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Boomers and Beyond: Brookline Senior Center announcements
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Food commodity: Due to COVID-19, the senior center conducts its modified Food Commodity program outside the senior center. Participants pick up their food at specified appointment times wearing masks and maintaining strict social distancing. Any low-income senior older than 60 wishing to participate in the program to receive 35 pounds of shelf stable food on the third Wednesday of each month should contact Patricia at 617-730-2743 or pburns@brooklinema.gov.
New no-contact activities with Brookline High School SHOP students: COVID-19 has put many Brookline Senior Center programs on hold in the way that they have been implemented for so many years. This includes the SHOP program. However, the students are still eager to help seniors with no contact activities. No contact is essential as seniors are in the very high risk category and young people who often do not exhibit symptoms may be positive and could ina
Will Brookline Town Meeting stay remote in 2021?
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Brookline’s first forays into remote Town Meetings proved largely successful: The spring and fall sessions saw no Zoom-bombings, minimal technical difficulties and a higher level of participation, even as the nights wore on.
Now, Town Meeting Moderator Sandy Gadsby is hoping to keep the momentum going.
In a memo to the Select Board, Gadsby requests the upcoming May 18 annual Town Meeting be held remotely, a change permitted by state laws expanding remote participation in municipal meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I have determined that it is necessary and in the best interests of the Town, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, that these Town Meetings be held through remote participation of the Town Meeting Members and other participants rather than as in-person meetings,” wrote Gadsby, who is also up for re-election May 4.
Boomers and Beyond: Brookline Senior Center announcements
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Food commodity: Due to COVID-19, the senior center conducts its modified Food Commodity program outside the senior center. Participants pick up their food at specified appointment times wearing masks and maintaining strict social distancing. The February distribution will be held Feb. 17. Any low-income senior older than 60 wishing to participate in the program to receive 35 pounds of shelf stable food on the third Wednesday of each month should contact Patricia at 617-730-2743 or pburns@brooklinema.gov.
New no-contact activities with Brookline High School SHOP students: COVID-19 has put many Brookline Senior Center programs on hold in the way that they have been implemented for so many years. This includes the SHOP program. However, the students are still eager to help seniors with no contact activities. No contact is essential as seniors are in the very high risk category and young people who often do no
League of Women Voters of Brookline to host workshops
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The League of Women Voters of Brookline will host two virtual meetings in February.
“How (and Why) to Run for Elective Office in Brookline” will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 8. Participants will hear from current office holders about the positions they could run for in the town’s May 4 town election. To participate, email ErnestAFrey@comcast.net with “How to Run” as the subject line. The workshop will also be available via simulcast on Brookline Interactive Group channels. It will be available for later viewing through the BIG website.