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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
July 2008 - Posts
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Without an array of gears, minus an open road or mountain, Bedford residents Mike and Matt Cambria, both 15, are discovering cycling – on a circular track, with an embankment that serves as the bicycle’s brakes. They are part of the youth Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Playing in two separate tournaments at once is no easy task for any team, let alone doing it with a squad filled with 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds. Yet competing in the Matty Dobens tournament, hosted by Manchester South, as well as Read More...
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Two new softball teams attempt to elbow their way into the top tier of competitors as Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youths, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Bedford residents and business owners will receive a notice in their mailboxes in the next couple of weeks informing them about their new property assessment value. Assessor Bill Ingalls, who has been working on the assessment on and Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The 2008 Fresno State baseball team is no secret to those who follow college athletics or who watch SportsCenter on a daily basis. The Bulldogs, who entered the NCAA tournament with a 33-27 regular-season record and had to win their Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR As it turned out, the difference between these two teams was next to nothing. The Bedford 10- and 11- year-old Little League all-star team, undefeated prior to a 14- 2 setback against Goffstown on Saturday, July 19, met the same Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Summer school is normally not a big budget item. But the high number of students in the program this year – the first one ever in Bedford – is drawing some attention to its costs. The enrollment, which is greater than average Read More...
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Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youths, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Villa Augustina Fields, starting at 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Sometimes, the small things count for a lot. The Town Council learned that lesson the hard way recently when its decision to buy a laptop for each of the seven members and redecorate their meeting room provoked charges of frivolous spending Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bedford may have knocked off Goffstown with a 6-3 victory, but the head coaches for both teams had a feeling they may be seeing each other again soon. Although Bedford won the winners bracket final in the 10- and 11-year-old state Little Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR When Bedford took the diamond in the losers bracket quarterfinals on Monday, July 14, the team in the opposite dugout, Salem National, held the advantage of a week’s worth of rest. Yet Bedford remained game-tested by winning Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bedford firefighters are hoping to sell out their annual golf tournament for a second consecutive year, as residents will be given the chance to tee up at Manchester Country Club for a good cause. Last year marked the first time the Bedford Read More...
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BY PATRICK O’NEILL When Kaitlyn Stone was looking for something to do this summer, spending a week in Mexico at a pet clinic was probably the last thing to cross her mind. But after helping spay and neuter almost 200 pets and learning about issues Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Bedford schools will be safer and parents will be more informed about security, starting this fall. Over the summer, the district will install a perimeter security system in its three elementary schools and intermediate school at a cost Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Summer school once was for students who had flunked out of their classes or, in some cases, for a few go-getters who wanted to take an elective. But at Bedford High, the program is also for students who had passing grades but nonetheless Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Samantha Jean doesn’t like to lose, especially to her sister, Kirsten. The feeling is mutual, said the younger sibling. Though each was the top tennis player for their respective high school this season, they never met in Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Lea Bishop was recently presented with an appealing opportunity. The Bedford resident and recent University of Connecticut graduate tried out for the New England Sports Network (NESN) reality show “Sox Appeal,” a sports-based Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL The Bedford Planning Board will take up the final approval of proposed bank for the intersection of Nashua Road and Route 101. Route 101/Nashua Road Realty has appeared before the board several times with its plan to build a bank and Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The land and building that have housed the landmark C.R. Sparks restaurant and event center have been sold to Group 1 Automotive Inc., a Fortune 500 car retailer based in Houston, Texas. The deal is the latest move in a high-priced game Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Count Bedford’s Barth Getto as one participant happy to get away from modern competition for a day. The 46-year-old regularly competes in triathlons. But on Saturday, June 28, he was convinced by friends at the Goffstown YMCA Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Bedford may not have as many households that will struggle to pay their heating oil bills as other towns, but with the severity of the energy crisis the town may still have to start a program for those who will need some help. Jonathan Read More...
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BY SARAH LEBRUN With the cost of heating fuels on the rise, people are searching for ways to stretch a gallon of fuel as far as they can. And according to Karen Henderson, manager at Goffstown Ace Hardware, there has been a 75 percent increase in the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY It may be warm in July, but area residents are still feeling the pain of the past winter’s heating bills and fear what the future holds. Edward Ramos of Bedford said he doesn’t know exact figures, but guesses that his bill Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The Town Council approved a new contract with the Manchester Transit Authority and called upon the bus service to expand into Bedford, as the city considers reductions. The Manchester Transit Authority now has one route in Bedford along Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bedford School Board members voted to make the high school’s Booster Club district-controlled, although the decision could be revisited after some current club members felt they weren’t given enough input on the matter. Booster Read More...
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