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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
March 2007 - Posts
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BY SAPNA PATHAK It’s the one question on every West High coach’s mind. What will happen to their athletic program once Bedford High School opens next year? Dan Drewniak learned faster than any other Blue Knights mentor what he needed to do Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK When he thinks about having to choose between baseball and basketball as a high school sophomore, Josh Correia said he’s lucky he never mastered how to hit. Once he evaluated how far he could get without developing a strong swing, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Hannaford has a six-month extension to complete a set of conditions for its supermarket at the intersection of Jenkins Road and Route 101. “We are now just getting data back from the DOT and it’s going to take some time,” Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY For the past few weeks, Bedford School District buildings and procedures are being watched very closely for any potential dangers to students and staff. With nationwide problems in schools, now is the time for Bedford to take a close Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY It took about three hours, but we all did it. We, the Citizens Fire Academy students, passed our cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, certification tests. Then we were told that just to get a basic emergency medical technician and firefighter Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Lance Mailloux, like any natural competitor, will have a tough time shaking the frustration from his first experience at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championships on March 10 in Garland, Texas. As for the legacy his performance Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Town councilors unanimously approved the appointment of Richard Sawyer as Bedford's new planning director and zoning administrator. “I’ll just say, ‘Thank you,’ and I look forward to working with you all over Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY It happens every election. People flock to the polls to cast their ballots and instead, as a joke, they vote for Mickey Mouse. Which fictitious character gets the most votes? “Off the top of my head, I’d say Disney characters Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Do you know someone who might be the town’s oldest resident and is willing to take on a a 99-year-old tradition? Bedford is looking for a new oldest resident to be the 19th holder of the prestigious Boston Post Cane, which is given Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT There was little Gary Bishop knew about Zach Musgrave before this season. In fact, even “little” may be pushing it. Where Musgrave was from, where he played the year before, what he could bring to this Bishop Guertin hockey team, Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Weird. That’s how Colin Burke described his Manchester West boys basketball team’s season. From their habit of starting games slowly to the approaches they took to remedy their problems, the Blue Knights experienced a lot of Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Voters came through for the Bedford School Board as all 10 warrant articles passed on Election Day, March 13. For the new Bedford High School and middle school, voters approved bonding $2.7 million for first-year furniture costs, an initial Read More...
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BY JESSICA CHAU The town of Bedford approved an increase of $2,700 for an extended bus route from Manchester to Bedford at the Budgetary Town Meeting on March 7. Council Vice Chairman Lori Radke made a motion to increase the Manchester Transit Authority Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Residents who own property that abuts town wetlands will be exempt from future buffers and wetland regulations. Voters passed citizen-petitioned zoning Amendment 7 with a 1,836-1,220 vote. “I’m very pleased that it passed. Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Voters elected two new town councilors, Mike Izbicki and Bob Young, and re-elected incumbent Michael Scanlon to another three-year term. In the race for two three-year council seats, Scanlon came away with 1,476 votes, Izbicki received Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY After acknowledgements to outgoing Councilor Andy Egan, retired part-time police officer Roland Latulippe and former Councilor Bill Greiner for their service, the town council faced very little opposition at the annual Budgetary Town Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT The result stunned nearly everyone in the place, this unknown freshman from the University of New Hampshire walking into Rensselaer’s Robinson Gymnasium, taking to the mat and rolling past the defending 235-pound national champion. Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT In looking back on one of the few silver linings in his team’s 2- 15-1 season, West hockey coach Phil Croasdale said the Blue Knights’ 7-1 win over Manchester Memorial on Jan. 27 – easily the squad’s most decisive Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Before its first playoff game of the year, the West girls basketball team knew whom it would have to rely on and which opposing players to stop. It just so happened those opponents were on top-ranked, undefeated Timberlane. The Lady Blue Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Though the school board hasn’t faced many contentious issues for the upcoming March 13 elections, this year’s operating budget and the opening of the new middle school depend on one warrant article. When voters go to the polls, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Three citizen petitioned amendments -- none of which are recommended by the planning board -- top off the 2007 town zoning warrant that will go before voters March 13. Bedford voters will decide whether a certain type of senior housing Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT In the weeks prior to the Meet of Champions, West wrestling coach Brandon Viet touted 130-pounder Jared Crain as a sleeper entering the season’s most important tournaments. On Saturday, Feb. 24, the alarm officially went off. With Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Entering this season, the McKelvie School girls basketball team simply wanted to be one game better than it was last year. That one game just happened to mean a berth in the Tri-County League Class L-1 finals. Behind a fast-paced attack Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK In her final year leading the girls of Manchester West spirit, Sherri Reinfurt has seen the Blue Knights record one of their most successful seasons. Reinfurt retires after eight seasons after leading what she called one of the most wonderful Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY The federal government and the state Department of Transportation will spend $2.5 million for road improvements to Jenkins and Hardy roads at Route 101, with work expected to begin in 2008. With few comments from abutters, the New Hampshire Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Do you want to know more about the gear, procedures and trucks of the Bedford Fire Department? Well, the department is still accepting applications for a free, six-night Citizens Fire Academy to run Thursdays, March 15, 22, 29 and April Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY When Mark Dell’Orfano bought his house on Fairlane Drive in fall 2005, he didn’t know it abutted a wetland the town was studying with the intent to increase regulations. “While there was a piece of wet property behind Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY McKelvie Middle School eighth-graders will receive diplomas in June at the school’s last graduation ceremony. The school board voted Feb. 19 to host a formal graduation this year after previously discussing foregoing a ceremony. Read More...
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