What was going on in Harvard a year agotoday ... 10, 16 years ago? Here are Press headlines from previous issues on or near today’s date.
April 6, 2007
- Finance Committee terms become study subject
- Accessory apartments may count toward affordable units
- Fatal fire destroys custodian’s home
- Devens skipped in Annual Town Meeting mailing
- Wallace and Clark win
- School override passes tests
April 4, 2008
- Affordable housing issues spark lively debate at ATM
- Fruitlands and town bury the hatchet
- Two homes burglarized
- Municipal sewer analysis receives the go-ahead
- Wind energy systems bylaw defeated at ATM
- Contests settled: Change candidates rule the day
- Override fails by 86 votes
April 10, 2009
- Selectmen debate limit on number of possible liquor licenses
- Noise complaints about Evergreen Solar lead to enforcement order
- Plans will bring Hapgood Library back to life
April 9, 2010
- Motorcycles collide on Prospect Hill Road
- Pond brings forth frogs in abundance
- Town will vote on meals tax, but not room tax at Annual Town Meeting
April 8, 2011
- Voters approve funds to start Master Plan update
- Voters nix mosquito control
- Voters approve capital expenditures for schools
- Voters approve Prop 2½ debt exclusion to fund Article 17
- Sobalvarro, Ricci reelected; Question 1 passes
April 6, 2012
- Harvard, Ayer vote no to Vicksburg Square
- Selectmen split on CPA, Master Plan funding
- Sewer work ramps up in town center
- School Committee to vote on union model
April 5, 2013
- Whatever happened to the Master Plan?
- School Committee delays decision on choice admissions
- Parks and Rec seeks bylaw to better manage beach access
- Selectmen ask for limited exemption to state wage rule
April 4, 2014
- Two newcomers and an incumbent run for a pair of Parks and Rec seats
- Boat trailer parking fails to pass
- Largely ceremonial role of town constable sought by two candidates
- Town Election to decide three races and a debt exclusion
- Town Meeting 2014: It’s a wrap ... two nights, 53 articles, no more bad dogs
April 10, 2015
- Bromfield seniors disgruntled with graduation gown change
- Town Hall closing for renovations, traffic patterns changing
- Ballot questions pass overwhelmingly, but turnout is low
- BOS and CPIC revise purchase plans for fire engine
April 8, 2016
- Exit stage left, Selectman Leo Blair
- O’Shea will leave Bromfield at end of June
- Annual Town Meeting: Two nights, 57 articles, and done
April 7, 2017
- Voters approve school spending requests, ponder HES project to come
- Housing Trust selects bid for Poor Farm property
- HES Principal Frederick resigns
- 2017 Town Meeting: Two nights, 6 hours, 50 articles
- Minar, Swanton, Lee win contested races; all ballot measures pass
April 6, 2018
- After hearing, Planning Board alters proposed marijuana bylaws
- To appoint or elect? Charter Q&A rehashes controversial provision
April 5, 2019
- Softball team starts season without field of dreams
- Pickleball players plan for courts
- BOH still considering new school’s carpet variance request
- Planning Board asks town to pass an erosion-control bylaw—again
- Planning Board remains neutral on retail marijuana ban
April 10, 2020
- Debate rages over publicizing Harvard’s COVID-19 numbers
- COVID-19 delays Town Meeting and elections, threatens FY2021 budget
- Loaves & Fishes closes, needs new volunteers and donations to reopen
- FinCom recommends that schools absorb deficit if voters reject Prop 2½ override
April 9, 2021
- Town officials endorse senior housing bylaws at public hearing
- Pond committee raises thorny conflict of interest question, gets exemption
April 8, 2022
- MassDOT unveils design for Ayer Road reconstruction, but some wish for a roundabout
- Middle school to get its own principal in upcoming Bromfield reorganization
- Myler will leave HES at end of school year
- Eldridge supports renting Bromfield House for refugees
April 7, 2023
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Proponents ask to close hearings on controversial bylaw and plan to revise it
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15 candidates will vie for 10 seats in May election
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Five candidates compete for two seats on School Committee
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