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Features from Friday, July 4, 2008
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‘African Aunties’ strive to bring young Kenyan to local college
by Julie Moberly | Friday, July 4, 2008
Ann Kivaa, a native of Kenya and the second of nine children born to a schoolteacher and a salesman in the city of Kitui, came to New England to complete her education at Harvard Law School. While the practicing attorney is now married and the mother of a baby girl of her own, she sees her position as a vantage point from which she can help offer her siblings the same opportunities for education that she has found here. More...
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The General Store: Opening…opening…open!
by Valerie Hurley | Friday, July 4, 2008
The General is back. And on July 4, as a crowd gathered on Mass Ave. for Harvard’s Independence Day parade, he was commanding a whole lot of attention. Queues at the two registers ran 10 deep. More...
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Matt Schmidt shares the experience of cerebral palsy with HES students
by Julie Moberly | Friday, July 4, 2008
Matt Schmidt was born with cerebral palsy. He has never known the pleasure of running with unbridled freedom, or the fun of a spontaneous baseball game after school. Further, he has endured three major surgeries over the course of his 14 years, all designed to lengthen, strengthen, and fortify the legs that he hopes will soon be able to carry him without aid. More...
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Bromfield Invention Club seeks to help the visually impaired
by Gary Menin | Friday, July 4, 2008
The Bromfield Invention Club (BIC) plans to help blind and visually impaired individuals by creating a unique cane-like device to help them navigate their environments safely and confidently. The team envisions a device that will collect sensory data from its surroundings and convey relevant information back to the user. More...
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It's Only Natural: Fatal Attraction
by Mary Holland | Friday, July 4, 2008
Throughout the glaciated Northeast there are wetlands referred to as bogs—where acidic peat, or dead plant material, accumulates. More...
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Friends of the Council on Aging plan a fashionable evening
by Julie Moberly | Friday, July 4, 2008
Fruitlands will be the setting for an evening of fun and fashion Thursday, Sept. 18, when the Friends of the Council on Aging put on the first-ever Fall into Fashion show. Local models, recruited from various town organizations, will stroll the runway as guests nibble on hors d’oeuvres and listen to music. More...
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Features from Friday, June 27, 2008
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Community Garden brings townspeople together
by Stephen Hardy | Friday, June 27, 2008
The Harvard Community Garden on Littleton Road, organized by Harvard Local, has attracted gardeners with a range of experience, from neophytes to people with thriving backyard gardens. More...
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Farmers’ Market will open in August
by Sydney Blackwell | Friday, June 27, 2008
After its resounding success last fall, the Harvard Farmers’ Market will return this year, 50 percent bigger and with customers already anticipating lush August tomatoes, fresh bread, home-grown potatoes, local grass-fed beef, delicate Asian greens, and a vibrant scene of community and music. More...
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Wingin' It: The birds of summer
by David Durrant | Friday, June 27, 2008
Early summer is an active time around the farm for the birds. All have nested, some have already fledged, and others are still sitting on the nest. More...
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Features from Friday, June 20, 2008
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Grand opening of Art and Cloth happens Saturday
by Julie Moberly | Friday, June 20, 2008
It will be a meeting place, a showcase, a gallery, and a studio. It will offer the opportunity for all ages to explore—under expert guidance—silkscreening, jewelry making, sewing, surface design on fabric, and felting.. More...
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Features from Friday, June 13, 2008
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 Bromfield Class of 2008 ready to move on
by Julie Moberly | Friday, June 13, 2008
Marching in perfect cadence to the strains of “Bittersweet Symphony,” the Bromfield class of 2008 followed marshall Sam Peisch across the playing field and into the stands last Friday evening to begin the 129th year of commencement exercises. More...
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Harvard the ‘frontier’ of bear country
by Sydney Blackwell | Friday, June 13, 2008
When Littleton Road residents Wendy and Michael Eldredge were awakened early last Saturday morning by their barking dogs, the last thing they expected to see was a black bear foraging through the birdfeeders. More...
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 New beach director returns to her roots
by Lynda King | Friday, June 6, 2008
This summer beach-goers at Bare Hill Pond will see a familiar face on the waterfront. Elizabeth “Bizzy” Herbolsheimer, a member of the beach staff for 15 years under the management of longtime waterfront director Nancy Brown, will step in to fill the void left by Brown’s passing last year. More...
