Brookfield News

Route 20 at Route 148 is closed for the investigation of a serious head-on crash about 10:30 a.m. Authorities said there were multiple injuries in the two-vehicle collision.

All seniors from North Brookfield are invited to the First Congregational Church of North Brookfield's annual Baccalaureate Service at 7 p.m. June 19. This is a time where seniors get to share their thoughts on faith and the future.

Although selectmen voted unanimously against it, town meeting voters Friday said yes to hiring an additional policeman, bringing the total number of full-time officers in town to five.

A Warren man with a lengthy criminal record was charged with impersonating a police officer after a couple who were birdwatching told police he threatened to arrested them for failing to park between the painted lines at a desolate Brookfield boat ramp in March.

The family-owned and operated Salem Cross Inn , 260 W. Main St., West Brookfield, has a new executive chef, Robert Thackaberry of Grafton.

A black bear visited the home of a North Brookfield couple Saturday morning, pilfering from bird feeders but skipping a dip in the deck hot tub.

A new caucus of statewide school committee members will hold a free event about the Common Core curriculum standards at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem St.