Ted Beauchamp

*"Yes, sir, you can get to Coleman Street by taking Gwynne Road, but it won't help you because Moran Street in between is closed down by flooding." - Ted Beauchamp*

**Ted Beauchamp** is a councilman, former police office and native of Ashford Falls, New York. Friendly and out-going, he is very effervescent and energetic as a person, often giving in to sharing his opinions and help to his family and friends.

Born in or around 1960, Beauchamp is the descendant of French-German immigrants who arrived to the area in the 1870s and raised potatoes and apple trees in the nearby Wyckoff community. His grandfather, Hector Beauchamp, was the founder and owner of the Bee Brothers Beer Distillery in town with his brother, Lionel Beauchamp. Because the family was so prosperous, Ted was raised with stories glorifying the United States as the Land of Opportunity, which made him patriotic. He attended high school with both Daniel Featherstone and Rachel Hedison, and afterward, he decided to serve his country in the United States Marines.

While serving overseas, Ted was discharged from the Marines after it was discovered he had nerve damage as a result of an arm injury in his youth. Meanwhile, his father, having inherited the family's beer distillery sold the distillery to Priority Enterprises. The offer made the family wealthy, but Ted still wanted to serve his country and applied to the police academy. As a local police officer, he served originally under Sheriff Lionel Taft, who had hired him and under his replacement, Sheriff David Carmichael.

As a police officer, most of Ted's duties involved monitoring activity between Lemp Field and the town square. He became close friends with fellow officer Steven Roarke and Ted Shaw, the owner of Dirty Irene's, which formerly had a contract with his family's distillery. However, he was frequently at odds with Officer Alex Iaocca. As a female officer, Alex was often stuck doing office work, serving as a truant officer or running the crossing in front of Elizabeth Easton Elementary, and she was constantly showing up to prove her worth as an officer to Sheriff Carmichael by showing up ahead of Ted for car accidents, burglaries and other serious crimes. Ted took her initiative in stride, lauding her for standing up for herself. Although he was attracted to her, he never attempted a relationship with her.

Through his duties as a police officer, Ted was present during the investigation in the murders of Monica Hedison and Philip Martin, the Winter of 1988 pandemic, Len Snedeker's outing during the Second Bicentennial Founders Day, Bud Mason sexual assault spree, Jack Gates's car accident at Coogan's Creek Bridge and Rachel Hedison's car crash with Dr. Paul Kirkwood at the Ashford Falls Scenic Lookout, where he was punched by her and knocked into the lake for annoying her. Although he loved his job as an officer, and was likely to become deputy when Samantha Strickland replaced Truman as sheriff, he felt he could accomplish much more and ran unopposed to be city councilman after Douglas Greer became principal at Ashford Falls High School.

Sometime between 1990 and 1995, Ted dated and married Veronica, the local aerobics instructor, who had an exercise studio on the Winchester Parkway. They have two daughters named Katy and Lily. In 1991, he and Ted Shaw both invested in the old General Wayne's Bar and Grill near Wycoff in order to re-open it.