New Council on Aging director already smitten with Harvard
After her first week on the job as director of the Harvard Council on Aging, Debbie Thompson is still smiling. More than that, she…
Tour of Fruitlands art exhibit gives life to paintings
Sam Robbins is guest curator of the new exhibit at Fruitlands and was host of a walkthrough of the exhibit on a recent Sunday…
Harvard remembers its Civil War soldiers
When the Civil War split the nation apart 150 years ago, Harvard did its part, sending its quota of men to battle every year…
Fruitlands Museum: Striving for that ‘New Eden’
Fruitlands Museum is one of the gems that make Harvard such a special place. Fruitlands opened for the 2011 season on April 15 to…
My Life’s an Open Book: A study in container gardens
I love reading gardening books, especially during the winter and early spring, when I can imagine great things but don't yet actually have to…
Students’ original play to be in drama festival finals
Anna and Kelly Banker of Oak Hill Road, seniors at Lawrence Academy, have made it to the finals of the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild's…
Tracking the town’s vagabond vault
Walk out the back door of Town Hall, across the wide pavement area, into the door of the old fire station; dial the combination,…
Interim Fire Chief Donald Hurme has seen it all
Most people don't know what it's like to be the one rushing into a burning building while everyone else is rushing out, but Harvard's…
‘Race to Nowhere’
We need to change the way we define success in this country. We need to end the pressure for academic excellence from parents, schools,…
My Life’s an Open Book: An escape to the realities of history
I spent the two days of the blizzard of 2010 in Paris and Hungary, mostly in Budapest but also hundreds of miles to the…
