Read Globally

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the hugs began to take hold” (paraphrased from Hunter S. Thompson). From left: Anna, Ben, and Mic Frantzdale of Littleton Road are near Barstow, in Newberry Springs, California, with their hometown newspaper.

The Press is in Poland with Slough Road resident Oksana Mykhaylyk (center) and other International Medical Relief volunteers. International Medical Relief is a nonprofit organization providing medical care at temporary shelters for displaced Ukrainians who fled from the war in their country.

Poor Farm Road residents Chris Frechette and Mary Timmons enjoy sun and Press in New Zealand. (Courtesy photo)

Bromfield sophomores (from left) Isaac Xu, Theo Myles, and Andrew Brown enjoy sun and Press at Fort Zachary Taylor Beach in Key West, Florida.

Vivienne and Jack Cogan of Whitney Road pose with the Press in Trondheim, Norway, at Nidaros Cathedral, the traditional location for the consecration of Norwegian kings.

HES third-grader Sam English and the Press are dwarfed by a giant saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Arizona.

Press proofreader Jon Seiff checks his favorite newspaper for typos in Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The Pynes of East Bare Hill Road (from left: Declan, Violet, Jocelyn, and Chloe) read the Press in Bend, Oregon.

Jane and John Vasta of Hynes Lane enjoy the Press at Eilean Donan Castle on the west coast of Scotland, near the Isle of Skye. 

Madhavi Kolli and Sagar Kathuria of Ann Lees Road read the Press at the 16th-century Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The Bailey-Manell family of Stow Road poses with the Press on the U.S.-Canadian border at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Back row from left: Harrison, Norah, and Cole Bailey, and Jen Manell. Front row: Rosalind Bailey.

Hildreth Elementary School students Ada and Charlie Caulfield of Woodside Road stop along the Cliffs of Moher walking path heading into Doolin, in County Clare, Ireland, to catch up on what’s happening back home in Harvard.

The Redinger family—SusanMary, Charles, Maggie, and Ally— of Ayer Road enjoys the Press and the scenery in Delphi, Greece.

Former residents Mark and Pauline Seger and Simon Atherton Row residents Denyse and John Cox pose with the Press on one of the benches at the Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo, Bosnia. 

Former long-time residents Ari and Fred Lambie are with the Press at the rim of the  Mt. St. Helens crater in the Pacific Northwest, near Spirit Lake and Mount Rainier.

Lancaster County Road residents Jesus Mena, Meaghan Bychowski, and Charlotte Mena smile with the Press at Acadia National Park in Maine.

Bromfield ’06 grad David Oliva, in Munich to display his company’s laboratory instruments at a trade show, reads the Press in the Marienplatz, the city’s main square since 1158.

Pat and Carl Sciple of Fairbank Street pose with the Press at Holy Trinity Square in Budapest, Hungary, on the Buda side of the Danube River. Behind them is the Matthias Church, built in the 13th century.

From left: Harvard softball players Aven Overmiller, Bianca Bazarnick, and Hannah Roy pose for a photo with the Press while waiting for a WooSox game to begin in Worcester.

Former Harvard resident Gary Ash is in Ventura, California, with the Press and his granddaughter, Bromfield 2015 grad Emma Sullivan.