Dan Nason has resigned as Harvard’s town administrator. The Select Board learned of his decision in a letter dated Feb. 24 to board members and copied to town department heads Tuesday morning.

For more than 36 hours beginning Sunday evening, Harvard residents hunkered down as a powerful nor’easter swept through town, delivering whipping winds, whiteout conditions, and nearly a foot of snow.

At an unusual in-person, three-hour Feb. 18 meeting at Town Hall, dubbed a “budget retreat,” the Select Board reviewed the cuts recommended for fiscal 2027 earlier this month by the Finance Committee. They agreed with some, pushed back on others, and called for stakeholder “mini-summits” on three items before any final decisions are made. No votes were taken.

In early February, the Select Board released the newly created Harvard Volunteer Handbook, distributed via email to the 211 current members of the various town boards, committees, and commissions.

After 33 years as Harvard’s town counsel, Mark Lanza retired at the end of last year. At the Select Board’s Dec. 16, 2025, meeting, Chair Kara Minar thanked Lanza for his years of dedicated service to the town.

Harvard’s Community Preservation Committee completed its funding recommendations for fiscal 2027 on Jan. 28, resolving two deferred requests and bringing the total package to approximately $1.3 million for voters to consider at the May 2 Annual Town Meeting.

A public hearing held Feb. 10 to collect suggestions for revising the Harvard Charter attracted only four members of the public, including two from the Press. The charter defines the roles and processes of town government and, by its own rules, must be evaluated every 10 years by a nine-member Charter Review Committee.

In its fall 2025 reader survey, the Harvard Press received a vote of confidence with 89% strongly agreeing the newspaper is “integral to the Harvard community” and 96% agreeing they’re satisfied with the quality of reporting.