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 STEPHEN BEALEThe school district is rewriting its writing curriculum. The new program will be matched by an initiative to focus teachers on their writing instruction. While students have been off for the summer, administrators and teachers have been busy outlining their plan. “There’s a lot we’ve done in terms of writing in ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLWhen Kaitlyn Stone was looking for something to do this summer, spending a week in Mexico at a pet clinic was probably the last thing to cross her mind. But after helping spay and neuter almost 200 pets and learning about issues of animal treatment and euthanasia, she now wouldn’t trade the experience for anything ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEBedford schools will be safer and parents will be more informed about security, starting this fall. Over the summer, the district will install a perimeter security system in its three elementary schools and intermediate school at a cost of $100,000. A similar system is already in place at the new middle and high schools. It also is ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESummer school once was for students who had flunked out of their classes or, in some cases, for a few go-getters who wanted to take an elective. But at Bedford High, the program is also for students who had passing grades but nonetheless did not earn credit in their courses because of the new grading system at the school which ...

BY STEPHEN BEALETown and school elections on March 11 will be more than choosing a candidate or backing a budget. The elections will also be about honoring soldiers serving overseas and helping people who need a bone marrow transplant. The Bedford Lions Club and election staff are sponsoring bone marrow and blood drives in honor of Dottie ...

BY SUSAN CLARKBallots are stacked and election officials are ready for what they hope is a record turnout of voters making some important decisions in town and school matters. Election Day is Tuesday, March 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Bedford High School. In addition to electing two town councilors, two School Board members, a new town clerk ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEBedford High School is about to make history, again, as a group of students are building their first high-tech robot. Since early January, the Bedford High School FIRST robotics team has been working everyday getting their machine ready for competition. FIRST is a worldwide robotics contest founded in 1989 by Segway inventor ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEGrowth in Bedford schools, a secondary emergency access road and taxpayer involvement in spending were the main topics discussed at the School Board Candidates’ Debate. The event, sponsored by the Bedford Men’s Club, featured four candidates – Gary Pariseau, Don Graff, Bill Foote and Bob Donahue – vying ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONELast year, more than 300 volunteers put in more than 6,500 hours of volunteer work at Peter Woodbury Elementary School and volunteer co-coordinators Amy Pratte and Cindy McGuire are grateful to all volunteers who have given the school. Pratte and McGuire help coordinate volunteers for the dozens of school programs such as book ...