Gone Fishing ~ 2019
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Citizen is “Going Fishing” starting today. Urgent stories will post as they arrive, others will be triaged to share when we return on Monday, August 26.
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Snippets ~ An Update for the Week of August 19, 2019
Special to The Bedford Citizen
Some information you might find interesting. As these mini-stories accumulate, The Citizen will post them on an occasional basis
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Letter to the Editor, 17 August 2019: Responding to “Everybody Gets Together: A Bedford Vigil and Call to Action”
By Kathleen McCabe Kenney
I am writing in response to Ginni Spencer’s August 16 article, “Everybody Gets Together: A Bedford Vigil and Call to Action.”
In the piece, Ms. Spencer bookends her account of the vigil with mentions of the Philadelphia shooting that occurred at the time of the vigil. Many of the statements that she reports indicate a need for further gun control measures, but that incident, where suspect Maurice Hill engaged police in a violent standoff for over five hours, belies the narrative that increased legislation will solve our problems with violence in this country. Hill, who was being served a warrant on a narcotics charge, already had a lengthy criminal record which would have barred him from owning any weapons legally.
An Obituary: Richard ‘Chips’ Cooney
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Richard ‘Chips’ Cooney passed away on August 15, 2019. Mr. Cooney served his country with pride in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Chips worked as a program director at Channel 38 and for the past 20 years worked as the recreational assistant at Hanscom Air Force Base for the 66th Service Combat Support & Community Services.
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Everybody Gets Together: A Bedford Vigil and Call to Action
By Ginni Spencer As dusk fell on Wednesday evening, a hundred or so people gathered on Bedford Common to memorialize those lost or injured in the most recent episodes of violent shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. Indeed, many of those arriving had just learned...
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Hanscom Field Advisory Commission – Short Takes for July 2019
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC) met July 16th to hear and discuss important airfield issues. Among the subjects covered: the creation of a webpage for HFAC; potential North and Northeast Airfield development implications for traffic on South Road and Hartwell Road; relevance of Hanscom Field 1980 air noise exposure baseline standard for present-day communities; helicopter noise; flight paths for local Boston MedFlight helicopters; Massport’s monthly air noise and flight operations report; Massport’s projects and development report; and the planned August departure of the Airport Data Specialist for Hanscom Field, Kassandra Marin.
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Recreation Department’s Fall Brochure ~ Available Online!
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Bedford Recreation brochure for the Fall season has gone to the printer — and it’s available ONLINE!
Check out the 2019 Autumn Brochure, then get ready to sign up online
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Bedford Adult Softball Ends the Year with a Thrilling Finale
Submitted by the Bedford Co-Ed Adult Slowpitch Softball League
On Sunday afternoon, August 11, at E Field, the 2019 Bedford Co-Ed Adult Slowpitch Softball League year came to a dramatic close, with the Orange team pulling out a 25-16 win over the Black team in the summer final.
The league, which just completed its fourth year of play, is open to Bedford residents over the age of 18, graduates of Bedford High School, and residents of Hanscom Air Force Base. The spring season, which runs from mid-April to late June, features Sunday afternoon games, and the summer season, which runs from late June until early August, has games on Sundays afternoons (or evenings) and Wednesday evenings.
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Rite? Right? Riot? Write? You Write the Story, We’ll Watch the Spelling!
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Bedford Citizen is seeking reporters for our online newspaper. You would attend local meetings, usually in the evening, and write about what happened. You will learn about town government, receive editorial guidance as needed, and be paid $70 per meeting. Plus you will help your neighbors learn about our town and be better-informed citizens.
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Mental Health Needs Assessment Survey
Submitted by the Bedford Board of Health
The Bedford Board of Health is seeking your help.
We are assessing the mental health needs of the community, the barriers to treatment our residents face, and what mental health offerings the community might benefit from. We know that 55% of people who suffered a completed suicide in Massachusetts in 2015 had a documented mental health illness at the time.
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