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By adamg - 10/13/23 - 11:38 am
Clips that converted guns into automatic weapons

Clips on Silvestri's guns that converted them to fire bursts of bullets from a single trigger pull. Photos by ATF.

A federal judge yesterday sentenced Stewart Silvestri, 24, to 42 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of unlawful possession of machine guns for the guns, ammunition and drugs he admitted State Police found in his car at a deserted truck-weighing station near the New Hampshire line, where he'd pulled in to try to sleep off some of the drugs he'd taken. Read more.

By adamg - 10/11/23 - 4:50 pm

Brookline.news reports one member of the town Advisory Committee - which studies proposed ordinances forTown Meeting - tore into some Brookline High students who had the unmitigated gall to propose ordinances to ban the sale of animals in local shops and the use of elephants and other animals in any circuses that might visit the town. Read more.

By adamg - 10/7/23 - 1:14 pm
Geese on the Muddy River

Brooks Payne captured some geese in the Muddy River along the Riverway section of the Emerald Necklace.

By Sasha Patkin - 10/5/23 - 10:47 am
Girl Sküll performs at Brookline Porchfest

Girl Sküll performs at Brookline Porchfest. Photo by Sasha Patkin.

"Everyone hydrating?" Grace Buchanan, the lead singer of Girl Sküll, called out to the small crowd which had gathered outside on the quiet, leafy Brookline street.

“As we say in my household, hydrate or die straight!!" Buchanan cried, pulling a series of faces and then leading the band into a thunderous, appreciatively garage-grunge, punk-screamo number that shook up the gray, sleepy day and caused passing children on scooters to plug their ears and hurry past. Read more.

By Sasha Patkin - 9/26/23 - 4:12 pm
 Loaded Latkes with smoked salmon and dill sour cream

Loaded Latkes with smoked salmon and dill sour cream. Photo by Sasha Patkin.

“Knish Happens," "Love you a latke," "Almost Kosher," and "Got Matzo Balls?"

Zaftigs in Brookline knows its brand, and its tongue-in-cheek T‑shirts are as iconic as the fresh takes on Jewish cuisine that it serves. Read more.

By adamg - 9/25/23 - 8:57 pm
Car that hit the trolley

Photo by Transit Police.

Transit Police report two people suffered minor injuries when a drive heading towards Cleveland Circle turned left against a red light and hit an outbound C Line trolley that had the right of way at Beacon and St. Paul streets around 6:50 p.m.

The driver was cited for running a red light, police say.

By adamg - 9/24/23 - 3:44 pm

WBUR reports that Roula Kappas, who bought New Paris Bakery in Brookline Village with her husband in 1988 is closing the shop so she can retire to Greece. Read more.

By adamg - 9/17/23 - 9:09 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Dok Bua on Harvard Street in Brookline is closing on Sept. 27, after 20 years in business.

By adamg - 9/5/23 - 12:00 pm
Kang Lu

Update: Lawsuit dismissed.

A now former radiologist who currently lists a Brookline address last week sued the state in federal court seeking a ruling that the Second Amendment gives him the absolute right to own guns and that Massachusetts can just stuff its gun-registration laws. Read more.

By adamg - 8/30/23 - 11:43 am

Brookline.news reports how local synagogues are reacting to the Aug. 18 bomb hoax called into Temple Beth Zion, where Rabbi Claudia Kreiman moved her congregation outside to continue its service "while the lights of a firetruck flashed behind them."

By adamg - 8/19/23 - 8:01 am

Brookline Police report that Temple Beth Zion received a bomb threat Friday evening - the latest in a string of such hoax bomb calls to Jewish congregations across the country. Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:19 pm

The MBTA reported at 11:42 a.m. that it had gone to D Line bustitution between Fenway and Reservoir "due to excessive water at Brookline Hills."

By adamg - 7/26/23 - 8:30 am

Brookline.News reports the Coolidge Corner Theatre, which is showing both "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie," sold more tickets their opening weekend than on any other weekend in history.

By adamg - 7/19/23 - 9:04 am

Brookline.News reports the Public Library of Brookline has decided to stop charging late fees on overdue books and will wipe the slate of existing fines, saying the $10,000 a year it had been collecting is far outweighed by the value of having its three branches truly open to all. Boston stopped collecting late fees after the outset of the pandemic, then made that permanent in 2021.

By adamg - 7/12/23 - 8:31 am

Brookline.News reports some Brookline residents are organizing a campaign to ask voters to approve a commission that would study how to turn the town into a city - with another vote on whatever that commission comes up with. Read more.

By adamg - 6/22/23 - 9:31 am

Northeastern Global News reports:

The members of the interdisciplinary impact engine, known as iSUPER, will install more than 100 stationary pollution sensors in Brookline and Chelsea, and also patrol greater Boston streets in a van outfitted with monitoring equipment to detect pollutants on a neighborhood level.

By adamg - 5/8/23 - 5:41 pm
Brookline turkey

Michael A. Burstein reports seeing three turkeys on Tappan Street in Brookline today, but that only one approaching the size of Rhode Island.

By adamg - 5/2/23 - 9:45 pm

Lisa Kashinsky reports that William MacGregor has won the special Democratic primary in the 10th Suffolk District (West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Brookline) over Robert Orthman and Celia Segel, which means he will likely succeed former state Rep. Ed Coppinger since there are no Republican or other candidates for the final later this month.

By adamg - 5/1/23 - 11:45 am

Democratic voters in the 10th Suffolk state representative's district (West Roxbury and parts of Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Brookline) vote tomorrow in a special primary to determine who gets on the ballot later this month, but since there are no Republican or independents running, the winner will most likely replace Ed Coppinger, who resigned from the seat earlier this year. Read more.

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