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• Bedford’s pay tops Goffstown’s

  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... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:05 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Goffstown, Taxes, budget, Town employees, school employees

• Bedford to assess properties

  BY JENN McDOWELL Bedford residents and business owners will receive a notice in their mailboxes in the next couple of weeks informing them about their new property assessment value. Assessor Bill Ingalls, who has been working on the assessment on and Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:19 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, assesment

• 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

• Bedford town council seeks unity and communication

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The Town Council is hoping to close the door on 2007 – a year marked by division and discord – and move on to the challenges it faces this year. The town road program, rising taxes and the intersection of Route 101 and Nashua Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 4:20 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, Road work, town council

• How much do taxpayers owe?

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE The town and school district each have five outstanding bonds that are affecting taxpayers. On the town side, the five outstanding bonds may affect property owners about 80 cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation. The cost is Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:08 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, School District

• No amendments made to school budget, bonds

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE All 10 warrant articles, including $445,000 for land and a $55 million operating budget will go on the March 11 ballot as presented at Bedford School District deliberative session. At the Tuesday, Feb. 5, meeting, resident Gus Garceau Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:02 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, Voting, School District

• Town Council adds $3 million for access road improvements

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE The Bedford Town Council took on an estimated $3 million for road improvements, which coincide with the secondary access project to the high school, onto its proposed $12 million road bond. The $3 million is in addition to the $12 Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:39 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, Road work, town council

• 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

• Bedford Town Year in review 2007

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Bedford’s new town manager, Russ Marcoux, officially took the helm Feb. 5. Police Chief David Bailey had been filing in as acting town manager since November 2006 when Keith Hickey left Bedford to be town manager of Merrimack. Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:46 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Town manager, Taxes, Road work, town council, budget

• Taxes up

  BY SUSAN CLARK Bedford property owners will have to dig deeper this year to help pay for the new schools and a $20 million road bond. Though the town and the school district have yet to receive confirmation from the state Department of Revenue Administration, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:03 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Schools, Taxes

• All school warrants pass

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Voters came through for the Bedford School Board as all 10 warrant articles passed on Election Day, March 13. For the new Bedford High School and middle school, voters approved bonding $2.7 million for first-year furniture costs, an initial Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:35 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school, Schools, Taxes, Voting, McKelvie

• $23M town budget passes voter scrutiny

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY After acknowledgements to outgoing Councilor Andy Egan, retired part-time police officer Roland Latulippe and former Councilor Bill Greiner for their service, the town council faced very little opposition at the annual Budgetary Town Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:10 AM by Bedford Editor | 5 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, Voting

• Budget up to voters

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Though the school board hasn’t faced many contentious issues for the upcoming March 13 elections, this year’s operating budget and the opening of the new middle school depend on one warrant article. When voters go to the polls, Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:57 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Taxes, elections, Town offices, Voting

• $12K added to budget

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Councilors have increased the 2007 proposed budget by $12,840, allocating money for mosquito testing and new town voting booths. The proposed operating budget that will be brought to Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 7, is $23,002,751, said Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:23 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Taxes, elections, Voting