Harvard voters back Markey, Minogue for November ballot
Out of 4,883 registered voters in Harvard, 1,458 cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, according to preliminary accounts. Voters selected the incumbent U.S. Senator…
Depot Road remains top choice for Transfer Station, DPW as landfill options advance
Harvard’s Transfer Station and Department of Public Works facilities will remain on Depot Road, according to the options Town Administrator Dawn Dunbar laid out…
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…
