Marissa Vogt
@vogt4brookline.bsky.social
Brookline Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member & Library Trustee. Mother, wife, planetary space physicist. She/her.
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Only a few weeks left! Nominate a librarian you love for the 2026 I Love My Librarian Award - they could win $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime.
Nominations close December 15! Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/3yiyT9C
Nominations close December 15! Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/3yiyT9C
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Only a few weeks left! Nominate a librarian you love for the 2026 I Love My Librarian Award - they could win $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime.
Nominations close December 15! Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/3yiyT9C
Nominations close December 15! Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/3yiyT9C
Night 2 (and maybe final? 🤞) of the fall #BrooklineTownMeeting is underway.
Here's my guide to all the articles in the fall Town Meeting: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
Here's my guide to all the articles in the fall Town Meeting: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
November 2025 Town Meeting article guide
November 2025 Brookline Town Meeting Warrant Article Guide by Marissa Vogt, TMM P6 (subject to change, last updated Nov. 17) Quick links: Combined reports Supplemental mailing Night 1 supplements a...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Night 2 (and maybe final? 🤞) of the fall #BrooklineTownMeeting is underway.
Here's my guide to all the articles in the fall Town Meeting: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
Here's my guide to all the articles in the fall Town Meeting: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
#BrooklineTownMeeting has begun!
Our first vote authorized having a hybrid Town Meeting. We're rearranging the schedule a bit to accommodate meeting participants' schedules - hearing WA 10, 13, and 17 first thing tomorrow.
Our first vote authorized having a hybrid Town Meeting. We're rearranging the schedule a bit to accommodate meeting participants' schedules - hearing WA 10, 13, and 17 first thing tomorrow.
#BrooklineTownMeeting begins tomorrow night! I've written a guide to all the items on the agenda: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
#BrooklineTownMeeting has begun!
Our first vote authorized having a hybrid Town Meeting. We're rearranging the schedule a bit to accommodate meeting participants' schedules - hearing WA 10, 13, and 17 first thing tomorrow.
Our first vote authorized having a hybrid Town Meeting. We're rearranging the schedule a bit to accommodate meeting participants' schedules - hearing WA 10, 13, and 17 first thing tomorrow.
#BrooklineTownMeeting begins tomorrow night! I've written a guide to all the items on the agenda: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#BrooklineTownMeeting begins tomorrow night! I've written a guide to all the items on the agenda: bit.ly/fall2025brooklineTM
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
Always happy to see @brooklinenews.bsky.social's coverage, too -- though some of the information in the linked article is already out of date as TMMs file last-minute changes
We had a great time hearing author Mary Copp read her book “Yoshi’s Big Swim” at the grand opening! 📚🐢
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We had a great time hearing author Mary Copp read her book “Yoshi’s Big Swim” at the grand opening! 📚🐢
Every hour at the library feels golden, but this one actually was 🌅
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Every hour at the library feels golden, but this one actually was 🌅
The fall #BrooklineTownMeeting "combined reports", which includes the most recent versions of each article and analysis from various town boards, have been posted at www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCent...
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The fall #BrooklineTownMeeting "combined reports", which includes the most recent versions of each article and analysis from various town boards, have been posted at www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCent...
It is also worth keeping in mind that @brooklinenews.bsky.social’s reporting likely only happened because the proposed data sharing between CHR / Flock & Brookline Police came up at a public meeting. We need our local and state laws to catch up with technology & provide better privacy protections.
Our reporting at @brooklinenews.bsky.social was what first made the public aware of the plan to install controversial Flock license plate readers in South Brookline. Now the real estate company behind the plan is putting the installation on pause after community backlash
Breaking news: Chestnut Hill Realty is pausing its plan to install Flock license plate readers in South Brookline after feedback from the community. The company says no cameras have been installed and no data is being collected.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It is also worth keeping in mind that @brooklinenews.bsky.social’s reporting likely only happened because the proposed data sharing between CHR / Flock & Brookline Police came up at a public meeting. We need our local and state laws to catch up with technology & provide better privacy protections.
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Light up the night - school visibility table for kids leaving after school programs in the New England "standard time" darkness - stickers, lights, LEDs and more free safety fun for riders, rollers and walkers! #bikebus #bikesafety #saferoutes #masrts #srts
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Light up the night - school visibility table for kids leaving after school programs in the New England "standard time" darkness - stickers, lights, LEDs and more free safety fun for riders, rollers and walkers! #bikebus #bikesafety #saferoutes #masrts #srts
A huge thank you to all the families who joined our Pierce bike bus! It was a beautiful morning and everyone arrived at school safely. 🚴♀️🚴♂️
Thanks also to folks from the Safe Routes to School task force, the Transportation Board, Biking Brookline, & Brookline Police - your help was indispensable!
Thanks also to folks from the Safe Routes to School task force, the Transportation Board, Biking Brookline, & Brookline Police - your help was indispensable!
