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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
September 2007 - Posts
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BY SUSAN CLARK Bedford property owners will have to dig deeper this year to help pay for the new schools and a $20 million road bond. Though the town and the school district have yet to receive confirmation from the state Department of Revenue Administration, Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR The scene resembled that of a marquee Friday night lights match-up with two state powerhouses clashing for varsity glory. Children ran around outside the stadium, clad in red and black football jerseys trying to imitate those on the Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR The season hasn’t progressed as expected, but first-year coach Stephanie Georgevits sees many positives in this year’s West High School field hockey squad. Though the Blue Knights began the season with a 1-1 tie against Read More...
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BY DAVE CHOATE For a volleyball program being built from the ground up, the numbers on the scoreboard are much less important than the ages of the players. “We’re basically all freshmen, and they’re basically juniors and seniors,” Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK With about 1,900 members, the Bedford Soccer League planns to bring more green fields into play. The league has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Gulfstream Investments to purchase about 12 acres of land abutting the organization’s Read More...
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BY STEVEN ANDREWS Bedford officials said tactics used by reporters to obtain public documents, and not ignorance of the Right to Know Law, led to their failure in last week’s investigation by Neighborhood News. While School Board and Town Council Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Age means nothing when a group of players possesses considerable skill. At least that’s the contention of Pembroke golf coach Mike Desilets, speaking specifically about Bedford High School’s golf team. In fact, Desilets Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR When Kris Komisarek was a freshman at Notre Dame, Michelle Winning was a senior captain. The two quickly became acquainted, long after facing each other in high school for Class L rivals Manchester Central and West, respectively. Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK Two juveniles have been arrested for allegedly planting three homemade bombs on driveways on Regency Drive in August. Because the suspects are 14 years old, police said they are unable to release any more information on their identities. Read More...
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BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Have you ever wondered how much your child’s teacher is paid? How about what happened at the last school board or selectmen’s meeting? Or whether your neighbor was arrested in that commotion last week? You have every right Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Sarah Kelley had been asking her coach, Michelle Winning, if she could try to nail a goal with a corner kick during game play. So when Winning said, “Hey, give it a shot,” Kelley did. Less than four minutes into the game, Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Tony Johnson was part of the Bishop Guertin dynasty in the early 1970s, when the private Nashua high school won four titles in six years. Three decades later, he has built a dynasty of his own. And Johnson said a large contingent Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK Most towns readily provided copies of the latest town council/selectmen minutes and employee salaries or directed us to where the information is available. But of the 16 towns we approached, two – Bedford and Salem – required Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE The building may not be new, but there were definitely first-day jitters and excitement as McKelvie opened its doors for the first time as an intermediate school. McKelvie, which graduated its last eighth-grade class in June as a middle Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Joyce Hunter gets emotional when she talks about her daughter Julie’s departure for college. Having your only child leave the nest can be traumatic, especially if you weren’t sure that day would ever be possible. Julie, Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Work has begun on the tunnel that will eventually bring traffic on the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport access road under the Bedford tollbooths along the Everett Turnpike. Construction on the $123 million access road to link the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY The scoreboard at Bedford High School noted the Bulldogs lost to Laconia, 6-0. But you wouldn’t know it by the attitude of the Bedford field hockey players leaving the turf field. Bedford’s group of freshmen and sophomores Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY It appeared the boys soccer match between Manchester West High School and Pinkerton Academy was destined for a scoreless draw. But with one fall to the wet turf at West Memorial Field, that all changed. With a little more than two minutes Read More...
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