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Jenna covers Brookline, Newton and Waltham. She is also the field editor for Charlestown, Chelmsford and Westford.
After graduating from Columbia Journalism School she moved to Boston in 2007 to work for The Christian Science Monitor for several years, including as Asia desk editor. She eventually made the switch to local journalism where she covered Brookline and Newton for GateHouse Media. She joined Patch in 2017. She's a runner, swimmer and loyal flip-flops fan. She knows how to throw a frisbee and has a love-hate relationship with coffee.
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A car crashed through the window of a tile store in Chestnut Hill Tuesday.
John Oliver of Ward 1 and Tarik Lucas of Ward 2 were elected to the City Council Tuesday in a Special Election to fill two open seats.
Mark Carota the vice-chairperson for the town's Zoning Board of Appeals is making a run for Select Board.
Thursday the school committee will choose who will take over for Bill Olsen when he steps down at the end of the school year.
The Town's Recreation department said its hoping to clear up confusion surrounding a process that left a number of residents outraged.
The owner of a Newton landscaping company was charged Monday with tax evasion. Authorities said he underreported about $384,000 in taxes.
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Waltham High School Associate Principal Brenda Peña will slide into her new role as principal July 1.
The family of the man who was fatally shot last month by police during a mental health crisis wrote a letter to the Boston Globe.
Everything you need to know about voting in Newton for the election March 16.
Why April Danielson is running for a seat on the Chelmsford Select Board.
The JV Fletcher Library will reopen for browsing soon, according to Westford's town manager.
Prosecutors said after the man robbed the bank, he made a customer walk with him for about a block, before the customer got away.
The 3-alarm fire forced one woman to have to drop her baby from a second floor to the arms of police and then jump herself.
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"If approved by Governor Baker, our plans are to hold Early Voting," the town clerk's office said.
A whopping 92 percent of those 75 and older have received at least one dose in town, while 47 percent of them are fully vaccinated.