BY JENN McDOWELLBedford police officers will become even more rugged than they already are when new computers are installed into police cruisers to better handle all the bumps in the road – including paperwork and communication. The new ”Magnum” systems from Glacier Computers, a company specializing in building tough technology ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONETo meet MRI study recommendations, a study that called for additional police and fire positions in Bedford, the Bedford Police and Fire departments added many new positions in 2007. “These studies,” former Town Manager Keith Hickey said in 2006 about the study, “recommended an increase in staffing for both ...

Bedford police are searching for a man who robbed Game Stop at 7 Colby Court, Bedford. Police responded to a call on Monday, Nov. 26, at 9:15 p.m., and found that a man entered the store at closing time and ordered an employee to empty the cash register into a bag. The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, of medium ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEFor the ninth year in a row, the Bedford Police Department will be sponsoring its Toys for Tots drive throughout the holiday season. The Toys for Tots program is run through the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Its mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYIf Mike Couture hadn’t been in a minor car crash on Friday, Feb. 16, he wouldn’t have gone home and interrupted a daytime burglary. Couture left his home at 3 Tebbetts Lane for work Friday at about 10 a.m., and didn’t expect to be home all day. “Then, less than a quartermile from my house, someone ran me ...