
1. Salon Alfonse moved 1/4 miles west from 142 Great Road to 50 Great Road.
2. The JC Cleaners next to the Post Office in the Bedford Shopping Center (soon to be known as Bedford Marketplace) has closed. With the recent opening of Lapels, I counted six Dry Cleaners in town (Bedford Cleaners, Great Cleaners, JC Cleaners, Lapels, Luongo's and Top Cleaners). I'm not sure if it was the competition or the fact that reconstruction of the shopping center is scheduled to begin next spring and they decided not to renew their lease. Earlier this year, a sign appeared saying they were under new management and had changed the name to Care Cleaners.


3. According to Stop & Shop employees, the renovations are almost complete and a Grand Re-Opening is set For July 8th. As previously discussed, the renovations are fairly limited. The biggest changes are in the Produce and Prepared Food areas which in my opinion do have a cleaner and more modern look to them. They also have seemed to have added a lot more prepared items, perhaps to better compete with Whole Foods. Unfortunately there has been a set back in the self checkout which now closes at 9pm an hour earlier than previous.