Town Meeting, Article 33 and Ballot Question 3: Citizen petitions offer competing approaches to a town charter
If voters agree that it’s time for Harvard to create a charter defining the way its government operates, they have two options.…
Town Meeting, Article 4: The FY17 budget … a balancing act
Harvard’s omnibus spending budget is always the largest item, dollar-wise, on the Annual Town Meeting’s agenda and among the first to be put to…
Draft Master Plan sets ambitious agenda for town’s future
Four years and $166,000 later, a draft update to Harvard’s 2002 Master Plan is ready.…
Shirley balks; no Super Town Meeting in May
A “Super Town Meeting” of Harvard, Shirley, and Ayer will not be held on May 9 as MassDevelopment had requested earlier this month.…
MassDevelopment asks towns to approve expanded Devens commercial zone
Thatcher Kezar, MassDevelopment senior vice president for Devens, came to the selectmen Tuesday evening to request a Super Town Meeting of Harvard, Shirley, and…
Trump, Clinton win Harvard’s primaries
Harvard voters turned out in near-record numbers on Super Tuesday, March 1, handing a narrow victory to Hillary Clinton over her rival Bernie Sanders…
Budget, free cash, meals tax, and HES study head 2016 Annual Town Meeting warrant
Changes to town government, allocations of Harvard’s $1.36 million free cash windfall, a meals tax, and a request to borrow $500,000 to study and…
2016 Election: A guide to running for local office
Suppose you’ve decided to run for one of this year’s vacancies on an elected town board (see table below)) or for one of the…
MassDevelopment will ask again to change Grant Road residential district zoning
MassDevelopment wants the towns of Harvard, Shirley, and Ayer to take a second look at its 2015 plan to rezone a portion of the…
Fruitlands to merge with state’s largest land trust
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard’s iconic collection of historical buildings set on 210 acres of land adjacent to Prospect Hill Road, announced Tuesday that it will…
