A Rainy Morning at Bedford Summer Adventures
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Bedford’s Recreation Director Amy Hamilton shared these images of Bedford Summer Adventures campers on Tuesday morning. “It’s never a rainy day at BSA,” wrote Hamilton. “Our enthusiastic staff make every day fun!”
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An Obituary: Walter James ‘Jim’ Shannon
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Walter James ‘Jim’ Shannon passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. A Bedford resident, Mr. Shannon had been a fourth-generation co-owner of Shannon Farms in Woburn, supplying flowers to the New England Produce Center and the Boston Flower Exchange.
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Biker Dan’s Trip of a Lifetime
By Martin Renzhofer
Dan Hurwitz didn’t mind peddling a well-worn cliché to describe his experiences cycling the hills of Iowa and Nebraska.
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the software contractor from Bedford said. “The mountains nearly killed me.” Hurwitz nearly met his match navigating Loveland Pass, a high mountain pass nearly 12,000 feet above sea level and about 60 miles west of Denver.
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: A Look Back
By Meredith McCulloch
It has been an honor and a privilege to talk to the local contributors to the Apollo project, and I am grateful for their participation.
Congratulations to all:
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Sheldon Buck
By Meredith McCulloch
Sheldon Buck graduated from MIT in 1958 with a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics; he worked at MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, Earth and Planetary Science Department, and then The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, now Draper Lab.
He writes, “My early work at the MIT Instrumentation Lab was performing missile guidance work for US Air Force programs: Atlas, Titian 2, and Minuteman 3. “Polaris became the core of Apollo,” he explained. “The concepts we learned on Polaris basically were the key points up through Apollo.”
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Bedford’s Predicted Heat Index for Saturday, July 20 is 111 Degrees
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
With extreme heat forecast for Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, here’s another look at the Board of Health’s reccomendations for staying safe in the heat as submitted on July 18. And the forecast is even hotter today.
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Town Government at Work for the Week of July 22, 2019
By Meredith McCulloch With topics as diverse as swapping liquor licenses, to hearing about a Girl Scout troop's Silver Award project, and the installation of a new ATM, there is a lot of business to conduct this week. Monday, August 22 The Selectmen will meet at 6:00...
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Lights for Liberty, an Illuminating Evening on Bedford Common
By Julie McCay Turner Dean Groves opened Bedford's Lights for Liberty vigil on July 12 with his adaptation of Tom Petty's anthem, 'We Won't Back Down' We’re gonna stand our ground We won’t be pushed around You can cheat, you can hack, you can try to turn us...
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Carmen Stella
By Meredith McCulloch
John Stella sent this message about his father, the late Carmen Stella
We remember 50 years ago July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong made the famous speech when he was the first man to walk on the moon, saying, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Fred Gauntt
By Meredith McCulloch
Fred Gaunt earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and went to work at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, now Draper Lab. He said it was a great honor to work with Eldon Hall who led the design group for the guidance system including the early use of integrated circuits.
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