Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 7/10/26
New for Children They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt Meet Sam, an insolent pug and incidental hero who will stop at nothing…
A Look Back: The way we were…May ’76, ’82, and ’88
May 1976 The School Committee approved a new course for Bromfield juniors and seniors, “The Family.” The course description said the class would be…
A Look Back: The way we were…April ’78, ’88, and ’98
April 1978 For the second year in a row, Massachusetts Electric offered customers garden space under its electric lines. As part of the “Grow…
A Look Back: The way we were…April ’77, ’87, and ’97
April 1977 President Carter told members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation that Fort Devens would be kept open, and that the realignment study announced…
It’s Only Natural: Trees—the other spring flowers
Male and female flowers of the speckled alder. (Photo by Mary Holland) For some reason, trees don’t naturally come to mind when we think…
A Look Back: The way we were…April ’92 and ’95
April 1992 An editorial opined about the recently held Town Meeting: “…the Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen, and School Committee all deserve a round…
Wingin’ It: Spring arrives on Micheldever Farm
I took advantage of a beautiful late winter morning recently to walk the fields around our farm and check out all the nest boxes…
A Look Back: The way we were…March ’83, ’93, and 2003
March 1983 The stars were out at the Oak Ridge Observatory to mark the announcement that the observatory’s search for extraterrestrial intelligence was officially…
A Look Back: The way we were…February ’75, ’85, and ’95
February 1975 A sighting of the rare northern three-toed woodpecker in Harvard drew birdwatchers to town from as far away as Connecticut and New…
A Look Back: The way we were…February ’79, ’89, and ’99
February 1979 A seaweed farmer from Maine gave a presentation to a gathering of the Ugly Apple Co-op about seaweed as a food of…
It’s Only Natural: What red and gray squirrels do for food
Thousands of gray squirrels have been seen migrating together over land and water. (Photos by Mary Holland) Red squirrels and gray squirrels are no…
