🌱 Travel Faster To Bedford + Bring Food To Compost + Flight Delays

Hello, Bedford! Here's everything you need to know to get your day started.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy today. Rain showers early with overcast skies later in the day. Chance of rain 50%.
High: 50. Low: 42.

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Here are the top stories today in Bedford:

1. Traveling south to Nashua or north to Bedford may be a lot faster. A plan to widen the F.E. Everett Turnpike between Nashua and Bedford will go before the Executive Council on Wednesday. The $20.5-million contract would cover the first phase of widening 12 miles of the Turnpike north of Exit 13 and the Bedford toll plaza to the intersection of Interstate 293. Alvin J. Coleman & Son of Conway had the lowest of two bids. When finished, officials say that traffic backups during the morning commute going south to Nashua, and the evening commute northbound during rush hour, will be alleviated. Turnpike toll revenues are paying for the project. You can read the full story here (with a subscription): (The Union Leader)
2. Bedford residents, bring your food waste to the Transfer Station for composting in a compostable bag or paper bag (but not in a plastic bag) and you can compost food waste for free. Look for the large blue bins next to the Solid Waste Building and the Recycling Center. Composting is an easy, sustainable way to make a positive impact on the environment that officials say can help Bedford save money. Valuable nutrients in composted food waste can be used in the soil as a natural fertilizer as a natural alternative to expensive chemical fertilizer in only six to nine months, officials said. You can read more about this story here: (Town of Bedford Newsletter)
3. If you are flying out of the Manchester or Boston airport, check your flight status. Severe storms in the South over the weekend caused dozens of cancellations and delays, and more storms are expected later this week. A backlog of canceled and delayed flights caused travel headaches that trickled into Monday, airport officials said. Spirit Airlines had two canceled flights and one delayed flight, while Southwest also had to delay a flight at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Monday morning due to the turbulent weather. You can read the full story here: (WMUR)

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Today in Bedford:

• Manchester Special Olympics 2022 track and field and bocce kickoff. (5:30 p.m.)
• Pick Your Project. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Town of Bedford Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be on Saturday, June 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Bedford Transfer Station. Find out more here: (Town of Bedford)
• Bedford Weekly Weather Forecast: (Bedford Patch)
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— Paula Constance

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