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Paul Kudlich passes a chili sample to Spencer McEwen at the rescheduled Lions Club Winter Fest at Carlson Orchards, March 2. The chili cook-off was just one of the many fun events. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)   MORE PHOTOS

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Select Board’s fiscal 2026 budget offers voters hard choices

The Select Board voted Tuesday night to offer voters a fiscal layer cake at Town Meeting in May, one that allows voters to choose how much they are willing to increase property taxes to pay for the personnel and expenses that town departments and the schools say are necessary to adequately serve the town in the coming fiscal year.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Ludwig returns to Select Board, apologizes

It’s been a week since the Select Board voted unanimously to censure former chair Don Ludwig for his derogatory posts to the X social media platform and asked him to resign.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Town places lien on four Harvard properties for nonpayment of taxes

Last month Harvard took action against four delinquent property owners, placing liens on their properties for a total of $470,000.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Overloaded May warrant sparks consideration of a fall Special Town Meeting

“It’s a lot of articles.” That was Select Board member Kara Minar’s comment when the board completed its review of 35 of the 45 articles in this year’s Annual Town Meeting warrant. The board held off reviewing the 10 articles submitted by the Planning Board and scheduled another meeting for March 11 to discuss those.

Friday, February 28, 2025

Select Board censures former chair Ludwig and requests his immediate resignation

The Harvard Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to censure former Select Board Chair Don Ludwig and request that he resign his seat on the board immediately. The action was in response to numerous complaints by residents about his posts on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, denigrating women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community.

Friday, February 28, 2025

Finance director proposes separate Prop 2½ override to create new fund for pension costs

Alarmed by this year’s 15% increase to the town’s portion of employee pension contributions, Finance Director Jared Mullane has proposed a warrant article that would create a new stabilization fund to help pay for future increases.

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Sports Roundup: March 7, 2025

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