The proposed design for an addition to Hildreth House received little support at last week’s meeting of the Select Board. Board members responded negatively to the decision that lay at the heart of the design: a separate building instead of an attached addition.

Longer Transfer Station hours, more permissive zoning for the Ayer Road commercial district, and a ban on deer hunting on town conservation land are among the 22 articles that will appear on this fall’s Special Town Meeting warrant.

The Harvard Press gained national attention this week, featured in an article by James Fallows in The Atlantic magazine’s online series “Our Towns.” Fallows is a longtime correspondent for the Atlantic and also writes for the New Yorker, NPR, and other national news organizations.

When the Harvard Board of Health asked the Army to test a sampling of private wells in northwest Harvard for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) last summer, the Army agreed. It subsequently increased the number of wells it will test from the requested 40 to nearly 200.

In June 2018, Harvard received $35,000 to develop a plan to prepare for the effects of climate change. The plan was published one year later. Now, having been officially designated as an MVP (Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness) community, Harvard seems to be stalled at the next phase: action.

The debate over whether to allow deer hunting on town conservation land will come before voters at Special Town Meeting later this month.

Last week’s Press reported that there were seven unrepaired gas leaks in Harvard in 2018, but they pose no imminent risk to public safety.