New Braintree News

A well-attended Hardwick School Council meeting Wednesday urged Quabbin Regional School Superintendent Maureen M. Marshall to keep the town's elementary school open.

Area ambulance services are taking a hard, collective look at finding a better way to handle emergency responses in a half-dozen local towns.

Area ambulance services are taking a hard, collective look at finding a better way to handle emergency responses in a half-dozen local towns.

Randall Walker, the only candidate for selectman on the ballot, was elected to the post with just 93 of the 722 registered voters turning out in Monday's annual town election.

Voters will go to the polls Monday with no contests on the ballot to decide. Still, they'll be electing a new selectman, most likely Randall Walker, the only candidate on the ballot seeking to fill the post held by Martin Goulet for many years.

Caring for a horse can be a significant undertaking when household finances are good, but it can become overwhelming when a family illness or job loss quickly changes the income picture.

NEW BRAINTREE - Public safety officials responded to a Saturday afternoon report of a hang glider who crashed in a wooded area off Ravine Road in New Braintree, according to an emergency dispatch official.

Mayor Joseph Sullivan has selected Lt. James O'Brien as Braintree's next fire chief, a non-traditional choice that comes three months after Kevin Murphy's retirement.