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Crafts fair going green for the holidays

As retailers gear up for Black Friday shopping, area holiday arts-and-crafts fairs are offering a slew of environmentally friendly gifts. Boston Globe, 11:29 a.m.

Architect hired to study fire stations

Brookline has hired Boston architecture firm Donham & Sweeney to study the town’s five fire stations and report back on whether the floors of the buildings are strong enough to support the weight of new fire trucks, and whether the doors are big enough to get the vehicles in an out. Boston Globe, 11/25/09
The sun has set on Northeastern football at Parsons Field in Brookline. (David Kamerman/Globe Staff/File) The sun has set on Northeastern football at Parsons Field in Brookline.

No more NU football at Parsons Field in Brookline

Despite the announcement that Northeastern is dropping football, there weren't any protests on Huntington Avenue, and the conversations among students walking to class were not about the team. Boston Globe, 11/24/09

New commissioner comes from ranks of Brookline's DPW

Selectmen picked a new leader for Brookline’s DPW Monday by promoting longtime employee Andy Pappastergion to replace retiring commissioner Tom DeMaio. Boston Globe, 11/25/2009

MAFCU raises $11,000 for the homeless

Medical Area Federal Credit Union has raised $11,000 for two organizations serving the homeless -- Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Coolidge Corner Hub, 11/23/09

Ugliest building in Brookline

This building is going up in Brookline Village. It's so ugly my 6-year-old asked if it was a jail. Why was this approved by the town? Joe Ranft, 11/22/09

The Fireplace owner and chef to be honored

Jim Solomon , chef/owner of The Fireplace in Brookline, will be honored by the Brookline Arts Center on Sunday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. till noon. Solomon has worked closely with the Brookline Arts Center and has been a generous contributor in a host of ways Coolidge Corner Hub, 11/16/09

Brookline Booksmith hosts The Good Men Project Dec. 1

When James Houghton and Tom Matlack, former partners in a venture capital firm founded by the latter, left the world of high finance and decided to collaborate on a book about the challenges men face, they soon learned that a book deal can be harder to negotiate than a multi-billion dollar deal. Publisher's Weekly, 11/16/09

Police reports Nov. 18-22

An assault occurred at 09 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Beacon St./ Center St. The victim reports that there was a verbal dispute between him and a cab driver. The cab driver stopped the car, pulled the victim out and physically assaulted him. The cab driver will be summonsed to court. Brookline Police Blog, 11/16/09
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