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A huge thank you to all the families who joined our Pierce bike bus! It was a beautiful morning and everyone arrived at school safely. 🚴♀️🚴♂️
Thanks also to folks from the Safe Routes to School task force, the Transportation Board, Biking Brookline, & Brookline Police - your help was indispensable!
Thanks also to folks from the Safe Routes to School task force, the Transportation Board, Biking Brookline, & Brookline Police - your help was indispensable!
Beyond frustrating that we (voters) approved the funding *3 years ago*, yet work still hasn’t begun on most of the fire stations, including the one with a higher cancer rate, where treadmills are inside the garage so firefighters “inhale residue contaminants while running”.
A $65 million project to renovate the town's five fire stations is now underway. Two of the main goals: better protect firefighters from environmental and health hazards, and make the facilities more equitable for female employees.
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After years of planning, town begins $65 million overhaul of fire stations - Brookline.News
Both town officials and firefighters say the projects to renovate or rebuild Brookline's fire stations are long overdue.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Beyond frustrating that we (voters) approved the funding *3 years ago*, yet work still hasn’t begun on most of the fire stations, including the one with a higher cancer rate, where treadmills are inside the garage so firefighters “inhale residue contaminants while running”.
I love the community building aspect and creativity of these grassroots efforts - we’re leading a bike bus at my kids’ school soon and I can’t wait! But in a country where we are spending $1 trillion on defense it shouldn’t be so hard to get kids safely to and from school.
Excited (truly!) to be out in the rain this AM w/ my kids, their friends & parents. It’s the 2nd week of our “Walking School Bus” at Salemwood School in Malden & we were thrilled to talk about it w/ @jamesrojas.bsky.social.
🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
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🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
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Parents In Malden Are Trying A Safer Way To Get Their Children To School | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
Malden parents are trying a safer way to get their children to school, a "walking school bus."
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October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love the community building aspect and creativity of these grassroots efforts - we’re leading a bike bus at my kids’ school soon and I can’t wait! But in a country where we are spending $1 trillion on defense it shouldn’t be so hard to get kids safely to and from school.
I’m fascinated by the photo editorial choices here — the sign to the right of “resistance is patriotic” is cropped *just enough* to leave the first word of the sign to your imagination but also it definitely says “fuck”.
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m fascinated by the photo editorial choices here — the sign to the right of “resistance is patriotic” is cropped *just enough* to leave the first word of the sign to your imagination but also it definitely says “fuck”.
Thanks to the members of the Friends of the Brookline Library, Library Foundation, Advisory Committee, and most of all interim director Danielle Savin for our behind-the-scenes tour of the Brookline Village library this morning! I especially loved seeing the old materials in the vault and stacks.
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanks to the members of the Friends of the Brookline Library, Library Foundation, Advisory Committee, and most of all interim director Danielle Savin for our behind-the-scenes tour of the Brookline Village library this morning! I especially loved seeing the old materials in the vault and stacks.
Happy #BannedBooksWeek! Check out these adorable displays in the children’s and teen rooms at the Brookline Village library 📚
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy #BannedBooksWeek! Check out these adorable displays in the children’s and teen rooms at the Brookline Village library 📚
I ❤️ you, @museumofscience.bsky.social, but your new membership plans are a real downgrade for families who make the effort to take the T or another sustainable transit mode. Membership costs for a family of 4 is increasing by 33% and the only major new "benefit" is the 3 hours of **free parking**.
Membership
Purchasing a Museum of Science membership not only allows you to enjoy the Museum all year long with unlimited visits and exclusive benefits, it also provides funding to our community programs and exh...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I ❤️ you, @museumofscience.bsky.social, but your new membership plans are a real downgrade for families who make the effort to take the T or another sustainable transit mode. Membership costs for a family of 4 is increasing by 33% and the only major new "benefit" is the 3 hours of **free parking**.
The Friends of the Brookline Library are hosting their annual book sale this weekend, which began today and continues tomorrow 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Hunneman Hall (Brookline Village). Lots of books, games, CDs & vinyl, movies, signed books, and more! Proceeds support library programs!
September 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Friends of the Brookline Library are hosting their annual book sale this weekend, which began today and continues tomorrow 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Hunneman Hall (Brookline Village). Lots of books, games, CDs & vinyl, movies, signed books, and more! Proceeds support library programs!
This is amazing and I love it and I want one but also I cannot get over the fact that this view of the red line makes no sense in real life. Would a Longfellow Bridge / Back Bay skyline really not have worked?!
Walked into CVS to buy dental floss, walked out with a Red line fridge magnet, as one does.
September 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is amazing and I love it and I want one but also I cannot get over the fact that this view of the red line makes no sense in real life. Would a Longfellow Bridge / Back Bay skyline really not have worked?!
