Take deep breaths. Focus on the background music. Stare at the Châteauroux Shooting Centre floor and notice the rogue blade of grass, flower or bug flying around. Ada Korkhin was locked in on the shot process in her Olympic debut last week, but the 19-year-old Brookline native tried everything to distract her from the nerves… Continue reading Olympic memes and ‘ginormous’ facilities: Brookline Olympian Ada Korkhin recounts her experience in Paris
Category: People
From courtroom to forge: Retired Brookline lawyer discovers joy in blacksmithing
When Andrew Good started to wind down his 45-year career in law, he was looking for something completely different in retirement. Like many people, Good, a Brookline Village resident since 1978, wanted to reinvent himself and explore a new path in life. He first tried literally running away from his work with long-distance running, but… Continue reading From courtroom to forge: Retired Brookline lawyer discovers joy in blacksmithing
Local charm and fresh finds endure at Brookline Farmers’ Market
Standing on the corner of Centre and Beacon Streets on a summer Thursday afternoon, you might hear the tinkle of a rusty tin cowbell as Brookline Farmers’ Market Co-Director Abram Faber welcomes in a crowd of awaiting customers to buy fresh fish and local produce. Faber rings the same bell that his predecessor Arlene Flowers… Continue reading Local charm and fresh finds endure at Brookline Farmers’ Market
Crowds celebrate at Juneteenth block party despite scorching heat
[metaslider id=35671] Hundreds of people braved extreme heat to celebrate Juneteenth at a block party outside the Florida Ruffin Ridley School on Wednesday. The holiday, on June 19 every year and a federal holiday since 2021, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. The Brookline event, put on by an organization called Brookline… Continue reading Crowds celebrate at Juneteenth block party despite scorching heat
Confrontations and vitriol disrupted rallies outside Town Meeting ceasefire vote
Two opposing rallies outside Brookline High School during last week’s Town Meeting at times devolved into shouting matches, which included profane insults lobbed at supporters of a ceasefire resolution, and the use of a chant seen by many as antisemitic. The controversial Town Meeting article, which was ultimately tabled without a vote or debate by… Continue reading Confrontations and vitriol disrupted rallies outside Town Meeting ceasefire vote
For Felina Silver, a personal quest for identity leads to civic leadership on Indigenous issues
In 2019, Felina Silver learned her mother had cancer. As relatives who were unfamiliar to her began reaching out to offer their sympathy, Silver realized she knew too little about her own family background. A DNA test, she decided, would be the solution. She had no idea back then just how much those test results… Continue reading For Felina Silver, a personal quest for identity leads to civic leadership on Indigenous issues
Photos: Rallies outside Brookline High School as Town Meeting voted on ceasefire resolution
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The hidden paths of Brookline
When standing in front of Temple Beth Zion on Beacon Street, you have three options to get to the top of Corey Hill. You can make the 0.8-mile walk that loops you up Westbourne Terrace and eventually to Summit Avenue. You can opt for an equally long walk the other way down Beacon Street to… Continue reading The hidden paths of Brookline
A Soviet arrest, crashing a Bat Mitzvah and dropping out at age 14: Brookline storytellers help mark one-year anniversary of Brookline.News
Six Brookline storytellers came to the main stage at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Thursday, May 16 to help celebrate the one-year anniversary of Brookline.News. Thanks to months of work by organizers Joanne Liautaud and Iris Adler and an army of volunteers, coaching by Stellar Story Company, and excellent MC work by WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti,… Continue reading A Soviet arrest, crashing a Bat Mitzvah and dropping out at age 14: Brookline storytellers help mark one-year anniversary of Brookline.News
Town celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Day with music, food and student essays on identity
[metaslider id=34949] Brookline celebrated Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Day last week. On Saturday, Brookline Village lit up with student performances, crafts and food at an event sponsored by the town, the Brookline Public Library and the Brookline Asian American Family Network (BAAFN). And on Wednesday, five Brookline high school students were honored by… Continue reading Town celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Day with music, food and student essays on identity
Gateway Arts marks 50 years of empowering artists with disabilities
