Harvard residents will pay more for Transfer Station access and town trash bags starting this month, after the Select Board concluded that current fees do not fully cover the cost of operating the facility and disposing of trash.

MassDevelopment’s newly appointed Executive Vice President of Devens Operations Michael Sweeney made his first appearance before the Devens Committee at its April 1 meeting, joining its five members and a smattering of attendees via Zoom.

Last month, Harvard received two substantial grants from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to help the town “decarbonize” its municipal buildings, reducing the amount of fossil fuel they use.

Park and Recreation Director Anne McWaters has vetted and chosen Westboro Tennis Surfaces to reconstruct the Bromfield tennis courts for $228,000 this July. But there is one wrinkle: Town Meeting must approve the money.

The Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to recommend the Select Board’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget, but much of the discussion centered on a five-year forecast that projects the town’s currently balanced budget sliding into a structural deficit of more than $5 million by fiscal 2031.

Lead consultant Jonathan Charwick, of the landscape architecture and engineering firm Activitas Inc., has recommended Cataldo Construction as the company to reconstruct McCurdy Track and the soccer field at Harvard Park.

Toting protest signs while bundled in parkas, gloves, and winter hats, roughly 300 people flooded the Common this past Saturday, March 28, to take part in the third No Kings Rally, a national movement that addresses a wide range of grievances with the second Trump administration.