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.
Sue Frederick, principal of the Hildreth Elementary School since September 2014, announced in an email Friday that she will be resigning effective June 30.
Town Meeting, formerly scheduled for this Saturday, April 1, will start on Monday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in Cronin Auditorium.. Day two will be on Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p. m. in upper Town Hall. The Moderator has made an official declaration of recess and continuance, in light of the impending storm Friday into Saturday. Town Election is unchanged; it is still scheduled for Tuesday, April 4, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Bromfield.
Harvard Schools and town facilities will be closed all day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, in anticipation of a record-breaking snow storm. The closures include Hildreth Elementary School, the Bromfield School, Town Hall, the Council on Aging at Hildreth House, and the Harvard Public Library. The national weather service is predicting 12-18" or more of snow accumulation in central Massachusetts.
The Bromfield-Littleton ice hockey team lost its Division 3A semifinal game 2–1 in overtime to Grafton on Wednesday, March 8. It was the Tigers' final game of the season.
In a surprising shift from recent years, nominations at Saturday’s Town Caucus produced several contested races.
Harvard police are investigating the defacement of the rock in front of the Bromfield School with what Superintendent Linda Dwight characterized as “threatening symbols and hate speech.”
The Bromfield boys soccer team suffered its first defeat of the season this afternoon, losing 2–1 to the Sutton Sammies in the Central Division 4 finals.
The Bromfield boys soccer team outplayed and outscored the fifth-seeded Hopedale Blue Raiders Wednesday night to win their Central District 4 semifinal match 4-0 and advance to the finals.
Early voting has gotten a warm reception in Harvard. Monday, Oct. 24, was the first day voters could take advantage of the new practice, and Town Clerk Janet Vellante said 108 people had cast ballots by closing time.
In response to what school administrators called “racially divisive incidents” at the Bromfield School, the administrators are working to reassure students and parents that Harvard schools are committed to maintaining a safe environment.
Starting Monday, Aug. 1, Town Hall will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. In addition, Town Hall will remain open until 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month.
On July 11 the selectmen and the School Committee—in a joint meeting—voted to appoint School Committee veteran Patricia Wenger to fill the vacancy on the School Committee created by Jennifer Bedford’s plan to resign at the end of this month.
New England weather is unpredictable, especially this year. Keep an eye on www.harvard4thofjuly.com for the latest updates on the concert, fireworks, and field events!
When Special Town Meeting convenes tomorrow night, the two warrant articles will have the support of the town’s capital and finance committees as well as the Board of Selectmen, but as of Monday morning the method of financing to be used for the first article had yet to be settled.
The Bromfield girls lacrosse team lost, 7-6, to the Groton-Dunstable Crusaders Saturday in the second overtime period of a hard-fought battle for the Central/West District 2 championship.
Beginning Monday, May 30, Harvard residents will hear a loud air horn between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. whenever the Harvard Fire Department responds to an emergency call.
At Tuesday’s election voters approved funds for a study and designs to renovate the Hildreth Elementary School and elected public health consultant Libby Levison to a term on the Board of Health. Measures to create a nine-member charter commission and change the office of town clerk from an elected to an appointed position passed easily.
The 2016 Harvard Town Caucus quickly nominated 12 incumbent candidates for another term, and one new candidate for the School Committee.
Harvard voters turned out in near record numbers on Tuesday, March 1, handing victories to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the town's Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries.
The placement of the new lantern on top of Town Hall went off without a hitch on Friday morning, Dec. 18.
The Bromfield boys soccer team lost to Monson 1-0 tonight at Lunenburg High School in a hard-fought semi-final contest for the MIAA Division 4 state championship.
The Bromfield girls' lacrosse team is playing in the district semi-finals tonight, June 10, at 7:15 at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton. This game is sponsored by MIAA, so there will be an admission fee of $7 for adults and $5 for students.
