Vintage valentines
From left: Colleen Murphy, Melissa Marteney, and Esther Rosario look at a collection of antique Valentine’s Day cards at an open house at the…
Weighing history one scale at a time
The scale at the Harvard Historical Society includes brass weights weighing from 1 dram to 50 pounds. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz) At the Harvard Historical…
Harvard CPC recommends $676,750 in preservation funding
Harvard’s Community Preservation Committee voted last week to recommend the expenditure of $676,750 to support five town projects, ranging from a conservation restriction to…
‘It was in the water;’ Harvard’s legacy of invention is topic of upcoming Historical Society talk
Harvard has a rich history of invention, and the most well known among the inventors in its past are the Hildreth brothers, Edwin A.…
Generous business owner hoists restored balustrade to top off Historical Society’s belfry
Early Monday morning, Aug. 26, a crane hoisted a reconstructed and newly repainted balustrade onto the belfry atop the former 1832 Baptist Church in…
