Brookline|News|
Brookline Teachers Union To Hold Rolling Rally From Larz To BHS
The car “care-a-van” rally Monday is to protest the public education cuts that have come amid a $6.3 million school budget deficit.
Jenna Fisher, Patch Staff
Jenna Fisher, Patch Staff
- Brookline, MA
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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Brookline|News|
Brookline Town Meeting To Be Held Virtually: What To Know
Town officials decided rather than attempt to hold it in person, to follow a number of other communities and use Zoom and phone technology.
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Brookline|News|
Man Sues Brookline Police, Town For Racial Discrimination
The man said the department has a "de facto policy" of inadequately addressing "citizen and other complaints of police."
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Waltham, MA|News|
Waltham Black Lives Matter Rally To March Down Lexington Street
Saturday, hundreds are expected to march down Lexington Street to Leary Field in a racial justice demonstration.
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Brookline|News|
Brookline Coronavirus Cases Still Under 375
Brookline's rate of cases is 579.33 per 100,000 people.
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Chelmsford, MA|News|
Chelmsford Coronavirus Cases Near 340
Town and state health officials say it's presumed that there are untold numbers of undiagnosed cases in all communities.
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Waltham, MA|News|
Waltham Library To Create Quarantine Community Art Project
The Waltham library is working on a community art project to highlight the creativity in the city that happened during the past few months.
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Newton, MA|News|
Punches Thrown In Webster Woods Over Dogs
A dog walker said she was attacked, but a man with white hair said he was the one attacked.
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Newton, MA|News|
The Shops At Chestnut Hill Are Open Again
The Shops At Chestnut Hill reopened Wednesday after three months of closure.
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Waltham, MA|News|
Waltham High School Project Gets Neighborhood Liaison
The mayor appointed Bill Hanley to work with Councilor Caren Dunn and neighbors as the High School construction project begins.
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Newton, MA|News|
Newton Coronavirus Count Continues To Slow
In the past week two more people died after testing positive for the virus, but that number is down from previous weeks.
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Brookline|News|
Brookline Town Election Turnout: Less Than 18 Percent
According to the Town clerk's office data, Brookline has done better in past years, when it comes to turnout.
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Newton, MA|News|
Newton Group Asks City To Cut Police Budget By 10 Percent
Amid demonstration against racial injustice, a group lead by young Newton voters are asking that the mayor readjust her 2021 budget.
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Waltham, MA|News|
Lexington, School Streets Project Nears Completion In Waltham
Until the end of this month, however, watch for sidewalk repairs and manhole work.
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Chelmsford, MA|News|
Lowell Man Arrested In Connection With Guns Sale On SnapChat
A Lowell man was arrested Wednesday and charged in connection with advertising the sale of a firearm on Snapchat.
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Brookline|News|
Brookline To Raise Banner To Support Black Lives Matter: Greene
Chairman of the Board of Selectman Bernard Greene announced the move Tuesday night.
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Waltham, MA|News|
Waltham City Council Eyes Black Lives Matter Resolution
The resolution would support the Waltham Police Department's recent denouncing of the actions by police in the death of George Floyd in MN.
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Brookline|News|
Brookline Election: Hamilton, VanScoyoc Win Seats On Select Board
Contender Eric Hyett conceded the race to Heather Hamilton and John VanScoyoc early Tuesday night.
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Newton, MA|News|
Newton City Council Meeting Interrupted With Racist Rants
"We have a situation in the chat right now, where someone is, frankly, using racist language and is harassing people," said one councilor.
Jenna Fisher, Patch Staff
Brookline|News|
Davis Path Footbridge Demolition To Happen During MBTA Shutdown
Brookline is set to complete the demolition of the bridge during the second of two nine-day shutdowns of the MBTA green line's D branch.
Jenna Fisher, Patch Staff
