Ask Aunt Laura: Ice Cube Trays to the Rescue! 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 Read More
Garden Week, Day Five: The Return of The Hummingbird 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 Read More
Bedford Residents Concerned about Coronavirus Surge in India 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 Read More
Ask Aunt Laura — Dryer Sheets vs. Dryer Balls 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 Read More
A Moment in Time: College Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ Lily Nemirovsky 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 Read More
“I have everything I want – except a cure.” 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 Read More
Dot’s Reading Room: As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place 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 Read More
Dot’s Reading Room: How Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts 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 Read More
Armchair Travel ~ An Intentional Community, Oneida, New York 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 Read More
So Why Visit an 1836 Prison? 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 Read More
Do You Zoom? Harvard’s Shorenstein Center Offers Safety Tips 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 Read More
A Leap Year Change? How About June 31st 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 Read More
Waiting for the Heat Wave to End – How Hot Is It? 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 Read More
The 100th Anniversary of WWI’s Christmas Truce: the Boston Pops’ “A Soldier’s Carol” and “Joyeux Noel” 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 Read More
Will Santa See Naughty or Nice Weather this Year? 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. Read More
Tonight is the First Night of Hanukkah 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 … Read More
A Congresswoman for the Ages: Edith Nourse Rogers and the Wagner-Rogers Bill 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 Read More
Holiday Plants – After The Holidays 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 Read More
Your Pet and the Holidays: A Survival Guide 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 Read More
A Birthday at Bedford Farms 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 Read More
MRSA And How To Prevent It 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 Read More
Extreme Weather: Staying Cool 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. Read More
As Bedford Farmers’ Market Regroups, Local Foods Still Close 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 Read More
Witness to Tragedy, Bedford’s Clive Grainger Describes Boston Marathon Bombings 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 Read More
Jane Koomar Laferriere – An Appreciation 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; Read More