Susan Park

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internationalaffairs.org.au — The World Bank is again in the spotlight for financing environmentally destructive infrastructure projects in Brazil. The Amazon is burning. It reached its peak during the burning season in August 2019 with over 30,000 small fires during the G7 meeting in Biarritz France. As with other tropical forests, some of the burning is controlled legal burning by farmers to clear land for agricultural products such as soy, corn, and beef; but much of it is illegal and uncontrollable land clearing.

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday Oct 20, 2020 at 1:21 PM Oct 20, 2020 at 1:21 PM On her 103rd birthday, Rachel Kornberg made her way outside with the help of her nephew Neil and stood waving and beaming as staff at the Center Communities of Brookline – where Kornberg is a resident – serenaded her with “Happy Birthday.” It was a sweet celebration made even more so amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, just one of the many steps the Hebrew SeniorLife facility and other local senior...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday Aug 25, 2020 at 3:28 PM Aug 25, 2020 at 3:28 PM Keeping a lid on COVID-19 has taken a Herculean effort from the entire community. But Brookline is not out of the woods yet, especially with a flood of students now returning to local colleges and universities. A group of North Brookline neighbors has voiced concerns about returning college students, following a recent outbreak at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which brought students...

businessnewsaus.com.au — 11 August 2020, Written by Madeline Taylor, University of Sydney and Susan M Park, University of Sydney New South Wales planning authorities relied on flawed evidence when backing a highly controversial coal seam gas project that may endanger critical water supplies, farmland and threatened species, our analysis has found. Early next month, the Independent Planning Commission NSW (IPC) is due to announce its decision on the future of the A$3.6 billion Narrabri Gas Project.

theconversation.com — New South Wales planning authorities relied on flawed evidence when backing a highly controversial coal seam gas project that may endanger critical water supplies, farmland and threatened species, our analysis has found. Early next month, the Independent Planning Commission NSW (IPC) is due to announce its decision on the future of the A$3.6 billion Narrabri Gas Project.

brookline.wickedlocal.com — These days, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it takes a village not only to raise a child, but to send them to school safely. Brookline’s School Committee is set to vote soon on school reopening plans, the culmination of months of research and planning.

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brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Friday Jul 17, 2020 at 5:31 PM Jul 17, 2020 at 5:31 PM Dr. Edward Chastka, psychiatric consultant to CARON, a world-class addiction treatment and behavioral healthcare center says that many of his hundreds of patients are addicted to marijuana. According to Chastka, marijuana users can experience higher levels of anxiety, depression and suicidal thinking. Chastka cited a University of Maryland study that followed 1,200 college freshmen over a 10-year...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday Jun 16, 2020 at 1:38 PM Jun 16, 2020 at 1:38 PM Unprecedented times call for unprecedented graduation celebrations for Brookline’s students. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic closing Brookline’s schools, these seniors didn’t leave empty handed. In preparation for their socially distant graduation ceremony on June 7, each senior received a blue cap and gown, t-shirt, black mask with "BHS 2020" written on it, and for the graduating class of warriors,...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Monday Jun 8, 2020 at 2:05 PM Jun 8, 2020 at 2:05 PM Coast to coast, thousands of protests have cropped up following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by police in Minneapolis May 25. While many of those protests have been peaceful, some turned violent, with property damage and looting. In Brookline, police officers met protesters in front of the police station following a Black Lives Matter march on Friday. On Saturday,...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Monday Jun 1, 2020 at 6:57 PM Jun 1, 2020 at 6:57 PM Late last week, the Public Schools of Brookline handed out pink slips to approximately 300 staff members. By the end of the weekend, School Committee members’ inboxes had flooded with messages of concern and outrage. On Sunday evening, Brookline Parents Organization Co-Presidents Benjamin Kelley and Lauren Bernard organized a Zoom call discussion with two Brookline School Committee members to shed...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Friday May 29, 2020 at 11:37 AM May 29, 2020 at 11:37 AM As Brookline businesses adapt to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with many of them now in the process of reopening, the Brookline Chamber of Commerce is emphasizing the importance of businesses’ online presence — and some good old-fashioned patience and collaboration. What will it take for businesses to rebuild during this next year? “We need to shop in Brookline either in-person or online....

