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07/07/2025

The Harvard Public Schools are likely to be pioneers in the state next week if the School Committee votes to adopt a district wide Artificial Intelligence policy that has been in development for the past three years. Currently, not even the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has set an acceptable AI-use standard for public schools, though one is in development according to the Office of Educational Technology.

The Harvard Public Schools are likely to be pioneers in the state next week if the School Committee votes to adopt a district wide Artificial...

07/04/2025

Following a temporary injunction ordered by a New York district court judge last week, the Shriver Job Corps Center in Devens is up and running again, but its future remains uncertain after changing the lives of disadvantaged youth in Central Massachusetts and elsewhere since 1996.

Photo caption: Harrison Ingels speaks about his experience with the Shriver Job Corps Center as U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, Job Corps graduate Peter Macapulay, and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern listen. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/shriver-job-corps-center-changed-their-lives160now-its-own-is-at-risk

07/01/2025

The Select Board voted unanimously at its June 24 meeting to reappoint 43 current members to town boards and committees, also appointing four new members. According to the town’s online Boards and Committees Information System, 46 volunteer committees are at work in Harvard.

The Select Board voted unanimously at its June 24 meeting to reappoint 43 current members to town boards and committees, also appointing four new...

06/30/2025

As the Select Board’s June 24 meeting opened earlier this week, outgoing Chair SusanMary Redinger nominated the board’s other veteran member, Kara Minar, as her successor. In a roll-call voice vote, Minar was elected unanimously. “It feels odd, but aye,” Minar joked, as she was called on to vote for herself. Minar then nominated Redinger for vice chair and new board member Eve Wittenberg as clerk. Each was elected to her new post unanimously.

As the Select Board’s June 24 meeting opened earlier this week, outgoing Chair SusanMary Redinger nominated the board’s other veteran member, Kara...

06/29/2025

The Select Board’s June 24 meeting agenda included an item to dissolve the War Monument Restoration Committee, as it appeared to the board that the committee’s charge had been fulfilled. But after private discussions with committee Chair Jon Schoenberg and member Stu Sklar, Select Board members were convinced that there was more work to be done and voted unanimously to take no action on dissolving the committee.

The Select Board’s June 24 meeting agenda included an item to dissolve the War Monument Restoration Committee, as it appeared to the board that...

06/27/2025

The Devens Jurisdiction Framework Committee, the group convened in 2018 to explore options for the future governance of Devens, has not been idle, in spite of the absence of a key stakeholder.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/committee-says-financial-analysis-must-precede-study-of-future-options-for-devens

06/27/2025

Harvard has engaged an engineering firm specializing in water and environmental projects to design a water and sewer system for the town’s new multifamily district on Ayer Road. The firm, Portland, Maine-based Woodard & Curran, estimates that its design will be complete by spring of 2026.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/design-underway-for-water-and-sewer-system-to-serve-ayer-roads-multifamily-district

06/26/2025

A New York-based federal judge extended until Wednesday, June 25, his order temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down its Job Corps training program for low-income young adults.

A New York-based federal judge extended until Wednesday, June 25, his order temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down...

06/20/2025

Despite the threat of rain, more than 300 people, including many from surrounding towns, protested for democracy at the Harvard Common on Saturday, June 14, a day intentionally chosen by national organizers to coincide with the military parade in Washington to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s birthday.

Photo captions: A protestor holds one of the many handmade signs at Saturday’s No Kings protest, June 14. (Photos by Lisa Aciukewicz)

Protestors hold many homemade signs.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/this-is-not-our-country-local-demonstrators160join-nationwide-no-kings-pro-democracy-protest

06/18/2025

Three Bromfield athletes qualified for this year’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions, and all three won medals.

Three Bromfield athletes qualified for this year’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions, and all three won...

06/16/2025

“We’re taking three hours out of your day to come create the next year of your life,” began Select Board Chair SusanMary Redinger as she called the board’s yearly goal-setting session to order last Thursday morning.

“We’re taking three hours out of your day to come create the next year of your life,” began Select Board Chair SusanMary Redinger as she called...

06/15/2025

If it’s true that “music makes the world go ’round,” Still River resident Steve Peisch is contributing a lot to keep it turning. For more than 50 years, he has been writing words and music for pop and modern classical songs, and he’s been playing in bands, including his own, Time Traveler. He taught music for 30 years at Lawrence Academy in Groton, and he’s had full recitals of his piano music in Boston. His latest concert in Harvard, which is free, is Tuesday, June 24, at 7 p.m., in Volunteers Hall—“A Concert of Songs by Steve Peisch.”

Photo caption: From left: Suzanne Buell, Maria Ferrante, and Steve Peisch. (Courtesy photo)

https://harvardpress.com/Features/Feature-Articles/a-concert-of-songs-by-steve-peisch-brings160stories-to-life-in-a-variety-of-musical-styles