Town officials confirmed Thursday that they expect to sign an agreement with Columbia Pictures within the next few days to permit the filming of scenes at various town-owned locations this fall for a new version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”

Kimberly Dobbie, a 48-year-old former Harvard resident, was stabbed to death outside a laundromat in Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, July 15. See obituary.

Select Board member Ken Swanton stunned the other members at the end of Tuesday night’s board meeting by announcing that he was resigning.