A Look Back- Page 11

October 1973 A notice in the paper urged people to call in their UFO sightings to the Post. The Warner Free Lecture hosted a…

September 1995 The Mass. Government Land Bank, the precursor to MassDevelopment, announced it was ready to move ahead with the development of 4,489 acres…

A number of people spotted a moose on Bolton Road, heading toward Pond Road. One resident described it as a “huge creature…with a great…

September 1992 The Selectmen Review Committee recommended that the town go to a five-member Board of Selectmen, a change from the three-member board. They…

September 1987 Harvard native Lynn Jennings, a Bromfield alum and a graduate of Princeton University, took sixth place in the women’s 10,000-meter run at…

August 1984 The Board of Selectmen vowed to fight the state-mandated count of Fort Devens personnel in Harvard’s census figures. One board member commented,…

August 1983 Townspeople took issue with the School Committee and superintendent for a decision to have only two second-grade and kindergarten classes with class…

August 1976 A writer lamented that there had been too much bad news in the local paper, citing “uncollectible taxes, loss of state aid,…

In an effort to provide its viewers with a look at a “typical small-town Fourth of July” celebration in the U.S., the British Broadcasting…

The Metropolitan District Commission water treatment plant in Clinton was shut down for 24 hours due to a strike by state workers, resulting in…