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• Bedford Town Council: $4M loss predicted

  By STEPHEN BEALE The Town Council set its goals and priorities for the upcoming year in a retreat held at the town offices May 6. At the retreat, Town Manager Russ Marcoux warned the town and school district could be facing an annual $4 million hit to Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:14 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, town council, School District, budgets

• 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 Council cuts budget, tax rate for 2009

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The Town Council has roughly cut in half the expected increases in taxes and spending next year even as several members have declared that the change should be closer to zero. On Dec. 17, the council formally approved $307,660 in cuts Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2008 6:45 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Taxes, town council, budget

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Town manager, Taxes, Road work, town council, budget