BY STEPHEN BEALESupporters of two different road bonds agreed on only one thing at a hearing last Monday – nothing less than the safety of drivers is at stake in the outcome. One $12 million bond has been placed on the March ballot through a citizen petition. It would fund the town road rehabilitation program for the next three years and ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYResidents who own property that abuts town wetlands will be exempt from future buffers and wetland regulations. Voters passed citizen-petitioned zoning Amendment 7 with a 1,836-1,220 vote. “I’m very pleased that it passed. I’m most pleased for those who own property abutting wetland who now have additional ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYThe planning board voted not to endorse three citizen petitioned amendments to the Bedford zoning ordinance. The three amendments, Articles 6, 7 and 8, will appear on the town ballot in March, stating the planning board does not recommend the amendments. For Amendment 6, voters will decide whether to rezone a 20-acre parcel from ...