ZBA grants comprehensive permit to Great Elms
A comprehensive permit granted to CHOICE, the nonprofit development arm of the Chelmsford Housing Authority, means that Harvard will keep nine affordable units of…
Studies to look at town center design guidelines, traffic patterns
A regional planning agency will provide about $35,000 worth of services to study Harvard’s town center, at no cost to the town.…
No zoning changes for grocery stores on Town Meeting warrant
Annual Town Meeting will not be voting on zoning bylaw amendments that would have allowed grocery stores of up to 40,000 or 45,000 square…
Development committee wants zoning changes to allow larger grocery store on Ayer Road
The Economic Development Committee is asking the Board of Selectmen to add a warrant article that would allow a 40,000 to 45,000 square-foot grocery…
Plans advance for affordable housing at Poor Farm
Plans for an affordable housing project at the intersection of Littleton and Pinnacle roads got a thumbs-up this week from engineers hired by the…
Planning Board won’t support proposed gas station on Ayer Road
The Planning Board said on Monday night that it would not sponsor the zoning bylaw changes that would be necessary to build a four-bay,…
Harvard hires a town planner
The town of Harvard has a new planner, hired on contract with the $40,000 appropriated by last spring's Town Meeting.…
Village Nursery School turns sixty
The sunshine-yellow exterior of the building on Poor Farm Road, together with its walls of windows and white trim, lend a bright air to…
STM Article 12: A temporary moratorium on medical marijuana treatment centers
The cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana for medical purposes was legalized in November, 2012, by Massachusetts voters. Since then, the state’s Department of…
Great Elms sold to nonprofit, barn to move across town
Following foreclosure, the Great Elms property on Stow Road has been purchased by the nonprofit Chelmsford Housing Authority.…
