Recently, I enjoyed a 2-hour walk with a professional arborist (a friend of a friend) on the Town’s Reformatory RT. [Signup info…
Read More~ Submitted by Lori Eggert
Editor's Note: Lori Eggert is a member of the Conservation Commission but writes this as a private citizen.
The…
Read More~ Submitted by Robin Steele
I was debating on whether to call in tonight [June 13, 2022], but as you know I wrote…
Read More~ Submitted by Erin Sandler-Rathe
What is the fabric of a community worth? After the announcement yesterday that Utah’s System of Higher Education…
Read MoreI am writing to express my concern over the recent announcement that the Select Board will be once again bringing the issue…
Read More~ Submitted by Don Marshall
How many readers know that Bedford has a gun buy-back program? It was set up several years ago…
Read MoreSubmitted by Amy Hamilton, Director of Recreation
[Editor's Note: Hamilton will retire on May 31, 2022]
Boards and committees view their roles in many different…
Read More~ Submitted by Rebecca Reubenstein
In reading about last week’s School Committee discussion on the elimination of the sixth-grade advanced math class, I…
Read More~ Submitted by Dr. Astrid Kruse DVM
Dr. Kiessling crowed last fall that the pandemic was over in Bedford. She has claimed that…
Read More~ Submitted by Ann A. Kiessling, Ph.D.
Should the increase in SARS2-positive tests in the Bedford Schools Sound a Public Health Alarm?
The answer…
Read More~ Submitted by Kathy Jarvis
Bedford needs a new fire station. But where?
Under state law, government proposals to acquire land must be made…
Read More~ Submitted by Ben Littauer
My wife and I are Bedford residents, avid cyclists, and regular users of both the Minuteman Trail and…
Read MoreAs was noted in a letter from our attorney to the Select Board dated Feb. 14, 2022, the Select Board has violated…
Read MoreA Vote Against a Paved Bikeway is Not a Vote against People with Disabilities. To say that voting to block the bikeway…
Read More~ Submitted by Mario Mendes
There are many things to boast about living in Bedford, but very near the top of my list…
Read More~ Submitted by Meghan Gardner
About a year before my mom died, we were talking on the phone about my hospice volunteer work.…
Read MoreWe'd like to direct your readers' attention to a concern regarding Shawsheen Cemetery...... As with most cemeteries, it is a final resting…
Read MoreAnnual Town Meeting 2022 ~ Letters to the Editor and Comments Posted to The Bedford Citizen
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After (and before) the two packed nights of Annual Town Meeting 2022, several readers—seeking to share their comments on the proceedings— submitted…
Read More~ Submitted by John Mitchell
When I was 17, my grandfather began using a wheelchair after a major stroke. Thanks to public transportation,…
Read More~ Submitted by Bill Knox
The Moderator is, as much as any Town official, the face of Town Meeting. Different members of the…
Read More~ Submitted by Dr. Donald J. Marshall
On March 13, 2022, the Washington Post Magazine published Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson's fascinating story about the…
Read More~ Submitted by Curt Dudley-Marling
Bedford Town meetings typically begin with the boast that the town meeting is a quintessentially democratic process. Monday…
Read More~ Submitted by Leah Devereaux, she/her
You may recognize my name from a story that was written about us by Mike Rosenberg back…
Read More~ Submitted by Erin Sandler-Rathe
I’m not sure anyone expected that one of the most hotly debated items at Town Meeting this year…
Read More~ Submitted by Ann A Kiessling, PhD
Bedford lies in the heart of our Revolutionary War in which everyday folks were willing to…
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