All boards: Town and selectmen to stress-test charter with aggressive budget calendar
Harvard voters can expect an unusually late 2018 Annual Town Meeting, but the delay will bring no relief to town boards and departments as…
Selectmen call Nov. 6 Special Town Meeting
Harvard voters will be called to a Special Town Meeting this fall to approve three midyear capital spending requests and the sale of town…
State, town sign Community Compact to improve IT, traffic and building maintenance
On Tuesday Harvard became the 299th Massachusetts community to sign a Community Compact with the state.…
A reader’s guide to the preliminary town charter report
By the grace of Massachusetts law, which requires that the town’s draft charter report be published in a local paper, the Harvard Press this…
All-boards meeting will test charter-proposed budget cycle
Next week’s all-boards meeting is not only the start of planning for the town’s fiscal 2019 budget but also a test run of changes…
Cable studio gets an ‘infinity wall’
As Bromfield students returned to classes Wednesday, members of the Harvard Lions Club were hard at work constructing an “infinity wall,” also known as…
U-Turn: Planning Board asks to remain elected, not appointed
Members of the Planning Board reversed themselves this week and voted their preference to continue under a possible town charter as an elected rather…
Charter Commission sends draft report to BOS and AG; sets fall public hearing
After 16 months of deliberation and days ahead of a key state-imposed deadline, the Charter Commission approved a draft charter report last week and…
Commission prepares enhanced draft of charter for state, town review
Facing a state-imposed Aug. 14 deadline, the Charter Commission was preparing this week to vote on a draft charter that will be sent to…
Fine weather, big crowds; Harvard celebrates another glorious Fourth
Shortly before 9:15 Monday night at Fruitlands, Don Sugai, Bare Hill band’s lead vocalist, donned his wizard’s hat and, keeping time with a cowbell,…
