North Brookfield News

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.

Northboro shortstop Kevin Brown indeed had possession of the ball after tagging out Clinton runner J.P. Ashline, who was caught at second base after a botched sacrifice attempt in the second inning of Northboro's 11-9 American Legion victory.

SENIOR RUTH Millbury 11, North Brookfield 0 Back-to-back first-inning homers by Bucky Richards and Chris Pageau highlighted an 11-hit attack for host Millbury.

Four residents from this area attended an annual Boat and Canoe School Sunday at Camp Atwater in North Brookfield, sponsored by the Springfield Chapter of the Red Cross.

Harvey A. Reed suffered a pretty severe heart attack last year, which understandably led him to reflect soberly on his life's work.

State officials are asking area communities to shoulder 25 percent of the cost to clean up from December's ice storm.

Four Massachusetts friends were found hours after deciding to hike the Attitash Mountain Trail in the White Mountain National Forest without a map or lights.

A 28-year-old Quaboag Regional Middle High substitute teacher who allegedly took a 15-year-old student out for sushi, kissed her and brought her to his parents' home was arraigned today on one count of enticing a child under the age of 16.

By KEN ROSS kross@repub.com HOLYOKE - Standing on the site of a former shooting range Monday, officials announced that Holyoke, Springfield and North Brookfield will each receive $200,000 each in federal money to clean up or assess ground contamination as part of a $111.9 million nationwide cleanup effort.