Sam Mintz

Brookline real estate sales stayed steady in the early summer, with 34 home sales made in the first two weeks of June, ranging from a $10 million colonial on Worthington Road to a $440,000 condo on Washington Street.

Golden Temple, which has been a Washington Square landmark and a hub of Brookline nightlife for more than half a century, has shut its doors.

Despite a stormy end for the Golden Temple, for many patrons from Brookline and beyond, the Chinese restaurant in Washington Square was a place of celebration, milestones, family and good food.

Court documents paint a picture of an acrimonious family feud with allegations of millions of dollars of theft, restaurant mismanagement, and a decade without paying income taxes.

The latest quick updates from Brookline's Select Board.

The Public Schools of Brookline will start formally reviewing student artwork before it is displayed at school-sponsored exhibitions after an investigation into a piece at a recent Ridley School art show that depicted a figure holding a sharpened stick piercing an Israeli flag.

At a recent meeting, Kara Brewton, the town's director of planning and community development, laid out possible development priorities over the next few years. Her list included both new projects and stalled ones that she suggested revisiting.

A majority of Town Meeting members have signed on to a letter asking the Select Board to pay the legal fees for five of their legislative colleagues who were investigated over their advocacy related to a trash pickup contract.

On this episode of the Brookline News podcast, Brookline News Editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group Executive Director Jessica Smyser

Brookline's real estate market stayed hot in the second half of June, with 36 home sales ranging from a $140,000 condo on Washington Street (it's 183 square feet, for the record) to a $6.7 million colonial condo on Clinton Road (4,257 square feet)