A bit late to the party but here's your reminder that the articles coming up at the fall #BrooklineTownMeeting have been posted at www.brooklinema.gov/3599/Current... and you can track individual articles' public hearings at www.brookline.info thanks to AC (finance committee) chair Dennis Doughty
Current Town Meeting Files | Brookline, MA - Official Website
Files for the current or upcoming Town Meeting.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A bit late to the party but here's your reminder that the articles coming up at the fall #BrooklineTownMeeting have been posted at www.brooklinema.gov/3599/Current... and you can track individual articles' public hearings at www.brookline.info thanks to AC (finance committee) chair Dennis Doughty
The MBTA is making much-needed and long overdue safety and accessibility upgrades to the C line! 👍
Unfortunately there is limited space for the expanded platforms and they’re choosing to prioritize space for cars (preserving left turn lanes and parking) rather than saving mature trees. 👎
Unfortunately there is limited space for the expanded platforms and they’re choosing to prioritize space for cars (preserving left turn lanes and parking) rather than saving mature trees. 👎
The MBTA is planning to remove nine trees from Beacon Street near the Englewood Ave and Tappan Street stations, including the pictured large pin oak, during the first phase of its work on Green Line accessibility improvements.
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MBTA, town officials outline Beacon Street tree removal plan for first phase of Green Line accessibility project - Brookline.News
The MBTA is planning to remove nine trees on Beacon Street near the C Branch stations at Tappan Street and Englewood Ave as the first phase of its accessibility updates this fall.
brookline.news
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The MBTA is making much-needed and long overdue safety and accessibility upgrades to the C line! 👍
Unfortunately there is limited space for the expanded platforms and they’re choosing to prioritize space for cars (preserving left turn lanes and parking) rather than saving mature trees. 👎
Unfortunately there is limited space for the expanded platforms and they’re choosing to prioritize space for cars (preserving left turn lanes and parking) rather than saving mature trees. 👎
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This is an amazing before & after.
Once again, any "environmentalist" who doesn't advocate for moving as quickly as practical to install protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, & more housing density near transit is failing. There are plenty like this where I live and they should be embarassed.
Once again, any "environmentalist" who doesn't advocate for moving as quickly as practical to install protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, & more housing density near transit is failing. There are plenty like this where I live and they should be embarassed.
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is an amazing before & after.
Once again, any "environmentalist" who doesn't advocate for moving as quickly as practical to install protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, & more housing density near transit is failing. There are plenty like this where I live and they should be embarassed.
Once again, any "environmentalist" who doesn't advocate for moving as quickly as practical to install protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, & more housing density near transit is failing. There are plenty like this where I live and they should be embarassed.
There have been a lot of really ugly public statements and posts on social media or email groups about this housing proposal but this message in the screenshot below was so positive and so eloquently captured how I hope our community will come together to support this program.
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There have been a lot of really ugly public statements and posts on social media or email groups about this housing proposal but this message in the screenshot below was so positive and so eloquently captured how I hope our community will come together to support this program.
Hey @bostonglobe.com I’d love to see a guide to transit-accessible beaches rather than this car centric list. (My favorite is Old Orchard Beach in Maine — Amtrak stops two blocks from the beach and there’s an arcade, rides, & tons of fried dough and poutine.) 🏖️🎢
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See how much parking costs at these 20 Massachusetts beaches - The Boston Globe
At some beaches, it costs $45 to park on the weekends.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hey @bostonglobe.com I’d love to see a guide to transit-accessible beaches rather than this car centric list. (My favorite is Old Orchard Beach in Maine — Amtrak stops two blocks from the beach and there’s an arcade, rides, & tons of fried dough and poutine.) 🏖️🎢
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Today is another heat emergency day in Brookline - but we don't have a town outdoor pool where folks can cool down, play, or take swimming lessons ☀️ 🏊 😎
Please sign the petition in support of building an outdoor pool here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign the petition in support of building an outdoor pool here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today is another heat emergency day in Brookline - but we don't have a town outdoor pool where folks can cool down, play, or take swimming lessons ☀️ 🏊 😎
Please sign the petition in support of building an outdoor pool here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign the petition in support of building an outdoor pool here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I unequivocally condemn this anti-Semitic act of political violence. My heart goes out to the owners, employees, and patrons of The Butcherie and to all of our Jewish neighbors and community members. Hate has no place in our community.
Breaking news: Police say at least two people wearing masks threw a brick marked "Free Palestine" through the window of The Butcherie, a kosher grocery store on Harvard Street, just after midnight on Sunday.
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Police investigating after brick marked "Free Palestine" thrown through window of Jewish grocery store - Brookline.News
Brookline police are investigating after a brick marked “Free Palestine” was thrown through the window of The Butcherie, a Jewish grocery store, early on Sunday morning. Police say that at least two p...
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June 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I unequivocally condemn this anti-Semitic act of political violence. My heart goes out to the owners, employees, and patrons of The Butcherie and to all of our Jewish neighbors and community members. Hate has no place in our community.