Dawn Dunbar’s new office at Town Hall is easily twice the size of the one she occupied as Harvard’s assistant town administrator. She is still settling in.

This week, Harvard lost a farmhouse that had stood near town center for more than 200 years. The house at 87 Ayer Road, which had long been uninhabitable, was demolished, leaving only its chimney standing.

A provision in Gov. Maura Healey’s economic development bill would remove Harvard, Ayer, and Shirley from any formal governing role over zoning changes at Devens, replacing their three-town approval process with a single meeting run by MassDevelopment.

The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to appoint Dawn Dunbar as Harvard’s town administrator, capping a three-month term as interim town administrator that began after the previous administrator, Dan Nason, resigned in February.

According to the Select Board, the possibility of a solar power facility in Harvard was not extinguished by Town Meeting’s May 2 vote against leasing the town’s former gravel pit on Stow Road to a solar energy company.

Harvard’s Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose a provision in the governor’s economic development bill that would strip the towns of Harvard, Ayer and Shirley of their say in how Devens is governed.

Boaters, swimmers, and Park and Recreation staff are feeling the effects of unusually low water levels at Bare Hill Pond in the nearly four weeks since the beach officially opened.

It’s now or never for residents who want to receive their new Transfer Station stickers by July 1, when current stickers expire.

At the June 3 Park and Recreation Commission meeting, Park and Rec Director Anne McWaters informed the committee that Westboro Tennis Surfaces had pulled out of its commitment to reconstruct the courts behind the Bromfield School.

Eighty-two members of the Bromfield School Class of 2026 received their diplomas Friday afternoon, June 5, in an annual ritual held rain-free on the school’s athletic field.

As this school year draws to a close, the School Committee is taking steps to prepare for the new school year that will start next fall.

Things are about to get dirty for the volunteer-led organization installing a pump track in the woods behind McCurdy Track on Lancaster County Road. After four years of planning, efforts to clear the area to construct the pump track are underway.

At its annual goal-setting retreat, held June 9 on the porch of Hildreth House, the Harvard Select Board elected SusanMary Redinger to chair the town’s executive committee for the coming year.

This year’s graduates entered school near Harvard’s peak. The classes behind them are smaller.

The Harvard Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $1 million investment by the town’s Municipal Affordable Housing Trust to subsidize 12 affordable apartments in a 46-unit rental complex being built at Emerson Green in Devens.

The Harvard Select Board met Tuesday night with a KP Law attorney to sharpen a letter opposing a provision of Gov. Maura Healey’s Mass Wins bill that would give MassDevelopment sole authority to propose changes to Devens zoning bylaws.