Message from the founders

Founders (left to right): Fred Perry, Ellen Clegg, Irene Sege, Julie Rafferty, Iris Adler, Colette Phillips.

Why We Need Non-profit, Local News It can be pretty hard to find out what’s going on in Brookline. That’s why we are launching Brookline.News. 2500 newspapers shuttered Brookline is far from unique in its lack of local news coverage. In the last 15 years, more than 2500 newspapers have shuttered across the country, and… Continue reading Message from the founders

Message from the editor

Welcome to Brookline.News! It is my honor to serve as founding editor. As a (for now) one-person newsroom, it’s been a baptism by fire: I have had to quickly learn about the inner workings of Brookline town government, while meeting for the first time many of the people who are part of our local democracy,… Continue reading Message from the editor