Editing Brookline, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
Since 1916, Brookline has been governed by a [[representative town meeting]], which is the town's legislative body, and a five-person [[select board]], the town's executive branch.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual report of the town officers of Brookline for the year ending December 31, 1915 |date=1916 |publisher=The Riverdale Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |page=74 |url=https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1915broo/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22on+the+question%22&view=theater |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Select Board |url=https://www.brooklinema.gov/343/Select-Board  |website=Brooklinema.gov|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> Fifteen town meeting representatives are elected to three-year terms from each of the town's 17 precincts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Meeting |url=https://www.brooklinema.gov/264/Town-Meeting |website=brooklinema.gov |publisher=Town of Brookline, Massachusetts |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> From 1705 to 1916, the town was governed by an [[open town meeting]] and a select board.