Marissa Vogt

Display of banned children’s books at the Brookline Village library, presented in a wagon with signage saying “jump on the banned wagon”

Display of banned teen books at the Brookline Village library, presented in a wagon with signage saying “jump on the banned wagon”

Happy #BannedBooksWeek! Check out these adorable displays in the children’s and teen rooms at the Brookline Village library 📚

Families used to be able to get a basic 5-person membership for $150 (no parking) - but now a 4-person membership costs $200. Eliminating the basic membership option means that local families effectively pay for a benefit they may not even be able to use. Worse, it encourages more car trips.

I ❤️ you, @museumofscience.bsky.social, but your new membership plans are a real downgrade for families who make the effort to take the T or another sustainable transit mode. Membership costs for a family of 4 is increasing by 33% and the only major new "benefit" is the 3 hours of **free parking**.

We must’ve just missed you - saw the start of their set! There was also a yard sale on the street (our oldest got a skateboard, what could go wrong?! 🤦‍♀️) and a table collecting signatures to get the city charter commission on the spring ballot.

Poster advertising the Friends of the Brookline Library book sale

The Friends of the Brookline Library are hosting their annual book sale this weekend, which began today and continues tomorrow 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Hunneman Hall (Brookline Village). Lots of books, games, CDs & vinyl, movies, signed books, and more! Proceeds support library programs!

Oh no I am so sorry, I hope I didn’t ruin it for you 🫣😢

This is amazing and I love it and I want one but also I cannot get over the fact that this view of the red line makes no sense in real life. Would a Longfellow Bridge / Back Bay skyline really not have worked?!

A bit late to the party but here's your reminder that the articles coming up at the fall #BrooklineTownMeeting have been posted at www.brooklinema.gov/3599/Current... and you can track individual articles' public hearings at www.brookline.info thanks to AC (finance committee) chair Dennis Doughty

The MBTA is making much-needed and long overdue safety and accessibility upgrades to the C line! 👍

Unfortunately there is limited space for the expanded platforms and they’re choosing to prioritize space for cars (preserving left turn lanes and parking) rather than saving mature trees. 👎

We scanned our 4 passenger Amtrak QR code multiple times without difficulty but that’s a good example of how the fare gates lead to confusion and unnecessarily complicated travel.

The North Station fare gates scan Amtrak tickets so I expect the South Station ones will also work for both MBTA & Amtrak. (That said, I don’t like the fare gates at all.)

This is an amazing before & after.

Once again, any "environmentalist" who doesn't advocate for moving as quickly as practical to install protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, & more housing density near transit is failing. There are plenty like this where I live and they should be embarassed.

There have been a lot of really ugly public statements and posts on social media or email groups about this housing proposal but this message in the screenshot below was so positive and so eloquently captured how I hope our community will come together to support this program.

See how much parking costs at these 20 Massachusetts beaches - The Boston Globe At some beaches, it costs $45 to park on the weekends.

Hey @bostonglobe.com I’d love to see a guide to transit-accessible beaches rather than this car centric list. (My favorite is Old Orchard Beach in Maine — Amtrak stops two blocks from the beach and there’s an arcade, rides, & tons of fried dough and poutine.) 🏖️🎢

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/m...

Today is another heat emergency day in Brookline - but we don't have a town outdoor pool where folks can cool down, play, or take swimming lessons ☀️ 🏊 😎

Please sign the petition in support of building an outdoor pool here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I love that idea - I hope members of the public will reach out! You can find contact info for library admin staff at www.brooklinelibrary.org/about/contac... and maybe fill out the form at www.brooklinelibrary.org/request-purc...

The strong imbalance is an interesting observation, sure, but it’s possible most folks didn’t hear about it? (Sorry I didn’t read your article, I probably missed it in all of the other things going on that week with life, work, and Town Meeting.)

I unequivocally condemn this anti-Semitic act of political violence. My heart goes out to the owners, employees, and patrons of The Butcherie and to all of our Jewish neighbors and community members. Hate has no place in our community.

