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Bedford folks volunteer with Color My World to help villagers in Dominican Republic

Bedford folks volunteer with Color My World to help villagers in Dominican Republic By LORETTA JACKSON Staff Writer Families living in rustic Puerto Plata, a town in the Dominican Republic, shared smiles when 17 volunteers from New Hampshire, Maine and New Mexico arrived, sweaty and thirsty, in the 90-degree, tropical weather. The group of 17…

Fish, Cook Build Bedford youth visit Nicaragua to help the poor

Bedford youth visit Nicaragua to help the poor Brotherly love in abundance was extended by 13 local residents that visited Central America as a part of a 29-person group that recently undertook a goodwill tour to rural Nicaragua. Twelve were from Bedford. One was from Amherst. The tour, from Aug. 5-12, was presented by Color…

Bedford family helps Nicaraguan villagers use solar cooking

Bedford family helps Nicaraguan villagers use solar cooking By IRENE LABOMBARDE Staff Writer Imagine living in a shack without electricity, appliances or running water, where food is cooked indoors over an open fire. Most of your time and energy is spent cutting and gathering enough wood to fuel the fires just to feed your family….

Girl Scouts receive honors, help storm victims

Read original article here in the Manchester Journal ARLINGTON – St. James Episcopal Church in Arlington hosted the awards ceremony for the Arlington Girl Scout troops on Sept. 16. Claire Grupe and Emma Sheldon were bridged from Daisies to Brownies, and Audrianna Ennis flew up from Brownies to become a Junior Girl Scout. The Juniors…

Bedford Boy Scout achieves top rank of Eagle Scout

Bedford Boy Scout achieves top rank of Eagle Scout By SIMON RIOS Union Leader Correspondent BEDFORD — Not many Boy Scouts achieve the honor of being an Eagle Scout. When Chase Hughes traveled to San Ramon, Costa Rica, to deliver hygiene kits to a Mormon mission there, he was on his way to achieving that…

Bedford VFW post awards scholarships to local students

Bedford VFW post awards scholarships to local students Friday, July 20, 2012 2012 Bedford VFW Scholarship recipients (l to r) Hannah Zeltner, Jennifer Hilchey, Linnea Hilchey, Robert Young Jr., Hillary Hughes, Sean Van Anglen, Stephanie Lamy, Alexa Pervanas. The Richard K. Harvell Post 8401 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars recently awarded scholarships to 12…

Lions Club awards scholarships

Lions Club awards scholarships Friday, July 6, 2012 img Courtesy photo. The Bedford Lions Club’s 42nd annual memorial scholarship program awarded two $1500 tuition scholarships to college-bound high school seniors who are Bedford residents. The awards are funded by a donation from former scholarship recipient and current businessman Gary Chartrand. Left to right: program co-chairman…

Bedford high schooler awarded scholarship from Distinguished Young Women program

Bedford high schooler awarded scholarship from Distinguished Young Women program Friday, December 2, 2011 Bedford High School senior Hillary Hughes plays the harp as part of the Distinguished Young Women of New Hampshire program Nov. 25 at Southern New Hampshire University. Hughes took away $400 in scholarship money for winning the talent and fitness portions…