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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
October 2008 - Posts
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY With Halloween arriving, not all students will be getting tricks or treats in the classroom, as many schools have shifted away from traditional festivities. One school that has done away with Halloween festivities is Hooksett’s Read More...
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BY PATRICK O’NEILL Since 2005, there have been plans to build a Workout Club and Wellness Center in Bedford, but nothing has happened. At the Zoning Board’s Tuesday, Oct. 21, meeting, the company returned to get re-approvals for the project. Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Senate race is pitting a 12th-term incumbent from Bedford against a freshman state representative from Lyndeborough. Besides Bedford, District 9 encompasses the towns of Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Mont Vernon and New Boston. Read More...
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The Derryfield School crew team put together back-to-back successful weekends, first in Pembroke’s Memorial Park for the New Hampshire Championships Regatta on Oct. 11, then in Boston at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 19. Three Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR It’s entirely possible that when Jake Nutter graduates from Bedford High School in 2011, he’ll have had a hand in leading his golf squad to both a Class I and a Class L state title. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY They weren’t playing horseshoes at Souhegan High School, so “close” didn’t count for the girls of Bedford High School’s volleyball team. The Lady Bulldogs found themselves in the thick of a road contest against Read More...
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Democratic and Republican candidates from Bedford running for seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives were asked questions on what they hope to accomplish, if elected. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters will be asked to choose six of the following Read More...
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Wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres, accompanied by the Manchester Community Music School Chamber Players, singing by the Bedford Youth Performing Company, and an entertaining discussion and book signings by two noted New England authors highlight this Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The schedule makers couldn’t have known it when they put pen to paper several months ago, but the final contest of the regular season between 5-10-0 Bedford and 4- 9-2 Monadnock became a preliminary- round playoff match. As Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Last year, Bedford was the new kid on the Class I field hockey block, and the players looked the part. This season, the Lady Bulldogs took their experience from a winless 2007 campaign and translated it into three victories. “The Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The leader of a grassroots opposition to a proposed slaughterhouse rebutted claims that racism or discrimination against religion is at work against an African immigrant who says he is trying to follow the dietary restrictions of his Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE School and town officials are reassuring taxpayers that the belt-tightening going on across the country will be reflected in the respective budgets they will propose for next year. “I think everyone’s very aware of what’s Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR This Senior Night at West High School differed from any before it. Standing on the sidelines prior to the Lady Blue Knights’ Class L field hockey home finale against Merrimack on Friday, Oct. 10, nine 12th-graders – Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR He’ll hate to see them leave, but he won’t necessarily be sorry to know they’re gone. Dwayne Andreasen, coach of the Souhegan girls soccer team, said Bedford, in its second year as a program, has already become Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK When Erin Huot joined the Bedford Rotary Club in March, she was looking for a way to help others and be more active in her community. “I heard so many good things about the Rotary in town and I wanted to get involved and find a focus Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Chairman Mike Izbicki responded to accusations from a fellow councilor that the postponement of a public hearing on the Bedford Village Common is an insult to the committee proposing it and the public turning out to comment on it. The Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE The School Board unanimously approved the use of video and audio cameras on school buses, after a searching discussion in which skeptics and supporters invoked everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Big Brother to make their points. At the Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Joel St. Laurent expected his players to be competitive, perhaps even finish in the top five collectively among Class I teams for the second consecutive year. But he had to admit, he didn’t anticipate his second-year Bedford Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY With this year’s enrollment numbers in, Bedford officials are beginning preparations for their first year with four grades of high school students. As of Sept. 2, the high school has 941 students, and Superintendent of Schools Tim Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Ryk Bullock, the town and school district moderator, said he will give $500 of his own money to anyone who files a report of a damaged or stolen sign that leads to the arrest and successful conviction of the vandals. “It is time Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE A proposed policy that would allow audio and video recording on school buses in worst-case disciplinary situations has led to a call for the resignation of the School Board chairman and a citizen’s petition drive by a parent. Jonathan Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Despite a loss to Goffstown, the Manchester West girls volleyball team looks to take momentum into a matchup with Central and grab its first victory of the season. Although the Blue Knights dropped the match to the Grizzlies on Friday, Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Following Bedford’s 3-0 home win against Pelham on Tuesday, Sept. 30, Stuart Pepper walked up to Pelham coach Matt Regan to shake his hand. “Your team reminds me a lot of mine last year,” said the Bedford mentor. Read More...
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BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Bethany Chapel Community Church’s turkey suppers attract people from Bedford, Nashua and surrounding towns, just to enjoy the meal. Judging by the diners lined up out the door, this is not exactly a well-kept secret. Fresh Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE Whether the TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” returns to New Hampshire, there are some Bedford families who have already benefited from the show’s popularity – either directly or through their community Read More...
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