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Wednesday May 20, 2020 at 2:43 PM May 21, 2020 at 12:06 PM Brookline’s June 9 townwide election is right around the corner, and preparations are already underway to ensure social distancing at the polls. However, the town is facing one critical shortage in the build-up to election day: poll workers. Poll workers are the biggest need at this point, according to Jeff Nutting, who is working with the Town Clerk’s office to plan for the election. (It’s a...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday May 19, 2020 at 12:38 PM May 19, 2020 at 12:38 PM Many people these days are sporting overgrown hairstyles and gray roots, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that closed non-essential businesses — like hair salons — in March. Now there’s a light on the horizon, as Gov. Charlie Baker released more details for Massachusetts’ phased reopening plan earlier this week. Several businesses will reopen on May 25, including lab spaces, office spaces, limited...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Friday May 15, 2020 at 5:49 PM May 15, 2020 at 6:32 PM Brookline's small businesses are facing a new reality, but with familiar precautions. It’s been a rough few months for many small businesses in Brookline, with many shops closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, local business owners are sitting tight, waiting for further guidance on what the reopening process will look like. Currently, community members are required to wear masks in public and...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Friday May 15, 2020 at 5:49 PM May 15, 2020 at 5:49 PM It’s been a rough few months for many small businesses in Brookline, with many shops closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, local business owners are sitting tight, waiting for further guidance on what the reopening process will look like. Currently, community members are required to wear masks in public and upon entering grocery stores and other essential businesses, with exceptions for those...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday May 12, 2020 at 6:31 PM May 12, 2020 at 6:31 PM It’s that time again. Every 10 years, the Census Bureau sends out a questionnaire that needs to be filled out. Every home across the country receives invitations to complete the 2020 Census in March. The goal is to count every person who lives in each house across America where they live and sleep most of the time as of April 1, 2020. That includes roommates, young children, newborns and renters,...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Monday May 4, 2020 at 1:38 PM May 4, 2020 at 1:38 PM Dan Lipton, a second grade teacher at Coolidge Corner School, is no stranger to Hebrew SeniorLife’s Center Communities of Brookline. Over the years, he’s brought his theater students to the senior living facility a few times a year to perform for the residents, with past productions including “The Lion King,” “Mary Poppins,” and “The Addams Family.” Recently, Lipton put out a call for students’ art...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Monday May 4, 2020 at 12:17 PM May 4, 2020 at 12:17 PM The Brookline Food Pantry has seen its visitors more than triple amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left many Brookliners jobless. According to Chanin Kennedy, operations manager of the Brookline food pantry on St. Paul Street, there has been a 227 percent increase of the number of people coming to the pantry. Before COVID-19 hit Boston, she said, clients usually used the pantry once or twice a...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday Apr 21, 2020 at 2:56 PM Apr 21, 2020 at 3:03 PM At Brookline’s Goddard House, an assisted living facility in town, 13 residents and four employees have tested positive for the new coronavirus, COVID-19. The positive test results came after the Massachusetts National Guard was deployed to Goddard and another facility, CareOne at Brookline, to conduct COVID-19 testing. Candace Cramer, president and CEO of Goddard House said their testing showed...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — By Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Monday Apr 20, 2020 at 1:27 PM Apr 20, 2020 at 1:27 PM Social distancing and self quarantining are our new normal. How are people coping, and how do we adapt? Dr. Jeb Fowler, a psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Brookline has some pointers. “Just as if one was shipwrecked on an island, you would still need some structure, so you don’t go crazy,” he said. Fowler went on to say that boundaries are important between the transition from work...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Friday Apr 10, 2020 at 2:32 PM Apr 10, 2020 at 2:32 PM As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the globe — with a death toll of more than 18,000 in the U.S. alone — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its recommendations on masks. The CDC is now recommending wearing cloth face coverings in public settings, particularly those where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies,...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Wednesday Apr 8, 2020 at 9:00 AM Looking for ways to help during the pandemic virus? Follow Gov. Charlie Baker’s lead and give blood. Baker and his wife donated blood recently in Dedham, urging others to do the same amid a nationwide blood shortage. According to Kelly Isenor, an American Red Cross spokesperson for the region, “There’s no end date with Covid19, so the Red Cross will need blood and platelets.” Isenor said the Red Cross is grateful to all...

brookline.wickedlocal.com — Susan Park / brookline@wickedlocal.com Tuesday Mar 31, 2020 at 2:26 PM Mar 31, 2020 at 2:26 PM When local attorney Linda Champion heard about the COVID-19-related medical supplies shortage, she wasted no time in getting to work. She and her daughter Cecelia called up Champion’s father, who lives in Dracut, and showed him a YouTube video on how to make masks. Champion’s father, Young Nam, a retired tailor, dusted off his sewing machine, and he and his wife, Tae Nam, followed the video, making...