BY MATT SCHOOLEYCooper Lecza has driven through Washington, D.C., with his family before. This time he’ll be able to stop and stay for a few days. Lecza will make his first trip to the nation’s capital after winning the state geography bee in a lengthy tie-breaker. The Lurgio Middle School eighth-grader will make the trip from May ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWith a group of seventh-graders presenting in front of State House members, it wasn’t the students who were nervous. “I was shaking like a leaf the entire time,” said Lurgio seventh-grade teacher Jen Wells. “They were much more calm and relaxed and I was very nervous. I wasn’t even presenting, but I ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLRunning a marathon is a test of endurance and conviction, and one Bedford resident is willing to run 13 of them. Nicholas Hinsley, an eighthgrade teacher and athletic director at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, will run a marathon every month for the next 13 months all around the country to raise money for Children’s ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORElizabeth White has been playing catch-up most of her young life. Now, others are trying to catch up with her. The 13-year-old Lurgio Middle School student won her first national championship in cyclocross last month, traveling to Kansas City, Kan., and enduring some of the harshest weather conditions she’s ever ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONERachel’s Challenge, a program founded by Darrell Scott, the father of the first student killed during the Columbine High School shooting, is coming to Bedford. The program, which will be viewed by Bedford High School and Ross A. Lurgio Middle School students on Wednesday, Jan. 30, delivers the message of anti-violence, ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEWith 2007, came the opening of the long-awaited Ross A. Lurgio Middle School and Bedford High School. On Aug. 29, the first students arrived. “I’m excited to finally have the students here. It’s been great to have them here for orientation and athletic practices,” said Principal George Edwards, who was ...