Posts in category Community Profiles

Change seems to be a constant at Party Favors.  The  two main, Beacon Street-facing windows of Coolidge Corner’s celebration-supplier, gift store and bakery, are constantly …

When I recently spoke with Abe Faber about his small business—Brookline’s Clear Flour Bread—and its involvement in the community, his first comments echoed what I …

Winter is the season of giving – as soon as the earth freezes over and the sun retreats and everything stops sprouting, humans do their …

“I always loved puzzles and games,” David Leschinsky, owner of Coolidge Corner’s board game and mindbender store Eureka!, said in between advising and chatting with …

When the last bell rings on weekday afternoons at Brookline High School, most students slam their books shut. They stuff their backpacks full of the …

Within the first few minutes of my recent conversation with Jim Solomon, the chef-owner of Brookline’s The Fireplace restaurant, it is clear he is tightly connected …

Walking into Healthworks in Coolidge Corner recently, I was bowled over by how tuned in it is to what women really need. Forget that the …

In August of 2010, Coolidge Corner got a new butcher; The Meat House on 1285 Beacon Street. Two long-time friends from Portsmouth, NH, Jason Parent …

Ask the average adult their thoughts on dance class and they’ll likely remember childhood recitals, rigorous practice, and, unless they went professional, leaving dance altogether …

Husband and wife team, Mary Lynn and John Pergantis bought Party Favors as an existing business in April of 1992. The store holds absolutely everything to …