Annual Town Meeting today voted in favor of an article to borrow $3.97 million to fund the renovation of Town Hall. Article 36, to increase the Community Preservation Act property tax surcharge from 1.1 percent to 3 percent did not pass, with 81 voters against it and 75 for it.

A key committee has reversed its position on a proposal to raise the property tax surcharge that funds many of Harvard’s community preservation projects. Annual Town Meeting is tomorrow, Saturday, April 28,

The Community Preservation Committee has no plans to change its recommended expenditures for the coming fiscal year or to withdraw its support at Annual Town Meeting for an increase in the tax surcharge that funds it, said vice-chair Debbie Ricci.

Harvard will save more than $40,000 per year over the next 20 years thanks to a timely refunding of $6.6 4 million of its outstanding debt at 1.65 percent interest, one of the lowest in town history.

Sharon Cronin, who was running for one of two open seats on the School Committee, announced today she is withdrawing from the race.

The School Committee has decided against any form of administrative union with Boxborough. On Monday night, the committee voted unanimously not to pursue the union agreement, citing an absence of community support for the idea.

Town Meeting voters in Harvard Wednesday night voted against changes to the Devens Reuse Plan, zoning bylaws, and zoning map which would have allowed Boston’s Trinity Financial to redevelop the former military housing at Vicksburg Square into rental apartments.

The School Committee finalized a statement Friday that gives voters data on school demographics and details of the Devens contract. The committee earlier decided not to take a position on Trinity Financial's proposed redevelopment of Vicksburg Square.

Following a persuasive presentation by one of its members, the Finance Committee voted Wednesday evening to recommend that the town fund the next phase of a plan by the Municipal Building Committee to renovate Town Hall at an estimated cost of $3.9 million.