[metaslider id=34724] Gateway Arts’ celebration of its 50th anniversary is continuing this month with an exhibit that spotlights its younger artists. The Brookline nonprofit organization, which provides art training, studio space and other support to people with disabilities, was founded in 1973 during the years of nationwide deinstitutionalization, when people with mental illnesses or developmental… Continue reading Gateway Arts marks 50 years of empowering artists with disabilities
Survey finds strong support for affordable housing development among Brookline residents
Most respondents to a town wide survey say it’s becoming more difficult to afford living in Brookline and support increasing taxes to build affordable housing. Results from the survey sponsored by Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity (BRJE) and conducted by MassInc Polling found that a majority of the respondents support housing development in response… Continue reading Survey finds strong support for affordable housing development among Brookline residents
Brookline man celebrates 600th platelet donation
Mel Stoler started donating blood platelets in the late 1980s, and he never stopped. 36 years after first walking past a table trying to recruit donors, Stoler, a lifelong Brookline resident, just hit a major milestone as he donated for the 600th time. He started, he said, because he learned that receiving donated platelets was… Continue reading Brookline man celebrates 600th platelet donation
In new exhibition, Brookline artist Pelle Cass displays ‘chaotic’ time-lapse photography
Pelle Cass’s most well known time-lapse photographs feature frenzied scenes of people playing sports or walking in public. Arms extend in every direction, balls fly around, and people cross in and out of frame. But the 69-year-old artist and Brookline resident would rather not venture out to snap shots – he prefers to be sitting… Continue reading In new exhibition, Brookline artist Pelle Cass displays ‘chaotic’ time-lapse photography
Photos: Lunar New Year celebration at the Brookline Public Library
[metaslider id=31828] On Saturday at the Coolidge Corner Library, a big crowd watched as the Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe put on a spectacular “lion dance” as part of the weeks of Lunar New Year festivities. The holiday, celebrated in China and other Asian countries, celebrates the first new moon of… Continue reading Photos: Lunar New Year celebration at the Brookline Public Library
Amid a statewide migrant shelter crisis, one family in need finds a temporary home in Brookline
As a flood of migrants overwhelms shelters and other resources in Massachusetts, one family that had been sleeping on the floor at Logan Airport has found refuge in the six-bedroom home of a Brookline couple whose nest has started to empty. For the family – 34-year-old Anthonyne, 38-year-old Edner, 15-year-old Naika, and 6-year-old Eduardo –… Continue reading Amid a statewide migrant shelter crisis, one family in need finds a temporary home in Brookline
Photos: Brookline celebrates MLK Day
[metaslider id=29164] The town of Brookline put on an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, on what would have been the civil rights leader’s 95th birthday. Select Board chair Bernard Greene, one of the lead organizers of the event, opened the day with a remembrance of Chobee Hoy,… Continue reading Photos: Brookline celebrates MLK Day
The five most-read Brookline.News stories of 2023, and how they came to be
As we come up on the end of the year, we at Brookline.News are feeling grateful to you, our readers, for supporting us as we launched this new endeavor . In that spirit, I wanted to pull back the curtain a bit to share with you which stories resonated the most with our readers, and… Continue reading The five most-read Brookline.News stories of 2023, and how they came to be
News in brief: Former Lincoln principal dies, Green Line closure coming next week
Long-time Lincoln principal dies Barbara Shea, who helped transform the Lincoln School during her 16 years as its principal, died on Nov. 28. Shea was appointed principal of the school in the fall of 1990, and she oversaw a physical move and a cultural shift that led the school to raise its academic achievement. She… Continue reading News in brief: Former Lincoln principal dies, Green Line closure coming next week
Changing of the guard at a ‘home away from home’ for families of children with cancer
Dawn Emerman first came to The Boston House in 1979. She was 4 years old, and she arrived from Maine with her mother and younger sister, Danielle, who was being treated for medulloblastoma at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital. The Boston House, then a Ronald McDonald House, became their home away from home, a… Continue reading Changing of the guard at a ‘home away from home’ for families of children with cancer