BY HOLLY DAVISBedford detectives arrested Dennis Buchenauer, 51, of Manchester, in connection with a complaint made by a 16- year-old female Bedford High School Student last week. Police received the report just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. The student reported that she was approached by an unidentified subject as she was leaving the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Staff Writer During the weeks leading up to this year’s first day at Bedford High School, Bill Jennings knew a group of aspiring video journalists could talk the talk. More than a month into the school year, that group of students has proven to Jennings that they have the walk to accompany it. Before taking part in his ...

BY DARRELL HALENBedford High School’s students, staff and visitors have recently noticed some unusual, larger-than-life art pieces on school grounds. Among them: a big blue chair. A red ladder. Another chair that’s also 12 feet tall. These and other pieces of public art were created by five Bedford High art classes with the help of ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHeather Monty is Bedford’s mad hatter. About five years ago, Monty began to sew fleece hats, and since then she has helped keep heads warm around the globe. Monty, now a junior at The Derryfield School, started sewing the hats when, as a middle school student, she became aware of how many children need warm clothing every ...

BY DAN DeCONINCK and MATT SCHOOLEYCell phones – it seems like everyone has them. After all, this is the age of technology, and being without mobile capability is like being without shoes – you could probably make it through the day barefoot, but you certainly wouldn’t like it. Everywhere you look, cell phones are present: in ...

Abby, the Chinook dog, showed she didn’t care much for Senate hearings by letting out a quiet whimper during a hearing on a bill to name her breed as the state dog. But the senators on the committee didn’t hold it against her and voted unanimously to recommend passage of Senate Bill 13 after hearing compelling testimony from a group ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESpending a year and a half on a proposal for a policy change in how class schedules affect upperclassmen may prove worthwhile for members of the Bedford High School’s Community Senate. The students were praised by School Board members for what one described as a “well thoughtout” presentation. “Are you ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYAs much as she enjoys teaching, Barbara Tsiaras wanted to be somewhere else other than the classroom on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Would the Lurgio Middle School seventh-grade teacher like to have been in Washington, D.C., on Barack Obama’s inauguration day? “More than you will ever know,” said Tsiaras, with a ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLCancer was becoming routine for Michael Doyon. Visits to the hospital for chemotherapy were commonplace until one Bedford nurse and her students decided to step in. Brenda Cooper of Bedford and seven nursing students from UNH recently raised $350 to buy a laptop for Doyon to use after receiving a stem-cell transplant for ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWith this year’s enrollment numbers in, Bedford officials are beginning preparations for their first year with four grades of high school students. As of Sept. 2, the high school has 941 students, and Superintendent of Schools Tim Mayes said the district is projecting 1,261 students for the next school year. Mayes also said ...