BY MATT SCHOOLEYBedford firefighters are hoping to sell out their annual golf tournament for a second consecutive year, as residents will be given the chance to tee up at Manchester Country Club for a good cause. Last year marked the first time the Bedford Professional Firefighters Golf Tournament was sold out, and this year will be the fifth ...

BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Under the terms of a new union contract, Bedford firefighters will now be covered by short-term and long-term disability and life insurance, have the same health insurance benefits as police and nonlabor groups, and be eligible for annual cost-of-living wage increases. Under the new contract, the salary ranges will be ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY (Editor’s note: This is a series of articles detailing Staff Writer Kevin Shalvey’s experiences at the Bedford Citizen’s Fire Academy.) Cutting through the metal frame of a car is, I found out, much easier than sawing a hole in the windshield.  You just need to use the right equipment – a ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYAlthough it was definitely a real fire, it wasn’t all that dangerous. My Citizens’ Fire Academy classmates and I, after an hour-long lecture on how to use fire extinguishers, were ushered outside to try out the extinguishers on a real fire. The fire was behind the Bedford Safety Complex and there were trained ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYDo you want to know more about the gear, procedures and trucks of the Bedford Fire Department? Well, the department is still accepting applications for a free, six-night Citizens Fire Academy to run Thursdays, March 15, 22, 29 and April 5, 12, and 18, at 6 p.m. at the Safety Complex on Route 101. The classes are for residents, ...

Bedford firefighters show off in 2007 calendarBY KEVIN SHALVEYThe Bedford Fire Department had to change the name of its third annual calendar to “Bedford’s Bravest.” “We had to change it from ‘The Boys of Bedford Fire’ because we have a female firefighter this year,” said Capt. Kevin Murray. And, ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY More than a month after a five-alarm fire nearly destroyed their office building on South River Road, Prudential Verani Realtors served up a thank you for local fire and police departments. Managers cooked pasta, while real estate agents catered to local firefighters and police on Nov. 14. “Rarely does this ever ...