Wesley Lowery is being oddly sympathetic toward alleged abuser Max Miller over on Twitter, and then you open up his wikipedia and get this jumpscare of a reminder
Sam Mintz
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Editor at Brookline.News, a nonprofit news site covering the town of Brookline, MA. Before this, I was a reporter covering transportation and energy policy in DC and Boston.
Suing your personal injury attorney for legal malpractice because your slip and fall case got dismissed. Now that's America
I would like to know the story behind this sign in a cemetery, nowhere near a golf course
Exclusive: Bad actors have used Flock's massive camera network as a powerful weapon for intimate surveillance. Authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law-enforcement officers of using license-plate readers for unauthorized purposes.
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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Body camera footage shows tense moments when Brookline police officers responded to an incident where ICE agents were scuffling with a detainee in Chestnut Hill. The officers decline to translate and stop a bystander from bringing the detainee a bottle of water. "We can't get involved."
Here's what it looks like when ICE comes to Brookline, seen through the body cameras of Brookline police officers who responded to an incident in May. brookline.news/new-body-cam...
The AI guys are running out of ideas so the latest product idea is a podcast that talks to your children for you
I interviewed Jason Poulous last night, the progressive challenger to Jake Auchincloss in the MA 4th congressional district. We talked money in politics, Israel, ICE, housing, AI and more. Watch or read the transcript here: brookline.news/video-interv...
Video: Interview with congressional candidate Jason Poulos - Brookline.News
Brookline.News spoke to Jason Poulos about his run for Congress, his stance on AI, Jake Auchincloss' support from the pro-Israel lobby and more.
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It's not an easy or fun or likely conversation but I wish we could talk about how to pursue media coverage of criminal trials like the Lindsay Clancy case that tries to make the world a better place, rather than the current status quo that leads to such grotesque and unproductive discourse.
The hottest take I've ever seen in my life: That the Centre Street parking lot is the "best part of Coolidge Corner"
New York Post claiming that Mamdani admin publishing the names and addresses of thousands of new York city property owners is "doxxing" is truly telling on themselves because anyone who has done an ounce of actual reporting knows that information was already public in deed records
If you showed Disclosure Day and Odyssey to someone who had never seen a movie before, their first reaction would be "what are all these moving images on this screen" but their second would be absolute shock that Spielberg is widely considered a better director
A public records request reveals how @mayorwu.boston.gov's election-year "review" of transportation projects created a duplicate layer of authority inside City Hall that fomented confusion and stalled urgent safety initiatives: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/22/f...
Failures of Communication and Accountability Plagued Mayor Wu's Election-Year 'Review' of Transportation Department - Streetsblog Massachusetts
An internal "30 day review" of city transportation projects that Mayor Wu requested during her re-election campaign last year was supposed to improve the public's trust in the city's ability to manage...
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Was an over-55 age restriction keeping Chestnut Hill's newest apartment building from finding tenants, or was it rents starting at $6,000 a month? brookline.news/after-debate...
After debate over age restriction, new Chestnut Hill building will be open to all renters - Brookline.News
The building at 1180 Boylston Street was designed, marketed and permitted for residents 55 and older, but the developer had trouble finding tenants.
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Jake Auchincloss, facing a progressive challenger in September's primary (though reportedly up 47 points per internal poll), votes with 100 fellow House Dems to cut off military assistance to Israel. Auchincloss been among the more pro-Israel Dems and received more than $1m from pro-israel PACs
hello i am here to tell you actually probably don't need to be panicking about the explosive diarrhea parasite a thread: www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
No, You Shouldn’t Avoid Fruits and Vegetables Due to Cyclospora - Consumer Reports
A parasite called cyclospora has sickened thousands with explosive diarrhea. Here's what you must know and how to reduce your risk of infection.
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Latest Brookline real estate nonsense in this week's data dump: A 183 square foot "condo" goes for $140,000
Awful, I knew of Louisa by name and reputation as someone who devoted an incredible amount of time and energy to working for safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/09/m...
