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Ask Aunt Laura: Ice Cube Trays to the Rescue!

by Laura Bullock
June 1, 2021
1 min read

Have leftover wine (said no one ever) or coffee? Pour the extra into ice cube trays, freeze and use for recipes, drinks…

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Garden Week, Day Five: The Return of The Hummingbird

by The Bedford Citizen
May 14, 2021
1 min read

With the arrival of spring comes the Ruby Throated Hummingbird, exhausted from its very long travel to the North.

There are lots of…

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Bedford Residents Concerned about Coronavirus Surge in India

by Mike Rosenberg
April 27, 2021
6 mins read

Bedford’s Indian Community Fears for Relatives, Friends As Pandemic Rages

“We are sitting here praying for everyone.”

Tanuja Sud has lived in Bedford for…

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Ask Aunt Laura — Dryer Sheets vs. Dryer Balls

by Laura Bullock
March 9, 2021
1 min read

I’ve made the switch from using dryer sheets to wool dryer balls - saves time, money and using essential oils can add…

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A Moment in Time: College Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ Lily Nemirovsky

by The Bedford Citizen
December 10, 2020
3 mins read

If you had asked me back in June what I’d be doing in August I would have dreamily envisioned myself sitting in…

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“I have everything I want – except a cure.”

by Mike Rosenberg
October 21, 2020
4 mins read

“I have everything I want – except a cure.”

Sounds simple. Except there is no cure.

Richard Razumny, his wife Leah Devereaux and their…

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Dot’s Reading Room: As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place

by The Bedford Citizen
October 21, 2020
1 min read

What kinds of news stories would you expect to find in a publication called Maine Business Daily? Most likely you’d think there…

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Dot’s Reading Room: How Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts

by The Bedford Citizen
October 2, 2020
1 min read

It’s October 1 and time for a “good read” recommendation. This article by Andrew Latham is worth your attention.

“How three prior pandemics…

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Armchair Travel ~ An Intentional Community, Oneida, New York

by The Bedford Citizen
May 12, 2020
2 mins read

It seems so long ago that my husband John Gibbons and I were able to just take off for a day trip…

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So Why Visit an 1836 Prison?

by The Bedford Citizen
April 27, 2020
3 mins read

  Usually when folks take a weekend away they tend toward the exotic or skiing or a beach or a spa.  When…

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Do You Zoom? Harvard’s Shorenstein Center Offers Safety Tips

by The Bedford Citizen
April 17, 2020
1 min read

Chances are your commute to work has gotten much shorter. Being stuck in traffic has been replaced by walking to your desk…

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A Leap Year Change? How About June 31st

by The Bedford Citizen
February 28, 2020
1 min read

Every four years we get an extra day in February - yea!!   For all those people who were born on February 29th…

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Waiting for the Heat Wave to End – How Hot Is It?

by The Bedford Citizen
July 28, 2016
1 min read

By Dot Bergin Bedford’s creatures, great and small, await the end of July’s drought and protracted period of 90-degree plus weather Neil…

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The 100th Anniversary of WWI’s Christmas Truce: the Boston Pops’ “A Soldier’s Carol” and “Joyeux Noel”

by The Bedford Citizen
December 24, 2014
1 min read

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen Today marks the 100th anniversary of  the Christmas Truce of 1914, in the midst of World War…

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Will Santa See Naughty or Nice Weather this Year?

by The Bedford Citizen
December 24, 2014
2 mins read

By Peter Collins Brown, The Bedford Citizen’s Meteorologist It’s hard to believe that we are in the midst of another holiday season.…

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Tonight is the First Night of Hanukkah

by The Bedford Citizen
December 16, 2014
1 min read

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen With thanks to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) “The joyous festival of Hanukkah ……

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A Congresswoman for the Ages: Edith Nourse Rogers and the Wagner-Rogers Bill

by The Bedford Citizen
July 25, 2014
2 mins read

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen While she is remembered in Bedford because of the Veterans Administration Hospital that bears her name, few…

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Holiday Plants – After The Holidays

by The Bedford Citizen
December 26, 2013
1 min read

Submitted by New England Nurseries The parties are over, the decorations tucked away, and we can enjoy a book by the fireplace…

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Your Pet and the Holidays: A Survival Guide

by The Bedford Citizen
December 23, 2013
3 mins read

By Catharine Grace, and Karma Our pets can feel our nervousness, anticipation and excitement about the holidays. Here’s a guide to help…

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A Birthday at Bedford Farms

by The Bedford Citizen
August 7, 2013
1 min read

The Leonberger is a gentle canine giant, bred in Germany to mimic the lion in town crest of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, and…

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MRSA And How To Prevent It

by The Bedford Citizen
August 6, 2013
1 min read

Special to The Citizen from Kelly E. Sullivan, BHS Class of 2009 and University of Lowell Nursing Student As a former high…

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Extreme Weather: Staying Cool

by The Bedford Citizen
July 19, 2013
1 min read

By Julie McCay Turner The Citizen urges its readers to keep cool as best as they are able, and offers some suggestions.…

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As Bedford Farmers’ Market Regroups, Local Foods Still Close By

by The Bedford Citizen
June 4, 2013
1 min read

By Barb Purchia, Bedford Farmers’ Market President Unfortunately there is not going to be a Bedford Farmers’ Market (BFM) this season. The…

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Witness to Tragedy, Bedford’s Clive Grainger Describes Boston Marathon Bombings

by The Bedford Citizen
April 24, 2013
4 mins read

By Kim Siebert MacPhail Although the immediate horror of that day’s events has begun to subside, Clive Grainger is still struggling to…

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Jane Koomar Laferriere – An Appreciation

by The Bedford Citizen
March 5, 2013
4 mins read

Jane Koomar, PhD. was an internationally respected authority on Sensory Integration; a superb Occupational Therapist (OT); an entrepreneur; a visionary; a teacher;…

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