What was going on in Harvard a year agotoday… 10, 15 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
June 29, 2007
- School superintendent’s contract extended to 2010
- Solar company plans new plant at Devens
- Littleton Road 40B would need 9,000 yards of fill trucked in
- Spacciapoli launches experiential outdoor education program
July 4, 2008
- JBOS plans to get Devens expense data
- Lambie places sixth in Olympic trials
- Trustees reflect upon decision to end Ayer Road rental project
- Fireworks dampened by cloud cover
July 3, 2009
- Grievance letter causes grief for School Committee
- Blair asks DEC to shut down Evergreen Solar plant
- Elementary school principal will seek the facts, not the climate
July 2, 2010
- Former Fruitlands’ CFO sentenced
- New HES principal expected on board within two weeks
- Evergreen agrees to new sound protocol
- Harvard launches Blackboard Connect platform
July 1, 2011
- Solar project pricing announced
- CASE to leave Harvard classroom
- School Committee rejects plea for technology specialist
- DEAT digs deeper into Trinity Financial vision for Vicksburg Square
- Driver loses control, abandons car, is arrested
- Harvard Little League pitcher throws perfect game
June 29, 2012
- Sale of General Store business moving forward
- Hearing scheduled for solar zoning change
- New math program will unify curriculum across grades
- Worker slices fingers in table saw accident
June 28, 2013
- Markey carries Harvard in special Senate election
- Historical Commission readies decision on Town Hall design
July 4, 2014
- Community-owned solar, first in state, begins to harvest sun’s power
- Board to consider alcohol consumption on town land
- Harvard’s neighbors gear up to fight pipeline
- School Committee will keep Bromfield House
- Schools spend end-of-year cash
- Old plan may help solve HES parking issues
July 3, 2015
- Devens Committee chairman protests voting arrangements
- Capital committee recommends buying ladder firetruck
- At town beach, new no-cash policy delays ice cream sales
- Property management service scopes out town buildings
- Blair wants two dates per year set aside for Super Town Meetings
July 1, 2016
- A tough act to follow: Finance Director Lorraine Leonard moves on
- Drought delays local corn crop; good year for berries
- New look for affordable apartments at The Elms on Stow Road
- Connelly to join board of brain tumor research advocacy group; Bravehearts gains national voice
- Harvard Family Association gains nonprofit status, plans fundraiser for July
- Selectmen endorse policy for planting trees on public land
June 30, 2017
- HES Building Committee moves from feasibility study to schematic design
- BOS appoints new clerk, front office reorganizes
- Applications being accepted for subsidized units at The Elms
June 29, 2018
- Funding delay forces town to ‘borrow’ from Devens money to cover new school bills
- Planning Board hears proposal for marijuana extraction facility at Appleworks
- Building committee ponders how to make new school fit historical town center
- Select Board gets first look at proposed sticker and bag prices for SMART program
- School returns to use of staff custodians
June 28, 2019
- ‘Boulder nest’ pushes new school schedule out and its costs higher
- Fourth of July Committee adds offsite parking and shuttle to ease fireworks traffic
- Licenses approved for Carlson hard-cider taproom
- Mulcahy resigns from Hildreth Elementary
- Analysis: Nontrade bids leave school construction overage unchanged; contingency funds narrow gap
- No-picking policy rouses protest online but not at Select Board meeting
- School Committee approves three-year contract with Dee Bus
June 26, 2020
- Harvard Press named ‘Citizen of Note’
- 2020 Spring Town Meeting: Harvard citizens gather outdoors to debate, learn, and vote
- Voters nix Hildreth House addition funding
- New roof for old library passes at Town Meeting, fails at the polls
- Town Meeting grants control of beach, track, and fields to Parks and Recreation Commission
- Voters reject override and building projects
- General Store plans for outdoor dining with tables, patio
- Town Meeting approves Bromfield upgrades, votes down middle school ramp
- Ayer Road renovations: repaving, expanded shoulders, no traffic calming
July 2, 2021
- Chief Denmark retires ahead of schedule, will work for anti-terror project
- Second June heat wave engulfs Harvard, prompting heat advisory
- Lifeguard coverage at town beach canceled until July 5
- Dwight proposes Sauter to lead pupil services; School Committee approves
- $100,000 state grant allows expanded summer school
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