BY SUZANNE D’AMATOTo those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are being made. The following are just a few examples of how generous donations of money, time and ...

BY DARRELL HALENSome American soldiers will be receiving snacks, batteries, hygiene products and other needed goods – thanks to the generosity of the Bedford Women’s Club. Each month, the club chooses a charity or service organization to make donations to. The group adopted Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit organization that ...

BY DARRELL HALENThanks to $25,000 worth of donated materials, along with help from some contractors, a new cabin will be built at Camp Allen, the summer residential and day camp on Sandy Pond enjoyed by children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. The staff hopes to have the new winterized, handicapped-accessible double ...

By JENNIFER LORD Imagine a single mother walking more than a mile every morning, toting three toddlers to day care, then dishing out $20 for a taxi ride to work. She does it all over again on the way home, even in winter and bad weather. Why don’t they take the bus? Because that’s not always an option. As Susan Swain of Bedford ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHeather 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, as a middle school student, she became aware of how many children need warm clothing every ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt was likely a quiet afternoon at McKelvie Intermediate School. After a morning of fitness activities on Oct. 23, fifth-grade teacher Marie Alsup said she was expecting her classroom to be filled with some tired students. “The nice thing for the teachers is that all the kids are tired out after this,” said ...

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELFor a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.” This small bit of philosophy is the basis for Morgan’s Basket, a community care program through the Bedford Farmer’s Market. Morgan Wasserman was a lifelong Bedford resident who fought hard ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYNext to the dam and beaver pond in the Van Loan Preserve, walkers can now pause on a wooden bridge and enjoy Riddle Brook. On Saturday, May 12, the Bedford Land Trust opened a new walking trail in the 68-acre Van Loan Preserve. Gene Van Loan cut the ribbon for about a mile of trail. “We’re very happy to have been part ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYDonating a Baldwin piano to Memorial School was easy for George and Jayne McMurdy. “We had this piano that we didn’t really have a use for,” Jayne McMurdy said. “And, we had seen the piano that they had at Memorial.” During the 2005-06 school year, the couple, whose two children attended Memorial and ...