May 1974
The Board of Health announced plans to develop regulations governing the keeping and stabling of horses and related animals.
Profits from the Apple Blossom Festival were donated to the town for the purchase of a sailboat to be used in sailing instruction at Bare Hill Pond.
Selectmen voted to hold a Special Town Meeting in June. On the agenda: the appropriation of money for the construction of a new fire station and the acceptance of three new town roads—Ann Lee Road, Myrick Lane, and the extension of Park Lane.
Late frosts severely damaged the apple crop in local orchards.
May 1984
A cartoon observed, “We’ve had a fair amount of rain lately. Can’t hardly get any gardening done.”
Concerns raised at a public forum, “Harvard in the 1990s,” included the lack of moderately priced housing, retention of the town’s rural character and quality of life, and protection of Harvard’s ground water.
A letter-writer commented, “Each year there are fewer people who volunteer for the many organizations [in town] that depend on the volunteer to function. In particular, those services dealing with our children are having a hard time getting volunteers, and the few that do volunteer seem to ‘burn out’ quickly. Why?”
The fire chief announced, “This may be the last year that Harvard’s Volunteer Fire Department puts on its annual ham-and-bean supper.”
May 1994
Annual Town Meeting voters overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing a gambling casino at Fort Devens.
The State Dept. of Revenue certified Harvard’s free cash at –$140,858.
An editorial opined: “Few people anywhere in the world are as lucky, politically speaking, as those who live in a small New England town. Where else do ordinary citizens have a greater say in the direction of their affairs than in a volunteer-run, town meeting-governed community?”
Based on reports in the old Harvard Post
