All are invited and welcome to join friends, family and neighbors for a pancake breakfast before the Pole Capping on the morning of April 8 from 8 am - 10 am at First Parish on the Bedford Common. There will be pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee served. $5 per person/$20 per family. All proceeds will support Partners in Transylvania.
The Bedford Health Department will be hosting a rabies clinic for cats and dogs from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. The clinic will take place at the Town Center Building at 12 Mudge Way (Yellow Building) and will be open to Bedford residents. Participants may park in the Town Hall parking lot at 10 Mudge Way, closest to the “tot lot” playground. To enter the clinic, please use the kids’ club side entrance door that is to the right of the white “Recreation Kids’ Club” sign and near the fenced-in Kids’ Club play yard. During the event there will be signage to direct participants.
The Bedford Council on Aging will host the annual Jacob Wren Throckmorton Memorial Art Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 8. Jacob's artwork along with pieces submitted by local artists, age 55 and older, will be on display at the Council on Aging, 12 Mudge Way, Bedford. A reception will be held at 1 p.m. to recognize and honor all artists submitting works. There will also be a Kindness Rock Painting activity from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participation is free and open to all. Jacob Wren Throckmorton was 19 years old. He died unexpectedly in
Each year the Bedford Minutemen have held Pole Capping. What is it? A young man climbs a pole following the parade from the Town Common to Willson Park, pausing as they pass the Fitch Tavern. The pole is capped with a red cap, signifying our fight for freedom, dating to April 19, 1775. Come to the Bedford Town Common on Saturday, April 8, 10:30 AM for the parade of Minuteman Companies marching to Willson Park. Watch this colonial re-enactment event, as our Pole Climber climbs up the pole and places a Liberty Cap on top to protest against the
