East Brookfield News

With East Brookfield voters turning down their share of the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District budget earlier this week, the school board will gather to decide what to do next.

Despite the economy, East Brookfield's annual Fourth of July celebration will be held in two weeks, again capped off with a fireworks display.

A 22-year-old man who has had several brushes with the law in the five years since he crashed his Honda in Spencer, killing two of his friends, was back in court this week on drug charges after he allegedly sent text messages touting his product to the wrong person.

The Spencer-East Brookfield School Committee is offering teachers a choice: agree to a salary freeze for fiscal 2010, or watch colleagues lose their jobs.

The chairman of the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School Committee has written teachers asking them to agree to a wage freeze to preserve the jobs of some educators who have already been handed pink slips.

An erratic driver traveling on Route 9 Saturday evening didn't stop in time when he approached a backup near Donnelly Road, causing a three-vehicle crash that left some people with minor injuries, according to police.

An East Brookfield man who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly half a million dollars while working as a bookkeeper for a Boylston company was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay full restitution yesterday.

The former substitute teacher at Quaboag Regional Middle School who allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student is being summoned to a second court on similar charges.

Even the District Court has some spring cleaning to do. Following a Supreme Court rule, Newburyport District Court will next month destroy hundreds of old court files, many of which have been collecting dust for more than 20 years.

By LORI STABILE lstabile@repub.com WARREN - A former substitute teacher at Quaboag Regional High School was charged Wednesday morning with having an inappropriate relationship with a student under 16.

EAST BROOKFIELD, Mass. - A substitute teacher at a Massachusetts school has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with one of his teenage students.

On the eve of an election that will seat three new members on the seven-member Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School Committee, Superintendent Ralph E. Hicks responded to an evaluation that was critical of his communication skills.

Voters Thursday night approved a $6.899 million general government budget, a $6.9 million operating and capital budget for the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District, and $6.6 million water project, tackling 39 articles under the guidance of former selectman and moderator-in-training Peter J. Adams.

Two children went home sick Tuesday from Lake Street School in this Central Massachusetts town, just days after returning from a family vacation to Mexico.

Apr 29, 2009 4:57 pm US/Eastern Two students in Spencer who fell ill this week after returning from Mexico have tested negative for swine flu.

Two more young children who became sick after taking a trip to Mexico are being tested for swine flu in Massachusetts.

Louis P. Aloise visits with Judge Laurie MacLeod earlier this month in the East Brookfield District Court.

Nestled behind the public library, the Sibley House is home to the Westboro Historical Society and many treasures from the town's history.

One person was injured when her car was rear-ended on Main Street yesterday afternoon.

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