The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Assistant Town Administrator Dawn Dunbar as Harvard’s interim town administrator at a salary of $164,000, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Dan Nason.

The Select Board on Tuesday closed the warrant for Harvard’s May 2 Annual Town Meeting, approving a 31-article agenda and a fiscal 2027 budget of $36,731,872.

With eight positions opening on Harvard’s town boards for the May 5 election, only seven candidates had taken out nomination papers by the March 13 deadline.

For the second time in four years, the Harvard Press won first place among small New England weeklies for general excellence in the annual Better Newspaper Competition hosted by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.

After months of budget negotiations that began with a projected deficit of $1.6 million, the Select Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a fiscal 2027 budget of $36,731,872 that includes a Proposition 2½ override of $135,370.

The long-planned renovation of Ayer Road advanced Tuesday evening as the Select Board approved some paperwork to realign two accident-prone intersections.

Harvard’s Capital Planning and Investment Committee voted unanimously at its Feb. 26 meeting to approve two public safety vehicle purchases: a new police cruiser and a plow truck for the Department of Public Works.

A recent discussion among Harvard residents on the social media site Nextdoor showed road salt is an issue for many people in town.

MassDevelopment has appointed Michael R. Sweeney as executive vice president of Devens operations, the agency announced March 6, tapping an economic development veteran to oversee the sprawling 4,400-acre mixed-use community in north central Massachusetts.