What was going on in Harvard a year ago today ... 5, 10, 15 years ago? What were readers’ thinking? The Press revisits headlines from previous issues on or near the current date.
September 1995 The Mass. Government Land Bank, the precursor to MassDevelopment, announced it was ready to move ahead with the development of 4,489 acres…
September 1992 The Selectmen Review Committee recommended that the town go to a five-member Board of Selectmen, a change from the three-member board. They…
September 1987 Harvard native Lynn Jennings, a Bromfield alum and a graduate of Princeton University, took sixth place in the women’s 10,000-meter run at…
August 1984 The Board of Selectmen vowed to fight the state-mandated count of Fort Devens personnel in Harvard’s census figures. One board member commented,…
August 1983 Townspeople took issue with the School Committee and superintendent for a decision to have only two second-grade and kindergarten classes with class…
