Recapping 2014: Top stories of the year

January 8, 2015

January – Selectmen order dog hearing in wake of attack

May – Divided School Committee reaffirms decision to hold Christmas Eve classes

April – School Committee states intent to leave Bromfield House

June – Union soldiers camp on the Common

March – Estimates of declining enrollment fog schools’ future

April – Bearly speaking: Bruins come calling all over town

November – Ken Swanton elected to fill Sobalvarro’s seat on BOS

January – Selectmen ask architect for new Town Hall plans that fit budget

November – Community Harvest Project receives gift of 75 acres in Harvard

October – Fruitlands celebrates its centennial

April – Town Meeting attendance drops to record low

March – Town employees shocked by changes to retiree health insurance rules

May – Selectmen choose Town Hall renovation plan 1B

December – MAHT votes to discontinue consideration of Poor Farm project

June – Great Elms gets go-ahead

October – Special Town Meeting endorses BOS plans for Town Hall

June – Class of 2014 steps into the future

June– Two-term Selectwoman Sobalvarro resigns

September – Selectmen sign beach contract with rowers

December – Center on Common shuts down

June – Citizens hold forum to organize opposition to Town Hall plans

June – Standard & Poors awards Harvard AAA bond rating

July – Community-owned solar, first in state, begins to harvest sun’s power

September – COA unwraps new phased Hildreth House renovation plan

December – Low attendance makes future Dec. 24 classes unlikely

July – Storm downs trees, sends residents to basements

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