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Brookfield,
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. Every
Columbus Day weekend, visitors from all over New England come to
take in the flavor of a small rural town on an autumn day by
attending the annual crafts fair on the common, called the Apple
Country Fair.
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