
It’s been pretty quiet this week in town with many folks kicking off summer heading out of town on vacation. We thought we’d check out what’s going on in some of the other Bedfords around the world!
- In Bedford UK, a one-hundred-year-old lime tree that appeared in good condition suddenly toppled into the parking lot of a local park, “miraculously missing vehicles.”
- Our friends in Bedford, PA were dealing with smoke from the Canadian wildfires this week putting the entire state under Code Red Air Quality Alert.
- June has been rough in Bedford, TX, with a shooting, pedophile ring sting, a water main break, a semi truck crash, and rising overdoses. But this past week, a missing woman who went missing was found, and similar to the 01730 Bedford Utility Box Project effort, Bedford, TX announced seven of their Traffic Signal Boxes were recently painted by community artists.
- After construction and training staff caused a delay, the Municipal Pool in Bedford, OH is opening for the season, just in time for the holiday weekend with a renovated pool house.
- A Bedford, I, resident reached out to local news trying to find the owner or family of the owner of a box of mementos that she found in an inheritance. The package contains personal items believed to belong to descendants of WWII serviceman Stanley Freeman.
- Last week, the Town of Bedford, VA came to an agreement to open the town’s first business-class hotel near the National D-Day Memorial.
- Bedford, NH is also working towards updating police and fire departments and has purchased land and will begin planning a new police station and fire substation.
- There is a heatwave in Bedfordshire, UK. Among the many warnings and precautions, Bedfordshire residents are being warned to be vigilant of an uptick in snake attacks. According to UK’s leading animal welfare charity, snakes are more active in heat and their data shows an increase in snake escapes during high heat and summer. Who knew?