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• Bedford Taxpayers Association report

  At a recent meeting of Bedford Taxpayers Association (BTA), the Board of Directors discussed the upcoming town and school budget process. Due to present economic conditions and state budget woes, the BTA board considered the impact of both future budgets Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:32 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, town, Taxpayers Association, buget

• Obama speech nixed by Bedford schools

  By MATT SCHOOLEY Few students in Bedford watched Barack Obama’s first-day-of-school address, but not for political reasons. School officials decided it was not possible to watch the video district-wide because of scheduling conflicts, but that teachers Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:44 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, speech, Obama

• Stevens-Buswell School is covered until renovation can be accomplished

  By MATT SCHOOLEY Bedford residents continue the makeover process of a building central to the town’s history so it doesn’t become just that – history. Volunteers recently added a tarp to the roof of the Stevens- Buswell School to assure Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:59 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Historical Society

• Woodbury School plans unique schoolyard spaces

  By JENNIFER LORD College and elementary school students and educators are working together to create a one-of-a-kind outdoor adventureland. The schools are Peter Woodbury School in Bedford and New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, and the project Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:23 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, Concord, Peter Woodbury, NHTI, schoolyard

• Forum looks at Bedford’s future

  By Patrick O’Neill More walkable areas and use of school buildings for more than just children are important for Bedford’s future. Bedford residents voiced their opinions on the town’s future at the Master Plan Steering Committee’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:10 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, roads, Bedford High School, Steering Committee, Master Plan

• Trinity robotics team does well at FIRST final

  BY MARK NATALE On April 14, the Trinity Robotics team, Checkmate 40, packed its trailer and started the long drive down to Atlanta to compete in the 2009 FIRST World Championship in the Georgia Dome along with 348 other teams from across the world. Several Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:46 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Manchester, School, Robotics

• Bedford schools await fed’s help

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The school district is waiting for confirmation that it could soon receive a boost in federal funding for special education, and possibly receive money for future building upgrades to Bedford schools – all from the economic stimulus Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:08 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, School District, special education, stimulus

• Riddle Brook students create mural on Bedford’s history

  BY STEPHEN BEALE As far as art projects go, this one will make history. Literally. Artist-in-Residence Robert Rossel asked a class of second-graders at Riddle Brook School, “Twenty years from now when you come back to school, what will be greeting Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:00 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, mural, Riddle Brook, history

• $2.7M to fix McKelvie School

  BY STEPHEN BEALE It could cost as much as $2.7 million over several years to fix the aging McKelvie Intermediate School, experts have told the School Board. In an exhaustive report that counts nearly 70 improvements that are needed to the site and school Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:15 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, McKelvie, improvements

• Bedford schools to get writing curriculum right

  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... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:36 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education

• Bedford woman learns veterinarian care in Mexico

  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... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:14 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, animals, School, World Vets, Mexico

• Schools to start new security measures

  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... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:10 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, security system

• New regulations force fifth of Bedford High students to get remedial help

  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... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, Bedford High School, summer school

• Making elections a community affair

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Town and school elections on March 11 will be more than choosing a candidate or backing a budget. The elections will also be about honoring soldiers serving overseas and helping people who need a bone marrow transplant. The Bedford Lions Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:35 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, School, elections, budget

• Charter amendments, two road bonds up to voters at March 11 elections

  BY SUSAN CLARK Ballots are stacked and election officials are ready for what they hope is a record turnout of voters making some important decisions in town and school matters. Election Day is Tuesday, March 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Bedford High Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:21 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, School, elections, Voting, bonds