Residents who are connected to the town water supply were shocked this week to get a phone message telling them to boil the tap water they use for cooking or drinking. The order remained in effect until Wednesday afternoon.

When Harvard property owners open their third-quarter tax bills in January they’ll find the amount they owe has increased as the newly calculated fiscal 2019 tax rate takes effect.

Last week, faced with an $800,000 budget overrun, the School Building Committee made cuts to the project that brought the latest estimates approximately $200,000 below the project’s original construction budget.

The parcel of land between the General Store and the Congregational Church has been quiet since the set for “Little Women” was razed, but the Parks and Recreation Commission and others have hoped to change that by building a temporary skating rink there.

At two meetings last week, the School Building Committee tackled a long list of changes and cuts that would help to keep the new elementary school building project on budget.

While there were plenty of attendees at the Water and Sewer Commissions meeting Nov. 28, one thing was in short supply—technical information.

The Capital Planning and Investment Committee reviewed five requests from the schools at its Dec. 3 meeting.

The rainy fall has aggravated leaks in the Hildreth Elementary School roof while also delaying the repair work to reduce those leaks.

Harvard has a new finance director, appointed by the Select Board Tuesday, Nov. 20, to replace the former director, David Nalchajian, who resigned unexpectedly in October. Her name is Lori Bolasevich and she will report for work at Harvard’s Town Hall on Jan. 2, 2019.