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🌱 Patch AM: How long does Beacon Street really take by bike, car, or T?
Be sure to catch Change Your Mind, Change Your World: with International Buddhist Teacher Kadam Morten on the Brookline Patch calendar
Cheers Brookline! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How long does Beacon Street really take by bike, car, or T?
- How worried should Brookline be about Flock's new surveillance cameras?
- Brookline just hosted its own climate rally—here's why it matters.
Also on today's calendar: Change Your Mind, Change Your World: with International Buddhist Teacher Kadam Morten and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.
- Thursday: More clouds than sun, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
- Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Car, bike or Green Line? Putting the Beacon Street gauntlet to the test (brookline.news) — Reporters raced by bike, car, and Green Line from Cleveland Circle along Beacon Street through North Brookline to Cafe Landwer near Park Drive, and the bike won easily. Their informal test highlights how downhill stretches, parking hassles, and MBTA delays shape real travel times for Brookline residents, even outside rush hour. 
• Threat or menace? Police abuses of Flock's spycams renew a simmering debate over their use. (dankennedy.net) — Brookline now has Flock license-plate cameras quietly monitoring local streets, part of a fast-growing surveillance network across Massachusetts. The piece details police abuses in other cities, questions Flock's civil-liberties impact, and contrasts it with other technologies like ShotSpotter as communities weigh safety against privacy.
• Climate Activism Groups Hold Demonstration in Needham Center (needhamlocal.org) — Climate activists recently rallied in Needham Center, and organizers say they held a similar demonstration in Brookline the previous weekend to push lawmakers on climate action. The Needham event tied into a national campaign, highlighted local climate impacts, and urged residents and Congress to prioritize stronger environmental policies.
📸 Around Brookline
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookline
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★ Featured events ★
- Change Your Mind, Change Your World: with International Buddhist Teacher Kadam Morten →
Renaissance Boston Seaport District, 606 Congress St, Boston
3:30 pm - Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online →
Online Webinar,
3:00 pm
Saturday August 29
Wednesday September 16
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Other local events
- [CLASS FULL] ELL - English for Beginners
Newton Free Library 3rd Floor Rear Arc
6:00 pm - Wednesday Write Night
Newton Free Library Room B
7:00 pm - Make Way for Storytime
Newton Free Library Children's Program Room
10:00 am - English Club ELL Read Talk
Public Library of Brookline Brookline Village - First Floor, Brookline Village
10:30 am - Back to School Storytime
Newton Free Library Children's Program Room
4:00 pm - Visiting Day
Oak Hill Middle School 130 Wheeler Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459
5:00 pm - Free Spanish-English Language Exchange - Brookline →
1773 Beacon St, Brookline
11:30 am - Jazz/Rock Ensemble Auditions & Open Jam →
25 Kennard Rd, Brookline
4:00 pm - Brookline Music School Chamber Music Auditions →
25 Kennard Rd, Brookline
5:00 pm - Tango! Tango! →
St. Paul's Church 15 St Paul St Brookline, MA United States
5:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Saturday August 29
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Sunday September 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Crew Member in Brookline. Apply here.
- Oracle posted a job opening for Oracle Health Federal Senior Learning Consultant - 100% travel in Boston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brookline here.
🗞 Nearby News
Newton
- Newton's West Nile Virus Risk Raised To High (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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