The Bedford Citizen reports that Bedford announced today it's shutting its high school to students, in part because of evidence of "in-school transmission of COVID-19 at Bedford High School," in part because of evidence that despite all the warnings, a number of students continue to party like it's no big deal.
Tamas K-L couldn't help but notice these great gobblers in Bedford today.
Bedford Police are warning of a scam in which residents get calls from a robot voice warning them they've been sued and owe money and better call the number in the message immediately to buy pre-paid debit cards for the caller's owner or else their cases will be turned over right away to the "county courthouse."
A suspect in the robbery of a Bedford bank at lunch time was arrested about three hours later after people recognized him from surveillance photos posted online and called police, Bedford Police report.
Police say Joseph Barrett, 45, of Dorchester, walked into the Bank of America branch on the Great Road around 12:15 p.m., told a teller he had a gun and demanded cash. He left with a wad of cash.
Police posted a series of photos, which led them to his workplace on South Road, also in Bedford, about a mile from the bank.
The Lowell Sun reports:
In a case that sent shock waves through the veterans community yesterday, three Lowell residents are facing federal charges that they bilked disabled vets living at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford out of thousands of dollars through identity fraud. ...
Alison reports that after four years in the Boston area, she's becoming acclimated - after dinner tonight, she and the family went out for ice cream at a Bedford ice-cream stand, even though it was snowing:
... Heck - the calendar says it's spring, dammit! That means ice cream at an outdoor stand! We joined several others who stood patiently, literally shivering while waiting for our orders to be filled.
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