North Brookfield News

A two-alarm blaze that fire officials believe had been burning for some time destroyed an unoccupied house at 9 Letendre Road last night.

Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Dennis F. Hightower last night said that job creation is the number one priority of President Obama's administration.

Worcester Sewer line break closes section of Belmont St. WORCESTER - A sewer line break closed a section of Belmont Street at North Lake Avenue last night.

An H1N1 flu vaccination clinic for all North Brookfield residents will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan.

An H1N1 flu clinic will be held from 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 in the North Brookfield Elementary School cafeteria.

A trucker lost on his second day at work ended up with the trailer of his rig bent in half after he tried to turn around in the parking lot of Northeast Pizza on Route 9 and struck a low-hanging branch.

The head-on collision that killed a North Brookfield couple in Leicester last year was a 'terrible accident,' but there was not enough evidence to continue a trial of the driver whose vehicle crossed the road and slammed into the couple's car, a judge ruled yesterday.

Local towns have set their officially sanctioned hours for Halloween trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct.

Editor's Note: The Southbridge Evening News last week published a story noting the steps taken to ensure enough space at local cemeteries.

Robert O. Lane, 76, of Ward Street, ascended to the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in his home, surrounded by his loving family, after succumbing to cancer.

Just over a year after he disappeared while hunting in Idaho, friends, family and fellow state troopers will gather tomorrow for a memorial Mass in Belchertown and ceremony at the Quabbin Reservoir to remember retired state police Capt.

It would be a bloody shame if veteran rockers Deep 6 - singer-guitarist Jimmy D'Angelo, singer-bassist Al Gallo and drummer Dave Balcom - doesn't break the big time with its new, self-titled disc - not because they deserve it but because of the colorful stories that would make up what would be the ultimate 'VH1: Behind the Music' episode ever.

Jeffrey Cubberley was named a branch manager at Webster First Federal Credit Union in Whitinsville.

We bought expensive fuel and in a lot of cases we had to resell that fuel at a substantial loss.

While animals were a big draw, and tractors were the big pull, it was all about the young people yesterday at the 60th Annual Worcester County 4-H Fair.

We never hurt anybody. All we did was speak out. -- edward J. Wright STURBRIDGE - The Wright family wants everyone to know you won't have them to kick around anymore.

Kim Ring, the reporter writing this story, was herself delivered by Dr. Louis B. Grace, assisting Dr.

When you think about it, in 1826, the work in the mill was powered by water-driven turbines.

NEW YORK - In Michigan, one of the states hit hardest by the recession, Wendy Higgins has reluctantly told a favorite niece she may not have enough money for her wedding present in August.