A Harvard man has been arraigned and charged with multiple counts of child abuse.

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.