Bedford Police-Fire Substation Overwhelmingly Rejected: 2024 Update

BEDFORD, NH — Here are the March 12 town and school election results.

Town Races, Info

Town Council (3 seats)

Michael Strand: 2,664

Phil Greazzo: 2,630

Becky Soule: 1,591

William Granfield: 1,456

Town Moderator

Henry Veilleux: 3,020

Trustee of the Trust Fund

Ken Peterson: 2,928

Library Trustee

Lee Joyce: 2,338

Lauren Messina: 1,258

Supervisor of the Checklist

Hugh Donovan: 2,932

Article 2: Charter revision proposed by the commission to eliminate the budgetary town meeting and put it up for a vote during the town election, approved, 2,901 to 901.

ZBA Article 1: Amend the ordinance to eliminate minimum lot sizing in a subsection of the ordinance, approved, 2,999 to 720.

ZBA Article 2: Amend floodplain development ordinance to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program, approved 3,272 to 455.

ZBA Article 3: Removing 18 properties on Wallace Road from the historic district since only four were built before 1955, rejected, 1,794 to 1,952.

Article 4: $36.5 million for a new police station and fire substation on South River Road, rejected, 1,505 to 2,419.

School Info, Races

School Board (2 seats)

Kara Lamarche: 2,745

Mindy Bator: 2,302

Sheila MacDonald: 1,582

Article 2: $90.1 million school budget or a default budget of $89.7 million, approved, 2,063 to 1,585.

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