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Brookfield Massachusetts,
originally founded in 1660 as part of the Quabog Plantation, is a small
community of about 3000 people situated midway between Worcester and Springfield
on Route 9. The town is bordered on the south by Sturbridge, with easy
access to the Massachusetts Turnpike. Governed by an open town meeting
and Board of Selectmen, there are many opportunities for citizens to participate
in local government.
Brookfield has maintained its quiet
atmosphere while evolving from an agricultural to a bedroom community for
the larger cities to the east and west, and provides easy access to the
educational and cultural opportunities of these urban areas. With its lakes
and river and vast tracts of open land, the town has much to offer the
sportsman, nature lover and those who enjoy a rural way of life. Brookfield
maintains its K-6 elementary schools and belongs to the Tantasqua Regional
School District, which offers a junior high school, a high school and a
vocational school.
Despite the fiscal constraints common
to all Massachusetts towns, Brookfield continues to place a priority on
education, as demonstrated by its funding support for school committee
requests and approval of a debt exclusion for a major addition to the elementary
school.
Brookfield Massachusetts is located
in Central Massachusetts, bordered by North Brookfield on the north; East
Brookfield on the east; Sturbridge on the south; and Brimfield, Warren,
and West Brookfield on the west. Brookfield is 22 miles west of Worcester,
33 miles east of Springfield, 57 miles west of Boston. |