What was going on in Harvard a year ago today, two years ago … ten, twelve, fourteen years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
August 17, 2007
- Deadline looms; ZBA provisionally votes ‘Yes’ on 40B
- Finance board, officials grapple with budget needs
- Fire heavily damages home
August 22, 2008
- Ambulance service members quit over billing decision
- State rules against use of FinCom flyer
- Large Bromfield solar project delayed
August 21, 2009
- Officials wonder: Is Evergreen Solar only source of noise?
- Ayer Road development has one more hurdle
- Vandalism mounts on public and private property
August 20, 2010
- Carlson throws switch on photovoltaic power supply
- Owner of recycling plant challenges complaints
- Hirsch request to move sign sparks Planning Board dispute
August 19, 2011
- Fate of sewer project in the hands of Town Meeting
- Cemetery Commission looking for marker sponsors
- Sewer fee increase will be 9%, town says; sewer district residents ask for cap
August 17, 2012
- School Committee approves new Devens contract
- New General Store owner pledges to maintain its concept
- New Hildreth Committee to “right size” project
- Special Town Meeting to consider solar zoning
August 23, 2013
- Fund drive to begin for scaled-back Hildreth renovation
- Harvard youth charged with arson
- Harvard hosts Central Mass 4 Longboard Festival
August 22, 2014
- Selectmen vote to begin detailed design for Town Hall plan, with caveats
- New Bare Hill Rowing Association agreement fails to win approval
- Summer repairs get schools ready for fall
August 21, 2015
- Town wins second Green Community grant to improve energy efficiency of buildings
- Developer scales back Stow Road project; farmhouse to be razed
- Town Hall is on schedule, on budget … so far
August 19, 2016
- Selectmen seek land swap for Ayer Road roundabout
- Fall town meetings to consider bylaw changes, reconsider Devens zoning
- Quest to make old library accessible remains a challenge
August 18, 2017
- Proposed insurance change alarms retired Harvard teachers
- Charter Commission sends draft report to Select Board and Attorny General; sets fall public meeting
- Harvard’s Marlene Kenney: A return to Town Hall
August 17, 2018
- Town sells first school bond; Standard & Poor’s affirms AAA rating
- New Bylaw Review Committee begins work, finds little to change
- Scrutiny of Transfer Station sticker policies may result in big changes
August 23, 2019
- Mosquito in Harvard tests positive for eastern equine encephalitis
- As school begins, district hopes for more learning, less stress
- Town center permit and accessory apartments added to proposed preservation bylaw
August 28, 2020
- School Committee approves “hybrid” reopening, and most families agree
- Mail-in ballot applications surge
- Algal bloom forces no-swimming order at town beach
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