275 Years of a Town: The town’s poor
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. There is no mention made in the town’s…
Serving scouts and seniors
The Troop 1 Boy Scouts of Harvard wish to express their sincere gratitude to Donelans of Littleton, Roche Bros. of Acton, Jim Burns of…
Selectmen candidates debate
Being a newspaper, little excites us more than the exercise of free speech. We are especially excited about the upcoming debate—March 22—that the four…
Police Log: February 27 to March 5, 2007
A Maine truck driver, Jack McPhail, died in an accident on Interstate 495 in Boxborough Friday. Responding to a call at 6:51 a.m., Harvard…
My Two Cents: 40B developers require scrutiiny
In a recent report, Massachusetts Inspector General (IG) Gregory Sullivan found that the developers of the first five 40B housing projects audited by his…
All’s quiet on the Common
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Support for Ricci
As the member of the Pond Committee who designed the pump system for Bare Hill Pond, I have had the opportunity to work closely…
Read words carefully
We were troubled by Mr. Palli’s recent letter to the editor, which suggested we were “defending former School Committee members.” In our letter, we…
Harvard is anti-business
Bill Ashe’s letter in the February 23 issue of the Press begs for a response and here is mine: he berates Mr. Armstrong for…
Audit independence
The citizens’ petition recently filed for a special education audit specifies that the audit be independent. The only way such an audit can do…