Harvard voters at Monday night’s Super Town Meeting, approved three of the four articles in the meeting warrant, but rejected a fourth. Voters in Shirley and Ayer passed all four articles.
Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, April 7. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Bromfield School cafeteria.
Principal Sue Frederick has named Joshua Myler as the next associate principal of Hildreth Elementary School.
This year's Town Caucus, which lasted eight-minutes, resulted no contested positions.
Updated at 1 p.m., Feb. 2, 2015
For the second time in a week, the Town of Harvard shut down today, Monday, Feb. 2, as a fresh winter storm pushed its way into central Massachusetts
DPW worker Ben Gilbert told the Press today that he and other DPW drivers had gone out around midnight on Monday, Jan. 26, and had been plowing continuously since then.
School administrators closed the kindergarten wing at Hildreth Elementary School on Wednesday.
At its meeting this morning the Harvard Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund voted to discontinue any further consideration of the proposal by Metro West Collaborative Development, Inc. to develop the property located at 166 Littleton Road and voted to offer the property for sale.
The non-profit Center on the Common, which has attempted for the past two years to create a viable cultural center in Harvard’s old library, announced today that it was shutting down.
A bill was recently signed into law by Governor Patrick, allowing for community shared solar energy systems within Harvard to be exempt from taxes.
The Bromfield boys' soccer team lost to top-seeded Sutton yesterday, Nov. 15, by a score of 3-0 in the Central Mass. Division 4 championship game.
Anyone hoping to buy one of eight remaining affordable homes to be built at Trail Ridge on Littleton County Road must submit an application to Trail Ridge’s state-sanctioned lottery agent, the Sudbury Housing Trust, no later than Monday, Nov. 17.
Ken Swanton of Fairbank Street has defeated Deborah Thomson of Poor Farm Road in Tuesday's Special Town Election to fill the single open seat on the Board of Selectman.
by Joan Eliyesil
Corrected and updated Oct. 28, 2014, 10:a.m.
With less than three days remaining before Moderator Robert Eubank calls this week’s Special Town Meeting to order, the selectmen today reached agreement on the wording of the report they will present and the motions they will make as they seek voters' approval to move ahead with their plan for the renovation of Town Hall.
A car driven by a Lancaster resident returning home from the annual Columbus Day Weekend Flea Market at the Bromfield School was flipped on its side this afternoon as it attempted to pass or avoid a vehicle stopped in front of the General Store.
The Special Town Caucus, convened at Town Hall on Saturday, Sept.27, to nominate two candidates for the office of selectman, ended almost as soon as it began.
Former selectwoman Marie Sobalvarro is the town’s new human resources director and assistant town administrator, a part-time position created this spring at Annual Town Meeting.
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the charge for the Town Hall Construction Committee at their Tuesday night meeting this week and is now actively seeking volunteers to serve on that committee.
The Newburyport Clippers managed to fend off Bromfield's dynamic midfielders to win the Division 2 girls' lacrosse state championship 7-6 this morning before a crowd of 380 at Boston University's Nickerson Field.
The Bromfield girls’ lacrosse team won its state semi-final Division 2 match against Wayland tonight by a score of 9-8 at Foley Stadium in Worcester.
Wescott Road resident Paul Richards has invited concerned citizens to attend an informal meeting tomorrow night, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the Center on the Common to discuss the future of the Town Hall renovation project.
Following their 10-8 win over Grafton on Saturday, the Bromfield girls' lacrosse team is headed to the Division 2 state semifinals tomorrow, Tuesday, June 10, at Foley Stadium in Worcester, where they will play Wayland.
The Bromfield girls' lacrosse team beat Grafton 10-8 in the Central/West Division 2 finals today at Foley Stadium in Worcester to earn the title of 2014 Central/West District 2 champions.
For the first time ever, the Bromfield’s girls’ lacrosse team is headed to the Central/West Division 2 finals.
