays on the C and D branches of the Green Line due to "a track problem at Kenmore," bad enough to require bustitution between Kenmore and Fenway on the D Line and St. Mary's on the C Line. Read more.

By adamg - 11/6/23 - 10:39 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Shawarma King on Beacon Street is no more.

By adamg - 10/28/23 - 11:34 am
MBTA wire workers

They've been working on the wires, all the livelong day. Photo by MBTA.

The MBTA said yesterday it's identified the overhead power-line issues that have led to a recent spate of dead trolleys from the new Green Line Extension to the ancient tracks near Copley and on Beacon Street. The T also said it's working to keep them from happening again. Read more.

By adamg - 10/25/23 - 1:12 pm

The MBTA reports that a trolley on the C Line developed one of those embarrassing pantograph problems that keeps it from moving, at St. Paul Street, and so it had to summon the buses to provide alternative service along Beacon Street.

The Green Line has suffered a series of pantograph problems in recent days near Lechmere and Copley Square.

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