Business

She’s 70, but she has no intention of retiring.

    Last week, on Aug. 1,  the owners of Bacon Enterprises, which owns the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Bedford, honored Dorothy Carter for 40 years with the company. It was exactly 40 years ago to the day that Carter and her first husband, the late Kennis King, were hired by Bacon to open the KFC restaurant in Bedford, serving as its managers.

ter spending a day last week at the Elks National Home in Bedford, Eric Mulholland, a member of the organization’s national board of directors held a meeting with residents there in the home’s dining room.
    “We have some pretty good news,” said Mulholland, just before expelling all media representatives from the room.
    So, what happened?

    Don Owen is committed to saving Bedford’s history.

    One rescue was the building where American National Bank has its Bedford Branch on North Bridge Street. The building had been gutted by fire before Owen purchased and restored it.
    Now, he’s working on the empty building on 122 South Bridge Street, most recently the home of a book store.
    “The city was going to condemn it,” said Owen.

    Some people have noted how many folks pitched in to help others during the recent widespread power outage.
    “Everybody’s there helping,” commented Kris Angstadt, who moved to Bedford from Pennsylvania.
    “And like, for free,” she added. You don’t have to hire people to do it.”    
    Angstadt said that she is accustomed to people profiting from an emergency.