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…
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…
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…
Annual Town Meeting
Welcome to this year’s Annual Town Meeting edition of the Harvard Press, mailed free to every household in Harvard and Devens. It’s our way…
A glossary of municipal lingo
Articles Items of business to be voted on at Town Meeting. The warrant for the Annual Town Meeting May 2 contains 30 articles. Available funds Money…
Safety concerns drive push to replace library floors
Voters at Annual Town Meeting will be asked to consider Article 13.7, a recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) to spend $242,000 to…
Guide to Town Meeting
Residents and town officials will convene for the second session of Annual Town Meeting Saturday, Sept. 28, at Cronin Auditorium at the Bromfield School.…
Finance Committee calls for level-service budgets for FY26
As residents prepared to gather for the second session of 2024 Annual Town Meeting this Saturday, budgeting for fiscal 2026 was already underway.…
Local news, local government
There is ample research that shows when local newspapers disappear, civic engagement declines and local government suffers. We hope that’s not the case in…
