After months of budget negotiations that began with a projected deficit of $1.6 million, the Select Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a fiscal 2027 budget of $36,731,872 that includes a Proposition 2½ override of $135,370.

The long-planned renovation of Ayer Road advanced Tuesday evening as the Select Board approved some paperwork to realign two accident-prone intersections.

Harvard’s Capital Planning and Investment Committee voted unanimously at its Feb. 26 meeting to approve two public safety vehicle purchases: a new police cruiser and a plow truck for the Department of Public Works.

A recent discussion among Harvard residents on the social media site Nextdoor showed road salt is an issue for many people in town.

MassDevelopment has appointed Michael R. Sweeney as executive vice president of Devens operations, the agency announced March 6, tapping an economic development veteran to oversee the sprawling 4,400-acre mixed-use community in north central Massachusetts.

The Hanson-Milone Safe Boating Act, signed into law by Gov. Healey January 2025, requires any Massachusetts resident who plans to operate an inboard, motorized vessel on a state body of water this year to earn a boating safety certificate by taking a mandatory 12-hour course and passing a subsequent test.

After a years-long battle with floods and mold, the Harvard Media Cooperative’s cable studio in the Bromfield School is poised to reopen, fully cleaned and renewed.

On Tuesday, March 3, the Select Board voted to sign a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with NextGen Energy.

At their Monday meeting this week, School Committee members unanimously approved a contract for the schematic design of the new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for the Bromfield School. 

The Select Board reviewed the draft warrant for Harvard’s May 2 Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, working through 30 articles that range from a potential property tax override to sweeping changes in town center zoning and a proposal to lease town land for solar energy development.

The Select Board voted unanimously on March 3 to provide cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) of 3.34% to nonunion town employees. Such employees include administrative employees in Town Hall, library staff, cable staff, a firefighter, and an ambulance employee.

Dan Nason has resigned as Harvard’s town administrator. The Select Board learned of his decision in a letter dated Feb. 24 to board members and copied to town department heads Tuesday morning.

For more than 36 hours beginning Sunday evening, Harvard residents hunkered down as a powerful nor’easter swept through town, delivering whipping winds, whiteout conditions, and nearly a foot of snow.

At an unusual in-person, three-hour Feb. 18 meeting at Town Hall, dubbed a “budget retreat,” the Select Board reviewed the cuts recommended for fiscal 2027 earlier this month by the Finance Committee. They agreed with some, pushed back on others, and called for stakeholder “mini-summits” on three items before any final decisions are made. No votes were taken.

In early February, the Select Board released the newly created Harvard Volunteer Handbook, distributed via email to the 211 current members of the various town boards, committees, and commissions.

After 33 years as Harvard’s town counsel, Mark Lanza retired at the end of last year. At the Select Board’s Dec. 16, 2025, meeting, Chair Kara Minar thanked Lanza for his years of dedicated service to the town.