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New Bluebikes Contract Takes Effect, Focused on Expansion and E-Bikes
The greater Boston region has a new contract for the municipally-owned Bluebikes bikesharing system.
April 16, 2026
Family Members Lament Light Sentence for Driver Who Killed Tamar Vishlitzky
Joshua Quimby of Billerica received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to motor vehicle homicide.
January 8, 2026
Family Sues State Police Over Death of ‘Matriarch’ Killed In Brookline Crosswalk
A Mass. State Police trooper drove into Margie Mendez, 86, in a crosswalk on Route 9 earlier this year.
December 4, 2025
Brookline Begins Detailed Design For Beacon Street Bridle Path
"It's green for climate resiliency, it's creating green infrastructure that can absorb stormwater, and it's green transportation," says Sean Lynn-Jones, President of the Brookline Greenspace Alliance.
October 27, 2025
Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue
Buses would also use the proposed new Green Line E branch transitway to bypass traffic between Heath Street and Brigham Circle.
August 25, 2025
Region Seeks New Operating Contract for Expanding Bluebikes System
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council, on behalf of the municipal owners of the Bluebikes system, has issued a 'request for proposals' for private-sector operators who can manage the system for the next five years.
May 2, 2025
A State Cop Ran Her Over In a Brookline Crosswalk. Now Her Grandchildren Demand Answers.
A Mass. State Police officer drove into Margie Mendez in a Brookline crosswalk, inflicting fatal head injuries.
April 15, 2025
Brookline Select Board Endorses Major Washington Street Redesign
The project would improve sidewalks and build curb-protected bike lanes between Beacon Street and the Brookline Village Green Line station.
February 14, 2025
MBTA’s Green Line Accessibility Project Will Consolidate Stops in Brookline
By the end of 2026, Brookline will have two fewer Green Line stops, but riders will get faster transit trips and upgraded stations as part of the T's efforts to make the C branch fully accessible between Cleveland Circle and Kenmore Square.
December 17, 2024
Eyes On the Street: State Conservation Agency Converts Asphalt to Parkland In Newton
A dramatic transformation of Hammond Pond Parkway in Newton demonstrates what can happen when the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) actually prioritizes conservation and recreation over traffic and pollution.
December 2, 2024
