BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Bedford School District will now be able to move forward with its land purchase-and-sales agreement and begin plans to build an emergency access road to Bedford High School, as voters narrowly approved the article on Election Day. Article 2 on the school ballot asked voters to approve the purchase of the land for $275,000 to ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYMusic blaring, lights flashing and the seats filled with spectators, Manchester’s Verizon Wireless Arena wasn’t playing host to a musical act or sporting event, but more than 1,000 high school ers participating in the FIRST Overdrive Robotics Competition. Saturday, March 1, marked the end of the three-day competition ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOROne by one they took their turn: four skiers from four different schools, all representing one town at one exclusive event. Bedford High School sophomore Andrew Weeks, Bishop Brady junior Stephanie Siegart and Bishop Guertin sophomore John Scheetz, all of Bedford, had competed together and against each other at Pats Peak for ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThink taxes are too high? Want the town to add another firefighter or cut back somewhere else? Or do you simply want an opportunity to exercise your citizenship outside of the voting booth? The Budgetary Town Meeting at the Bedford High School auditorium at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 5, is the place to have your say on all of the ...

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 RYAN O’CONNORThe New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships, at Dartmouth College in Hanover on Sunday, Jan. 3, included several locals sprinting, leaping and throwing against some of the best athletes in the state. For the Class I Bedford High School Bulldogs, it was the first of many such ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWhile the rest of his team traveled to Concord to compete in a freshmen invitational tournament, Bedford sophomore Caleb Earnshaw took a much shorter trip to Merrimack. The tradeoff was one of the highest-quality fields he’ll experience all season. The Merrimack Hall of Fame Tournament, on Saturday, Jan. 12, featured ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONELongtime Bedford resident Dorothy Witzel, 74, lost her battle with cancer, but she will be long remembered as someone who made a difference in town. “Every once in a while you meet someone who has unselfish dedication for the community, and Dorothy was as genuine as can be,” said Ryk Bullock, assistant town ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONERachel’s Challenge, a program founded by Darrell Scott, the father of the first student killed during the Columbine High School shooting, is coming to Bedford. The program, which will be viewed by Bedford High School and Ross A. Lurgio Middle School students on Wednesday, Jan. 30, delivers the message of anti-violence, ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONENo lines and no waiting was what election official Ernie Pasquino told voters as he directed them to the polls at Bedford High School. For the first time ever voting took place at the high school and it went smoothly and, more importantly, was a quick experience for many as voters turned out for the Jan. 8 New Hampshire ...