Historical Commission to hear Fivesparks sculpture proposal
The Harvard Historical Commission will hold a public hearing at its regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 2, to vote on a proposal to install three…
Legal finding opens Ryan Land to DPW facility, Transfer Station uses
A recent legal review of the warrant article used at the 1983 Harvard Town Meeting to purchase the 30.33 acres of land on Depot…
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…
Need for recall provision tops changes sought for town charter
Harvard’s town charter has no way to remove an elected official who has lost the public’s confidence. That gap, and several other issues, are…
Saturday or Tuesday? Survey shows no easy fix for Town Meeting attendance
The Select Board conducted a survey to determine which days and times allow a larger number of Harvard residents to attend the Annual Town…
Town declines developer’s request to apply now for water-sewer grant in multifamily district
The town will not apply for a grant to bring water and sewer to its multifamily district—at least not now. So said the Select…
Town Meeting solar vote was democracy working as intended
Two recent letters to the editor took issue with the defeat of the solar farm article at our last Town Meeting. I respect the…
Proposed change to super town meeting is hardly an ‘overreach’
The Harvard-Devens Jurisdiction Committee appears to be overly concerned regarding Gov. Healey’s bill proposing to replace the existing super town meeting with a single…
Tax aid applications for elderly or disabled residents due next week
more than 20 years, Harvard has offered elderly or disabled homeowners help in paying their property tax bills. This year, applications for that assistance…
Neighbors, skeptics reject solar farm proposal despite projected cost savings
The town will not enter a lease agreement that would have allowed Solect Energy to construct solar panels on the town’s former gravel pit.…
