This Week in Brookline: Oct. 10 - 16

The week started quietly, with many people off of both school and work for the Columbus Day holiday. Do know what year the holdiay was first marked? Our thumbnail look at the has the answer.

Pumpkin season has definitely arrived. Brookline Patch's Moms Talk columnist Adrienne Kerman told of what happened when she and her family went pumpkin-hunting a year ago.

Also on Monday we ran a photo gallery of Sunday's annual running of the -- more formally known as the Boston Athletic Association Half-Marathon.

First thing Tuesday morning was the debut of the . Join us every Tuesday morning for a video wrap of the most interesting stories from the area.

Also on Tuesday we had some photos of . The fashion was for a cause, as funds were raised for Christopher's Haven, an organization helping families with a child battling cancer.

And two longtime . Local 950 paid tribute to Tom "Bomber" O'Leary and Pat Berube at an annual retirement ceremony. Thank you, gentlemen.

In more firefighting news, Paul Ford, from the Fall River Fire Department, was appointed the .

Brookline Patch learned a little about in an interview with aviation lawyer Paul Bell.

The Brookline Department of Health issue a rabies advisory after .

In other local government news, Brookline Selectmen unanimously voted to of a whole slew of occupational licenses. The new requirements go to a special town meeting vote. Interestingly, only one Patch reader commented in protest.

Viewfinder took a walking tour of Brookline with an eye to discovering some of the town's historical sites and learn about the who lived here.

On Thursday, Brookline ophthalmologist Mark S. Hughes was sentenced to time and a fine for tax evasion.

Michael Burstein relates in the latest edition of The Brookline Parent about a good way to deal with .

Note that this weekend on the C Line between Kenmore and Cleveland Circle.