North Brookfield

The town common in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, will once again be adorned in rainbows, celebrating love and the LGBTQ+ community in the annual Small Town Pride celebration. “Small Town Pride tries to offer, like, big city experiences for the rural areas,” said Rural Justice Network President Rob Orpilla. After two years in West Brookfield, the Rural Justice Network got approval…

A small town will celebrate the LGBTQ community again after two years of fights.

The town of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, has agreed to “refrain from future interference and alter permitting process” after it was sued for trying to block this year’s Small Town Pride, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Two members of the select board unlawfully blocked a permit for the June 29 event because it included a drag show,…

A woman is dead after a snowmobile crash in the town of Milan, New Hampshire on Friday. New Hapshire Fish & Game says multiple agencies responded to a report of a woman suffering serious injuries after a snowmobile crash at around 4:30 p.m. on Primary Trail 109. According to authorities, the woman, identified as 39-year-old Shawnee Hollis of North Brookfield,…