BY PATRICK O’NEILLBedford may see a new police barracks right next to the planned airport access road. Representatives from the New Hampshire State Police and Department of Transportation discussed details with the Planning Board on Monday, Aug. 11. Fred Booth, director of the State Police, and Gary Clifford, an engineer with NHDOT, ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe Bedford Planning Board will take up the final approval of proposed bank for the intersection of Nashua Road and Route 101. Route 101/Nashua Road Realty has appeared before the board several times with its plan to build a bank and now seeks approval and a sight-distance waiver at the board’s Monday, July 14, ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESome prominent land-use boards and commissions in Bedford have incomplete memberships or have members who are not authorized to serve. This finding was the result of a survey requested by Town Council Chairman Mike Izbicki. He had asked Town Manager Russ Marcoux to review major boards after the council realized that a member of ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEA developer has told the Planning Board he wants to revitalize land at the corner of Colby Court and South River Road. The area today is marked by the old Bellemore heating oil distribution business and a vacant house. West Street Keene LLC, is proposing a one-story, 15,000- square-foot retail building on the site, which is across ...

BY STEPHEN BEALERising two stories, with a 5- mile indoor track, a climbing wall stretching from the first to second floor and other amenities, the Workout Club and Wellness Center proposed for Donald Street at Route 114 would have been the first of its kind in Bedford. The Planning Board got its first look at the concept in 2005. And, when the ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEIf you missed that big debate at the Town Council meeting, or the Planning Board hearing where a developer explained what he is going to do in your neighborhood, you can now watch those meetings and more online. While residents can always attend a Town Council, committee or School Board meetings at BCTV – in addition to ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEAbout 84 acres of land will be set aside for conservation purposes near Pulpit Rock. The developer, *** Anagnost, and his company, The Preserve at West Bedford LLC, must set aside at least 43 acres of open space land, according to the Planning Board requirements, as well as 10 acres for wetlands mitigation. The total donation will ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe area of Old Bedford Road and Route 101 would look very different if a plan to build a housing and retail community is approved. An assisted-living facility with 84 apartments is slated for the area as the farthest side from Route 101 would have 88 townhouses and two buildings with 36 condos each. Residents of either must be 55 ...

BY JENN McDOWELLBedford’s Planning Board will continue to hear plans to construct a mixed commercial and residential development for a 40-acre parcel of land by the intersection of Old Bedford Road and Route 101. The plans include a restaurant, a bank, a coffee shop with a drive-through, 84 assisted-living units, 160 units designated for ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEThe Planning Board took its first look at the proposed new shopping center near Macy’s on South River Road and for the most part liked the initial plans. Planning Board members asked the developers to consider other traffic and pedestrian flow issues as well as aesthetics in future studies. The plan, proposed by Packard ...