What was going on in Harvard a year ago today … 10, 17 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
June 22, 2007
- Report reveals thefts and ‘questionable’ spending charged to Special Ed department
- Devens Enterprise Commission to hold meeting on potential solar business
June 20, 2008
- Cheveralls questions use of Connect-Ed to get out the vote
- ‘Doc’ Westerling resigns as town moderator
- Devens revenue forum sparks questions about cost, next steps
June 19, 2009
- BOS votes to threaten restriction of Evergreen Solar hours of operation
- JBOS struggles to learn lessons from failed rezoning proposal
- Evergreen Solar expects noise to continue into September
- Historical Society building rises from the ashes
June 18, 2010
- New Open Meeting Law will bring changes
- School Committee sticks with plan to hire interim principal
June 24, 2011
- Serious accident sends one to hospital; charges pending
- Jefferson files disclosure on teacher request
- Sewer/water connection from Devens to Ayer Road could spur Commercial District development
June 22, 2012
- Affordable apartments fill up quickly
- Selectmen will call Town Meeting on solar overlay extension or lease
- Commission wrestles with rights and limits as sewer nears completion
- Selectmen to enter talks with cultural center
June 21, 2013
- Historical Commission nixes exterior design for Town Hall addition
- Search on hold while committee considers Dwight
June 20, 2014
- Two-term Selectwoman Sobalvarro resigns
- School Committee adds five years to Devens contract
- Citizens gather to express frustration with BOS Town Hall process
- Commercial development forum draws residents opposed to C-district’s growth
- State funds will be used to repair Ayer Road
- Snafu disrupts Charter emails
June 19, 2015
- Harvard and Grant Road developer agree to plan for affordable apartments
- Great Elms affordable housing construction to begin this fall
- Weeknight Annual Town Meeting may return
- Nine teachers and staff to retire this week
- Kindergarten enrollment numbers are up
June 24, 2016
- Cultural Collaborative seeks old library lease from selectmen; board says RFP needed
- Conservation Commission seeks apology, gets lecture on process
June 23, 2017
- Hildreth House, Town Hall construction complete
- Harvard wins $250K clean energy grant
- Town gets old library variance; collaborative prepares for occupancy
June 22, 2018
- Sports group seeks artificial turf makeover for Pond Road fields
- PTO struggles with financials, breaks with Celebration
- Planning Board refuses to support affordable housing at Hildreth development
- Select Board imposes recycle sticker fee
June 21, 2019
- New school price climbs as three trade bids are rejected
- Select Board proposes Town Meeting changes, punts on athletic fields
- Fire strikes Appleworks, seriously damages three businesses
- In reversal, Planning Board approves adult day health facility
June 19, 2020
- Select Board schedules hearing for prospective cannabis cultivation business
- Parks and Rec seeks clear jurisdiction over town beach and other recreational land
- Town seeks feedback on Ayer Road repaving project
- Timeline: Balancing an unbalanced fiscal 2021 budget
June 18, 2021
- Rising kindergarten enrollments—new trend or just a blip?
- Schools seek nutrition director, chef to lead food service
- Delayed passage of post-emergency legislation forces cancellation of Select Board meeting
June 24, 2022
- In surprise move, Select Board votes its own members onto Devens committee, replacing Wallace and Normand
- Town will apply for loan to connect to Devens water system
- Amid Bromfield House delays, Afghan families rely on neighborhood support team
- Softball field subcommittee asks for design and estimates for new field at HES
- Hilary Sturgis will become associate principal of Hildreth Elementary School starting July 1
April 28, 2023
- Ayer Road bowling alley on the market again
- School Committee, HEA reach contract agreement as school year ends
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