NH Restaurant Week Kicks Off Today!

1. Good eats, few seats. Six, count 'em, sic of Bedford's finest dining establishments are participating in New Hampshire's 2nd-annual Restaurant Week, which begins today. This eight-day event offers fixed price lunch and dinner menus at some of the top restaurants throughout the Granite State including Shorty's Mexican Roadhouse, Bedford Village Inn, Tek-Nique, Copper Door, T-Bones and The Weathervane. Check out the full list of participating restaurants.

2. How will you spend this busy Bedford weekend? Will you enjoy a or maybe be part of the exclusive viewing of "Heroes Behind the Badge?" Perhaps you're planning to run in the Bedford Rotary Memorial 5K or 12K, or take part in the Bedford Police motorcycle run? Then, of course, there's the Pre-Memorial Day Parade. For a list of these events and so much more, click here.

3. Weekend weather. A pretty typical spring weekend expected starting today.

• Friday Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph.
• Friday Night Clear, with a low around 41. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Saturday A slight chance of showers after 2 p.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 73.
• Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
• Sunday Isolated showers after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.
• Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

4. Bulldogs Bites. Here's today's schedule for Bedford High School sports programs (information obtained from HighSchoolSports.net):

• 4:00 PM Girls Varsity Softball vs. Keene High School
• 04:00 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse @ Merrimack High School
• 05:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse @ Merrimack High School
• 05:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball @ Keene High School
• 07:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball @ Keene High School

5. Library lowdown. The following is a list of events and/or activities at the Bedford Public Library today:

• 8:00AM-10:00AM
  NH RoomLibrary Board of Trustees Meeting

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