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From left: Helen Batchelder, Mike Lauer, Emilie Faucher, and Britt Argow perform “Happy Days are Here Again” at “Presidential Pops” at the Harvard Historical Society, Oct. 23. The program, written by the late Doug Cregar and produced by Claire Rindinello, was first performed in 2016. It featured favorite music of former presidents, campaign jingles, and even footage of a piano performance by Richard Nixon on the Jack Parr show. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
For those who have yet to cast their ballots, the Press offers this guide to remind voters about the eight elective offices and five binding statewide ballot questions that they will need to consider on the day.
Harvard’s delegates to the Legislature, Rep. Dan Sena and Sen. Jamie Eldridge, are unopposed in this year’s state election. Nevertheless, the Press invited them to respond to seven questions on the minds of Harvard residents. Here are the questions asked and their responses.
Things looked pretty dismal when the first two of three sessions intended to gather input from residents on how to spend the town’s opioid settlement funds drew a crowd of one. But the third session, held in person at the Harvard Senior Center on Oct. 22, was attended by nine residents who brought a variety of perspectives on the topic.
Gov. Maura Healey traveled to Ayer Town Hall Tuesday morning to attend a meeting of the group tasked by her administration with rebuilding the emergency services and regional health care system disrupted by Steward Health Care.
Passage of Ballot Question 2 would end the current requirement that a student must pass the 10th-grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) to graduate from high school. If Question 2 is defeated, the requirement will stay in place.
Question 5 on the Massachusetts state ballot asks voters to decide if the minimum wage for tipped employees should be raised from $6.75 per hour to the state’s minimum hourly wage over a five-year period.
For the past five years, the town has had two sessions of Town Meeting—one in the spring and one in the fall. At the Oct. 15 Select Board meeting, Town Administrator Dan Nason proposed returning to a spring session only, with a Special Town Meeting in the fall if needed.
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