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… November 1984, 1986, and 1988
November 1984 The Harvard Post reported that with 87.7 percent of Harvard’s registered voters turning out at the polls to cast their ballots, Harvard…
A Look Back: The way we were… October and November 1987
October 1987 An editorial commented that the weekend the clocks turn back is one of the most depressing of the year, since it marks…
It’s Only Natural: Bird migration
Five hundred to 2,000 feet above our heads, 24 hours a day, one of Mother Nature’s greatest magic tricks takes place this time of…
A Look Back: The way we were… October and November 1973, October 1975
October 1973 A notice in the paper urged people to call in their UFO sightings to the Post. The Warner Free Lecture hosted a…
Wingin’ It: Trees gain, while birds lose, color
Fall migration is well under way and most of our summer visiting birds have headed south for the winter. Some go to the Carolinas…
A Look Back: The way we were… September and October ’95
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…
It’s Only Natural: Autumn’s burst of blue
Bottle gentian with bumblebee pushing into flower: Bumblebees are strong enough to push their way into bottle gentian blossoms in order to collect pollen.…
A Look Back: The way we were… September ’94
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…
Wingin’ It: Birding along the shore and in the marshes
Last week my wife, Pam, and I spent a couple of relaxing days at a friend’s cottage in East Boothbay overlooking the Damarsicotta River.…
A Look Back: The way we were… September ’92 and ’93
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…
