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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
November 2006 - Posts
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Singer-songwriter Meme Stephens took the first step toward a tour of East Africa while she was driving her car. “I was driving in my car, and I was thinking about what it was like to be an orphan in Africa, being all alone,” Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY A woman was sexually assaulted inside her car in a local parking lot, police said. Police said a woman in her 20s was at her car in the upper, east-side parking lot of Harborside Health Care Center, 30 Colby Court, when a white male wearing Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Though the planning board gave its final approval for a Hannaford supermarket at the corner of Jenkins Road and Route 101, nine conditions must be met before a store can be built. If the conditions aren’t met, Hannaford owners would Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Hannaford Supermarket is coming to Route 101 and residents’ opinions are split. Michael Hunter, of the concerned-citizens group Save Our Town, said the store’s final approval sets a bad precedent for Route 101 development. Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT MANCHESTER – Since July 31, the Bedford Jaguars Pee Wee Spirit team has practiced. Since Sept. 1, it’s worked on its routine for at least six hours a week. And since becoming a program, never had a Bedford team participated on Read More...
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West starved of holiday bowl victory as Central’s LeClerc runs wild BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though the Manchester West football team broke through in Division I last year – defeating perennial powerhouse Manchester Central twice, including Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT For students just now learning the details of the French-Indian War and the importance of the Gettysburg Address, the boys of the McKelvie soccer team certainly have a firm grasp on history, if only applied to the Tri- County Class L championship. Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Though most residents thanked the board and the high school planning team for their work, many are concerned whether the Bedford High School curriculum will be sufficient to fit all students’ needs. At its Nov. 13 meeting, the Bedford Read More...
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Fundraiser aimed at raising money for new playground BY KEVIN SHALVEY About 50 mothers recently answered questions concerning what they’d like to see at the new town playground. “One of the most popular features was fencing with a gate. Shade Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY More than a month after a five-alarm fire nearly destroyed their office building on South River Road, Prudential Verani Realtors served up a thank you for local fire and police departments. Managers cooked pasta, while real estate agents Read More...
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CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS BY MATT STOUT Hoping to follow its stellar performance at the Meet of Champions on Nov. 4 with an even tastier finish at the New England Championships, the Manchester West girls cross country found its showing hard to swallow Saturday, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Winnie the pony will do many things for you this year, including sending you a birthday card with a hoof-print signature. That’s one of the benefits if you “adopt” her. As part of a holiday donation drive, the Educational Read More...
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Bedford artist paints watercolor at home and from around the globe BY KEVIN SHALVEY Dan Kuenzig moved the brush slowly over the paper, delicately outlining and filling in the orange of an Egyptian boy’s shorts. “Some people say once you put Read More...
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Sports on track for high school BY KEVIN SHALVEY During its first year, Bedford High School will have a sports program, including several junior varsity and varsity interscholastic teams. Bedford High School Principal George Edwards and Thor Nilsen, athletic Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT After he emerged from the Manchester West football team’s locker room following its 42-14 home loss to Salem on Friday, Nov. 3, Blue Knights coach Travis Cote jokingly told reporters, “I have nothing to say.” Few would Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY The Bedford Town Common may start to take shape next year, pending budget approval of $52,000 for the project. Town councilors approved $52,000 for the project, while the Bedford Town Common Committee had asked for $247,000, which was Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY The planning board approved site plans for the 6.6-acre Hannaford supermarket at the intersection of Route 101 and Jenkins Road. Plans for the 36,000-squarefoot Hannaford Bros. grocery store were approved by an 8-1 vote. The approval Read More...
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By Rod Hansen Staff Writer Voters statewide will soon decide on two proposed constitutional amendments with special importance to Weare. Question 1 on the Nov. 7 ballot seeks to bar the state from taking any private property by eminent domain and transferring Read More...
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Inoffensive West, lacking punch, knocked out in quarters By Matt Stout Staff Writer Michelle Winning admits this wasn’t the Manchester West girls soccer team of old. The squad’s first-year coach, a former Blue Knight herself, said West didn’t Read More...
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By Kevin Shalvey Staff Writer A 16-year-old Bedford resident allegedly assaulted, tied up and robbed a 15-year-old behind McKelvie Middle School. The alleged assailant was arrested Thursday, Oct. 26, and is charged with a felony charge of armed robbery, Read More...
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Aubrie Compitello shares her love of music By Kevin Shalvey Staff Writer If Aubrie Compitello’s hands were a bit bigger, she would love to play a composition by Rachmaninoff during a concert. “My hands are just too small,” the 18-year-old Read More...
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