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BY SARAH LEBRUN After months of planning and $70,000 of fundraising later, the Peter Woodbury Community School Yard will finally be built. The work will begin Friday, July 31, when Bill Simione of Play Pro installs the first deck of the traditional playground Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Heather Monty is Bedford’s mad hatter. About five years ago, Monty began to sew fleece hats, and since then she has helped keep heads warm around the globe. Monty, now a junior at The Derryfield School, started sewing the hats when, Read More...
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Brigette Comeau of Bedford spent her winter vacation from Saint Michael’s College on Jan. 3 to 10, volunteer teaching and working with youngsters in two inner-city middle schools in Buffalo, N.Y. Comeau, a senior education and religious studies Read More...
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BY PATRICK O’NEILL It all started when she first arrived at Trinity High School four years ago. Now, as Linsey Barker of Bedford prepares for college, she understands the value and benefits of helping others. Barker, 18, is involved in the National Read More...
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BY SUSAN CLARK When Ed Cande was growing up in Massachusetts, he often did his share of chores on his uncle’s and grandfather’s farms. “I helped out in the fields and the milking before going to school,” he said. Now, he spends Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Last year, more than 300 volunteers put in more than 6,500 hours of volunteer work at Peter Woodbury Elementary School and volunteer co-coordinators Amy Pratte and Cindy McGuire are grateful to all volunteers who have given the school. Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Approximately 95 people will be needed to help run the upcoming voting days at Bedford High School, said Ryk Bullock, school district moderator and assistant town moderator. Bullock, a member of the state’s Election Task Force, Read More...
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BY CHRIS QUARTARONE For Alan Goedecke of Bedford, traveling to Honduras and helping the people in the town of Danli was one of the most gratifying things he has done in his life. During the last week of September, Goedecke traveled to Honduras with doctors, 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 Keeping Bedford adults active, building playgrounds and breaking a record in the Senior Games competition sums up George Potter’s diverse and community-minded talents. Potter, who is retired, serves as chairman of the Bedford Read More...
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BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Val Touba loves the outdoors and volunteering to help build the next generation of strong men through Scouting. Touba has been involved with Boy Scouts for most of his life. As a boy, he advanced from Cub Scouts to Eagle Scout, the Read More...
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(Editor’s note: During the month of August, we will spotlight volunteers in our towns. This is the first in a weekly series celebrating those who work, without pay, to better their communities.) BY IRENE LABOMBARDE In the 15 years she’s lived Read More...
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