By JILLIAN JORGENSEN The Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission presented a draft report of the Bedford Open Space Plan Tuesday, Sept. 22, outlining ways to assist the town in future development while preserving open space and a “green infrastructure.” The report was put together after the Bedford Open Space Task Force ...

By STEPHEN BEALEThe Bedford Planning Board has recommended that the Town Council reappoint its chairman, Michael Izbicki, to the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission as a full member for a four-year term, according to town planning director Rick Sawyer. The board also recommended one of its members, Harold Newberry, to a two-year alternate ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILL As 2010 approaches, the Bedford Master Plan Steering Committee is preparing the document which will outline the future of the town. To do that, though, they will need input from residents first. At their April 23 meeting, the committee discussed the details for the public forum which will take place Saturday, ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Bedford Planning Board has approved one of the largest residential developments in years but economic concerns could slow the pace of construction. The three subdivisions have the same developer, Dick Anagnost, and are in the same area of town. Most of the homes will be south of New Boston Road and west of Pulpit Road. ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESteve Beals is moving his insurance agency from the Bedford Village Shoppes farther down Route 101, across from the new Hannaford supermarket – and in the process will be restoring a historic barn. The Planning Board approved the project at its Monday, April 6, meeting. In 2008, the Zoning Board granted a variance for the ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLBy answering a 10-minute phone survey, residents will help the town foresee what Bedford could look like in the next 10 years. Things have changed in Bedford since 2000, and as 2010 approaches, the Planning Board is getting ready to write a new master plan. But first, the board needs some feedback from the community. A ...

The owner of 14 acres at 358 S. River Road has presented a conceptual plan to the Planning Board for three buildings, with 88,000 square feet of commercial space. The property is located between Harvey Road and Commerce Drive on South River Road. On Monday, March 23, Donald Levasseur, the owner, told the board he envisions offices or a ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe day that a mixed-commercial and residential development went before the Planning Board coincided with a 500-point surge in the Dow Jones average. “We understand that it was on strong rumors this was going to be approved tonight,” joked Bill Tucker, a local attorney who represents the developer, Hawthorne Partners, ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe national economy may be on the ropes, but the boom in commercial development along South River Road shows no signs of letting up. A developer has proposed an 82-room hotel and an 80,000- square-foot office building on South River Road, saying he is ushering in the “next wave” of commercial development in the ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEA hotel and convention center may be good for economic development, but an abutter reminded the town Planning Board that the project would have a big impact on nearby neighborhoods. If constructed, the hotel would be the tallest building in town at nearly 70 feet, according to planning director Rick Sawyer. Next to it would be a ...