Harvard preps to reclaim Devens; joint committee keeps options open
In June, at its annual meeting to set goals for the coming fiscal year, Harvard’s Select Board committed to placing an article on the…
Consider This: Don’t blame super town meeting for Vicksburg Square’s fate
I have been deeply involved with Harvard’s analysis of Devens for the past 15 years, starting with the Devens Economic Analysis Team in 2011…
Harvard asks legislators to reject governor’s changes to super town meetings
Harvard’s Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose a provision in the governor’s economic development bill that would strip the towns of Harvard, Ayer…
Harvard challenges governor’s proposal to change process for rezoning Devens
The Harvard Select Board met Tuesday night with a KP Law attorney to sharpen a letter opposing a provision of Gov. Maura Healey’s Mass…
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…
Committee says Governor’s move to bypass super town meeting is government overreach
Members of the Harvard-Devens Jurisdiction Committee said last week that a provision of Gov. Maura Healey’s economic development bill would hand the state too…
Gov. Healey’s economic development bill would replace Devens ‘super town meeting’
A sweeping economic development bill filed by Gov. Maura Healey last week would replace the Devens Super Town Meeting with a single regional vote…
Devens residents’ distrust of Harvard unsettles framework committee meeting
Tensions over Harvard’s perceived approach to the future governance of Devens spilled into the April 8 quarterly meeting of the Devens Jurisdiction Framework Committee,…
Devens gets a new leader as jurisdiction debate heats up
MassDevelopment’s newly appointed Executive Vice President of Devens Operations Michael Sweeney made his first appearance before the Devens Committee at its April 1 meeting,…
Harvard panel eyes end-run around MassDevelopment on Devens future
A planning timeline presented at Tuesday’s meeting of the Harvard-Devens Jurisdiction Committee estimates that reaching consensus on the future of Devens and delivering the…
