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Bedford Police offer active shooter course

The Bedford Police Department will offer a Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events training course Wednesday, April 2, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Bedford Police headquarters, located at 307 Bedford Road, Bedford Hills.

The course, designed and built on the Avoid, Deny Defend strategy developed by Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training in 2004, provides strategies, guidance and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event. 

Topics include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, civilian response options, medical issues and considerations for conducting drills. 

For registration and more information, email nwallwork@bedfordny.gov.


Amphibian night hikes at Westmoreland

Westmoreland Sanctuary will hold night hikes to view amphibians Fridays, April 4 and 11, from 7 to 9 p.m.

The hikes, which are suitable for those 5 and up, will be led by Westmoreland naturalists as they search for amphibians awakening from their winter slumber. The sanctuary called them an “exciting nighttime adventure into the world of amphibians.” 

For registration and more information, visit westmorelandsanctuary.org.

Westmoreland Sanctuary is located at 260 Chestnut Ridge Road, Mount Kisco

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Bedford Field Notes launches April 24 at Historical Hall

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Left to right, Scott Loarie, Budd Veverka, and David Pogue

A new speaking series on the natural world in Bedford will launch Thursday, April 24, with a program featuring Scott Loarie, executive director of iNaturalist, the world’s largest citizen science project. Loarie will be joined by Mianus River Gorge director of land management, Budd Veverka — a noted expert on bears and other mammals, invasive species, and forest restoration — in a conversation to be moderated by David Pogue of “CBS News Sunday Morning.” 

The first in a series of three evening events at Bedford Historical Hall, the April 24 program, “Wildlife,” will explore Bedford’s changing world of wildlife, including bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossums, skunks, otters, snakes, frogs, turtles and salamanders that all play vital roles in a dynamic ecosystem.

This new “Bedford Field Notes” series is presented by the Mianus River Gorge in partnership with the Bedford Historical Society, Bedford Garden Club and Rusticus Garden Club. 

Future events will include “Water,” May 21, and the final program, “Land,” on June 11. All three events will be held at Bedford Historical Hall, located at 608 Old Post Road, Bedford, from 6 to 8 p.m.

“‘Bedford Field Notes’ is a new series that explores the natural resources that make Bedford such a special place to live: our abundant wildlife, vital rivers and aquifers, scenic vistas, and unspoiled land,” said Mianus River Gorge trustee John Needham.

Pogue, “CBS News Sunday Morning” correspondent and regular “Eco Dude” columnist for The Recorder, will moderate all three programs in the series.

For tickets and more information, visit bedfordfieldnotes.org.  

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