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Mark Siegenthaler, Candidate for Selectman

By Mark Siegenthaler | 16 hours ago

I am pleased to announce my candidacy for a seat on Bedford’s Select Board.

Many of you know that I served for many years as a Selectman, ending in 2017 when I chose not to run again.  Since that time, I have continued to serve our town.  First, as a member of the Municipal Housing Trust as we guided the Pine Hill Crossing housing project through Town Meeting.  Next, as an appointed member of the Planning Board evaluating development projects and zoning proposals.  Last year, you elected me to finish out the remainder of my Planning Board term, which ends next March.

I would like to serve as a Select Board member to help our town manage our current affairs and face new challenges in new ways.

Related: Thanks for the Memories!

FinCom Sets Budget Guidelines for FY2021

In collaboration with Finance Director Victor Garofalo, the Bedford Finance Committee has released guidelines for town departments as they begin to construct their Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) budgets.

Bedford Recognized for its Community Choice Aggregation Program

On November 19, the Town of Bedford was awarded an Energy Leadership Award by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance (formerly known as MassEnergy) for its Community Choice Electricity Aggregation program. 

Housing Partnership Hears Proposal for Housing First-Year Teachers

At its November 25 meeting, the Bedford Housing Partnership welcomed Superintendent of Schools Jon Sills, who presented an innovative idea he felt would give Bedford a strong advantage in hiring and retaining teachers of color. Sills, who said he had the support of Town Manager Sarah Stanton,  proposed designating a Bedford-owned property to serve as a shared residence for first-year African-American and Latinx educators, with subsidized rent. He envisions a living arrangement in which new teachers would support each other by sharing a home. The arrangement would apply to new hires, for a one-year period. 

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Community News

  • Bedford Celebrates Winter ~ Updates for December 7 & 8

    Wax your skis or pull on your snow boots! There's plenty of varied holiday fun to be had in Bedford on Saturday and Sunday. A snowy walk in the woods, holiday fairs, a laser light show, and then twinkling white lights on Bedford Common with the arrival of a visitor from the Far North on Saturday. And on Sunday, Breakfast with Santa and a Holiday House Tour.

  • ad hoc Bedford at 300 Task Force Reflects on 275th Celebration in Planning the Town’s Tricentenary

    In preparation for the Town of Bedford’s 300th Anniversary in 2029, the ad hoc Bedford 300 Exploratory Task Force met with former Selectman Angelo Colao to hear about the 275th anniversary.  Colao was the Selectman liaison and lead of Bedford’s 275th Committee. Colao described the planning for the year-long celebration which began in February 2003, just 10 months before that yearlong celebration began.

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Government

  • Rebecca Green Neale Announces 2020 Run for Bedford’s Board of Assessors

    I am excited to announce that I am running for the Board of Assessors in 2020. I ask for your support at the Citizen’s Caucus on January 7, 2020, and at the polls on March 14.

  • Updates from the Planning Board’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Workshop

    Article 10 allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) failed to gain the two-thirds vote required for a bylaw amendment at November’s Special Town Meeting. The vote was 130 in favor and 80 opposed. The Article sought to amend zoning bylaws for ADUs, which are small housing units created as an additional unit on existing properties. The Planning Department prepared a Q&A on ADUs for more information, which can be read here.

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Schools

  • Tuesday, December 3, 2019 ~ Bedford Schools Closed

    At 5 am, Bedford's Superintendent of Schools Jon Sills announced that schools would be closed on Tuesday, December 3.

  • No School ~ Monday, December 2

    The call just came through!

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  • #GivingNewsDay ~ A Great Day to Support The Bedford Citizen

    Everyone knows about #GivingTuesday, but have you heard about #GivingNewsDay? It’s a day (tomorrow, Tuesday December 3, in fact!) to celebrate local journalism like The Bedford Citizen's —and to raise the funds to make it all possible. It’s one of our favorite days of the year. You might have already heard that from now until December 31, your gift to The Bedford Citizen has 2x the impact. And we need your help to make the most of this match.

  • SOON? SOON! Osteria Posto Opening Moving Closer

    The lights were on inside Posto, the new restaurant at the Bedford Marketplace, on Friday evening but the doors were locked. Staff worked inside, testing recipes and training staff.

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Features

  • In a New York Minute: Adulting 101

    Please welcome back a former “Voice”, Brooke Shamon, who graduated last June with the BHS Class of 2019.  Several of her submissions last year spoke about the college application process and her mixed emotions around graduating and leaving Bedford. Brooke is now settling into her freshman year at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York and offers this reflection as she prepares for her return to Bedford for Thanksgiving break.  First dates and new mates, time can go by in the blink of an eye. I already knew that from the experience of my senior year in high school slipping rapidly through my fingers. In just three short months of college I have formed life-long friendships, made my imprint on the school academically, and survived the many knocks on my door at ungodly hours from friends looking for a hug or a safe place to land. It’s hard to comprehend the fact that Thanksgiving break is already here. Sometimes it feels as if we’ve been here all our lives, have known each all our lives, and belong in New York City. All of which are good things…but nearly indescribable.

  • November is Substance Abuse Awareness Month in Bedford

    November has been recognized as Substance Abuse Awareness Month in Bedford since 1998. The month serves to enhance community awareness of alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems that may exist among children, adolescents and adults.

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Op Ed

  • OpEd: Bedford-based Boston MedFlight Enhances its Lifesaving Capabilities

    The First Ambulance Service in Massachusetts to Carry Blood Products in Their Vehicles For 34 years, Boston MedFlight has provided critical care medical transport to New England’s most critically ill and injured patients with the advanced level of care they require. The nonprofit is based locally at Bedford’s Hanscom Field. The organization was founded in 1985 as an air medical transport service by a consortium of Boston teaching hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts Medical Center (Lahey Hospital & Medical Center joined the Boston MedFlight consortium in 2017).

  • Letter to the Editor: Open Meeting Law Protects Citizen Interests – How Does it Work?

    Open Meeting Law, (MGL 38, chapters 18-25, https://www.mass.gov/the-open-meeting-law) states simply “…all meetings of a public body shall be open to the public.”  And that “… a public body shall post notice of every meeting at least 48 hours prior to such meeting…”    The goal is to ensure that citizens know all the actions of their government in order to maintain a balance of power between individual citizens and their governing bodies.

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Obituaries

  • An Obituary: Betsy Tenney Houser Twombly

    Betsy Tenney Houser Twombly passed away on November 4, 2019.  A resident of Bedford from 1951 through 1990, Mrs. Twombly is remembered as a member of the Bedford League of Women Voters, First Parish Unitarian Universalist on Bedford Common, and for her career at Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Histology Department at Harvard.

  • An Obituary: John R. Campos

    John R. Campos passed away on December 1, 2019. A resident of Bedford for more than 50 years, Mr. Campos was employed by NASA on the Skylab project, then spent the rest of his career with AVCO; upon his retirement, he pursued a second career in outplacement counseling.

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Sports

  • Thanksgiving Sports Wrap-up ~ Thanks to Bedford Snapshots

    Jeff Hoyland was indefatigable on Thanksgiving weekend, covering everything from Wednesday noon's Powder Puff Football game, through a rainy Turkey Trot, the BHS/CCHS football game, and the kickoff for the boys hockey season ~ a fundraising game where town employees and alumni battled the BHS squad on the ice at The Edge Sports Center.

  • Mass Warriors Dedicate Football Charity Game to Jeff Hoyland

    The Mass Warriors, the semi-pro football team that played at Sabourin Field this year, decided to dedicate their final game of the season to Jeff Hoyland because "He made us feel welcome from the very start."

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