What was going on in Harvard a year ago today … 2, 10, 18 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
May 25, 2007
- Shaker Hills 40B group plots action
- Forty acres protected from development
- Schools return $116K in unspent warrant articles to town
- FinCom resignation will test appointment process
- Teachers’ contract faces two votes
- Selectmen oppose new town at Devens
May 23, 2008
- Voters pass new budget requiring $200K override
- Affordable housing roundup: Update on active 40B projects in town
May 22, 2009
- Whine gives way to rumble as Evergreen Solar deadline nears
- Boundary issues beset Vicksburg proposal
- Cheveralls is chosen as School Committee chair
- No more signs of H1N1 in Harvard schools
May 21, 2010
- JBOS to seek governor’s help with Vicksburg Square proposals
- BOS ‘does not oppose’ Devens request to spray its mosquitoes
May 20, 2011
- Sicard is new Harvard fire chief
- Solarize Harvard project under way
- BOS divided over next steps for town buildings project
- School board votes to evaluate superintendent
May 25, 2012
- Wallace is new chairman of Board of Selectmen
- The Inn sold at auction to Harvard resident
May 24, 2013
- Selectmen appoint new treasurer
- Dead ‘sunnies’ show up around the pond
- Harvard resident is Ducky Wucky winner
May 23, 2014
- Town administrator suggests moving employees out of Town Hall
- Town will ask for new MART van
- Town Hall Analysis: What’s our $4 million really buying?
May 22, 2015
- Housing trust offers subsidy to Grant Road developer
- Few parents attend meeting on risk behavior survey
- Unexploded ordnance prompts evacuations
- Dry spring brings fire danger, may affect farms
May 20, 2016
- Police arrest Harvard robbery suspect
- Suggested town center improvements focus on pedestrian safety
- Planning Board is ‘a curb away’ from decision on Hildreth House site plan
May 26, 2017
- HES options would sharply increase taxes, double debt
- Hydraulic fluid leak causes Monday morning mess
- BOS strategic planning meeting: Three hours, three goals
May 25, 2018
- It’s real: New school project moves to next phase
- MassDevelopment wants to rezone Vicksburg Square for residential development
- Division of Willard Lane property to proceed
May 24, 2019
- Yankee magazine picks two Harvard favorites as ‘Best of New England’
- Stakeholders seek consensus on design for town center patio, parking, and sidewalk
- New Devens steering committee debates representation for residents and businesses
May 22, 2020
- Budget working group prepares for stormy fiscal 2021
- Governor’s bill on mosquito spraying would override local control
May 21, 2021
- Voters approve spending, reject Bromfield House plan and commercial district study
- Cyclist hurt in crash on Oak Hill Road
- Town Meeting applauds Bruce and Ellen Leicher as Citizens of Note
- Town Meeting vote leaves Bromfield House in limbo
- Westward Orchards to close lunch counter
May 20, 2022
- COVID-19 on the rise, but town not ready to return to required masking
- Tony Shaw is Harvard’s 2021 Citizen of Note
- Low turnout, new tech, and uncontested races mark 2022 Town Election
- Connecting town water to Devens feasible but expensive
May 26, 2023
- Mid-May freeze destroys crops at local orchards
- Municipal facilities, schools need accessibility improvements
- Boxborough development draws objections from state, local boards, residents
May 24, 2024
- Court documents confirm Steward’s intent to sell Nashoba Valley Medical Center
- Community members turn out for youth-organized ‘demonstration for Palestine’
- Select Board supports five-year lease for Bromfield House
- Select Board chooses Wireless EDGE to construct cell tower on Hildreth House land
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