Paving at Bromfield points to permitting process flaw
A Planning Board request to Town Administrator Tim Bragan to secure a delay in the paving of a new walkway and driveway at Bromfield…
Great Elms Affordable units saved, landmark barn ‘unsalvageable’
A plan to save affordable rental housing units at 105 Stow Road—whose existence is endangered by a pending foreclosure on the four-acre property—is gaining…
Planning Board contest: Three-year term
The three-year term for Planning Board is a contest between Kara Minar and Chris Ashley, each of whom is an experienced volunteer for town…
Planning Board contest: One-year term
The one-year term for Planning Board is a contest between Conservation Commission member Jim Breslauer and selectman Bill Johnson, both veteran volunteers in town…
Debate Night 2013: Planning Board candidates offer visions for Harvard’s future
Competition for a three-year term on the Planning Board was advanced in a polite debate between candidates Kara Minar and Chris Ashley at a…
Town Meeting approves new planner position, 119-101
By a margin of 18 votes, Annual Town Meeting voted Saturday to hire a town planner, opting for an "independent contractor" rather than a…
Whatever happened to the Master Plan?
Where is the town in the master planning process? It's a question worth considering as voters weigh the cost and benefit of hiring a…
Dismissed: Bromfield after-school crowd challenges library staff, programs
Ever since Harvard's public library moved from Fairbank Street to its new, larger building on Pond Road in 2007, it has attracted a significant…
Land-use boards press for town planner
As the Finance Committee continued to sift through budgets and requests for new spending in the coming budget year, testimony about Harvard's need for…
Preparing for the unthinkable: Bromfield gets lockdown primer
In preparation for a lockdown drill to be held next week at the Bromfield School, students in grades 6-12 gathered on Tuesday in the…
