Race to Nowhere Showing Draws Large Crowd

Submitted by Valerie Rushanan
On Monday, May 2, hundreds of Bedford residents attended a screening of the film “Race to Nowhere,” at the John Glen Middle School (JGMS). The event was sponsored by all the PTOs: MSPA, BHSPA, and BEST/PTO. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Maureen LaCroix and all the school principals were on hand to provide [...]

Whole Foods and Applegate Celebrate Hometown Heroes

Applegate summer 2011 tour comes to Bedford to honor our hometown heroes from Hanscom Air Force Base and the Bedford Veteran’s Hospital.

WHO: Hometown Heroes at Hanscom Air Force Base & Bedford Veteran’s Hospital.
WHAT: Whole Foods Market in Bedford is hosting the Applegate Summer Tour Bus Hometown Heroes program. Applegate & Whole Foods Market Bedford [...]

Crowds Get Wet to Raise Money for Cancer

It wasn’t why they came, of course.  No one loves when it rains at Relay.  Still, despite the wet weather, hundreds of supporters spent last night on the Bedford High football field to raise money for cancer.
Relay for Life is a national organization begun in 1985 to help raiser awareness about cancer and raise money [...]

Youth Available to Work

Submitted by Fran Stander, Bedford Youth and Family Services
Could you use a babysitter every now and then?  Do you need help raking leaves or shoveling snow?  Bedford Youth and Family Services (BYFS) may be able to help with its Job Match Program.
Students from the middle and high school who are interested in working at jobs [...]

Relay Gathers Community for a Cause

For the past five years, Sarita Biswas and a team of ten other girls have raised funds for Relay For Life though yard sales, car washes, and bake sales, raising over $7,000 in total. Now a junior at Bedford High School, Biswas is the leader of the team, named Take Five as an acknowledgment of [...]