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Friday, December 17, 2021

Special Town Meeting votes unanimously to correct annual budget and ratify votes of October session

In an unusual late December Special Town Meeting that ended almost as soon as it began, 70 townspeople gathered in a sunlit upper Town Hall meeting room on Friday morning and, with no debate, quickly approved both articles on the meeting’s one-page warrant.

Friday, August 6, 2021

Resident killed in single-car accident on Still River Road

Harvard resident Paul Swider, 56, died of injuries suffered in a crash on the evening of Aug. 5, when his car, traveling westbound, left the road and struck a tree near 222 Still River Road

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Wednesday morning tractor trailer crash on I-495 snarls rush hour traffic

A Wednesday morning crash involving two tractor trailer trucks in the northbound lanes of Interstate 495 two miles south of the Boxborough exit left one 18-wheeler teetering on the edge of the bridge over Stow Road in Harvard.

Monday, July 26, 2021

Smoke from distant wildfires reaches Harvard

Harvard Fire Department Chief Rick Sicard has notified residents that smoke in the area is a “direct result of wildfires throughout the U.S. and Canada.”

Thursday, July 22, 2021

State denies Harvard’s request to opt out of mosquito spraying

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has denied the town’s request to opt out of state-authorized pesticide applications. 

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

School Committee approves ‘hybrid’ reopening, and most families agree

By the School Committee’s Aug. 17 meeting, Superintendent Linda Dwight was able to estimate how many students would likely return for in-person classes.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Vandalism at town beach

The town beach was the target of an act of vandalism early Saturday morning when three juveniles dragged a port-a-potty into the pond and tipped it over. 

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

School Committee approves ‘hybrid model’ for fall reopening

By a narrow vote Monday night, the School Committee chose a plan that partially reopens Harvard schools for in-person classes Sept. 8.

Friday, July 17, 2020

School officials face many unknowns in planning for new year.

The clock is ticking toward a new school year, and Harvard school leaders and staff are scrambling to solve the problems of opening during a pandemic.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Despite news reports, accountant charged in thefts from area towns doesn’t live in Harvard

A town accountant who was indicted this week for stealing nearly $730,000 from towns in central and western Massachusetts was described as “of Harvard” in a press release from the attorney general’s office. 

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