The Bedford School Board has elected Dawna Duhamel as the district’s chief financial officer to replace Mark Conrad, who is leaving the district in late August to become the superintendent of schools for the Nashua School District. Duhamel has served as the business administrator of SAU 41 (Hollis, Brookline, and Hollis-Brookline ...

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 Suzanne Bates The Nashua School Board chose Bedford School District’s chief financial officer as its next superintendent on Monday, June 1. If he accepts the offer, Mark Conrad will take over the second largest school district in the state when current Superintendent Christopher Hottel leaves to head the North Andover, Mass., school ...

By STEPHEN BEALE Former Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Bill Foote has sued the town and four town councilors who voted against his re-appointment in March because of his attitudes toward the School Board and the proposed village common. Foote was an unsuccessful candidate for the School Board in an election that month. After his loss, ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILL Having a solid plan in place is the best way to handle natural disasters. At a recent Town Council meeting, Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission and members from the Planning Board presented an update to the Bedford Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Bedford Hazard Mitigation Plan is a document updated every ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThor Nilsen, the high school athletic administrator, has decided to leave Bedford High School, due to a long commute to his home in Scarborough, Maine, and time away from his family. Nilsen will be replaced by Bill Whitmore, the athletic director at Milton Academy in Milton, Mass. Nilsen is the second administrator to exit ...

BY SUSAN CLARKA typo or a misunderstanding may have sealed the fate of the $1 million debt request on the town ballot to make safety improvements to the intersection of Route 101 and Nashua Road. By a 1,768-1,106 vote, article 4 failed to garner two-thirds majority vote on Tuesday, March 10. The article asked voters to agree to spend the $1 ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe budget that will appear on the March 10 school district ballot has been crafted with the economy in mind, said School Board Chairman David Sacks. “The school district budget is appropriate for these economic times,” Sacks said. “It continues to ensure quality education can be delivered in the walls of our ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe race for two School Board seats this March is drawing a long-time veteran of the board, the current vice chairman and a four-time candidate. The three are split on their priorities. Cindy Chagnon, a 12-year School Board member, wants to see the opening of Bedford High School to its completion with the addition of seniors next ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEVoters approved an additional cut of $410,000 proposed by the School Board at the deliberative session of the School District Meeting, earning praise from some taxpayers. The School Board offered taxpayers a deal — it would postpone $410,000 in capital projects next school year if at the March election voters OK ballot ...