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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
June 2007 - Posts
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE They may not be old enough to drive a car, but a group of Bedford Boy Scouts can boast that they have flown an airplane. On Saturday, June 23, a dozen boys aged 10 to 14, made a special trip to Daniel Webster College in Nashua to work Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK A new town playground is ready for children to climb, swing and slide, thanks to more than 60 volunteers who made it all possible. “Building day could not have been better. It was fabulous,” said Michelle Casale, a member of Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE A 21-year-old Bedford soldier stationed in Afghanistan was injured on June 20 by shrapnel from an improvised explosive device, or IED. Cpl. Matthew James Young, a member of C Company 1/503 Task Force Eagle, was airlifted to a trauma Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK David Bailey spent winters and springs looking forward to it. He’d go to bed each night eyeing the pile of new equipment in the corner of his bedroom, anticipating snow giving way to grass, dirt and Opening Day. Fifty years later, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Bedford has taken the first step to participate in a state-funded, $3.2 million regional assessment to determine the best planning strategies for 26 communities that will be affected by the eventual expansion of Interstate 93. On Monday, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY A procession of 340 McKelvie Middle School eighth-graders became the last graduating class – and the first freshmen to have their own high school in Bedford. Because of the new Bedford High School and Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s Cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized, beach balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a well-behaved event. None of the 465 graduates tossed beach balls during the Wednesday, Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK When she joined the West High track and field team as a freshman four years ago, Julianne Quinn should’ve felt uneasy when hearing her new coach’s expectations. She should’ve been nervous being part of Leo Ducharme’s Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Of the 42 teachers hired to date for Bedford High School, only two will be first-year teachers. “We actually purposely shied away from brand-new teachers and looked for some teachers with a little more experience,” said Principal Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Because he smelled smoke and suspected foul play, a Bedford school bus driver stopped at the Safety Complex for an unscheduled chat with police. “We had a bus (Monday, June 11) that was driven by a substitute driver that was returning Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY As a member of the McKelvie Middle School band, Colby Rondeau’s favorite song to play on his tuba is the “Tartan Overture.” It’s one you might never have heard of because his teacher, Norm Blanchette – who’s Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Had it won two more regular-season games, Derryfield’s baseball team would’ve earned a No. 2 seed and created an entirely different postseason story. But being the underdog in this year’s Class S baseball finals was exactly Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Say it as many times as you’d like. The boys of Derryfield tennis won’t get sick of it. In fact, they’re quite used to it: another season, another state championship. In no surprising fashion, the Cougars grabbed their Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY While many residents may be looking forward to going ice skating and meeting friends at the new village common, some abutters are concerned about how it will affect their properties. Members of the Bedford Village Common Committee presented Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY If high school students want to ride their cars to school, they’ll have to pay an annual $25 parking fee. In addition to mandating a parking fee, the School Board approved parking for sophomores for the first two years the school Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY A recent flurry of crime in Bedford has kept the Police Department busy with attempted ATM machine heists, robberies and one suspect who tried to flee a local store wearing a new pair of sneakers. Caught on camera Early on Monday, June Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT In the bottom of the seventh inning with two out and the team ahead, 2-1, Manchester West was on the verge of upsetting one of the top teams in Class L. If they hadn’t already, the Blue Knights realized – at that point, on that Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Thirteen innings, a combined 31 strikeouts, two no-out, bases-loaded situations – and no runs to show for it. They’re oddities for most teams. They were the norm for the Manchester West softball team this season. Though it definitely Read More...
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