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BY DAN DeCONINCK and MATT SCHOOLEY Cell phones – it seems like everyone has them. After all, this is the age of technology, and being without mobile capability is like being without shoes – you could probably make it through the day barefoot, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY The state recently released its adequate yearly progress reports, and Bedford’s schools passed in every category. Students across the state in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 were administered the NECAP test in fall 2007. Students’ Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Fifth- and sixth-graders at McKelvie Intermediate School got to skateboard, hula hoop, jog and ride scooters all at their first annual Move-A-Thon. Since Ross A. Lurgio Middle School opened to seventh and eighth grades Aug. 29, McKelvie Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Bedford High School art teacher Catherine Tuttle loves the new school but knew some artwork would make a great finishing touch. With the help of local artist Mark Ragonese, Tuttle and three of her art classes helped make multiple stick Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Throughout October, more than 700 students at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School will be reading 26 minutes a day and exercising 26 minutes a day. This comes as part of the fundraiser called “Exercise the Right to Read.” The Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK With the state Department of Transportation’s Route 101 reconstruction plan pushed to 2017, the School Board is looking at ways to access the middle/high school site and keep students safe. At its Sept. 24 meeting, Tony Grande and Read More...
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BY PATRICK O'NEILL Many students dream about making a difference to people in the world one day. Taylor Nagel, 17, of Bedford, actually did. Nagel, a senior at The Derryfield School, spent four weeks this summer in Ghana helping WomensTrust, a New Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE The building may not be new, but there were definitely first-day jitters and excitement as McKelvie opened its doors for the first time as an intermediate school. McKelvie, which graduated its last eighth-grade class in June as a middle Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Three generations of seventh-grader Ashley Palis’ family recently toured her new school – the Ross A. Lurgio Middle School. Ashley’s mother Robin Palis, who grew up in Bedford, said she was very impressed with the Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY A procession of 340 McKelvie Middle School eighth-graders became the last graduating class – and the first freshmen to have their own high school in Bedford. Because of the new Bedford High School and Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s Cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized, beach balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a well-behaved event. None of the 465 graduates tossed beach balls during the Wednesday, Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Because he smelled smoke and suspected foul play, a Bedford school bus driver stopped at the Safety Complex for an unscheduled chat with police. “We had a bus (Monday, June 11) that was driven by a substitute driver that was returning Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY As a member of the McKelvie Middle School band, Colby Rondeau’s favorite song to play on his tuba is the “Tartan Overture.” It’s one you might never have heard of because his teacher, Norm Blanchette – who’s Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY If high school students want to ride their cars to school, they’ll have to pay an annual $25 parking fee. In addition to mandating a parking fee, the School Board approved parking for sophomores for the first two years the school Read More...
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