School Committee extends Jefferson’s contract
After lengthy, sometimes contentious deliberation among themselves and heated input from audience members, the School Committee voted 3 to 2 on Monday night to…
Seniors hear Hildreth Housing development plan
About 25 senior citizens as well as members of the Board of Selectmen and other town committees attended Monday night’s meeting of the Municipal…
School Committee takes stand against Question 1
The School Committee this week voted unanimously to oppose a ballot question in the November election that would repeal the state income tax.…
State decides on Connect Ed
Questions about the possible misuse of the Connect Ed system have been settled by a recent ruling from the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and…
The Beach Bum Chronicles
Call it Kismet. I was in the archive room at the Historical Society one day last summer, looking at some things brought to the…
My Life’s an Open Book: Gardening
Reviews of Why We Garden by JimNollman and A Garden of One's Own by Elsa Bakalar.…
Schools strategic plan maps out continuous improvement
Earlier this month Superintendent Thomas Jefferson officially introduced the schools’ Five-Year Strategic Plan to elementary and high school faculty and to the public.…
‘The Earth laughs in flowers’: Garden Club sale offers plants and know-how
On Saturday, May 17, the Garden Club of Harvard will hold its annual plant sale on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon, rain,…
Elementary school hopes for new playground
Ask any grade-school child what he or she likes best about school and the answer will be unanimous—it’s recess. And recess isn’t recess without…
Uncovering the mystery of the Post cane history
It started with a phone message from Phyllis Newman: “Here’s an idea. Why don’t you try to find out who has the gold-headed cane?”…
