A husband and wife that police say were involved in a double shooting that left one of them dead and the other injured at a home on Martha’s Vineyard have Harvard connections.

The Harvard Board of Selectmen Tuesday night voted 3-1 against supporting a Town Meeting warrant article for changes to the Devens Reuse Plan, zoning bylaws, and zoning map that would allow Boston's Trinity Financial to redevelop the former military housing at Vicksburg Square into affordable rental apartments.

Read Devens residents' statements for and against the upcoming super town meeting vote on the Vicksburg Square proposal. Devens residents this week received ballots in their mail for an informational vote meant to gauge the level of support in that community for the project. The votes will be counted and the results will be shared at a meeting of the Devens Committee on Monday, March 19.

As of the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday, four caucus-nominated candidates chose not to sign their nomination, one nominee withdrew, and one new candidate submitted nomination papers, with the result that their will be three contested races in the May 1 Town Election.

The Ayer Road bridge over Route 2 will not be completely closed to traffic in either direction, according to a phone and email message sent by the town this afternoon.

The town caucus, where those who are interested in running for local office are nominated, is tomorrow, Saturday, March 10, at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Meeting Room. The Harvard Press ran a list of available positions a few weeks ago.

Harvard Republicans chose former Governor Mitt Romney overwhelmingly Tuesday in the presidential primary. Of the 593 votes cast to choose a Republican candidate for president, Romney earned 420.

On Thursday evening the Municipal Building Committee delivered its final plan for the renovation and expansion of Town Hall and Hildreth House to the Board of Selectmen. But after a 90-minute question and answer session, Selectmen adjourned without a formal vote to accept the plan.

On the agenda for the Harvard Board of Selectmen for Tuesday, Feb. 21, are two items of note: a public hearing on Trinity Financial's Vicksburg Square proposal and a discussion about lending support to state legislation that would increase the net metering cap for residential renewable energy facilities.