Historical Commission rejects sculpture proposal at Fivesparks
The Harvard Historical Commission voted 4–1 Wednesday night to deny Fivesparks permission to install three modern steel sculptures on the grounds of the former…
Bromfield Invention Club wins MIT grant
Last fall, the Bromfield Invention Club was awarded a $7,200 grant by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lemelson-MIT Program to develop a protoype of…
275 Years of a Town: Makamacheckamucks
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. Aboriginal Makamacheckamucks has been degraded by vulgar usage…
Cornish Hens alla Cacciatora
Here in Italy Cornish hens are now mostly farm-raised, but are still considered game birds. In the old days they were wild and shot…
Scout project benefits town
Last Saturday Eagle Scout candidate Nick Ostertag of Craggs Road drove the last nail into his Scout project—a bridge that spans a stream on…
Bromfield reacts to Cam Hollopeter accident
The entire Bromfield community is still recovering from the news that 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, a Bromfield graduate, had a near-death encounter with a New…
Pressed for Details: Transfer station primer
Recent transfer station changes prompted questions about how the station operates, which then led to more questions about residents’ use of the transfer station…
The Quill: ‘Winter Sweet’
Forty-eight New England Januaries have taught me the folly of expectation: You can expect the snow, you can even build a life around expectation…
Patrick Ware wins geography bee
Staring down his second-place opponent, Jack Waterhouse, seventh-grader Patrick Ware came out on top in the National Geographic Bee at Bromfield Friday, December 22.…
275 Years of a Town: Bare Hill Pond
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. Located centrally in the Lancastrian section of Harvard…
Gargoyles regain perch on new library
Perched atop the cupola of Old Bromfield since their installation in 1877, four gargoyles stood guard at the school through 130 years of rain,…
