Sharlene Tuttle amuses the crowd at Town Meeting with tales of how hot her second floor classroom gets in the summer months as Lorraine Leonard (left) and Tom Jefferson react.

Residents sit in the Bromfield gym listening to this year's burning issues at last Saturday's Town Meeting. The meeting ran until 6 p.m. to get through all 33 articles on the warrant.

Voters hold their yellow cards in the air waiting to be counted.

Moderator David “Doc” Westerling presents Bob Lerner with a Citizen of Note award for his many years as a public servant:a selectman, Planning Board member, and ZBA member.

Bill Ashe celebrates receiving his Citizen of Note award with his wife Betty and grandchildren (left to right) Annabelle, Baylor, Dylan, and Ryan Ashe.

Former Harvard town administrator Paul Cohen addresses a budget article.

Left to right: Selectmen Lucy Wallace, Bob Eubank, and Tim Clark, and Town Counsel Mark Lanza study the warrant.

Billy Salter has some questions for the presenter of one of the articles.

Jeff Harris (left) and Bill Marinelli confer on an amendment to an article.

Veteran Finance Committee member Steve Colwell ponders a budget question.