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 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…
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.…
Lee brothers honored as 2025 Citizens of Note
Jim and John Lee, brothers who grew up in Harvard and whose decades of volunteer service have made them among the most familiar and…
A $135,370 override to balance next fiscal year’s budget
Passing the town’s fiscal 2027 budget requires two separate votes—one at Town Meeting and one at the polls—and both must pass by a majority…
Borrowing up to $800,000 to replace a culvert on Eldridge Road
The culvert that keeps Eldridge Road from sinking into the Elizabeth Brook Reservoir, known locally as Eldridge Pond, has deteriorated and will eventually collapse,…
Town Election: The final step
The transition from Town Meeting to the ballot box is a move from the legislative to the executive phase of our local democracy. This…
Warrant in Plain English – 2026 Annual Town Meeting
At Annual Town Meeting Saturday, May 2, voters will be asked to approve 30 articles. Roughly half ask to spend taxpayer dollars or transfer…
Guide to 2026 Annual Town Meeting
Residents and town officials will convene for this year’s Annual Town Meeting Saturday, May 2, at the Bromfield School’s Cronin Auditorium. The meeting starts…
