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12/04/2025

Six candidates vie for three seats on Devens Committee

Devens residents are voting this week to fill seats on its two elected advisory committees in one of the most contested elections in the community’s 40-year history.

Devens residents are voting this week to fill seats on its two elected advisory committees in one of the most contested elections in the...

12/02/2025

2025 Charitable Giving Guide

GivingTuesday is Dec. 2. As we turn our attention to giving to local charities during the holiday season, the Press is happy to provide the following list of organizations recommended by townspeople and staff as charities that are doing good work in Harvard and nearby communities. Note that most charities in this list are organized as nonprofits, but questions about tax deductibility should be addressed to each organization.

https://harvardpress.com/Features/Feature-Articles/2025-charitable-giving-guide

12/02/2025

Jamaican orchard workers at Carlson and Westward orchards were left reeling after Hurricane Melissa struck their home country Oct. 28. The hurricane, which had reached a Category 5 intensity by the time it struck land in Jamaica, was one of the most severe Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, leaving a path of destruction and hardship in its wake.

Photo caption: Winston Taylor, one of many Jamaican workers who come to Harvard each year, thins fruit on apple trees at Carlson Orchards during a previous season. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)

https://harvardpress.com/Features/Feature-Articles/harvard-orchards-rally-to-help-jamaican-workers-devastated-by-hurricane-melissa

11/30/2025

At a public meeting in the Bromfield School library Monday evening, the School Committee interviewed three finalists—from a pool of 24 applicants—to be Harvard’s next superintendent of schools. After hearing from each candidate, the committee voted unanimously to appoint Dana Labb, the current assistant superintendent, if they reach a contract agreement with him. Labb would succeed Superintendent Linda Dwight when she steps down in July 2026.

At a public meeting in the Bromfield School library Monday evening, the School Committee interviewed three finalists—from a pool of 24...

11/26/2025

A ‘game changer’: Harvard to help fund peer counseling facility for substance use recovery

Harvard’s Addiction Abatement Working Group has a new plan in the works for a portion of the town’s uncommitted opioid settlement funds. In partnership with Riverbend, a Lowell organization that provides addiction recovery services, the group plans to contribute $75,000 to open a peer counseling facility for the seven towns in the Nashoba Opioid Abatement Collaborative: Littleton, Bolton, Shirley, Ayer, Pepperell, Groton, and Harvard. The contribution is contingent upon the collaborative receiving a $96,000 grant from Mosaic RIZE, a nonprofit organization that funds community opioid response efforts in the state.

Harvard’s Addiction Abatement Working Group has a new plan in the works for a portion of the town’s uncommitted opioid settlement funds. In...

11/25/2025

As temperatures hovered a little above freezing on Veterans Day, about 30 people gathered under gray skies on the Common to honor all those who had served in this nation’s armed forces. They stood at the southwest corner of the Common, near the World War I flagpole and memorial.

As temperatures hovered a little above freezing on Veterans Day, about 30 people gathered under gray skies on the Common to honor all those who...

11/24/2025

With last month’s departure of the interim executive vice president for Devens, Meg Delorier, MassDevelopment has named a transitional team to oversee operations as the agency searches for a replacement.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/massdevelopment-names-transitional-management-team-for-devens160posts-opening-for-executive-vice-president

11/24/2025

Voting began this week to fill open seats on the Devens Committee and the Devens Educational Advisory Committee, two volunteer boards created in 1994 to advise MassDevelopment—the agency that oversees the development of the former U.S. Army base—on the delivery of municipal services and education to Devens residents.

Voting began this week to fill open seats on the Devens Committee and the Devens Educational Advisory Committee, two volunteer boards created in...

11/22/2025

Trojans are 2025 MIAA Division 4 boys soccer champions

The Bromfield boys soccer team brought home the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 4 state championship trophy last night, Nov. 21, shutting out the No. 5 seed Rockland Bulldogs 1-0 before an enthusiastic crowd of supporters at Doyle Stadium in Leominster.

https://harvardpress.com/News/Breaking-News/trojans-are-2025-miaa-division-4-boys-soccer-champions

11/21/2025

The School Committee has submitted a list of eight projects to the Capital Planning and Investment Committee for funding in fiscal 2027. Some were brand new, others were familiar requests from past years, and at least one is likely making its last appearance.

https://harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/schools-ask-cpic160for-745k-to-fund-projects-old-and-new

11/19/2025

Boys soccer team headed to state finals

The boys soccer team is headed to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 4 state soccer finals after shutting out the No. 7 seed Westport Wildcats 3-0 Monday night, Nov. 17, in the semifinal contest at Victory Field in Watertown.

Photo caption: The Glew twins, Conor ( #6) and Liam ( #10) run toward the stands after Conor scored a goal. The pair accounted for all three goals of the game, Conor with one, Liam with two, as Bromfield boys soccer moves on to the Division 4 state finals. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)

https://harvardpress.com/News/Breaking-News/ArtMID/4555/ArticleID/29327/Boys-soccer-team-headed-to-state-finals

11/19/2025

Bradley wins girls cross-country MIAA Division 3 championship; boys are 2025 division runner up

Senior Rosie Bradley is the 2025 Division 3 girls cross-country state champion after placing first in this year’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state meet this Saturday, Nov. 15, at Devens.

Photo caption: Rosie Bradley crosses the MIAA Meet of Champions finish line to win the division 3 girls Massachusetts state cross country title. (Photo by Adam Wool)

https://harvardpress.com/News/Breaking-News/bradley-wins-girls-cross-country-miaa-division-3-championship-boys-are-2025-division-runner-up