Great Elms gets state funding, waiver for septic system
Great Elms, an all-affordable housing development on Stow Road, has received state funding.…
Affordable housing proposal dead, property to be sold
Harvard’s Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, whose mission is to preserve and create affordable housing for the town, has voted to drop its plan for…
Trust takes next step for affordable apartments on Littleton Road
The Municipal Affordable Housing Trust voted last Monday to pursue a purchase-and-sale agreement with a community development group that is interested in building rental…
Water at Poor Farm land a longstanding concern
Last week's meeting to get community feedback on the 166 Littleton Road property under consideration for an affordable housing project sparked objections from abutters…
Poor Farm neighbors debate housing density, water, and traffic
Project manager Steve Laferriere, of Metro West Collaborative Development, was about five minutes into his presentation about affordable rental housing at 166 Littleton Road…
Women’s Business Network: Mixing friendship with business
Sue Jackson (far right) listens as a member introduces herself to the group at the September gathering of the Women’s Business Network. (Photo by…
Poor Farm: Can the town use state’s anti-snob permit to its advantage?
In Harvard, where affordable housing stocks are at 5.5 percent—little more than half of the state-mandated 10 percent—the state’s comprehensive permit is likely to…
Trust selects private nonprofit to develop Poor Farm rentals
One year into an ambitious plan to create affordable housing for Harvard, the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust has selected a developer for the nearly…
Oft-mentioned jersey barriers have a right to exist
To some, the barriers marking the entrance to Harvard Plaza on Ayer Road appear to be a symbol of commercial development gone wrong, To…
Harvard Boy Scouts to celebrate their centennial on July 4 with a time capsule
One hundred years from July 4, 2014, the heirs to a time capsule created by Harvard Boy Scout Troop 1 will unseal a wooden…
