The bill to create a sewer district in the center of Harvard is now law, completing one of two key steps necessary to put shovels into the ground to build the system later this year.

Harvard residents again crowded the old library on Saturday, Feb. 27, for a second charrette to evaluate a range of long-term scenarios for the town center.

After setting aside the question last year, a divided Board of Selectmen voted this week to let Annual Town Meeting decide whether to impose a local meals tax on town businesses.

Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz

Photos by Lisa Aciukewicz

From January 29 to February 5, I spent a week in Barahona, Dominican Republic, helping Haitian earthquake victims.

The third annual Festival of Cultures, sponsored by the Harvard Parent-Teacher Organization, is coming to Hildreth Elementary School this month.

“Welcome CBS,” said the sign in the lobby of Hildreth Elementary School, as students in teacher Maureen Keith’s fifth-grade classroom practiced for their network news debut.

Following her first-place finish in the 600-meter at the Division IV Massachusetts Indoor Track Championships, Bromfield junior Mimi Narbonne ran to a fourth-place finish Feb. 16, in the Massachusetts All State Championships.

The Bromfield girls indoor track team came home from the Feb. 19 MIAA Indoor track championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston with a first-place win in the 4x400-meter relay.