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Brookline (/ ˈ b r ʊ k l aɪ n / ⓘ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of Boston 's neighborhoods: Brighton , Allston , Fenway–Kenmore , Mission Hill , Jamaica Plain , and West Roxbury .
Brookline Village is one of the major commercial and retail centers of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States.Located just north of Massachusetts Route 9 and west of the Muddy River, it is the historic center of the town and includes its major civic buildings, including town hall and the public library.
Brookline is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,639 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] up from 4,991 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ] Brookline is home to the Talbot-Taylor Wildlife Sanctuary, Potanipo Pond , and the Brookline Covered Bridge.
The town was incorporated in 1705, and the site for its first meeting house and cemetery were chosen near what was at the time its geographic center. Brookline is unusual in Massachusetts in that its first town hall still survives: it is a stone structure built in 1825, now serving as the parish hall of the First Parish Church on Walnut Street. [2]
The village is served by the Brookline Public Schools, Newton Public Schools, and Boston Public Schools, depending on the city or town in which a particular residence is located. The neighborhood also features several private schools including Brimmer and May School (non-denominational, K–12), The Chestnut Hill School, and Beaver Country Day ...
Woodland was rebuilt for accessibility in 2006, followed by Longwood and Brookline Village in 2009. [36] [37] Reconstruction of Brookline Hills station took place from September 2019 to January 2022 as part of the construction of an expansion of Brookline High School. [38] Temporary work to make Newton Highlands accessible was done in 2019–2020.
A representative town meeting, also called "limited town meeting", is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and permitted in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Representative town meetings function largely the same as open town meetings, except that not all registered voters can participate or vote ...
[4] [5] In 1883, the Boston and Albany Railroad bought the line between Brookline Junction and Cook Junction and extended it to Reservoir as its Highland branch, running Newton Circuit service beginning in 1886. [6] A Richardsonian Romanesque station building, designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, opened in 1888 near the original station ...