The Harvard Press

10/18/2025

At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Harvard Select Board voted unanimously to appoint Alice Miles and Nicholas Roose to the town’s Historical Commission, and Erin McBee to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust.

At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Harvard Select Board voted unanimously to appoint Alice Miles and Nicholas Roose to the town’s Historical Commission,...

10/14/2025

Town Meeting’s ambivalent voting on the purchase of a 6-acre parcel on Old Mill Road for a new athletic field flipped from just shy of passing in the spring to passing by a hair in the fall. The purchase and sale agreement has been signed. But before the soccer balls can start flying across the town’s newly purchased plot, a lot of things need to happen.

Town Meeting’s ambivalent voting on the purchase of a 6-acre parcel on Old Mill Road for a new athletic field flipped from just shy of passing in...

10/13/2025

Harvard received some good news this week in the form of a $1 million grant from the state’s Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program to help pay for the reconstruction of McCurdy Track. The project, estimated to cost $2.6 million, was approved by 2025 Annual Town Meeting last May.

Harvard received some good news this week in the form of a $1 million grant from the state’s Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program to...

10/12/2025

Eric Ward has won the Oct. 8 special town election to fill the vacant fifth seat on Harvard’s Select Board. His margin of victory over his opponent, Adam Wool, was 383 to 275.

Eric Ward has won the Oct. 8 special town election to fill the vacant fifth seat on Harvard’s Select Board. His margin of victory over his...

10/07/2025

At the candidates forum Tuesday night, Eric Ward and Adam Wool, who are competing for an open seat on the Select Board, fielded questions that ran the gamut of local concerns—town finances, climate change, government structure, Alltown Fresh, and more.

At the candidates forum Tuesday night, Eric Ward and Adam Wool, who are competing for an open seat on the Select Board, fielded questions that ran...

10/06/2025

At the Wednesday, Oct. 8, Special Town Election, voters will choose one of two candidates to fill a seat on the Select Board left vacant when Rich Maiore resigned last spring. The winner will serve until next year’s Town Election, the amount of time remaining in the three-year term of the empty seat.

The Press asked the candidates, Eric Ward and Adam Wool, to introduce themselves, tell us why they are running, and then answer three questions on the minds of voters. Their responses follow.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/press-asks160select-board-candidates-respond-to-three-questions-on-voters-minds

10/03/2025

Harvard’s town meetings last Saturday, Sept. 27, lasted barely two hours, including a half-hour intermission. Town Clerk Rose Miranda reported that 463 voters registered for the meeting and received electronic voting devices, or clickers, sometime during the afternoon. It was a sizable turnout for a fall Town Meeting, but smaller than the 520 who attended the Annual Town Meeting in May.

Harvard’s town meetings last Saturday, Sept. 27, lasted barely two hours, including a half-hour intermission. Town Clerk Rose Miranda reported...

09/30/2025

The Taylor School Annex: Montessori comes to Harvard

Tucked into one wing of the Fellowship Building of the Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church is the Taylor School Annex, a Montessori program for infants and toddlers. The Taylor School is a Montessori preschool and kindergarten in Boxborough for students ages 2.9 to 6 years old. On Sept. 2, the Annex opened its doors to children ages 15 to 33 months. In mid-October, they will be accepting five infants.

Photo caption: Adeline Swartz (left) and Logan Waterhouse (right) develop life skills emphasized by Montesssori—a sense of order, concentration, and independence—at the Taylor School Annex, Sept. 24. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)

https://harvardpress.com/Features/Feature-Articles/the-taylor-school-annex160montessori-comes-to-harvard

09/28/2025

Harvard finds new volunteers for key boards and commissions

As summer blended into fall, Harvard’s Select Board considered new appointments to several town committees and boards. Applicants brought with them diverse work-life experiences and a shared commitment to improving town life. The volunteer application period has yielded candidates for the committees overseeing the Bare Hill Pond watershed and climate and environmental initiatives.

As summer blended into fall, Harvard’s Select Board considered new appointments to several town committees and boards. Applicants brought with...

09/26/2025

Before 1984, Harvard residents threw their trash, both household and construction, into pits located in multiple areas around what is now the Transfer Station. According to the state, the “old landfill,” the collective name for the trash pits, is the likely source of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in private wells in the area. Two weeks ago, the state notified the town that it is responsible for the contamination, and it must take steps to remediate any PFAS found in private drinking water wells near the landfill.

Before 1984, Harvard residents threw their trash, both household and construction, into pits located in multiple areas around what is now the...

09/25/2025

An inch wide but a mile deep: Getting to know the Parker Charter School

The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in Devens opened its doors for the 30th year on Wednesday, Aug. 27, boasting a new principal and a redesigned front entrance that includes an expanded walkway, outdoor classroom, garden, and landscaping designed to allow students to congregate in a safe and appealing environment.

https://harvardpress.com/Features/Feature-Articles/an-inch-wide-but-a-mile-deep-getting-to-know-the-parker-charter-school

09/24/2025

At Annual Town Meeting last May, a vote to purchase a 6-acre parcel on Old Mill Road from a private landowner, suitable for the potential development of a multipurpose athletic field, failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds vote by only three votes. The Select Board reintroduced the article in the Special Town Meeting warrant, citing the close vote in May and the possibility that the opportunity to purchase the land could disappear.

At Annual Town Meeting last May, a vote to purchase a 6-acre parcel on Old Mill Road from a private landowner, suitable for the potential...