Today is Monday, January 2, the 2nd day of the year.

Today's Headlines

2011 Brookfield Year in Review

Today's Weather

Monday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 39. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. 

Monday Night: A chance of flurries before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. West wind between 6 and 8 mph. 

Events & Reminders

• Open basketball tonight in the Brookfield High School (BHS) gym starting at 7:30 p.m. Price is $5 at the door or $60 for a season pass. Click here for more.
• Municipal offices at Town Hall are closed today for the New Year holiday.

Today in History

• 1911: A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political fight over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
• 1920: The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
• 1942: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in U.S. history — the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• 1974: President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 mph in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• 2006: An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, WV traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition. 

Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.