Electric cars are growing in popularity and charging stations to serve them (like the one at left, in Coolidge Corner) are sprouting in Brookline. But did you know that there were electric cars and places to charge them in town more than 100 years ago? The Boston Globe in December 1911 listed all of the… Continue reading Brookline Then and Now: Electric cars and charging stations
Category: Then and Now
Brookline Then and Now: Tracing local news 1855-2023
Brookline.News finds its place in the long history of local news in Brookline. It starts with The Young American, founded by two teenage boys, and includes The Cypress (formerly The Sagamore), the Brookline High School student newspaper founded in 1895 that remains the town’s oldest and longest running local news outlet. Take a look at… Continue reading Brookline Then and Now: Tracing local news 1855-2023