By STEPHEN BEALEWhen graduating seniors bid farewell to West High School on Saturday, June 20, they marked the end not only to their time in high school, but also to a decades-long relationship between Bedford and Manchester – a fact not lost on the speakers at the ceremony. The assembly at the Verizon Wireless Arena heard from three ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYAfter the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford students no longer filling the hallways and classrooms at the school, West administrators ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLIt all started when she first arrived at Trinity High School four years ago. Now, as Linsey Barker of Bedford prepares for college, she understands the value and benefits of helping others. Barker, 18, is involved in the National Honor Society, teaches dance at the Bedford Dance Center, and was Trinity’s homecoming ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLThe Derryfield School had no student newspaper to speak of a few years ago. The one they had was published infrequently, and no one wanted to contribute to it. That is, until one Bedford girl gave it a try – and succeeded. Charlotte Evans, a graduating senior at The Derryfield School, decided it was time for students ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY A procession of 340 McKelvie Middle School eighth-graders became the last graduating class – and the first freshmen to have their own high school in Bedford. Because of the new Bedford High School and Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, McKelvie is reformatting to be an intermediate school, after 43 years as a middle school. ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s Cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized, beach balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a well-behaved event. None of the 465 graduates tossed beach balls during the Wednesday, June 13, graduation ceremony, probably because they were promised a surprise ending. As ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a childish, but very well-behaved, event for Hooksett, Bedford and Manchester students. With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the ...