Trash Heap Behind Brookline Restaurants Has Been Piling Up For Weeks; Smell Extends For A Block

By Mike Sullivan, CBS Boston

September 11, 2024

BROOKLINE – A piling heap of trash behind new restaurants in Brookline has a stench reaching as far as a block away. People who work in the area say the festering mess has been mounting for weeks, and finally, the town is stepping in to do something about it.

The pile of trash overflowing from dumpsters sits on St. Mary's Court behind the series of restaurants. The mound of trash was so tall that it took removal crews most of the day Tuesday just to clean up what was in the parking lot. Brookline Town Manager Charles Carey called the trash level rare and unfortunate.

"I just got here an hour ago, and [the smell] reaches pretty far depending on the wind and the heat and all those things. It's unappetizing, to say the least," said Carey, "It's our understanding that there was a miscommunication between the owner of the building and their hauling company, and that resulted in trash not being able to be picked up."

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