What was going on in Harvard a year ago today ... 10, 16 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
May 4, 2007
- Latimer joins the Press as news editor
- Parker Charter School looks to buy, and expand, at Devens
- 100 Harvard residents rally for more school aid from state
- Affordable housing proposed for Stow Road
- Town recoups $209,000 in SPED money
May 2, 2008
- School board struggles through program cuts
- Survey results are in: Voters split on override
- Ancient oak, endangered salamander attract widespread interest
May 8, 2009
- Citizens vote neigh to impose stable permit license fees
- Pond receives stormwater treatment funds
- Bid to curtail drive-through windows fails at Annual Town Meeting
- H1N1 virus case confirmed at elementary school
- Hazmat spills at Devens reveal communications gap
- Selectmen authorized to petition state for beer and wine licenses
- Voters approve town center sewer
- Jefferson’s contract extended again
- Police close to solving rash of break-ins
May 7, 2010
- School Committee to consider Ethics Commission ruling
- Voters reject override for school user fees
- Town Meeting says no to meals tax
May 6, 2011
- Interim superintendent signs on, takes stock, talks goals
- Selectmen move closer to choice of permanent fire chief
- Bird dogs could be banished from town
- Blair: Town’s obligations to retired workers a potential ‘tornado’
- Conservation Commission gets $50K to fight invasives
May 4, 2012
- Voters, Town Meeting say yes to Town Hall project
- Wallace returns to Board of Selectmen
- Town Meeting rejects surcharge increase
- Town Meeting: No CPA funds for church project
- Conservation Commission gets $50K to fight invasives
May 3, 2013
- Bombing suspect puts spotlight on Devens prison
- Voters elect Blair, Sklar, Minar, and Breslauer
May 2, 2014
- Following two-hour forum, selectmen are ready to decide Town Hall scheme
- O’Shea may leave Bromfield for Greenfield
May 7, 2015
- Hildreth House renovation inches forward
- Noted Bromfield teacher and wildflower expert dies
- Selectmen approve fire truck purchase
- Snow removal breaks the bank
- Charter-Comcast deal ‘off the table’
May 6, 2016
- Planning Board accepts Hildreth House site plan
- Search for new finance director comes up empty
- Dump fees will go up for everyone
- Conservation Commission wants updated open space and recreation plan
May 5, 2017
- Community Harvest adds peach trees to Prospect Hill orchard
- Weekend fire damages Still River house
- Proposed election changes draw fire from two more town boards
- K-wing’s troubled history shapes the HES renovation project
- Two conservation groups collaborate to protect Horse Meadows Knoll
- Josh Myler is new HES principal
May 4, 2018
- Divided selectmen vote to recommend borrowing for new school
- Citizen petition asks for affordable housing at Hildreth
- As taxes rise, town seeks means-tested ways to lower them for seniors
- Groundwater protection overlay district would protect public water
- Officials make changes to seating and voting at Town Meeting
May 3, 2019
- Downgraded values for Harvard’s houses result in second year of uneven tax changes
- Back to the Future: Articles 28 and 29 would return annual budget prep to FinCom
- Soil problems, slow permits cause worries, but school project moves ahead
- Feds arrest two men in identity theft cases
- Momentum builds to repair old library roof next year
May 8, 2020
- State’s new mask order sparks enforcement debate
- Select Board shortens poll hours, brainstorms town meeting venues
May 7, 2021
- Select Board approves BOH application to opt out of mosquito spraying
- Pandemic fells Memorial Day and July 4 events for second year
- Proposed study to revitalize commercial zone sparks optimism among businesses, wariness among residents
May 6, 2022
- Press wins six awards at 2022 New England newspaper competition
- With queries to state pending, board mulls plan for Ayer Road reconstruction
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