Minar is selectwoman; Swanton keeps seat

727 residents voted in Harvard's Town Election Tuesday, April 4, approximately 17 percent of registered voters. In the two contested races Ken Swanton and Kara Minar won seats on the Board of Selectmen, and John Lee became a new cemetery commissioner. All four ballot questions passed.

TOWN ELECTION, April 4, 2017
Total votes cast: 727  (16.6% of 4,368  registered voters)
Moderator Robert E. Eubank 637   Blanks 90 Selectman (2 positions) Kenneth R. Swanton 380 Kara M. Minar 548   Edward E. Moussouris 283   Scatterings 1   Blanks 242 Cemetery Commission   Henry J. Fitek 246 John W. Lee, Jr. 351   Scatterings 1   Blanks 129 Community Preservation Committee (2 positions) John W. Lee, Jr. 576 M. Elizabeth Williams 508   Blanks 370 Constable Gregory A. Newman 571   Scatterings 3   Blanks 153 Board of Health Thomas C. Phillipou 543   Blanks 184 Library Trustees (2 positions) Mary Abigail Coolidge 568 Charles F. Redinger 563   Blanks 383 Parks & Recreation Commission (2 positions for three years) Wyona M. Lynch-McWhite 529 Steven E. Victorson 527   Scatterings 23   Blanks 375 Parks & Recreation Commission     (1 year) Joseph Reynolds (write in) 57   Scatterings 27   Blanks 643		Planning Board (2 positions) Erin McBee 541 Rich D. Maiore 544   Scatterings 1   Blanks 388 School Committee (2 positions) SusanMary Redinger 541 John D. Ruark 511   Scatterings 3   Blanks 399 Tree Warden JC Ferguson 573   Scatterings 4   Blanks 150 Warner Free Lecture Trustees (2 positions) Lisa L. Foley 544 Shannon C. Molloy 523   Scatterings 2   Blanks 385 Q1 - Debt Exclusion (fire ponds restoration) Yes 590   No 119   Blanks 18 Q2 - Debt Exclusion (dump truck) Yes 486   No 219   Blanks 22 Q3 - Debt Exclusion (Bromfield science lab) Yes 588   No 129   Blanks 10 Q4 (nonbinding referendum - Devens study) Yes 571   No 141   Blanks 15