Community Corner
Five Things You Need to Know: March 3
Neighbors nervous about noise, crime on the rise, more talk about Hancock Village.
- Town planners and developers will meet with neighbors at the Baker School tonight to talk about the latest plans for a massive housing development at Hancock Village in South Brookline. The discussion is likely to focus on the financial impact of the project on the town.
- The number of reported crimes in Brookline went up last year, but it was still one of the most peaceful years on record, according to a report from the Brookline Police Department.
- Town officials are from a developer until they can come up with better ways to reduce the ear-shattering noise of planned demolition work on Fisher Hill.
- The Planning Board will hear the latest proposal for zoning changes along Davis Path, where neighbors had fought plans for a four-story medical building before the developer yanked its proposal for lack of funding.
- Brookline Access Television is holding a at its Tappan Street studio tonight. Space is very limited and some prerequisites are required, so be sure to call ahead.
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