🌱 Car Crashes Into Pool + 'Bidding For Paws' Starts + Attract Birds

Hello, Bedford!

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Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Bedford today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with sun. High: 54. Low: 36.

Shoutout to our premier local sponsors:

• Attention Bedford pet owners! Did you know that Bedford has a new pet store with a great selection of high-quality pet foods and supplies, a full service grooming salon, a self-serve pet wash, pet boarding and even a doggie bakery!?! Friendly Pets on Colby Ct. is locally owned and family operated — and their passion is your pet. Drop in with your furry friend today, or learn more here.

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Here are the top stories today in Bedford:

1. A Bedford reader asked Stacey Cole Nature Talks for help attracting birds to her yard. The column, originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader and recently republished, remarked that many plants and shrubs provide year-round shelter for birds and protection from predators while also providing seeds, berries, nectar for hummingbirds and a place for birds to search for insects. Birch trees are a favorite for woodpeckers and nuthatches, while native evergreen trees attract birds, like finches, crossbills, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers and blue jays. You can read Stacey Cole Nature Talks: A quick tutorial on trees and shrubs that attract birds, here (with a subscription): (The Union Leader)
2. Bedford police responded when a car crashed through a garage into a backyard pool.
   When Bedford police and fire arrived at the house on Sonoma Drive Friday evening, they found a car in the covered part of the pool. It was not fully submerged. Police said the homeowner pressed on the gas instead of the break. Cars have driven into pools before, investigators said, but not after going through the garage. You can read the full story here: (WMUR Manchester)
3. Visit the online silent auction to benefit the Animal Rescue League of N.H. on starting on April 4. This will be the second annual Bidding for Paws online silent auction to help the pets and people who care for them at the Animal Rescue League in Bedford. Bidding for amazing trips and auction items starting on Monday, April 4, and running through April 11. You can find out more here: (Bedford Patch)

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Today in Bedford:

• Bidding for Paws online silent auction to benefit Animal Rescue League of N.H. (9 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Bedford Memorial Day Parade: Will be on Sunday, May 29, at 1 p.m. starting at Bedford High School and ending at McKelvie School with the BHS marching band playing.
• Bedford Consultant Brian Nolen continues his relief efforts in Ukraine and has been joined in Poland by his friend John Fitzgerald from Bedford. All donations to his GoFundMe page will help with Ukrainian relief efforts, he wrote on on GoFundMe. (Facebook)

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— Paula Constance

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