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• Good News Garage gives cars to those in need

  By JENNIFER LORD Imagine a single mother walking more than a mile every morning, toting three toddlers to day care, then dishing out $20 for a taxi ride to work. She does it all over again on the way home, even in winter and bad weather. Why don’t Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 5:31 PM by Bedford Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Donations, Good News Garage

• Bedford students sew and donate hats for kids around the world

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Heather Monty is Bedford’s mad hatter. About five years ago, Monty began to sew fleece hats, and since then she has helped keep heads warm around the globe. Monty, now a junior at The Derryfield School, started sewing the hats when, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:20 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Donations, students, volunteering

• McKelvie moves for money

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It was likely a quiet afternoon at McKelvie Intermediate School. After a morning of fitness activities on Oct. 23, fifth-grade teacher Marie Alsup said she was expecting her classroom to be filled with some tired students. “The Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:58 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, McKelvie, Education, Donations

• Morgan’s Basket program helps those in need

  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... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:12 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Donations, Morgan's Basket, Bedford Farmer's Market

• Van Loan Preserve paths now open

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Next to the dam and beaver pond in the Van Loan Preserve, walkers can now pause on a wooden bridge and enjoy Riddle Brook. On Saturday, May 12, the Bedford Land Trust opened a new walking trail in the 68-acre Van Loan Preserve. Gene Van Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:58 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, On the Trails, Donations

• Gifts come easily

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Donating a Baldwin piano to Memorial School was easy for George and Jayne McMurdy. “We had this piano that we didn’t really have a use for,” Jayne McMurdy said. “And, we had seen the piano that they had at Memorial.” Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:10 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Donations, Memorial School