BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Town Council will stick to the original plan for fixing roads this year, despite the fact that current funding for the repair program runs out after 2008, due to the defeat of two bonds in the March town election. Hardy Road and North Amherst Road from Wallace Road to the end will be rehabilitated this year, according to Jim ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYLong after the snow has melted beneath the warm rays of spring sunshine, New Hampshire towns will still be feeling Mother Nature’s wrath. This time, it won’t be barraging residents from the sky. Instead, it will hit them under their tires. “I was coming from Hannaford the way I come up every day,” said Jane ...

BY SUSAN CLARKThe 11 questions posed during the Town Council candidates’ debate brought out some differences and similarities in the three men vying for two open seats. Chris Bandazian, Bill Dermody and Jonathan Zdziarski came before the BCTV cameras during the Feb. 14 debate, hosted by the Bedford Men’s Club, to discuss fixing town ...

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 QUARTARONEBedford resident Gus Garceau says his proposed amendment to Warrant Article 2 will solve the school emergency access issue and save taxpayer money. Garceau said he will present his amendment at the Tuesday, Feb. 5, deliberative session of the School District Meeting, when voters will be asked to approve or amend Article 2, ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEFor years, the state had planned to expand Route 101 in Bedford, but they won’t be starting anytime soon. On Jan. 15, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch submitted the state’s 10-year highway transportation plan to the Legislature, and it does not include renovations to Route 101 in Bedford. The new 10-year plan focuses ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONENew Hampshire Gov. John Lynch submitted the state’s 10- year highway transportation plan to the Legislature, bumping Route 101 in Bedford off the list. The plan, if passed, would cut nearly $2 billion in projects. “New Hampshire’s highway plan had grown from a 10-year plan to a 35-year plan,” Lynch said ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEWhat some members of the Town Council didn’t know until recently was that the town would be asked to foot some of the bill to widen Route 101 as part of the school secondary access road project. “Some Town Council members have been in the dark on this up until Monday (Nov. 26),” said Councilor Kevin Keyes ...

BY SUSAN CLARK With the state Department of Transportation’s Route 101 reconstruction plan pushed to 2017, the School Board is looking at ways to access the middle/high school site and keep students safe. At its Sept. 24 meeting, Tony Grande and Robin Bousa of VHB, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin  Inc. of Bedford, presented three options, ...

BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Work has begun on the tunnel that will eventually bring traffic on the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport access road under the Bedford tollbooths along the Everett Turnpike. Construction on the $123 million access road to link the airport and the turnpike began in the spring and is expected to take at least two ...