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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.

August 31, 2007

• Bye-bye to sorting recyclables?

• Boards want more seniors eligible for 40B housing

August 29, 2008

• Selectmen draft Devens disposition success criteria

• Board grapples with approach for affordables

• School Committee takes stand against Question 1

• Harvard couple to take over Acton Real Estate

• State rep candidates answer voters’ questions

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

September 2, 2011

• Carlson cider making moving to Leominster

• Harvard weathers the storm

• Harvard hits threshold for lower solar price

• Devens Economic Analysis Team, Trinity differ on numbers

August 31, 2012

• Long discussion of Article 4 leads to three amendments

• Special Town Meeting passes entire warrant

• Zoning violation delays Town Hall construction

• Investors say Devens film studio will rival Hollywood

August 30, 2013

• School start brings changes to services, staff, and curricula

• Anonymous donor promises Bromfield new sound system

• New staff at Hildreth and Bromfield schools

August 29, 2014

• Council on Aging votes to ask town for money to renovate Hildreth House

• Education secretary calls pace of reform ‘too fast,’ but says teachers ‘have to adapt’

• Police to file charges in not-quite-cold case

August 28, 2015

• School’s open: What’s new for 2015–16 at Hildreth Elementary and Bromfield

• 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

September 2, 2016, 2016

• Planning Board to propose Hildreth district for senior housing

• DPW worker to oversee town building maintenance

• Bromfield sees improvements inside and out

• Timber! DPW and National Grid are cutting trees along local road

• Blue ribbons on Common honor police and their families

September 1, 2017

• Selectmen to vote on future of retired teachers’ health insurance

• State, town sign Community Compact to improve IT, traffic and building maintenance

• All-boards meeting will test charter-proposed budget cycle

• Cable studio gets an ‘infinity wall’

• State board OKs next step for HES building project

• School Committee gives Dwight high marks

August 31, 2018

• Voters have many choices on primary ballots Tuesday

• Trichome Health, marijuana retailer, will pursue license to open in Harvard

• Capital committee hears request to replace old library roof

• Building committee examines new cost estimates

• Rowe steps down as school business manager; no replacement yet

• New at Bromfield: A pop culture seminar and a sign language course

August 30, 2019

• Select Board votes for all-wind electricity for Harvard

• Boards recommend EEE personal protection measures, not roadside spraying

• Planning Board proposes relaxing several commercial zoning bylaws

• Hildreth House Phase 2 project could top $4 million

• Surprises, both good and bad, as schools open

• Personnel changes free up funds in school budget

August 28, 2020

• School Committee approves ‘hybrid’ reopening, and most families agree

• Mail-in ballot applications surge; voters question readiness of U.S. Postal Service

• Caught on video, three Harvard juveniles summoned for vandalizing town beach

• Town officials ready slimmer, deficit-free budget for Fall Town Meeting

• Algal bloom forces no-swimming order at town beach

• State primary is Tuesday; in-person voting available

• By the Numbers: COVID-19 update

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

• Swimming prohibited at town beach due to algal bloom; cyanotoxin testing underway

• Fall sports return; but COVID-19, fields, and program costs haunt reboot

September 2, 2022

• Affordable housing trust aims to manage 40B developments with updated housing plan

• Select Board proposes bylaw change to allow annual entertainment licenses for area farms

• Developer proposes 24-unit housing complex at corner of Old Mill and Ayer roads

September 1, 2023

• Newman reappointed town constable, a modern office with a colonial legacy

• Select Board drops curb extensions from Ayer Road renovation plan

• Unexpected resignation forces school to consolidate fourth grade into three class sections

• Hildreth Elementary crosswalk updated to improve visibility and student safety

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