Department of Public Works Director Tim Kilhart told the Press March 25 that tests on Harvard’s municipal public water supply showed no detectable PFAS, the toxic substances recently reported in four smaller public water supplies and two private wells in the area of Ayer Road between Route 2 and the Ayer town line.

“On time and on budget” was how SusanMary Redinger, chair of the School Building Committee, described the new elementary school project, which is scheduled to break ground during April vacation week.

Proponents have withdrawn support of a citizen petition banning recreational marijuana businesses in Harvard, but remain committed to a second petition banning retail sales.

At its March 26 meeting, the Transfer Station Committee voted to recommend new pricing for this year’s Transfer Station stickers: $100 for non-seniors and $50 for seniors, age 65 and older.

At last week’s Conservation Commission meeting, the elementary school building project got one of the last approvals it needed before construction starts in mid-April.

The 2019 Town Caucus has come and gone without a hitch, resulting in just one contested race.

More than 100 Bromfield students walked out of classes last Friday morning, joining well over a million young people from 128 nations around the world in a protest against their governments’ inaction on global warming.

Months of frustration came to an end this week as town officials and the Parks and Recreation Commission agreed to a formula that promises to make the summer beach program financially self-sufficient, eliminating the deficits that have threatened its future for the past two years.

Sections of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit rivers—52.8 miles in all—are now officially designated as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Harvard’s annual boat storage lottery is now open, but time’s running out. To win a slip, a mooring, or a rack at Bare Hill Pond this summer for your boat, kayak, or canoe, you must sign up at the Parks and Recreation Commission website by Friday, March 30.

The Planning Board ruled on two new businesses looking to locate in the commercial district, approving Hall Pump while rejecting Community Adult Day Care LLC..

Harvard cable TV station manager Anya Zulawnik announced this week that she is leaving Harvard to become station manager of Concord’s cable TV operation. Her last day is March 25.