Opinion

~ Submitted by Marcia Cowles Bushnell

After US withdrawal from Afghanistan, one would hope that the US military budget would be reduced, not…

All across our country, we are seeing thousands of workers being fired, punished, or forced to receive a vaccine against their will…

I’ve been contacted by several residents about my September 25th letter to the editor of The Bedford Citizen, which expressed my personal…

~ Submitted by Council on Aging Director Alison Cservenschi

October is my favorite month of the year. Students have settled into new school…

~ Submitted by Rachel Murphy

I no longer reside in Bedford and I miss the family-oriented and neighborly town. It is a great…

I’ve known since my first visit to the Civil Terminal to attend an HFAC [Hanscom Field Advisory Committee] meeting back in 2017,…

Baby boomers will remember the phrase, ”There are 8 million stories in The Naked City. This is one of them.”

A  young man…

A joint memorandum from the Massachusetts Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Public Health, released August 13, 2021,…

Bedford cannot afford to forego the benefits of a sustainability director. In recent weeks, we have seen the effects of climate change:…

Drivers leaned on their horns, passengers waved with gratitude, and many onlookers respectfully saluted as they passed the Peacefully Patriotic Support event…

This Saturday on September 11  we will  honor and remember those who were victims of 9/11  attacks; first responders, the people on…

The national news media has been constantly reminding us that Hurricane Ida’s arrival yesterday coincided with the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in…

After Meredith McCulloch called to tell me the news of Ginny Packer’s death, it started to dawn on me that I might…

Thank you for your hard work during this challenging time. It has not gone unnoticed.
 
The Delta Variant is worrisome, cases are escalating…

When the Board of Health recently refused to reintroduce a mask mandate on the parameters that they could do so immediately in…

Plans are moving ahead for the North Road/Chelmsford Road intersection redesign.  These plans include the construction of sidewalks on the east side…

Testing is a most valuable public health response to COVID19 — Why aren’t tests freely available? A fundamental tenet of public health…

~ Submitted by Virginia Steel

In the July 29 article in the Bedford Citizen about fungi, with its excellent pictures, the inclusion of…

As a graduate of BHS (Class of '95) that now lives 3000 miles away, I depend on The Bedford Citizen for my…

Bedford Mothers Out Front would like to thank two recently retired town employees for their wonderful contributions to improving the quality of…

~ Submitted by Ed McGrath, Bedford Recycling Coordinator - Retired

It was a great run and I appreciate all the well wishes and…

I would like to commend the article covering the recent event on the Common marking the retirement of Rev. John Gibbons after…

The most recent data shows that in 2015 around 735 million people were living in extreme poverty. This is approximately 10% of…

I am very disturbed by misleading statements contained in the recent JMR consultant’s report to the Select Board, which recommended that the…