Site for town’s solar array to be chosen by end of September
The Select Board has unveiled a list of alternative sites for a ground-mounted, 1.4-megawatt solar array that had originally been planned for the town’s…
$1 million grant will fund Harvard’s participation in new clean energy consortium
Harvard will share a $1 million grant with Ayer and Shirley to lay the groundwork for a shared power grid that would generate, distribute,…
Citing 25 years of data, committee defends pond drawdown as residents request change in strategy
In a special meeting of the Bare Hill Pond Watershed Management Committee Monday evening, Aug. 10, committee members devoted more than 2 ½ hours to…
On Climate: The house that changed—one decision at a time
I’ve known Bill and Susan Holcomb for years. Our kids went to school together, and in a town the size of Harvard, you come…
Dunbar and Ryder lay out landfill options, promise community engagement
A recent comprehensive site assessment of the town’s land on Depot Road confirmed that the old landfill boundary extends beneath approximately three-quarters of the…
Landfill capping will force DPW move; Upper Depot Field best option, Dunbar says
The town must cap the former Harvard landfill, and the work will force the Department of Public Works headquarters and the Transfer Station off…
Pond water level, drawdowns, rainfall concerns surface at Conservation Commission meeting
The low water level at Bare Hill Pond has garnered attention this spring, and at a well-attended June 25 Conservation Commission meeting, Bare Hill…
Consider This: Why is Bare Hill Pond low this spring?
If you’ve spent time at Bare Hill Pond this spring, you’ve seen it: The water is well below its summer high level. Docks stand…
Low water level creates challenges for Bare Hill Pond recreation
Boaters, swimmers, and Park and Recreation staff are feeling the effects of unusually low water levels at Bare Hill Pond in the nearly four…
Shifting perspectives: Finding beauty and benefit in a rewilded landscape
Blue-eyed grass blooming in Michele Girard’s garden. (Courtesy photo) Patches of common milkweed for monarch butterflies appear here and there. Three different goldenrods, black-eyed…