Sign the Petition Support safe routes to Hayes School and Eliot Playground

Please sign this petition to support increased pedestrian safety near the Hayes School and Eliot playground: chng.it/WQ2YxsT5 This item will be on the TBoard agenda next week and you can also show support by sending an email to transportation@brooklinema.gov

The ones in Brookline at Francis & Toxteth St and in front of the Lawrence School were recently repainted and look beautiful! 🏳️‍🌈

😝 I didn’t mean you!

I was actually mostly thinking of how extraordinary it was to see the current Moderator and a longtime former Moderator come down from the big kids podium and speak for or against a warrant article.

There have been some truly bizarre parts of the debate on WA 30 but it's mostly inside baseball and really hard to explain within the character limits here.

Articles 25-28 were uncontroversial and passed overwhelmingly and relatively quickly. We're currently debating WA 30, which has been amended but now asks the Select Board to appoint a new committee to "further augment" the work of the recent Moderator's Committee on Forms of Government.

It took ~13 minutes to get a quorum for the 4th and final night of #BrooklineTownMeeting but we've started off with article 25, a resolution stating Brookline's support for state legislation establishing a Climate Change Superfund.

After much debate, Town Meeting rejected (97-118-8) the finance committee's proposal to turn WA 24, which would create a home rule petition asking for permission to create a real estate transfer fee, into a resolution. We then passed the home rule petition form of WA 24, 130-84-13.

We’re up to article 23 - almost everything is going quickly and passing overwhelmingly. I think some folks are hoping we’ll finish with our remaining articles tonight but WA 24, the home rule petition for a real estate transfer fee, will likely take at least 30 minutes.

WA 16 passed overwhelmingly, 209-4-9, far surpassing the 2/3 needed because it was a zoning change 🚲. This is a great step to support sustainable transportation. (And long-term bike storage is a real problem in our older buildings -- I recently bought a bike and haven't found a good storage option.)

WA 12, a required update to our floodplain zoning regulations, was uncontroversial and passed overwhelmingly.

Now we're discussing WA 16, which would increase the requirements for long-term large bicycle parking in new buildings and long-term bicycle parking in new 100% affordable buildings 🚲

2025 Annual Town Meeting Night 3 Night 3 will begin at 7:00 on Wednesday June 4. We have made good progress covering the warrant thus far. The Town Meeting Progress Tracker has been updated. Looking ahead, the order for the remaining Articles is as follows: Article 29: Resolution: Declaring sanctuary status for transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse people Article 11: No motion offered Article 12: Establishing A Floodplain Administrator And Updates To The Floodplain Overlay District Article 13: Amend the by-laws election of Constables Article 16: Amend Zoning by-law in order to allow a higher % of bicycle parking to be dedicated to larger bicycles Article 17: Amend by-laws to restrict firearms in places that serve alcohol for consumption on-site and other medical/healthcare settings Article 18: Amend the by-laws sustainable food packaging. (Articles 18 & 19 debated together) Article 19: Amend by-laws for sustainable bags Article 21: Amend the by-laws to create a Commission on Thriving Children and Youth Article 22: No motion offered Article 23: Amend the by-laws to specify timely bylaw updates Article 24: Home Rule: Real Estate Transfer Fee Article 25: Resolution: Support of legislation to establish a Climate Change Superfund Article 26: Resolution: Prevent the forced payment of broker’s fees by tenants Article 27: Resolution: Back from the Brink of Nuclear War Article 28: Resolution: Affirming the Town’s commitment to democracy Article 30: Resolution: Forms of Govt Committee

#BrooklineTownMeeting is in the home stretch!

We've started with WA 29, a resolution that declares Brookline’s support for the rights and safety of transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals in our community, including students. The article passed unanimously, 198-0-10.
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Pride flag on display outside the Brookline village branch of the Brookline Public Library

Happy Pride month, Brookline
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