Brookline News

To celebrate its fifth anniversary, baby gear and toy store Magic Beans is giving away some top-notch goods on its website throughout July.

A man with three prior drunken driving convictions is under arrest again after police say he drove drunk, ran a red light, and then tried to flee officers who pulled him over.

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has announced a handful of signing events to promote his new book, "Hit Hard." The tour will take Kramer to six bookstores around the country, beginning with an appearance on Monday, July 6th in Brookline, Massachusetts and ending with a visit to Henderson, Nevada on July 26th.

Profile Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who holds a PhD in Pharmacology.

Simply put, Joan Wickersham is a writer, tapping out everything from a novel, "The Paper Anniversary,'' to short stories, NPR commentaries, even architecture columns.

"Really Big Show, Bangkok, Thailand'' is one of 16 black-and-white photographs by John Martino on display at the Brookline Arts Center.

State grants going out to museums, theaters, and arts and education centers for repairs, expansions, and buildings A worker, Bob Taggart, closes off a window on the second floor of the John Ball House, home to the Concord Art Association.

Are these the same trees that smell like sneezes? You know, that sweet floral-hay-pollen-mucus smell that appears momentarily after a sneeze? There's some tree in Brookline, probably Boston too, that smells like that.

His caddie was a 10-year-old kid. He worked at a sporting-goods store, and needed to ask his boss for time off to even play in the Open.

Maybe Tom Brady should stick with football. The quarterback fell out of a kayak a few weeks ago in Brookline, Massachusetts' Charles River - and had to be fished out by a local teacher, 7 News Boston reports.

It's a strange news day for the Bundchen-Bradys. Between alleged pregnancies and near-drownings, Gisele and Tom have had a lot to deal with.

Tremont Street was teeming with drag queens, politicians, scantily clad go-go boys and an endless array of colorful parade floats on June 14 as the South End served as ground zero for the 39th annual Boston Pride Parade, a celebration of the city's LGBT community.

After a monthlong hiatus, Town Meeting resumed last week. Finance Committee chairman Allan Tosti said town officials had hoped the break might give them enough time to get a better sense of what the state's fiscal year 2010 budget might look like before committing to a $113 million spending plan for Arlington.

TOM HERDE/GLOBE STAFFDemita Frazier of Green City Growers works with Stacey Barker on Barker's backyard garden.

Four years after their daughter died after checking into Bournewood Hospital in Brookline for drug-rehabilitation treatment, an Arlington family is proceeding with a lawsuit that charges the institution gave her a powerful combination of pharmaceuticals and then did not monitor her properly for adverse effects.

First, we take a look at the shingle-style home of Joan Lautenschleger and Jack Cummings in Brookline, Mass.

Massachusetts is holding another low-number license plate lottery. Up for grabs this time out are 169 of the state's most sought-after plates, including 7A, 3333, V36 and 66X.

If you're one of those people who loves good food, thrills at finding a great deal, and enjoys sharing your finds with others, then three is your new lucky number.

Paul Levy is the President and CEO of Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center in Boston.

The town of Brookline appears likely to shut down the dozen surveillance cameras it installed along major intersections just two months ago.