November 1973
A letter-writer suggested that, in order to avoid the energy pinch created by rising prices for gasoline and home heating oil, residents should consider organizing carpools, turning down their thermostats, and dressing in layers.
For $20 a local livery company would transport Harvard residents to Logan Airport.
A letter writer who was new to town said he didn’t oppose a proposed shopping center on Ayer Road, but he strongly opposed “growth of any kind which can alter the character of Harvard.”
The caption under a drawing provided courtesy of the Library of Congress, depicting a 19th-century classroom, said, “One hundred years ago schoolchildren depended on a roaring fire to heat their classrooms. The fuel shortage this year makes it quite possible that they may be in similar straits again. Alternatives to heating classrooms are to close down schools during the coldest season and extend the school year into the summer.”
November 1982
In the state election, a majority of Harvard residents voted against state aid to private schools and in favor of the death penalty, nuclear power restrictions, the bottle bill, and a moratorium on nuclear weapons.
Selectmen proclaimed one week in November as Emergency Medical Services Week.
A report said that, according to meteorologists, the April eruption of the volcano El Chichon in southeastern Mexico would result in “a gradual drop in the temperature of the Northern Hemisphere, amounting to 0.3 to 0.5 degrees Centigrade, over the next few years.”
November 1992
The town clerk reported that 3,111 Harvard voters turned out for the presidential election and gave the nod to Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
Residents voted to expand the Board of Selectmen from three to five members.
Heating oil was offered for sale by local suppliers for $.87 per gallon.
Based on reports in the old Harvard Post