Cycling advocate and city worker killed after being struck by car near Roxbury Crossing, family says - The Boston Globe
The 36-year-old woman "was a dedicated public servant to the City of Boston and passionately advocated for safer streets,” her sister said.
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The Public Schools of Brookline will start formally reviewing student artwork before it is displayed at school-sponsored exhibitions after an investigation into a piece at a recent Ridley School art show that depicted a sharpened stick piercing an Israeli flag. brookline.news/brookline-sc...
Brookline schools will review student art after Ridley show included piece with pierced Israeli flag - Brookline.News
The Public Schools of Brookline will start formally reviewing student artwork before it is displayed at school-sponsored exhibitions after an investigation into a piece at a recent Ridley School art s...
brookline.news
Perhaps Ro Khanna should rethink where he paints his red line next time, because this red line missed a whole lot that should have been disqualifying
BREAKING Congressman Ro Khanna has withdrawn his endorsement of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and called on him to drop out. This comes after Politico published allegations of sexual violence against Platner.
let this be a lesson to deal with your feelings of gender anxiety and masculine inadequacy with a hobby or therapy or something and not a high stakes senate election
if only there had been like dozens and dozens of signs he had serious character deficiencies
It was absolutely inevitable that Trump would get involved in the world cup in a way that would completely ruin the good vibes that were building against all odds
The owners of Party Favors in Brookline recently announced their store's closure. But it's a decision forced by rising costs, not a retirement by choice, and the Pergantis family is still hoping they can find a financial lifeline to stay open in some form. brookline.news/forced-to-cl...
Facing closure over rising costs, Party Favors owners search for a lifeline - Brookline.News
Asking for community support, and hoping to find a benefactor with funds to help them keep afloat, John and Mary Lynn Pergantis aren't quite ready to call it quits despite announcing the store's closu...
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Looked it up in the dictionary, and yeah, it turns out they're right: Socialism is when you politely ask people to turn up their ACs a little bit so that the grid doesn't explode
Here's the "more to the story" of the recent closure of iconic Brookline restaurant Golden Temple. Court docs show an acrimonious family feud with allegations of millions of dollars of theft, restaurant mismanagement, and a decade without paying income taxes. brookline.news/behind-golde...
Behind Golden Temple’s closure: Siblings feud in court, allegations of stolen millions and a federal labor investigation - Brookline.News
Court documents paint a picture of an acrimonious family feud with allegations of millions of dollars of theft, restaurant mismanagement, and a decade without paying income taxes.
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While most other national news outlets are leading their sites with Trump's billion dollar crypto corruption right now, WaPo would like you to think about whether the trans rights movement has gone too far.
This is probably not at the top of anyone's list of problems with AI but the amount of pro se legal filings that I see while reporting is absolutely skyrocketing
End of an era for one of the most interesting and inexplicable restaurants in Brookline, which really had a strong cult following in the neighborhood. I've already heard from two (!) people who met their spouses there, presumably after hours as it morphed from a Chinese restaurant into a club
Golden Temple has closed its doors for good after 66 years serving Chinese Food and nightlife in Washington Square. Have memories of this Brookline landmark you want to share? Put them in the comments or email smintz@brookline.news and we'll compile and publish them. brookline.news/golden-templ...
Extraordinary, enraging excess on display here (and I absolutely feel the same about Schefter, Chams etc who make much more.) You could fund a local newsroom for three or four years on this and the amount of good it would do in the world would be infinitely more than scooping NFL free agencies.
Very interesting to see the conservative Taxpayers Protection Alliance putting out this pro-data-center explainer. Not sure that's very well aligned with Republican voters on the ground www.protectingtaxpayers.org/datacenters/
The Truth About Data Centers - Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Data Centers: Separating Fact from Fiction Data centers have become a flashpoint in local and national policy debates. Claims about energy use, water consumption, costs, and community impacts are spre...
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