At Fall Town Meeting, Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Bromfield School, voters will be asked to approve seven articles put forward by the Select Board and other town committees.

Citing enough activities to be a small business, the Parks and Recreation Commission is asking the town to approve a new combined recreation and beach director position. 

Townspeople may feel they have voted more often on the future of Bromfield House than on any other issue except possibly the town budget. 

MassDevelopment CEO Dan Rivera appeared before the Select Boards of both Harvard and Ayer last week to explain why the agency had withdrawn from talks about the future of Devens and what support it would provide for those discussions in coming months and years.

The Common has gained a new, healthy evergreen tree, replacing the diseased blue spruce that served as the town’s holiday tree for the past five years. 

The $1.3 million project to replace the old library roof and address other issues that were allowing water to leak into the building for years is nearly complete.