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As The Bedford Citizen begins its eighth year, we are streamlining our Community Event calendar listing process. With your help, The Citizen will provide excellent coverage for local events, and everyone benefits from a vibrant community calendar.
Q: What’s the key to great event coverage?
A: List your event or series in BeTC, The Bedford Citizen’s online calendar.
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Citizen of the Year nomination forms are available on the Town’s website and are due on Tuesday, July 30. Click this link to view/download/print the nomination form.
An annual tradition since 1979, the Citizen of the Year is honored by:
By Julie McCay Turner
More than 200 parents, coaches, colleagues, and young people streamed onto Sabourin Field on Saturday afternoon to celebrate National Camera Day and honor Bedford photographer Jeff JHO Hoyland. If you’ve ever read any of the sports stories in The Bedford Citizen, you’ve seen Jeff’s work, or perhaps you watch Bedford Snapshots on Facebook where everything is collected in albums by topic and by season.
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With the Fourth of July on Thursday this week, many families are choosing to remain in the area. If yours is among them, you may want to celebrate locally, in Bedford and nearby communities.
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Bedford TV’s video of the inagural Summer Solstice Festival is ready to watch on YouTube. Were you there???
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The Citizen is delighted to share this image of Peter Burke cooling off in his new, personal pool. He said, “I came home to find a new bin in my driveway so I filled it with water and sat in it.” Given Friday’s high humidity and warm temperatures, it was a perfect solution!
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Massport has named Lisa Wieland the agency’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director – Courtesy image (c) 2019 all rights reserved
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) Board of Directors voted today to offer Lisa Wieland the position of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director for a five-year term. Contract negotiations will occur at a later date.
The search firm Isaacson, Miller sought a diverse candidate pool for the position and more than 100 applications were received. Members of the Board’s Preliminary Screening Committee interviewed 10 semifinalists, of which five were women and three were people of color. The Committee advanced Brian Golden and Lisa Wieland as finalists at a public meeting on June 20.
Wieland is currently the Port Director at Massport and has held this position since 2015. In this role, she has led the Maritime business areas toward success with increased port revenues, advancement of critical infrastructure projects such as the Boston Harbor Dredging Project, and set all-time records for container volume at Conley Container Terminal and passengers and ships at Flynn Boston Cruiseport. She is one of three women currently serving on the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime System National Advisory Committee, a federal committee that advises the U.S. DOT on issues related to the marine transportation system.
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With thanks to Sarah Lance, Karl Winkler, and Jeff JHO Hoyland for sharing these images from Saturday’s festival on Bedford Common.
By Julie McCay Turner
The ad hoc Bedford Arbor Resources Committee (BARC) met with DPW Director David Manugian and Tree Warden Dennis Freeman on Friday morning to discuss the proposed sidewalk on the south side of Pine Hill Road, from Heritage Drive to North Road, and the associated tree cutting that the sidewalk will necessitate. According to the Planning Board documents, 38 trees of various species and measuring from 3 to 28 inches in girth are vulnerable.
