The Select Board came away from its June 12 annual strategic planning meeting with a hefty list of to-do items for the coming year, although much of the work on that list will fall to other boards and committees or town employees.

Three of the 13 trade bids received May 21 for the new elementary school project were rejected last week, adding about $322,000 to the amount by which the trade bids exceed the estimates.

Residents are dumping everything from stuffed bears as big as a small child to full sets of golf clubs into the trash compactors at the Transfer Station these days as the switch to the SMART program draws nearl.

A smoky three-alarm fire in the middle of the night last weekend brought firefighters from Harvard and five other towns to the Appleworks building at 325 Ayer Road. The fire was out by daybreak, and no one was hurt, but three businesses suffered serious damage.

The Planning Board voted to allow an Adult Day Health facility to open on Lancaster County Road in Harvard, reversing an earlier ruling.

Friday evening, June 7, was a perfect night for the graduation of the Class of 2019, the 140th commencement of Bromfield students.

Last week the Conservation Commission asked its Deer Management Subcommittee to be careful to stay within its original mission, to coordinate with ConCom on public announcements.

Two firms that have reviewed plans for senior housing on land between the fire station and Hildreth House have reached the same two conclusions: that the site is not appropriate for the individual housing units in the committee’s current plan.

Harvard firefighters, along with firefighters from five neighboring towns, responded to a fully-involved barn fire on Slough Road Saturday evening, June 8.