Most streets of Harvard were dark at dawn this morning as the town entered its third day without power, but the lights were on at Town Hall, the elementary school, and the library, thanks to the arrival of rental generators from Baltimore.

Homes everywhere in Harvard remained without power Monday morning for the second straight day, and among town businesses, only the Post Office was open. No General Store. No Dunkin’ Donuts. No school, banks, or pizza.

State and local officials posed for photos around a silver shovel Wednesday morning to commemorate the start of construction on the $2.5 million town center sewer system that Town Meeting voters unanimously approved for a second time in August.

Based on the Devens Economic Analysis Team's report and his experience dealing with Devens issues, Harvard Selectman Tim Clark provided his assessment of Trinity Financial's proposal to develop Vicksburg Square at the Oct. 18 Board of Selectmen meeting.

Over the past year, Harvard schools have initiated a range of programs to address the problem of bullying and are in full compliance with the state mandate, Superintendent Joe Connelly told the School Committee at its Oct. 24 meeting.

Harvard Police are investigating three reports of vandalism that occurred last Monday night or early last Tuesday morning at the Bromfield School and in the center of town.

At Harvard's Massachusetts Avenue wastewater treatment plant this week, a lone mobile office propped up on cinderblocks was the only evidence that construction of a new town center sewer was about to begin. But that's about to change.

At a meeting of the Devens Educational Advisory Committee Tuesday night, Trinity Financial President Jim Keefe spoke about his company's proposal to repurpose the buildings at Vicksburg Square.

By a narrow margin, the Conservation Commission approved a permit for dredging Bare Hill Pond near the town beach late this year, assuming various state agencies also give the go-ahead.

Harvard's state senator, Jamie Eldridge, voted last Thursday against legislation authorizing three casinos and one slot parlor in Massachusetts.