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23 Nov 2024
I'm hanging on to this account to keep an eye on what's happening on Twitter (aka search "Brookline" once a day) but I don't plan on posting here anymore (because it sucks!)
I'm posting more on bsky, with a similar username
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Shuttering E&E News goes directly against what management told staff earlier this year, when our colleagues were asked to consider buyouts. A message from PEN Guild leadership 👇
Jun 8
New: Politico is folding E&E, the energy trade publication it bought in 2020.
The company says it is reorganizing its energy coverage under the Politico brand and launching a series of new state and global energy newsletters.
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Sam Mintz retweeted
14 Jun 2025
Vaivars crushes it off the block, and the Brookline @bhs_warriors are your division 1 boys volleyball state champions! Brookline wins the fourth set 25-15 for its first title since 1992! @brookline_news
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17 Jan 2025
We are hiring a part-time reporting intern for the summer at @brookline_news .
This is a general assignment position in a great news town, and you'll be a key member of our small newsroom right away. Learn more and see how to apply at the link:
brookline.news/wp-content/up…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
8 Jan 2025
Oh shit — the meteor was a metaphor for climate change?!
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8 Jan 2025
let's not forget what matters, which is David Sirota's movie
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Sam Mintz retweeted
5 Jan 2025
that people now feel less inclined to drive from 61st street to 79th street seems to be a pretty good argument for congestion pricing...
5 Jan 2025
CONGESTION PRICING: Upper East Side resident Andrew lives on 61st street and 5th Avenue, in Congestion "Relief" zone, the second he moves his car, he’s hit with a toll.
His kids live on 79th street and he will have to pay congestion price every time he goes to see them.
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15 Dec 2024
Current plans for a $29m reconstruction of Washington St in Brookline call for separated bike lanes along the corridor, a major boost for bicycle safety.
But local biz owners say resulting loss of 64 parking spaces too big a blow for their storefronts
brookline.news/major-washing…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
15 Dec 2024
🧵[3/10] | Otro mensaje de optimismo. Éste es de @samjmintz (@brookline_news), quien confía en el cambio de hábitos de las comunidades locales: recuperar la confianza, ser útiles para los lectores y poner en valor la información de calidad.
🔗niemanlab.org/2024/12/commun…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
8 Dec 2024
Breaking news: An oil spill in the Muddy River near Longwood Station today has left a sheen on the river's surface and coated ducks and geese in oil on either side of the bank.
Emergency responders still working to figure out the source and cause.
brookline.news/wildlife-thre…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
8 Dec 2024
Property taxes on apartment buildings in Brookline are going up 8%, the biggest jump in a decade. Renters could end up on the hook.
Plus, how your property taxes are set to change if you own a single-family or condo in Brookline.
brookline.news/property-tax-…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
3 Dec 2024
The Country Club, an exclusive and elite golf club in South Brookline, was fined and cited by the state attorney general for violating child labor laws this August, according to state records obtained by @brookline_news
brookline.news/the-country-c…
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19 Nov 2024
Hey capitol press corps: It's not that hard to say "trans women" instead of adopting the transphobic dog whistle that Nancy Mace is using.
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Sam Mintz retweeted
18 Nov 2024
80’: Brookline 1, Wellesley 1
Oh my goodness.
@bhs_warriors equalizes with two seconds to play. Literally two seconds.
Sydney Freese, who had two goals in the quarterfinals, heads home Anna Leschly’s free kick from 55 yards out.
OT upcoming.
@GlobeSchools
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18 Nov 2024
The "DEI is making aviation less safe" thing remains one of the more transparently and infuriatingly bullshit right wing talking points out there.
(I'm allowed to say this now that I don't cover FAA or aviation, right?)
18 Nov 2024
NEWS - Trump picks former congressman Sean Duffy as transportation secretary. Trump statement says Duffy "will make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers."
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17 Nov 2024
Town leaders in Brookline including the police chief, Select Board and a number of school principals are pushing to restore the practice of placing police officers in schools.
brookline.news/town-leaders-…
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17 Nov 2024
The supposed smartest guys out there pretending that it takes time and effort to remember when someone wants to be called by different pronouns than the (also made up) ones they were using before. Give me a break.
Also the AOC tweet he's responding to is misinfo lacking context
16 Nov 2024
Pronouns probably weren't sustainable because they were a demand on people's time and effort. Suddenly everyone was expected to do this thing that they never had to do before, just to...signal solidarity or something?
Americans' default answer to demands on their time is "No".
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Sam Mintz retweeted
17 Nov 2024
I did about a half dozen front page stories about Trump’s tariff in The Washington Post during the campaign. It is true that I can’t literally go around and hold people’s eyeballs open Clockwork Orange style and force them to consume what I write
16 Nov 2024
Then why is it that AFTER the election, people who voted for Trump are just learning what tariffs will do to the economy? Why was there barely any reporting disputing Trump’s claims about them & allowing him to lie and say he’d create a great economy?
I truly want to understand.
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Sam Mintz retweeted
15 Nov 2024
Wondering what Town Meeting is or does? Start with our guide to Brookline town government:
brookline.news/the-brookline…
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Sam Mintz retweeted
15 Nov 2024
Town Meeting starts next week. Read about some of the zoning proposals which elected members will consider, plus brief descriptions of every article to be debated.
brookline.news/town-meeting-…
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