Bedford Launches Design Study for Page Road Pump Station
BEDFORD — The town has launched a preliminary design study for improvements to the Page Road Pump Station and Force Main, while Hanscom Air Force Base flagged an upcoming military exercise that will run for nearly two weeks in August.
TOWN HALL
The town announced that engineering firms Weston and Sampson and Land Tech will conduct survey work as part of a preliminary design study for future improvements to the Page Road Pump Station and Force Main, according to a News Flash post from the town. The scope and timeline of the resulting improvements were not detailed in the announcement, but the survey work marks the first visible step in what appears to be a longer-term infrastructure planning process.
Separately, the town posted a notice regarding an ongoing Hanscom Air Force Base exercise scheduled to run from August 3 through August 14. The notice gave no further detail on the nature of the exercise or expected impacts on surrounding areas, but residents near the base should expect increased activity during that window.
The Select Board and Town Manager's Office are also inviting residents to the Town Common for the Bedford Summer Biergarten, an afternoon gathering featuring music, beer, and food, according to the town's website.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Bedford Public Library is running its Summer 2026 programming for adults, tweens, teens, and kids, with newsletters detailing the season's offerings available on the library's site. The library is also looking ahead to fall: volunteers are being sought to help unload a semitruck of pumpkins for the library's Pumpkin Patch on October 5 at 2 p.m. and October 12 at 11 a.m., with anyone who signs up by September 1 eligible for a free T-shirt.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"MCC's Orientation Leaders Help Set Up New Students for Success" — Middlesex Community College held orientation leader training sessions on its Lowell and Bedford campuses on July 13 and July 14 to prepare student leaders for welcoming incoming students, according to Bedford Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/bedford-ma/amp/34549858/mcc-s-orientation-leaders-help-set-up-new-students-for-success).
COMING UP
The Hanscom AFB exercise is set to run August 3 through August 14, per the town's News Flash announcement. Library volunteer sign-ups for the fall pumpkin truck unloading events close September 1, with unloading dates set for October 5 and October 12.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.