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 ’87 and ’88
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…
It’s Only Natural: Yellow-bellied sapsuckers
Adult yellow-bellied sapsucker. (Photo by Mary Holland) Most woodpeckers make holes in trees, but there’s something special about how yellow-bellied sapsuckers go about it.…
A Look Back: The way we were… August ’84 and September ’83
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,…
Wingin’ It: Birds of summer
Downy at hummingbird feeder. (Photos by David Durrant) Around the farm some of the barn swallows have fledged two sets of young and just…
A Look Back: The way we were… August ’83
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…
A Look Back: The way we were… August ’76, ’78, ’79
August 1976 A writer lamented that there had been too much bad news in the local paper, citing “uncollectible taxes, loss of state aid,…
It’s Only Natural: Fatal attraction
Throughout the glaciated Northeast there are wetlands referred to as bogs—where acidic peat, or dead plant material (often mosses), accumulates. Many of these bogs…
A Look Back: The way we were… July 1983
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…
Wingin’ It: Early summer birds
Barn swallow. (Courtesy photo) Early summer is an active time around the farm for the birds. All have nested, some have already fledged, and…
A Look Back: The way we were… June ’76
The Metropolitan District Commission water treatment plant in Clinton was shut down for 24 hours due to a strike by state workers, resulting in…
