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Seniors Win Annual Council on Aging vs Police and Fire Pool Tournament

Submitted by Lori Wittner, Director of Bedford’s Council on Aging The COA hosted our annual Police and Fire Pool Tournament on Friday May 17 ...
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Bedford’s Memorial Day Ceremonies

Submitted by Paul Purchia, chair of Bedford’s Patriotic Holidays Committee Bedford will observe Memorial Day, honoring the service men and women who have valiantly defended our country, with multiple events on Monday morning, May 27 ...
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Trash Pick-Up May Shift from Wednesday to Monday

By Kim Siebert MacPhail The Town’s refuse and recycling hauler, Allied Waste Services, has approached the Town with a proposal to change the day of service from Wednesday to Monday ...
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Bedford Subway Expect to Open Friday

The Subway Restaurant at 170 Great Road in Bedford Marketplace is expected to open on Friday ...
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As Defense dollars dwindle, fight for "space shield" contract rages on

Even as spending is being slashed across the military, a battle over billions of defense dollars is underway at Bedford's Hanscom Air Force Base, where Waltham-based Raytheon and Maryland's Lockheed Martin are fighting to win the right to create a first-of-its-kind "space fence" to track orbital junk.
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Bedford's SoundBite acquired in $100M deal

SoundBite Communications Inc., a Bedford technology company, has been acquired by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc ...
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Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse: Patriots push past Buccaneers

Junior Becca Olsen collected four goals to help pace the CC Patriots (7-8-1)past the Bedford Buccaneers (4-9-1) 18-6 in Sunday
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From neglected mill site, a park rises

It took a dozen years of hard work, but a committee launched by Bedford resident Janice Weichman and others made the dream of turning a 17th century mill site into a park come true ...
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Brazil deal lifts iRobot's global business

Bedford's iRobot Corp. continued its rise after it was awarded contracts totaling ...
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Obituary: Frederick A. Costa

COSTA, Frederick A. Of?Bedford,?formerly?of Somerville, May 15 ...
First Parish Plant & Craft Fair

Images from earlier First Parish Plant & Craft Fairs

The First Parish Plant & Craft Fair is a visual delight ...
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Bedford Panera Bread Officially Opens

The Panera Bread at 213 Burlington Road officially opened on May 8th ...
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In the home stretch!

To learn more about the 60th First Parish Plant & Craft Fair, click here to read the recent article about the fair  in The Bedford Citizen
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Biking opportunities outside of Boston

The regions north and west of Boston offer a rich array of options for mountain bikers of all abilities ...
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Lexington to close a portion of Minuteman Bikeway for repairs

Lexington will close a section of the Minuteman Bikeway for approximately three weeks beginning Monday, May 13, because of work to replace a collapsed culvert ...
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Bedford Whole Foods Holds Grand Reopening

The Whole Foods in Bedford Marketplace has just completed a Multi-Million Dollar interior renovation ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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