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• Salaries, budget top ballot in Bedford

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The budget that will appear on the March 10 school district ballot has been crafted with the economy in mind, said School Board Chairman David Sacks. “The school district budget is appropriate for these economic times,” Sacks Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:24 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, Voting, budget, School Board, salary

• Budget, bonds irk Bedford taxpayers

  BY STEPHEN BEALE An effort to receive public input on a $12 million bond for the town road system and $1 million for the Nashua Road intersection with Route 101 met with limited success at a recent public hearing where only a few residents turned out Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:37 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, town council, roads, budget, School Board

• Bedford Residents: teachers should not get pay increases

  BY STEPHEN BEALE School Board members said they shaved the budget as close as they could without causing any bleeding, but several residents said they might be comfortable with some bleeding. The speakers at the Monday, Jan. 12, public hearing told the Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:52 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Teachers, Taxes, budget, School Board, raises

• Town and school officials promise to control budgets

  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... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:06 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, budget, School Board

• Bedford fiscal committee formed

  BY STEPHEN BEALE A new joint Fiscal Communications Committee between town government and the school district will look to save taxpayer money by coordinating expenses. Council Chairman Mike Izbicki said the committee would look at potential increases Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:47 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, town council, School Board, School District

• Bedford School Board plans to refinance Riddle Brook School bond

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The school district is planning to refinance the construction bond for Riddle Brook School, saving money on lower interest rates and possibly setting a precedent for what it will eventually do with its other bonds. The School Board will Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:54 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, School Board, bonds

• State: School Board should not propose road improvements

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE The state Department of Revenue Administration will not support the School Board’s plan to create additional lanes and a traffic light on Route 101 at Nashua Road. The state Department of Revenue Administration reviewed the proposed Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:24 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, Road work, School Board