How did Bedford Residents Weather the Last Year Financially?
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A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that 15% of Americans are worse off financially than they were a year ago.
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A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that 15% of Americans are worse off financially than they were a year ago.
Bedford Youth Lacrosse / Scoops Lacrosse offer a vacation week introduction to lacrosse for the youngest athletes.
A Bedford business is coordinating a community cleanup day, planned for Sunday, May 2, from noon to 4 p.m.
Revise Inc., the Mass Save home performance contractor at 131 The Great Road, has been working with various organizations and arms of town government for several weeks in preparation for the first town-wide cleanup in many years.
On a recent Monday morning, staff members were surprised to find a furry visitor in the Children’s room.
How the squirrel got in is somewhat of a mystery but it may have snuck in while the Facilities Department was working on the building.
The goat population at Chip-in Farms increased by four when two mama goats each gave birth to twins on April 15. Mamas and kids are resting comfortably.
Two big boulders stand a few feet apart on the shore of the Concord River in Bedford, MA. A glacier dropped them eons ago. By 11,000 years ago, when Indigenous People had come to inhabit the area, the impressive pair surely was used as a landmark.
Please join us for a fun night of Virtual Bingo and other surprises to benefit the Bedford Education Foundation! Wear your Bedford colors, gear, and Zoom with friends for a super fun night for a great cause. There will be prizes and other festivities between rounds, you will not want to miss it! Registration is via the Donation page on the BEF’s website at https://bedfordeducation.org/donate. Please include your name and how many cards you would like to play in the comment section. If others in your family want to play separately, they will need their own registration and card(s).
Apparently people really like working from home. A recent poll says 73% of people surveyed say they would like the ability to continue to work from home after the pandemic. It makes sense: less time commuting, less expense commuting, less childcare, etc.
A proposal to demolish and replace a unique residence at 37 Hillside Avenue found itself at the confluence of preservation values and development rights during consecutive board meetings on Thursday evening, April 8.
The weather forecast predicts an exquisite Saturday morning at Willson Park in Bedford – bright sunshine and temperature in the mid-60s. It’s an ideal day to climb and cap the liberty pole and salute the sacrifices and values of colonial Bedford as we approach the anniversary of the battles of Concord and Lexington.
Except we can’t.
For the second consecutive year, the second Saturday in April is just another Saturday, as the Bedford Minuteman Company decided that protocols and policies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic preclude safe outdoor gatherings.
Thursday was Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Temple Shalom Emeth held its annual Interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service on Friday, April 9. According to Rabbi Susan Abramson, the service features children of the congregation along with local leaders, and interfaith clergy from congregations in Bedford, Burlington, and Billerica.
The Superintendent of Schools’ weekly newsletter covers a variety of topics.
“Thank you to the community for supporting the Bedford Food Pantry,” said realtor Sheena Santos who collaborated with the Easter Bunny in a holiday fundraiser on Saturday, April 3.
For years now, Bedford Arts and Crafts Society (BACS) crafters have gathered weekly to try their hand at a wide variety of projects and activities. During the pandemic, their sessions have increasingly focused on community-helping-community objectives. These include providing knitted goods through the Bedford Food Bank and handcrafted greeting cards for many town individuals and groups.
About ‘From the Garden with Laura Bullock’
I have been an avid gardener for over 20 years and my knowledge comes from how I learn best, which is getting my hands in the dirt and working with the successes and failures that are part of that journey. I read every article, magazine, and book I can get my hands on
Suddenly-at least to this person’s eye—a new term has come into the language, and into print. What, you may ask, is a “non-fungible token” or NFT?
An explanation is better left to the author of a recent article in The Conversation, “How nonfungible tokens work and where they get their value – a cryptocurrency expert explains NFT.”
Opening day at Fenway was Thursday Friday, April 2 with fans in attendance. Fenway’s capacity is capped at 12 percent, or a little more than 4,500 people. More than 30,000 seats in the ballpark have been zipped, tied shut to keep people out of them and away from each other.
Several Easter bunnies and their miniature four-legged friends strolled around Bedford Center early Saturday morning
Young adult librarian Pam Aghababian said, “Many, many thanks to the folks who created such fantastic dioramas this year! We are once again blown away by the creativity and care that goes into making these dioramas.”
Last Friday night there was a taste of normalcy for JGMS students who were treated to a night of skating and fun at The Edge Sports Center, all compliments of Suzanne & Company and Revise Energy.
Angela Patch, Melissa Maria, and Ashley Caiazzo have organized a candlelight vigil in memory of Rhonda Pattelena, the Bedford woman who was murdered on Short Sands, Beach in York, Maine.
The vigil will be held this Friday, April 2 at 7:15 p.m. It will be live-streamed so that it can be viewed during a local vigil on Bedford Common, and by those at home.
The principals of John Glenn Middle School and Bedford High School reported to the School Committee Tuesday on details of the planned return to five-day in-person learning beginning Monday, April 26.
Kevin Tracey and Heather Galante said they are well prepared with physical arrangements and attention to students’ educational and emotional needs. They lauded the contributions of faculty and staff, as well as families.
All students will be either in school or fully remote; the hybrid model will be dissolved. Also, as required by the state education commissioner, students will be learning all five days; Wednesdays will be three-quarter school days.
“Our biggest pillar for returning is to feel emotionally and physically safe,” Tracey said. “The emphasis will be on students’ reconnecting, on relationship-building. All staff is focused on student well-being.” He noted that there is a wide variety of feelings among students, including some who, parents report, are “quite nervous.” Teachers and staff, he said, will “reach out to relieve anxiety.”
Do you ever drive around town and see a sign for a business or something else and ask
yourself, “I wonder what they do there?” Some businesses are pretty obvious, Sunoco
Gas, CVS – got it. Cambridge Savings Bank, got it. But what about some of the others?
Our mission is to answer the question – What do they do there anyway?
Minnie Mouse doesn’t compost. The same goes for barbell weights, plastic bags, cups and utensils, snack wrappers, and broken hockey sticks. Concrete blocks don’t break down in a compost pile either.
Minnie & Co. are a sample of items pulled from the Town’s compost pile last week.
Should Massachusetts school districts eliminate February vacation? Boston Globe – March 24, 2021. Most states around the country have one spring break in March. Massachusetts has both a February break