What was going on in Harvard a year ago, two years ago … ten, fifteen years ago? Here are Press news headlines from issues on or near today's date in previous years..
March 9, 2007
• Shaker Hills ad-hoc group to monitor 40B development
• Citizens worried about school control of audit
• FinCom OK with budget, balks at second override
March 14, 2008
• Septic Task Force seeks support for $40K study
• Finance Committee presents budget
• Devens residents seek direction from Harvard voters
March 13, 2009
• Selectmen join appeal to pondside clear-cutting remediation plan
• Vicksburg Square hearing in Harvard next week
• Town gets stormwater grant
• Sewer planners hit milestones as new issues accumulate
• Ayer Road apartments win grant from affordable housing group
• FY10 omnibus budget is balanced at $19.7M
March 12, 2010
• FinCom and town boards face tough budget decisions
• Town center sewer project strikes financial ledge
• Caucus yields only two races
March 11, 2011
• School Committee race is now a walk
• Town buildings renovation: Two articles, divergent futures
• FinCom rejects MBC article; favors version of dissenting selectmen
March 9, 2012
• Solar bylaw debated at Planning Board hearing
• CPIC, Finance Committee ask not to be broadcast, cable staff says
• Selectmen accept Municipal Buildings Committee plans in divided vote
• Harvard GOP voters go for Romney again
• Town Hall renovation plan gets low marks from CPIC
March 8, 2013
• Town Hall ZBA decision nears as citizens push for bylaw change
• Town’s omnibus budget tops $21M
• Town caucus nominates 18 for 17 seats; 3 contested
March 14, 2014
• School Committee reconsiders Dec. 24 half-day
• School budget tops $12 million
• Conservation Commission opposes mosquito control program
• Weeknight Town Meeting raises new hurdles
• Declining enrollment estimates fog schools’ future
March 13, 2015
• Historical Commission approves Town Hall renovations
• Poor Farm sale moving forward for affordable housing site
• Selectmen seek advice on found money
• Bedford teacher named new associate principal at Hildreth Elementary
March 11, 2016
• Bromfield voters choose Sanders, Trump in mock election
• Hildreth House design team awaits first ‘real’ cost estimate
• Local meals tax … big deal for some, not so much for others
• Selectman Blair declines another term; 16 run for Charter Commission
March 10, 2017
• Hildreth House opens for business with no phones, no internet
• Walker, Green drop out of Town Election races
• Housing Trust drops Poor Farm price, posts RFP
• New DPW director Tim Kilhart to start in April
• Town signs lease of old library to Cultural Collaborative
• Charter Commission votes for an empowered ‘Select Board’
March 9, 2018
• Selectmen create Devens Jurisdiction Committee, seek volunteers
• Finance and capital committees endorse plans for new elementary school
March 8, 2019
• Cronin will fill empty School Committee seat
• FinCom trims fiscal 2020 town budget; COA van funding remains
• Early bids for new school exceed budget
• Toxic chemicals found in Harvard water, but at levels below state limits
March 13, 2020
• New policy sets ceiling for town debt
• Ann Lees field will soon be ready for softball practice
• Town institutes COVID-19 safeguards as cases rise statewide
• Town wants to hear feedback on proposed Ayer Road repaving project
• Local schools close for three days; state sets rules for dealing with virus
March 12, 2021
• Pond pump will be repaired when weather warms
• Cell tower upgrade on Old Shirley Road stirs opposition
• Schools will reopen full time by late April, per state orders
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