Category: History
Bar none: Brookfield’s history is liquid
Brookfield Township’s association with alcohol is celebrated or sordid, depending on your...
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Black migration benefited Masury
By ELIZABETH BOOZER The generation of African-American people born after the Civil War were...
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A nation divided: local papers were, too
Today, most newspapers make a claim of impartiality, even if people reading them tend to get a...
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Brookfield shares in hobo’s legacy
George Dell was a hobo, not a bum, a distinction Ken Rogers wants to make clear. “A hobo will work...
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Decorating the green for Christmas
Brookfield Township Historical Commission, Brookfield trustees and members of the Brookfield High...
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Historical society seeks new archivist
Lois Werner has resigned as archivist for Brookfield Historical Society, leaving a void that...
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Still in the saddle
Connie Swartz looked around the Brookfield Saddle Club grounds and noted that she could identify...
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Trustees advance project plans
The foundations that provided matching funds for an electric aggregation grant that will be used...
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Trumbull County Fair: ‘good, clean family fun’
Jodi Omerzo is a little sad that her youngest child, Nathan, is 18 and will age out of 4-H this...
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Legend says Appleseed stayed here
By ELIZABETH BOOZER John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, loved by everyone who met him,...
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Keeping track of history
When a certain Miss McConnell walked into Knival’s store sometime in the early 1940s and bought a...
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Historic house up for sale
It’s time to write a new chapter for a Brookfield building that has been central to the township’s...
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Naked woman charged with assault for spitting on cops
Two Brookfield policemen were checked out at a hospital...
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House fire on Sharon Hogue Road
Brookfield firefighters are on the scene of a house fir...
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New eatery opens with smokin’ menu
Tonia Gray said she has a passion for
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School mourns student who died
Brookfield school officials mobilized over the weekend...
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Brookfield Middle School flooding
A pipe in the fire suppression system separated and f...
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Board ousts girls basketball coach
Brookfield Board of Education voted 4-1 on Wednesday, M...
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A sinking feeling: School faces costly repairs
Brookfield Local School District’s heads of b...
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Woman taken to hospital in 2-car crash
The driver of a minivan involved in a two-vehicle crash...
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Park vandals spoil it for the rest
For all the work Brookfield Township, Brookfield Board...
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Couple defends use of property
When some people drive past David and Christina Wilson’...