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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
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Remembering Bruce Bedford: ‘Photography was not his work, it was his life, and he lived it with passion’ BY TERRY LEAVITT THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Photographer Bruce Bedford has died, leaving behind a legacy of photographs that chronicled life in Carroll County for the better part of the last 40 years. Bedford, who worked for The Carroll County Independent from the early 1970s
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to the early 1990s and for The Conway Daily Sun from 2000 to 2005, brought day-to-day life in the North Country into sharp focus with a patient artist's eye. Along with the routine newspaper fare of public meetings, candidate visits, special events and car accidents, Bedford took hundreds of photos of dances, children playing in school yards, fishing derbys, bean suppers and church fairs, creating
images that linger in the memories of many people in Carroll County. "They don't sound very exciting, but he really captured them in his photos," said Susan Slack, who was an editor at The Granite State News in the 1980s. "He really was an artist with his photography. He had a way of capturing people in his see BEDFORD page 10
Librarians hope to keep book-loan vans rolling
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But lawmakers suggest there may be other uses for federal grant money BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
The Mount Washington Valley Skating Club is currently seeking skaters for its Winter I Session of skating lessons as well as its annual Holiday On Ice skating show. See page 31. (MADELEINE RYAN PHOTO)
McCarthy, county sheriff spar over spending BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
OSSIPEE — The long simmering feud between the county sheriff and a Conway state representative finally came to a head last week. Rep. Frank McCarthy extended
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an olive branch but the sheriff remained skeptical. Since last winter, State Rep. Frank McCarthy (R-Conway) had alleged that county sheriff Christopher Conley inappropriately purchased about $200 worth of boots see SHERIFF page 12
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