🌱 Patch AM: How Brookline’s 2019 scooter pilot helped spark statewide safety rules

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In today's newsletter:

• How Brookline's 2019 scooter pilot helped spark statewide safety rules

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 is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
• Saturday: Some sun, nice and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• MA: As e-bike, e-scooter use grows, Massachusetts weighs new safety rules (masstransitmag.com) — Massachusetts officials are weighing new safety rules for e-bikes and e-scooters as use surges statewide, building on recommendations from a 2024 commission and Gov. Healey's proposed Ride Safe Act. Brookline gets a nod for launching the state's first shared e-scooter pilot back in 2019, a sign of how quickly micromobility has grown and now demands clearer regulations.
   

📸 Around Brookline

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookline

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Change Your Mind, Change Your World: with International Buddhist Teacher Kadam Morten →
  Renaissance Boston Seaport District, 606 Congress St, Boston
  3:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online →
  Online Webinar,
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Canines at Coolidge Corner
  Public Library of Brookline Meeting Room - Coolidge Corner, Coolidge Corner
  5:30 pm
• Board Game Club
  Newton Free Library Room B
  6:00 pm
• Party Games & Ice Cream
  Newton Free Library Teen Area
  6:30 pm
• Hooked on Books Club
  Newton Free Library Druker Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• [CLASS FULL] ELL - Conversation for Beginners
  Newton Free Library Virtual
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Free Spanish-English Language Exchange - Brookline →
  1773 Beacon St, Brookline
  11:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Jazz/Rock Ensemble Auditions & Open Jam →
  25 Kennard Rd, Brookline
  4:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Brookline Music School Chamber Music Auditions →
  25 Kennard Rd, Brookline
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Tango! Tango! →
  St. Paul's Church 15 St Paul St Brookline, MA United States
  5:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• World Rhythms: International Dance Across Cultures →
  United Parish in Brookline, 15 Marion St, Brookline
  6:03 pm

📣 Brookline Shout Outs!

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• Eileen Strong O'Boy Real Estate — (617) 513-4343
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• RARE Restoration — (617) 969-7273
• Feng Shui Restaurant & Bar — (781) 817-6256

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Rittenhouse Hotel posted a job opening for Room Attendant - Housekeeper in Brookline. Apply here.
• Hersha Hospitality Management posted a job opening for Room Attendant / Housekeeper in Brookline. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brookline here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newton

• Opus Newton marks first year with full occupancy, focus on middle-income senior living (figcitynews.com)

Cambridge

• Cambridge Shooting Suspect To Remain Held Without Bail (patch.com)

Ok Brookline! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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