🌱 Star Gazing + 1st Quarter Boom + Candidate Controversy

Good morning, Bedford! It's me, Paula Constance, your host of the Bedford Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a little rain; breezy. High: 58 Low: 45.

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Here are the top stories in Bedford today:

1. How can you become a backyard astronomer? asked NHPR's Outside/In on Zachary on Instagram. The Outside/In team answered the question. New star gazers in the Granite State may think they will need a high-tech telescope, binoculars will work fine, experts say. And, they're portable. The Big Dipper has an interesting story. The bend of the big dipper is actually a double star… Mazar and Alcor,” said Susan Rolke, a physics and chemistry teacher in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. She’s also a NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador. You can read about and listen to more about this story here: (NHPR)
2. Bedford's new breakfast and lunch spot, Tuckers, recently opened in the former Outback Steakhouse on River Road in the first quarter this year. And Pressed Café s under construction in front of Target and Lowes on South River Road, there has been positive activity in the commercial retail market in Southern New Hampshire in the first quarter, said Andrew Levey said in a New England Real Estate Journal article. Andrew Levy, CCIM is a senior manager of retail at BHHS Verani Realty’s commercial division. You can read the full story here: (New England Real Estate Journal)
3. With the Bedford town election less than a week away, controversy is swirling around the town Moderator position. Brian Shaughnessy, the only candidate on the March 8 ballot, is threatening to sue write-in candidate Hanan Wiseman. Shaughnessy is an attorney and Governor Chris Sununu’s nominee to become a Circuit Court judge. Wiseman is an air traffic controller. You can read the full story here: (NH Journal)

From my notebook:

• Bedford N.H. Public Library: "Join UNH Extension Hillsborough County Forester, Mike Gagnon for a hands-on workshop at the Bedford Public Library on the New Hampshire Big Tree program, which celebrates the largest trees in NH!" (Facebook)

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