Help Bedford Patch Reach a Major Milestone Today!

1. 979 down. 21 to go! Our goal of 1,000 Facebook followers by the end of April is well within reach, but we need your help to get there! Bedford Patch entered today, the final day of the month, with 979 Facebook 'Likes.' Please, if you haven't already, 'Like' our Facebook page and help us spread the word by going to the page and sharing one of our statuses.

2. Mom's Night Out. Bedford High School is sponsoring "Mom's Night Out" on May 8, from 6-8 p.m., in the Bedford High School Commons. A variety of crafts, culinary delights and vendors will be on hand for shopping and an enticing raffle table as well. Shop for Mother's Day or yourself! All vendors' fees and raffle sales will go to benefit the Bedford High School Faculty Scholarship Fund.

3. The weatherman says ... More warm weather in the forecast today with a high of 72 degrees and a 10-percent chance of rain. Tonight's low is 41 degrees with a 0-percent chance of precipitation.

4. Get Money Smart! The Bedford Public Library hosts its final event in a series of financially-focused programs with Saint Anselm College Associate Professor John Romps on Thursday, May 2, from 7-9 p.m. Money Smart Week: The Current Economy and You is intended to will enlighten and update us about what’s going on in the economic world. Romps is a very engaging speaker whose main areas of teaching are economics, money and banking, investments and economic history. He is a forensic economist and his area of research is NH banking.

5. Sunday at the Library Concert Series. Head to the Bedford Public Library this Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. for Aksara - Female a cappella in the McAllaster Room. AKSARA, a six-woman a cappella ensemble from Southern NH, has performed in many local venues over the last 15 years, including concerts, benefits and hospice services of remembrance, and has produced 5 recordings. AKSARA performs a variety of selections in many styles that are compelling, renewing and healing. The group is part of Inner Harmony Music, a non-profit organization which has as its mission “to provide musical experiences which inspire participants to discover the healing power of sound in their own lives.”

Sunday at the Library concerts are hosted by the Friends of the Library and made possible by a grant from the Bedford Library Foundation. The Friends will have a brief annual meeting immediately after the concert.  Please consider staying to learn more about the Friends and to get involved with this wonderful group!

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