Community Corner
Five Things You Need to Know: Feb. 8
Intergenerational discussions, controversial hearings and a drive to support a library a half a world away.
- The Brookline Reads series continues at the Coolidge Corner Theatre this afternoon with an between Brookline High journalism students and Brookline seniors. The talk is based on the film “His Girl Friday” and participants will probe the question: “What is journalism?”
- The Brookline Board of Selectmen will meet tonight and consider a controversial plan for relocating polling places for precincts 12 and 13 while the Runkle School is under construction. Also on the agenda is a discussion about the possibility of a at the municipal golf course.
- For the month of February, all proceeds from the Friends of the Brookline Library book sale will go toward in Brookline’s sister city, Quezalguaque, Nicaragua. The Friends sale is now located in the basement of the Main Library, adjacent to the new .
- In case you missed it, we debuted a new feature called last night with a discussion of the controversial “tiger mother” style of parenting. Moms Talk will appear on Brookline Patch every Monday, for be sure to check back each week for the latest discussion. And look for more new parenting features throughout the week.
- Speaking of things you may have missed, make sure you catch about our editor’s near miss with a runaway dump truck on Chestnut Hill Avenue yesterday afternoon.
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