By JILLIAN JORGENSENMcKelvie Intermediate School will get a new outdoor basketball court for free. The Bedford School Board accepted a donation from the Bedford Basketball League for the court, but decided to remove lighting from the plans to keep players off the court at night. The court will be part of a new playground installed this summer. ...

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 STEPHEN BEALEIt could cost as much as $2.7 million over several years to fix the aging McKelvie Intermediate School, experts have told the School Board. In an exhaustive report that counts nearly 70 improvements that are needed to the site and school building, the authors conclude the work can be done in four phases, appending a list of $1.4 ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYThe purchase of a house in Bedford could eventually reroute Gault Road away from the five-way intersection near McKelvie Middle School, soon to be McKelvie Intermediate School. At their Wednesday, April 11, meeting, Bedford town councilors unanimously approved the $240,000 purchase of 77 Gault Road. The western end of Gault Road ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYOver the past two years, report cards grading Bedford students have changed. For about two years, the Bedford School District has been issuing parent-friendly elementary school report cards. Starting next school year, the new grading process for fifth- and sixth-graders will be in place. And, seventh- and eight-grade report cards ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYNine McKelvie Middle School students had a first-hand glimpse of book binding at Nashua High School North. “It’s really efficient until they have to put all the pages in order,” said eighth-grader Daniel Kassler. Much of the process uses machines, but the pages have to be put in order by hand, he said. On ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYVoters 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 library collection and athletic grandstands. Also approved was the district’s ...

BY MATT STOUTEntering this season, the McKelvie School girls basketball team simply wanted to be one game better than it was last year. That one game just happened to mean a berth in the Tri-County League Class L-1 finals. Behind a fast-paced attack and relentless defense, McKelvie realized that goal, reaching the championship game for the first ...