BY KEVIN SHALVEYNext to the dam and beaver pond in the Van Loan Preserve, walkers can now pause on a wooden bridge and enjoy Riddle Brook. On Saturday, May 12, the Bedford Land Trust opened a new walking trail in the 68-acre Van Loan Preserve. Gene Van Loan cut the ribbon for about a mile of trail. “We’re very happy to have been part ...

BY ROD HANSENDeclan Rourke, who will turn 2 on Saturday, Feb. 24, is one of only 200 people in the world diagnosed with an atypical teritoid/rhabdoid tumor. “On Father’s Day of this past year, my son had a seizure and we brought him to the emergency room. And they found a very rare form of cancer,” said Tym Rourke, ...