Bromfield Principal Jim O’Shea will not be leaving the Bromfield School this fall to take up new duties in the northwestern Massachusetts town of Greenfield.
Eleven minutes and 20 seconds. That’s how long it took the 40 or so Harvard Town Caucus participants to nominate 23 candidates for the April 8 town election.
Interim Superintendent Joe Connelly has announced that Sue Frederick, one of two finalists for the position of HES principal, will be the school's new leader. Ms. Frederick has been the principal of Elmwood Elementary School in Millbury for the past six years. She was also a principal in Holyoke and previously was a school psychologist.
By a margin of nearly 200 votes (649 for, 841 against) on Nov. 5, Harvard voters confirmed the Oct. 16 town meeting vote rejecting the proposal to borrow an additional $1.1 million to renovate Town Hall.
The three-year effort to renovate and expand Harvard's Town Hall suffered a major setback Wednesday when attendees at a Special Town Meeting failed to approve the additional money needed to begin work on the 1870s-era building.
By a unanimous vote, the Harvard School Committee approved the hiring of current Hildreth Elementary School Principal Linda Dwight as Harvard's next permanent superintendent of schools.
If the bids submitted by contractors for the Town Hall renovation project are any indication, Harvard taxpayers are likely to be asked this fall to approve additional spending to get the job done.
Harvard once again voted for a Democratic candidate on Tuesday and helped elect Rep. Edward Markey to the U.S. Senate.
At its June 19 meeting, the Harvard Historical Commission once again nixed the architect’s latest design of the exterior of Town Hall addition.
The School Committee will not renew its search for a permanent school superintendent until it has given full consideration to the application of Hildreth Elementary School principal Dr. Linda Dwight.
The Bromfield-Acton-Boxborough crew team returned from the Youth National US Rowing Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn., with a first-place title. Caroline Hart, Olivia MacLean, Molly Hart, Sylvia Sarnik, and cox Emily Erdos won gold in the women's youth 4+ event. The team also took 9th place in the men's youth 4+, and 12th place in the women's youth lightweight 4+.
The Bromfield boys tennis team beat Whitinsville Christian 4-1 in the finals of the Division 3 district tournament Thursday, June 6, at Algonquin Regional High School. The Trojans now move on to the state semi-finals in Springfield on Monday at 4 p.m.
Harvard residents who have been worried a casino might appear on the town's doorstep can now breathe a sigh of relief.
The Cordish Companies of Baltimore has made public a proposal to build a slots-only casino at a site in Boxborough, just beyond the Harvard town line.
Town Clerk Janet Vellante has announced preliminary results of Tuesday's town election and state primary election.
Reuters and other news services reported that accused Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been transferred to the Federal Medical Facility (FMC) at Devens.
The Congregational Church of Harvard (5 Still River Road) will hold a brief prayer service tonight at 7:30 p.m. for the victims of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
At their April 8 meeting, the School Committee voted unanimously to accept interim Superintendent Joe Connelly's recommendation of Dr. Marie T. Harrington as the new Director of Pupil Services.
The Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday morning denied the town’s request for the variances and the special permit it needs to begin its renovation of Town Hall.
The Zoning Board of Appeals this morning denied the Town’s request for the variances and the special permit it needs to begin its renovation of Town Hall.
With barely a quorum present, the five-member Planning Board voted Tuesday night to support a citizens’ petition that would exempt municipal buildings from the town’s protective bylaw.
Late Sunday afternoon, Hildreth Elementary School Principal Linda Dwight informed families in the school system that longtime kindergarten teacher Barbara Ann Gould had died suddenly the evening before.
The town board responsible for enforcing Harvard's protective bylaw once again postponed a vote on whether to grant the special permit and two zoning variances the town needs to begin renovating and expanding Town Hall.
In doubt since Town Caucus, contests for Board of Selectmen and Planning Board seats were finally set Tuesday afternoon at 5 p.m. when the time for nominations expired.