AMHERST - The good news is that no one in New Hampshire was ever executed as a witch. The bad news is that 153 people in colonial Massachusetts were formally accused of witchcraft; 19 of them were hanged, and one man was pressed to death under a pile of stones. The Salem witch trials of ...

Dr. Elizabeth Farnsworth, senior research ecologist with the New England Wild Flower Society will present her report during the Bedford Land Trust's annual meeting on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Bedford Library's McAllaster Room, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford. At 7 p.m., the program will begin ...

Join us for the seventh annual Witch Way to the 5K on Saturday, Oct. 29. The kids 1K fun run starts at 9:30 a.m. and the adult race begins at 10 a.m. at Lurgio Middle School located at 47A Nashua Road, Bedford. Witch Way to the 5K includes a chip-timed race, perfect for those who want a great ...

Bedford Building Our Lives Drug-free hosted their first monthly Speaker Series event at the Bedford Library on Sept. 27. This monthly series was established to create awareness and educate the community about substance abuse issues. The first presenter for BeBOLD's Speaker Series, ...

The Coalition for Bedford Youth will host a members' meeting for all members (old and new) on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Ross A. Lurgio School Media Center. All Bedford youth in grades 8-12 are invited (regardless of which school they attend) to find out more about CBY. Come ...

My mother-in-law always started her Christmas shopping in October and finished it before she bought her Thanksgiving turkey. Over the years, the wisdom of that approach became obvious. Why battle traffic and crowded stores, not to mention snow and ice, in December? That's why the Great New ...