Martin Lieberman noticed a developing theme among signs people held to cheer on the runners today. Another example.
Hugmajesty watched the runners rolling by near Cleveland Circle: Read more.
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By adamg - 4/15/24 - 9:39 am
A roving UHub photographer reports from Beacon Street at Kent Street in Brookline, where the Green Line stop was supposed to remain open until 10 a.m., but which was closed at 8:40 a.m. Read more.
By adamg - 4/9/24 - 9:11 pm
Brookline.news reports the woman charged with the Longwood graffiti was recently fired from a job at the MBTA.
By adamg - 4/9/24 - 12:45 pm
Boston will get its annual pre-Marathon background nuclear radiation check Thursday through Monday, s o that's why you'll see (and hear) a blue and white copter flying loud and low over downtown and the Marathon route and downtown Boston - like 150 feet up at 80 m.p.h.
By adamg - 4/5/24 - 3:33 pm
Select Board Chairman Bernard Greene says the MBTA quickly responded to a town request to erase the "Zionist Pigs" and peace symbol somebody sprayed on at least one signboard at the Longwood Green Line stop yesterday.
Greene adds: Read more.
By adamg - 3/15/24 - 10:10 pm
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 - 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.
Pair got the max for the minimum after they pulled a knife at a Brookline clothing store, police say
By adamg - 1/23/24 - 10:53 am
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 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 - 11/15/23 - 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.
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