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








