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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
August 2008 - Posts
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Matt Woodmansee may be young in terms of age, but in terms of baseball maturity, he’s a proven veteran. The 16-year-old catcher was an integral part in the unexpected success and state title run of the first-year Bedford Post Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The drug that killed 18-yearold Evan Schwager in May is among the rarest and strongest in New Hampshire. The narcotic that claimed his life had remained hidden behind the curtain of a Bedford police investigation until recently, when Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Suited in the white protective underwear worn by race car drivers, frozen aloe gel and a coating of contact cement mixed with diesel fuel, David Bentubo was as cold as he ever wanted to be. Standing behind him was a woman with a vise-like Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The school district is rewriting its writing curriculum. The new program will be matched by an initiative to focus teachers on their writing instruction. While students have been off for the summer, administrators and teachers have been Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Carrying a nine-game winning streak and a freshly minted New Hampshire state title, Bedford players packed their bats, gloves and cleats and traveled roughly 125 miles south to Rhode Island. There, in West Warwick, the first-year Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE A subcommittee charged with coming up with a plan to protect town wetlands told the town there is little it can do to achieve its mission, two years after it was formed. Town councilors reluctantly granted the subcommittee’s request Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE School has been out for two months, but many students at Bedford High School have been busy with classes this summer. Nearly a third of them attended a summer school program at Bedford High. The first session of summer school last month Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Last year, Bedford High School was half full. Built for four grades, only two of them occupied it. This year, that spacious feeling will make way for more students, more teachers and more programs. The school is going through a growth Read More...
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BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.” This small bit of philosophy is the basis for Morgan’s Basket, a community care program through the Bedford Read More...
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BY PATRICK O’NEILL Bedford may see a new police barracks right next to the planned airport access road. Representatives from the New Hampshire State Police and Department of Transportation discussed details with the Planning Board on Monday, Aug. Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE At the farthest point north of his Arctic trip, Michael Iannone took the plunge. Along with other students at the Maine Maritime Academy, the 19-year-old sophomore experienced firsthand just how cold Arctic water is. “You jump in Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The town attorney has cleared Conservation Commission Chairman Mervyn Taub of any wrongdoing when he suggested that the Hannaford Brothers Co. give money to the town to make up for encroaching on wetlands. At a June 24 meeting on a variance Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR For years, coaches of the Manchester Jutras senior American Legion baseball team have tossed Bedford, Goffstown and Manchester players into a diamond- shaped mixing bowl and consistently concocted a winning recipe. Perhaps Tim Conway, Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The season began as most would have expected. It may end like few could have imagined. This year, Stevens-Buswell Post No. 54 established Bedford’s first American Legion baseball team in roughly 20 years. The junior squad, Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A Bedford man was killed when he apparently crashed his car into a tree near the intersection of Wallace Road and Magazine Street. Police responded to a 911 call from a witness to the accident on Saturday, Aug. 2 at about 2 p.m. Daniel Read More...
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Bedford Little League Challenger Division players hit it out of the park – Fenway Park, that is. On Tuesday, July 29, the Bedford Little League Challenger took part in the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camp. The baseball camp is the result Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Bedford is paying town and school employees more than its neighbor to the north, reflecting the economic inequities between the two communities. A comparison of the incomes of the top 25 earners among the four local governments using Read More...
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