Select Board Plans Summer Biergarten on Town Common
The Bedford Select Board and Town Manager's Office are inviting residents to a Summer Biergarten gathering on the Town Common, offering music, beer, and food as the town's summer events calendar continues.
TOWN HALL
The Select Board and Town Manager's Office announced the Bedford Summer Biergarten, a community gathering on the Town Common featuring music, beer, food, and what organizers describe as "good times," according to the town's News Flash announcement. No specific date or time was included in the release, though residents can watch the town website for further details.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
Bedford Public Library continues its Summer 2026 programming for adults, kids, and tweens/teens, with newsletters covering the season's offerings available on the library's website. The library is also planning ahead to fall: it is seeking volunteers to help unload a semitruck full of pumpkins for its Pumpkin Patch on October 5 at 2 p.m. and October 12 at 11 a.m., with volunteers who sign up by September 1 eligible for a free T-shirt.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Stephen R. Gomes Obituary (2026) - New Bedford, MA - Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Homes" — A service for Stephen R. Gomes is scheduled in New Bedford, according to a Legacy.com listing (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/stephen-gomes-obituary?id=62082244).
"Carol Louise Ouellette Obituary (2026) - Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Homes - New Bedford - Legacy" — Carol Louise Ouellette, born in New Bedford, is remembered by family in a notice posted to Legacy.com, according to the site (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carol-ouellette-obituary?id=62081967).
COMING UP
Bedford Public Library's Pumpkin Patch volunteer sign-up window remains open through September 1 ahead of truck-unloading dates on October 5 and October 12. The town's ongoing Hanscom AFB exercise notification and Page Road Pump Station survey work, both previously reported, continue without new developments as of today.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.