A Look Back- Page 9

June 1976 The Growth Policy Committee presented recommendations to assist older people in maintaining their Harvard residency. The committee claimed that Harvard’s relatively high…

May 1989 A headline posed the question: ‘The future of Harvard’s landfill: Is recycling the answer?’ The School Committee voted to spend an expected…

May 1989 The chairman of Harvard’s Cable Committee reported that preparations to begin wiring the town for cable TV access were “pretty much on…

April 1993 At a panel discussion on Fort Devens reuse, held in Boston and sponsored by Business Executives for National Security, Senator Ted Kennedy…

March 1981 The Energy Advisory Committee announced that the just-completed installation of elapsed-time meters on town oil burners would enable them to monitor how…

March 1991 Nine Harvard families eagerly awaited the return of husbands and sons from active duty in the Middle East. Town officials received some…

February 1983 A Harvard resident who was chairman of the Mass. High Tech. Council was one of three people who met with President Ronald…

February 1981 The town’s Housing for the Elderly Committee submitted a warrant article for Annual Town Meeting requesting $3,000 for a consultant to help…

January 1977 The Harvard fire chief asked townspeople not to call the police or emergency numbers for information on weather-related school closings, saying that…

January 1994 In an editorial, the Post opined: “It’s pretty hard to believe in global warming when the wind chill temperature is below zero…