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 What’s so interesting about Devens?
Part II in a series: A tour along Barnum Road
by David Keith | Friday, June 6, 2008
The Hill Crest Cemetery, two orderly rows of headstones behind the center flagpole on Barnum Road, is the final resting place of the first victims of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. More...
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 It's Only Natural: Spring brings lady’s slippers
by Mary Holland | Friday, June 6, 2008
Lady’s slippers, moccasin flowers, whip-poor-will’s shoes—these are some of the common names given to certain members of the orchid family whose lowest petal is enlarged and inflated into a pouch. More...
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Ticked off by Lyme disease?
by Kathy Bunnell | Friday, June 6, 2008
It’s Saturday morning at 8:26, and I see it in the bathroom mirror—a tick embedded in my back. And it’s mighty big. More...
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Young riders raise money for cancer research
by Erin Ash Sullivan | Friday, May 30, 2008
If you happen to drive by the Emerson and Florence Sawyer School grounds in Bolton on Sunday, June 8, you’re likely to see nearly 100 kids riding their bikes, all for a good cause. More...
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 What’s so interesting about Devens?
Part I in a series
by David Keith | Friday, May 30, 2008
Whether or not the former Fort Devens becomes part of Harvard agan, the 90-year-old military post has an interesting history. But as the bulldozers of progress steadily turn it into a historical footnote, there’s still time to see some fascinating landmarks. More...
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Features from Friday, May 23, 2008
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 Harvard goes Hollywood: Tower family stars in Wife Swap
by Julie Moberly | Friday, May 23, 2008
After watching the show Wife Swap one evening, Barton Road resident Joy Tower filled out the online application to be on the show, as a lark. After being selected to be on the program last fall, life has been anything but dull. More...
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Celebration ’08 opens doors to the town
by Julie Moberly | Friday, May 23, 2008
When the three chairmen of Celebration 2008 throw open the doors at Bromfield tonight to welcome the community to the annual open house, they are sure the makeover of the school will take everyone’s breath away. More...
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Features from Friday, May 16, 2008
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 Passion for the environment spurs students to action
by Lynda King | Friday, May 16, 2008
A new student Environmental Club has set a tough goal for itself: getting 150 households in town to participate in National Grid’s GreenStart renewable energy program. “We want to promote the idea of conservation,” Bromfield junior Helen Kilian told a group of movers and shakers at a May 8 presentation. More...
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 It's Only Natural: Painted turtles, basking and breeding
by Mary Holland | Friday, May 16, 2008
Warm-blooded or cold, creatures of all shapes and sizes who remain in New England year ’round celebrate spring by going outside and basking in the May sun. In all likelihood the painted turtle, also known as the “sun turtle,” devotes more time to this endeavor than any other animal, including human beings. More...
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 ‘The Earth laughs in flowers:’ Garden Club sale offers plants and know-how
by Carlene Phillips | Friday, May 16, 2008
On Saturday, May 17, the Garden Club of Harvard will hold its annual plant sale on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon, rain, snow, or shine. The sale offers a wide variety of healthy perennials for both sun and shade, all grown in Harvard gardens. More...
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Features from Friday, May 9, 2008
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 Caps for Kids (and others)
by Alice Rennie | Friday, May 9, 2008
What could homeless military veterans, newborn babies in Bangladesh, and inner-city kids in Boston possibly have in common? As it happens, there are people in each of these far-flung groups who are now sporting warm, hand-knit hats, lovingly made by Harvard women over the last three years. More...
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Features from Friday, May 2, 2008
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 Students study for fun during school vacation
by Lynda King | Friday, May 2, 2008
A dozen high school students had a chance to indulge one of their passions during April vacation. The 12 students reported to the Bromfield library three days running, eight hours each day—along with digital arts teacher Martha Brooks—for a course in video editing using software employed by most major movie studios. More...
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Invasive species threaten native landscapes
by Julie Moberly | Friday, April 25, 2008
They look beautiful in the nursery and thrive in the New England climate, but many popular plant species are really outsiders that now threaten the native plants of the region, and may permanently alter the landscape if left unchecked. More...
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Missing house numbers can hamper rescue
by Lynda King | Friday, May 2, 2008
Police Officer Bill Castro told the Press that emergency response personnel have been having difficulty locating houses when responding to calls, because many house numbers are not visible from the road. More...
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