Brookfield

Four people were taken to the hospital after a crash in Brookfield on Saturday. Emergency crews responded to the 100 block of Junction Road around 1 p.m. for a crash with injuries. According to fire officials, two people inside of an SUV were trapped and entangled with the passenger on top of the driver and partially ejected out of the…

A driver was injured in a crash Thursday when their car traveled through the front door of Elevate Salon in Brookfield. The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company said emergency crews responded just after 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon to a report of a vehicle in a structure on Old Route 7. Crews stabilized both the SUV and the structure before removing the…

A motorcycle operator is seriously injured and a passenger on a motorcycle has life-threatening injuries after a crash in Brookfield over the weekend. Brookfield police responded to the 500 block of Candlewood Lake Road on Sunday shortly before 5 p.m. for a report of a serious two vehicle crash. The crash reportedly involved a sedan and a motorcycle. According to…

Crews removed a truck that ended up in a swimming pool in Brookfield on Friday night. Firefighters were called to a report of a vehicle in a pool around 7:22 p.m. It was quickly determined that everyone was out of the truck and there were no injuries. A towing and recovery vehicle worked to recover the truck that was in…

Two children, two firefighters and two other adults were taken to the hospital after a fire at a home daycare in Brookfield on Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the home on Junction Road at 8:45 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from attic. The six people were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to fire officials. Firefighters were…

Ten families are displaced after a fire in Brookfield on Thursday morning. 

Ten families are displaced after a fire in Brookfield early Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to Boxwood Drive in the Ledgewood Condominium Complex around 1:30 a.m. and battled the two-alarm fire that damaged 10 units and displaced 10 families. Assistant Fire Chief Derek Broadmeyer said the fire started in one unit and spread to others and Fire Chief Andrew Ellis said…

A person has serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on Federal Road in Brookfield on Friday evening. Police were called to the intersection of Federal Road and Industrial Park Drive just after 3:30 p.m. Investigators said a motorcycle was traveling north on Route 7, crossing the intersection to continue onto Federal Road when it struck a car that was trying…

A tree fell on top of a car and narrowly missed a mother and her three children during storms Wednesday afternoon. The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company said they responded to South Obtuse Road at 4:15 p.m. after getting a report that a tree had fallen on an occupied car in a driveway. The tree narrowly missed a mother and her…

All Brookfield public schools and town hall were closed on Friday due to a bomb threat and police said they did not find anything suspicious when they searched the buildings. Officials from the school department said there was a bomb threat and the schools closed out of an abundance of caution on Friday. The school district will have counseling services…

Two police officers were taken to the hospital with injuries after a car crash in Brookfield Monday night. The police department said the crash happened in the intersection of White Turkey Ext. and Federal Road. Two on-duty officers were involved in the crash. Both officers were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Authorities said two other…

There is mixed reaction in Brookfield and surrounding towns after tampons were placed in a boy’s bathroom at the high school in town.  “There never is any excuse for vandalism but I am a firm believer tampons do not belong in the boys bathroom,” Dan P. of Newtown said.  “I think people who have a certain gender, who identify...

A new state law will require public schools to provide free menstrual products in all-gender bathrooms and in at least one men’s bathroom. Brookfield High School started the mandate early by placing a dispenser with tampons in a boys bathroom. Within minutes, the dispenser was ripped off the wall.

Big Y supermarkets are coming to Brookfield and Westport. The Massachusetts-based supermarket chain said it will open locations at 1076 Post Road East in Westport and 14 Candlewood Lake Road in Brookfield. Construction is also underway on a Big Y in Middletown. Big Y operates in Massachusetts and Connecticut. When these stores open, there will be 77 Big Y supermarkets….

Two people have been taken to the hospital after a car accident in Brookfield Thursday afternoon. Crews said they were called to Candlewood Lake Road for a two-car crash a little after 3 p.m. Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company said both drivers were injured, and one was trapped. Both people were extricated by firefighters and taken to the hospital for treatment….

A Connecticut business owner is accused of lying to several women about a fake medical study in which he would physically violate and photograph them for money, according to an arrest warrant. State police have arrested 35-year-old Brian Casella, of Bethel, who owns a business called Vivid Events, described as a source for DJ entertainment, event lighting and more. The…

A person was seriously injured in a car crash this Monday afternoon in Brookfield, according to fire officials. Both drivers were stuck in their seats post-accident, taking about 20 minutes to rescue one of them, according to crews. One driver was able to free themselves but was seriously hurt, the fire department said. The area of the crash was closed…

Changes to school start times are coming to Brookfield’s public schools when the school year kicks off after Labor Day. “We really tackled this as an adolescent health issue,” Superintendent John Barile said. The planning for the changes dates back to 2019, when a subcommittee began looking into the impacts of a changed start time for the high school. Barile…

Brookfield High School students will get to continue sleeping in even after school starts again with new changes to the start of the school day.