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…September ’82 and ’87
September 1982 In answer to a reporter’s question as to whether Harvard should return some of the $2 million it received in state aid,…
A Look Back: The way we were… August ’80, ’86, ’90, and ’96
August 1980 The postponement of repairs to a leaky roof at the elementary school prompted an editorial writer to opine, “The delay in roof…
It’s Only Natural: Out with the old; in with the new
Male rose-breasted grosbeak. (Photos by M.S. Henszey) Imagine if you spent both day and night outdoors and wore the same shirt and pants every…
A Look Back: The way we were… August ’76, ’84, and ’94
August 1976 A letter-writer said he hadn’t been a telephone subscriber for more than 18 months. He wrote, “While this is occasionally a source…
Wingin’ It: Who cooks for you, teacher, teacher, teacher?
Young birds are beginning to fledge around the farm. One rainy evening, some of the young bluebirds were fluttering around the sunflower-seed feeder trying…
A Look Back: The way we were… July ’79 and ’89
July 1979 The Board of Health reported that 6 million pounds of refuse were deposited annually at Harvard’s town dump, and estimated that the…
A Look Back: The way we were… June ’78, ’88, and ’98
June 1978 The School Committee voted to return to the town an estimated $6,000 to $8,000 of a $20,000 surplus that was the result…
A Look Back: The way we were… June ’84 and ’94
June 1984 Among the topics identified by the Land Use Issues Committee as being critical factors affecting the town for the rest of the…
It’s Only Natural: A look at the marsh-dwelling muskrat
Roughly the size of a house cat, the muskrat inhabits marshes, where it occasionally appears during the day in the spring and early summer.…
A Look Back: The way we were… June 1976
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…
