Members of the Harvard-Devens Jurisdiction Committee said last week that a provision of Gov. Maura Healey’s economic development bill would hand the state too much authority over zoning decisions at Devens and that Harvard officials learned of the change just one day before the governor filed it.

Student teams gathered Friday evening, May 8, at the Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University for the inaugural Youth Climate Solutions Challenge awards ceremony. The Bromfield team’s project “Harnessing the Sun” took first place among the 10 contesting teams and won a $3,000 cash prize.

It’s an old stereotype that teenagers have hearty appetites, but they are also bombarded with media messages about weight and appearance. Katelyn Russell recently co-authored an article about a curriculum that emphasizes healthy eating behaviors while avoiding a weight-centric approach to nutrition.

The town will not enter a lease agreement that would have allowed Solect Energy to construct solar panels on the town’s former gravel pit. Neither will the town’s solar overlay district be expanded from two to four lots.

Harvard Annual Town Meeting predates the American Revolution, but while clickers for voting and video projection of warrant articles are new, the concerns of citizens then and now are not.

Beginning with a slow trickle that grew unevenly throughout the day, voters made their way to the Hildreth Elementary School gym Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Town Election.

Jim and John Lee, brothers who grew up in Harvard and whose decades of volunteer service have made them among the most familiar and trusted figures in town, were named Harvard’s 2025 Citizens of Note at Town Meeting on May 2.

Passing the town’s fiscal 2027 budget requires two separate votes—one at Town Meeting and one at the polls—and both must pass by a majority vote.

It was a close call, but the recent cold snap seems to have done only limited damage to Harvard’s orchards. However, as Chris Green of Westward Orchards said, “It’s still pretty early in the game to know what’s going on.”

Eight candidates have stepped forward this spring to fill expiring terms on Harvard’s four elected boards. None of the races is contested, but the Press saw the May 5 Annual Town Election as an opportunity for readers to learn about each of the candidates and their views.

The Select Board voted unanimously to approve a proposal to renovate the patio adjacent to the Harvard General Store at its meeting on Tuesday evening, April 28.

In response to residents’ complaints that town trash bags are too hard to find, the town has purchased a vending machine to dispense the bags from the porch of Hildreth House.

The culvert that keeps Eldridge Road from sinking into the Elizabeth Brook Reservoir, known locally as Eldridge Pond, has deteriorated and will eventually collapse, according to DPW Director Eric Ryder.

The Bare Hill Pond Watershed Management Committee announced at its meeting Monday, April 27, that it received a grant aimed at expanding community education around watershed stewardship.

By unanimous vote, Harvard’s Select Board banned the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) on town-owned property, based on a recommendation made by the Conservation Commission.

At its meeting on April 13, the Harvard Board of Health voted unanimously to find an occupied house in Harvard unfit for habitation and ordered that it be vacated by May 1.