What was going on in Harvard a year ago today … 10, 16 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
August 24, 2007
- School Committee waits on special education probe results
- Friends, neighbors help fire victims
- Joint Boards of Selectmen tackle Grant Road Devens housing questions
August 22, 2008
- Ambulance members quit over billing decision
- State rules against use of FinCom flyer
- Large Bromfield solar project delayed
August 28, 2009
- Selectman Blair resigns mid-term
- Protests fail to stop construction over Ayer aquifer
- Route 2 noise may skew Evergreen Solar measurements
- BOH learns: To target Lyme disease, aim at deer
August 27, 2010
- Residents to be fined for tree removal
- EEE virus confirmed in Lancaster horse
August 26, 2011
- Town Meeting OKs sewer project
- Consultant to be hired for affordable housing study
- Harvard solar project nears threshold for price drop
May 24, 2012
- Selectmen settle on warrant language after stormy session
- DEP grants conditional approval to sewage treatment plant
- Bromfield lunches to go up a dollar
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
- Empty stomachs and Meatless Mondays prompt additions to school menus
August 28, 2015
- New attendance policy recognizes family travel but tightens rules
- Teachers and staff expect new website to improve communication
- School lunch program continues focus on fresh, healthy foods
August 26, 2016
- HES administrators announce new communications initiatives
- Healthy school lunch choices, most prices stable
August 25, 2017
- Selectmen delay vote on teachers’ insurance until Sept. 5 meeting
- Selectmen declare land surplus; town issues RFP for senior housing
- Planning Board asks to rem
August 24, 2018
- Select Board adopts parking regulations, sets fines
- Harvard-Devens Committee begins work on plan to resume jurisdiction
- Mass. health officials raise statewide West Nile virus risk from low to moderate
- School building project gets new budget estimates
- Bromfield cafeteria gets much-needed spruce-up
August 23, 2019
- Town center permit and accessory apartments added to proposed rural life preservation bylaw
- As school begins, district hopes for more learning, less stress
- Mosquito in Harvard tests positive for eastern equine encephalitis
August 28, 2020
- School Committee approves ‘hybrid’ reopening, and most families agree
- Mail-in ballot applications surge
- Caught on video, three Harvard juveniles summoned for vandalizing town beach
- Algal bloom forces no-swimming order at town beach
- Town officials ready slimmer, deficit-free budget for Fall Town Meeting
August 27, 2021
- Back to school: A return to in-person learning  … with masks
- HES work will be complete in October, with money to spare
- Contract negotiations at impasse as DPW pushes for more competitive pay
- Building committee chooses site and architect for alternative senior center
- Old library roof project delayed until April; drainage issues emerge
August 26, 2022
- Fort Devens opens its gates to celebrate 105th anniversary
- General Store and Fivesparks urge quick action to preserve entertainment licenses
- COVID-19 still a concern, but students have more options
- Health Agent Ira Grossman to retire
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