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On this episode of the Brookline.News podcast, Brookline.News Editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group Executive Director Jessica Smyser talk about the stories behind the closing of two iconic local businesses, and a new kind of surveillance technology in Brookline.

On this episode of the Brookline.News podcast, Brookline.News Editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group Executive Director Jessica Smyser talk Town Meeting, union strife at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, and a good news story about food deliveries gone amok.

On this episode of the Brookline.News podcast, Brookline.News Editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group Executive Director Jessica Smyser break down the results of last week's local election, from the override to Town Meeting.

Moderated by Sam Mintz of Brookline.News and Jessica Smyser of BIG, our guests are three members of the Expenditures and Revenues Study Committee: Sadaf Kazmi, Janet Gelbart and Cliff Brown. They have spent the past year studying the town’s financial situation and preparing a comprehensive report. We hear the report and answer questions submitted ahead of time, as well as questions from those watching the live stream.

This episode was originally a live streamed discussion held on April 15, 2026. To watch the video go to https://youtu.be/4pwt8cXI-jg?si=JB6KCUmy0HlHAwAy

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including an impending override vote, a change at the Brookline Chamber and a new development project with micro apartments

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including a controversial development project in Chestnut Hill, plans to bring more bikeshare stations to town, and how pastry magic happens at Lakon Paris Patisserie.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including school budget cuts, the numbers behind January's winter storm and a local dog walker and unicycle rider.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including an investigation into housing costs, a school official's lawsuit and the town's new deal with Comcast.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including a high-profile tragedy, a final push for a big new development, and a wrap-up of the year in news.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including a blow to the city charter campaign, a lawsuit over a pedestrian's death and why 53 Brookline residents are getting $750 a month.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including the death of former firefighter Gerald Alston, the opening of a new Verizon store in Coolidge Corner, and a key hire in Brookline schools. Plus, a special segment from the field, with reporter Ashley D'Souza taking a look at Brookline's mini-forests.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including a community mobilization in response to food benefit cuts, a change to a key town climate goal, and a Brookline soccer star's meteoric rise.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including a new form of surveillance, a No Kings rally in Coolidge Corner, and a Brookline boy's rise to start a successful shaving company.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news, including an FBI investigation in Brookline that never was, the closing of several local Starbucks locations, and a feel-good brain surgery story.

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news, including the collapse of a key equity program at Brookline High School and two new restaurants in Brookline. Reporter Vivi Smilgius joins as a special guest.

**Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including sinking sales in the cannabis industry, toxic chemicals found at the Pierce School construction site and a new restaurant which is a love letter to empanadas. **

Brookline.News editor Sam Mintz and Jessica Smyser of Brookline Interactive Group discuss the latest news, including protests at a popular local bookstore, controversy over a transitional housing program and an introduction to Brookline's new school district leader. re

Sam Mintz of Brookline.News and Jessica Smyser of Brookline Interactive Group discuss the latest news, including why trash is piling up, the latest on controversial bus lanes in Brookline Village, school leadership turnover and the story behind two popular Buy Nothing Facebook groups.

"Sam Mintz of Brookline.News and Jessica Smyser of Brookline Interactive Group discuss the latest news, including ICE arrests in Brookline, a synagogue's zoning victory, an artificial blood philanthropist and matcha mania."

**Sam Mintz of Brookline.News and Jessica Smyser of Brookline Interactive Group discuss the latest news, including Town Meeting, a popular new restaurant coming to Brookline, and a BHS senior's mad dash of a graduation day. **