West Brookfield News

After a week of hard work from hundreds of volunteers, the dream of a brand new home has come true for the Hill family of Suffield, Connecticut.

The life support machines were turned off last night for a 7 year old boy beaten into a coma .

Thursday, June 25, 2009 Events to remember Molly Bish are scheduled Several events in memory of Molly A. Bish will be held this weekend.

Police early this morning seized more than 100 marijuana plants from a home that had caught fire hours earlier.

An abandoned home in West Brookfield was damaged by a fire this Father's Day. Ware Fire Chief Thomas Columbe told 22News the fire broke out at about 5:30pm Sunday on 77 Ragged Hill Road.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com WARE - A 19-year-old West Brookfield woman was hospitalized Monday night after the car she was driving left Palmer Road, struck a guardrail and came to rest on its roof, police said.

* Joelle Sanford, 22, of Puffton Village, was arrested Monday at 3:55 p.m. at her home on a charge of domestic assault and battery after she grabbed a woman and tried to physically remove her from a vehicle, police said.

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

And we taxpayers just did what we do best: play dead. Reform before revenue! That's been Senate President Terry Murray's mantra.

With the town's annual Asparagus & Flower Heritage Festival planned for today, some folks here are ready to challenge the Connecticut River Valley town of Hadley over which community first grew asparagus.

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.

Opa-Opa Steakhouse and Brewery in Southampton will be presenting its spring brew dinner on Sunday, May 17 at 3 P.M. A five-course feast will be served, with each course matched to a different Opa-Opa brew.

Leominster Weight limit lowered for Pond Street Bridge LEOMINSTER - The weight limits on the Pond Street Bridge have been lowered, but the bridge is structurally sound, according to state highway officials.

Christopher R. Winfield, 35, of 9 Crystal St., Worcester, charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or .08 percent, fined $625, $250 head injury fee, $50 victim's assessment fee, $50 victim witness fee, one year license loss; and driving with a suspended license, dismissed.

Michelle J. Edelstein, director of the Sutton Senior Center, stands inside a walk-in storage closet at the Sutton Food Pantry.

West Brookfield Police Sergeant Charles Laperle told 22news 15-year-old Felicia Becker was found yesterday.

Worcester Arson is ruled cause of Catharine Street fire WORCESTER - A fire that damaged a Catharine Street apartment building Monday night was arson, fire officials said yesterday.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - West Brookfield Police are seeking the public's help in finding a missing and possibly endangered 15-year-old girl who may be in the company of a 34-year-old Springfield man.

West Brookfield Police is looking for the public's assistance in locating a missing and possible endangered teenager since Friday.

A message from Casey Douglass, the chef-owner of Apollo Grill in Easthampton, brought news of that eatery's upcoming Apollo Week celebration.