Wrapping up an intense two-month search, the Select Board voted Monday night, June 24, to offer the position of town administrator to Dan Nason of Holden. The vote was unanimous.

People in Massachusetts have a long history of filling in wetlands—think of the Back Bay, the Fenway, much of South Boston, and Logan Airport. Only recently have people begun trying to preserve and even recreate wetlands.

In 1984, when Harvard closed its old landfill on Depot Road and built a new Transfer Station, there were no state regulations to cap or otherwise officially close landfills in Massachusetts. 

An unsecured door on a truck led to a major collision with an SUV on Poor Farm Road earlier this week.

When, in early 2023, the state published the total amounts that each of the 351 towns in Massachusetts would receive from seven opioid settlements, the numbers for Harvard, as compared with its neighbors, practically jumped off the page.

Just as the school year was ending for Harvard students, the school district’s leadership went through several major changes.