Officials praise students 12/04/2008 EDUCATION Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- The students who told staff about a gun at Bedford High School the day before Thanksgiving are the silver lining behind the incident, said School Board Chairman David Sacks.... View
	Street family settling in, after volunteers pull together to build house 12/05/2008 COMMUNITY Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Lifting an 80-pound person is no easy feat, especially for a slender, petite woman like Laura Street. Laura had developed chronic back pain from lifting her disabled son, Craig, out of his wheelchair, his bed and the bathtub, in addition to carrying him up and down the stairs and into and out of th... View
	Bedford tax rates down, property values up for 2008 11/13/2008 COMMUNITY Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Property owners in most local towns will pay a bit more this year, based on new tax rates set by the state Department of Revenue Administration.... View
	Incumbents sweep in county races 11/13/2008 LOCAL POLITICS Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Incumbents won all the contested races for countywide offices on election day, according to numbers released by the New Hampshire Secretary of State?s office.... View
	Could Bedford go Democrat? 10/30/2006 LOCAL POLITICS Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Bedford voters overwhelmingly chose George W. Bush for president in 2000 and 2004, even when the state went for John Kerry in 2004.... View
	Input sought on Common debate 10/30/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Those who can stand a little more civic involvement the day after the election will have the chance to weigh in on what?s become a hotly contested issue among town council members: whether the town should keep funding the development of a new Bedford Village Common.... View
	The blame game 10/09/2008 EDITORIAL Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- You can't blame the American public for being confused about who is responsible for the deregulation and lack of oversight that allowed the banking and investment industry to take such reckless risks in anticipation of a taxpayer bailout.... View
	Help Bedford schools recycle paper for cash 10/08/2008 EDUCATION Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- In the next few weeks, a paper company will start paying Bedford?s schools for each ton of paper they recycle.... View
	Hotel sounds good to board, but not to resident 10/08/2008 COMMUNITY Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- BEDFORD ? A proposal to build a seven-story hotel with a convention center on South River Road drew a warm reception from the planning board, but a strong objection from one neighbor last week.... View
	More than 220 residents sign petition to stop slaughterhouse 09/03/2008 COMMUNITY Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- GOFFSTOWN ? They were supposed to break the Ramadan fast, which started at 5 a.m., at sundown. Instead, Negash Abdelkader and his hungry family sat patiently at a zoning board meeting Tuesday evening, listening to the board reject Abdelkader?s application for a special exception to put a slaughterh... View
	Teachers trade jobs and homes 08/28/2008 PEOPLE Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- AMHERST ? In her native Colombia, Janneth Neira taught English as a foreign language. But, this year the Fulbright Scholarwill be teaching Spanish to Souhegan students.... View
	Feds could keep Guay jailed 08/28/2008 CRIME Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Child murderer Raymond Guay Jr. might stay in jail after his sentence runs out because of a new federal law that allows for civil commitment of sexually violent predators, even though he was never convicted of a sex crime.... View
	Ballplayers challenge Fenway 08/14/2008 SPORTS - BASEBALL Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- As Jim McDermott watched his son take a swing at Fenway Park last week, he realized he would never forget that moment.... View
	Champions 08/07/2008 SPORTS - BASEBALL Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- When shortstop Greg O?Brien caught a fly ball the afternoon of July 26, it was all over. He?d caught the third out of the last inning of the championship game, with Tom Hudon and Eric Macdonald having pitched a 4-0 game. They had won.... View
	Emergency access road receives support 07/17/2008 TRANSPORTATION Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- BEDFORD ? A proposed emergency access road that would connect the Lurgio Middle and Bedford High schools to Route 101 received support from the planning board this week.... View
	West grads ready for real world 06/22/2008 HUMAN INTEREST Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- MANCHESTER ? To Forrest Gump, life was like a box of chocolates, but three prominent members of Manchester West?s graduating class had very different ideas.... View
	Doing something about litter 05/17/2008 ENVIRONMENT Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Despite a steady drizzle, more than 80 volunteers and residents of Greenfield Farms were out in force on Sunday for the second annual neighborhood cleanup.... View
	It's a bloomin" garden 05/01/2008 GARDENING Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Earlier this month, the McAllaster Room at the Bedford Public Library was transformed with pansies, violas, snap-dragons, herbs and perennials, all waiting to be assembled into beautiful container gardens.... View
	For runner, 13 is lucky 04/17/2008 ACCOMPLISHMENT Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Nick Hinsley may be turning 40 next year, but he doesn?t plan to agonize about being classified as ?over the hill.? Instead he plans to take it all in stride ? literally.... View
	Lurgio student wins Geography Bee again 04/10/2008 ACCOMPLISHMENT Bedford Journal / STPNS Bedford, New Hampshire (STPNS)- Ask 13-year-old Milan Sandhu and he could tell you which state bordering the Atlantic Ocean has the highest unemployment rate.... View