Pond dredging done, DPW cleans up its mud room
The Harvard town beach of summer swim lessons and weekend boat launches was a landscape transformed this week. A four-foot-high pile of dark sediment…
Sobalvarro wins selectman seat in close vote
Marie Sobalvarro narrowly defeated Bill Johnson in a special town election this week to fill the Harvard Board of Selectman (BOS) seat left vacant…
DEC approves method for noise measurement
After weeks of debate, and over the objections of Harvard neighbors, the Devens Enterprise Commission has agreed on a method for the long-term monitoring…
DEC approves new scheme for monitoring Evergreen noise
The Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC)—over the objections of abutting neighbors—unanimously approved a new monitoring scheme on Thursday, Dec. 3, for determining whether noise from…
Threat of litigation clouds DEC vote on Evergreen Solar protocol
As the Devens Enterprise Commission neared a vote on whether to adopt new rules for gauging how well the Evergreen Solar plant on Barnum…
De-mystifying the Board of Selectmen: At their most effective, they act decisively by consensus
In addition to overseeing town departments and executing a host of administrative responsibilities, the selectmen must also lead. How do they do it, and…
De-mystifying the Board of Selectmen: They’re CEOs who leave the legislating to residents
The Board of Selectmen is the most powerful board among the more than 30 bodies responsible for governing the town, however, the members “have…
Candidate debate draws attentive crowd
Voters searching for a clear reason to vote for one or the other of the candidates vying for the seat on the Board of…
Consultants at odds on Evergreen Solar sound protocol
Though noise from switching engines and commuter rail traffic figured in the technical debate that dominated the Devens Enterprise Commission meeting last week, one…
Evergreen to move assembly operations to China
In a surprise announcement, Evergreen Solar said last week that it will move the assembly of its solar panels from Devens to China sometime…
