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.

Faced with a looming budget deadline, the School Committee wrestled with several policy questions this week, all of which have significant financial implications.

The Masconomet Regional School Committee voted last week to appoint Tyngsboro School Superintendent Darrell Lockwood as their district’s new superintendent over Harvard’s superintendent, Thomas Jefferson.