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Historic district commission recommends that planning board not support ballot petition to remove two parcels

Bedford Historic District Commission · January 6, 2026
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Summary

After neighbor testimony and an extended discussion, the Historic District Commission voted to recommend the planning board not support a citizens’ petition to remove two parcels on Wallace Road from the district; the motion passed with four voting to recommend non-support and one abstention.

The Bedford Historic District Commission voted Jan. 6 to recommend that the planning board not support a citizens’ petition to remove 320 and 324 Wallace Road from the town’s historic district.

Kathleen Bemis, the town council representative present, read the petition language during the meeting; the petition seeks to exclude two newer homes at the outer edge of the district. Commissioners and neighbors debated whether removing the parcels — which petitioners described as having ‘‘zero historical significance’’ — would set an undesirable precedent that could erode the…

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